Talk:Commander Shumway/@comment-28398720-20160922231440/@comment-28398720-20160923113837

In the United Kingdom and many former Colonies, aside from the Captain, Commander is the highest ranking officer on a ship. On the Ark, through out the Crisis, only ever had the Chancellor to called upon, the only time we even heard the title Captain was in ghost story about a Brazilian madman after first Unity Day.

Anyway, I took the phrase 'captain of the guard' to mean that he was the highest ranking officer of the guard (that is after his promotion from Lieutenant). And while stickler for rules Kane called upon the guard many times, I see no proof of him holding any position with them on the Ark aside being councilman and Jaha's second in command.