octafish said:Back in the day I did this a lot, I had a lot of fun with it in Pirates!
My dear Captain Fartybum, we are war with the Dutch, I charge to seek out and destroy the enemy's ships and towns.
Nowadays not so much, although my favorite name for a Commander Shepard is Cybill. and yes I khow her last name is spelled differently. (Does it bug anyone else that Shepard is in charge of a vessel and doesn't get called Captain? Because even if you are a Lieutenant and you are in command of a ship you get called Captain.)
It's his actual rank, it has nothing to do with running a ship or not. I dunno that their naval officer ranks are exactly the same as the US Navy's, but you get the general idea.