Like I say, this is just a thought and would NOT be forced onto people.
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This idea has been rejected by the community: the reasons for this are explained quite clearly in Wad Cheber's answer below. I accept the points made in the accepted answer as perfectly valid reasons not to accept this proposal.[1]: http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Starfleet_ranks[2]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/create-posts[3]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/participate-in-meta[4]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/new-user[5]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/vote-up[6]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/chat[7]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/comment[8]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/set-bounties[9]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/edit-community-wiki[10]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/vote-down[11]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/view-close-votes[12]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/create-tags[13]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/access-review-queues[14]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/established-user[15]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/edit[16]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/suggest-tag-synonyms[17]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/close-questions[18]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/approve-tag-wiki-edits[19]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools[20]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/protect-questions[21]: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/trusted-user
