Clone Trooper ranks question.

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2005-01-07 03:47pm

What are the colors for the Clonetrooper ranks and do the Special troopers(commandos and ARCs) have the same rank structure as normal troopers.

Clone Sergeant · Post by **Clone Sergeant** » 2005-01-07 04:08pm

Yellow: Commander (I believe this is equivalent to a real life Colonel, since these guys command regiments.)
Red: Captain
Blue: Lieutenant
Green: Sergeant or NCO
Unpainted: Trooper

The Clone Wars cartoon calls an ARC with red armor paint, Sergeant, Commander and eventually Captain during the course of the currently released episodes. But, I'm inclined to believe that was just poor research on the part of the show's creators. I see no major reason in universe for the ARC's and commando's to use a different rank structure.

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2005-01-07 04:12pm

Clone Sergeant wrote:I see no major reason in universe for the ARC's and commando's to use a different rank structure.

I mean do Commandos and/or ARC lack some ranks like trooper or Commander

Clone Sergeant · Post by **Clone Sergeant** » 2005-01-07 04:26pm

Lord Revan wrote:
Clone Sergeant wrote:I see no major reason in universe for the ARC's and commando's to use a different rank structure.
I mean do Commandos and/or ARC lack some ranks like trooper or Commander

I really don't know for sure. But I don't see why they would lack those ranks. While the Commando's and the ARC's are special forces organizations they are still part of the Grand Army of the Republic. It would be like if the real life Delta Force and the 75th Ranger Regiment had their own separate rank structure within the United States Army.

Tychu · Post by **Tychu** » 2005-01-08 12:10am

i think the ARC's colors are dependent on their group rank like SGC.

IN the battle for Kamino, i guess the highest ranked ARC's (their defending hte cloning tanks) are a dark tealish

the ones we see in the Clone Wars cartoons are reddish

so i think its that every ARC is in a group and that is their group color or the ranks of their group depends on its color

Publius · Post by **Publius** » 2005-01-08 01:34am

Clone Sergeant wrote:I really don't know for sure. But I don't see why they would lack those ranks. While the Commando's and the ARC's are special forces organizations they are still part of the Grand Army of the Republic. It would be like if the real life Delta Force and the 75th Ranger Regiment had their own separate rank structure within the United States Army.

This is not altogether unprecedented. The Household Cavalry (composed of the Life Guards and of the Blues and Royals) apparently has a different enlisted rank system frm the rest of the British Army: trooper, lance corporal, lance corporal of horse, corporal of horse, and staff corporal/squadron quartermaster corporal, in place of the traditional cavalry ranks of trooper, lance corporal, corporal, sergeant, and staff sergeant/squadron quartermaster sergeant. The warrant officers of the Household Cavalry also substitute the word "corporal" for "sergeant."

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