I’m just finishing listening to Rendezvous with Rama by the sci-fi go Arthur C. Clarke, and hopefully, a review will follow.
I’ve been inspired by a character called Laura Ernst, first, who’s the spaceship’s doctor. Or, more precisely, she’s the Surgeon-Commander.
I found that quite a sinister rank! If that had been a military rank rather than a space command rank, it would be a weird mashup of heal and harm.
I asked myself if I could come up with other sinister military ranks. Here’s what I managed.
13 sinister military ranks
- Witchcraft-Private
- Omen-Corporal
- Bleeder-Sergeant
- Suppression-Lieutenant
- Segregation-Captain
- Empiric-Major
- Rune-Colonel
- Scryer-Brigadier
- Arbitrator-Major
- Overseer-General
- Commodore-Rector
- Architect-Commander
- Curate-Admiral
Would any of these fit your RPG world-building or writing? My favourite discoveries from this post are Empiric and Bleeder, both old terms for medics or healers.
Next up in my audiobooks is Dan Abnett’s Warhammer 40K Eisenhorn sequel Malleus. I spot a trend!
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