Talk:Major Byrne/@comment-173.226.71.162-20150506185133/@comment-26247132-20150506190445

Considering the Ark was an amalgamation of different countries and different militaries, it's quite possible that one country's/military branch Major rank replaced another country's Lieutenant Commander rank when they merged (or whatever might have happened to them).

It might also be that the original people in the space stations didn't have any military personnel and, in their ignorance, gave people the wrong ranks. We don't really know too much about the original space inhabitants (at least not yet).