Ranks

wHAT IS A RANK?

Definitions matter

A rank, by all accounts of the definition of the word, is an attempt to put things into an order. Be it military, or social.

Why are Ranks used

Ranks are used when situations or individuals dictate that the collective group, is more important than the individual.

When are Ranks used

Ranks are only used, when attempting to put things into an order, a hierarchy. When one puts things into hierarchies, there are those at the top, and those at the bottom.

What does a Rank do

A rank forces others to submit to the rank, even if they would not follow the individual. The group is most important.

what is said in the books

Caste Master

PERSPECTIVE MATTERS

12.9

He seemed slow. But I knew he did not come to his somber garb by any tardiness of action or hesitancy in deed. The training of the assassin is thorough and cruel. He who wears the black of that caste has not won it easily. Candidates for the caste are chosen with great care, and only one in ten, it is said, completes the course of instruction to the satisfaction of the caste masters. It is assumed that failed candidates are slain, if not in the training, for secrets they may have learned. Withdrawal from the caste is not permitted. Training proceeds in pairs, each pair against others. Friendship is encouraged. Then, in the final training, each member of the pair must hunt the other. When one has killed one's friend one is then likely to better understand the meaning of the black. When one has killed one's friend one is then unlikely to find mercy in his heart for another. One is then alone, with gold and steel.

~Beasts of Gor - Book 12 Chapter 30 Quote 9~

RANK USED GENERALLY - PERSPECTIVE IS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CASTE

Captain

THE LEADER WAS CALLED CAPTAIN

26.6"But Captain," said the lieutenant. "Should we not call Gito?"~Witness of Gor - Book 26 Chapter 31 Quote 6~
26.7"Then it will not matter that he is killed," said the leader ofthe black-tunicked men.The lieutenant and several of the others with themlaughed. It was the only time I had heard them laugh.~Witness of Gor - Book 26 Chapter 31 Quote 7~

RANK MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY

Lieutenant

CLEARLY 2ND IN COMMAND

26.2"We can kill every male prisoner in the depths," said one ofthe fellows in black, a lieutenant."You have no authorization for that," said the pit master."You know whom we seek," said the leader of the men inblack tunics. There were twenty-three in their party, theleader, a lieutenant, the fellow called 'Gito', and twenty men.Each of the twenty men carried a sword, a dagger, and acrossbow. Some had their bows set.~Witness of Gor - Book 26 Chapter 31 Quote 2~

RANK MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY

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