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For those who asked.

Trooper = private.
Specialist = private first class.
Junior Monitor = corporal.
Monitor = sergeant.
Senior Monitor = sergeant major.

Non-com ranks are a bit more specialised in Ground Force as in more responsibility. A junior monitor doing what a junior lieutenant would do, a Monitor doing what a lieutenant would do and the Senior Monitor equivalent to a captain. All take extra responsibility giving GF a great deal of flexibility.

Officers begin with Cadet = an officer trainee, no real rank at all, not allowed to command anyone except other cadets.
Tribunes = Lieutenant.
Optios = captain.
Prefects = major.
sub-Commanders (the rank where specialists usually resided) = lieutenant colonel.
Commanders = colonel.
Senior Commanders = brigadier general.
Marshalls = major general.
High Marshall = general.
There are not many actual officers in the Ground Force per number of enlisteds.

Just sent in a new story called the Healer. Sometimes the stories just need to be written. This one is for all those who wanted a sequel to The Cure. It deals with the life of Kiria and her life in the midst of an alien invasion of the Empire. No sex initially, perhaps not ever. Still, I hope you enjoy. It will be a chapter a week.

Well, the final chapter of the SOL version is up, those who choose to buy get the bonus of ten extra chapters as a thanks for their generosity in paying for it.
The next few days will see a continuation of The Cure, a story which took on a life of its own from a simple idea.

I'm not sure when I'll get back to the Mage universe, I have to think of a plot first, but it's certainly open to being continued.

Dave

Mage is not complete, I accidentally clicked the wrong button on the Author panel. I do apologise/

OK, there's a little bit of confusion out there as to where part 1) is.
Somehow the formatting removed the part 1 + 2 from the chapters. So, part one is chapters 1 to 8) Part two is chapters 9 to 16). Part three will be chapters 17 to 24).
So far I've only got up to chapter 18) Plus I'm writing extra Mage chapters for the published version.
Hope this helps.

Dave