RE: The Naruversity
knight504 said:
So...you feel free to get started on those, Altered Nova.
Gotcha. I'm already planning to include Jounin Commander as an official rank above Jounin. I've based it on the presumed rank of the Jounin on the Konoha Council who apparently have the authority to nominate a kage, which include Shikaku, Danzou, Homura, Koharu and an unnamed ANBU commander. I figure that Head Ninja is probably Kumo's equivalent to that rank.
ankokudaishogun said:
For no Genin in the Fourth War: we don't see, to my recollection, ANY Genin in the War(except Naruto and Sasuke, I guess). Especially the horribly overpowered Konohamaru. Given we have a chance to see every named character we know fighting, it's quite unlikely Kishimoto wouldn't show Konohamaru.
Also: it makes sense. It was a giant-ass battle, not exactly the best place for unskilled\inexperienced shinobi(aka most of the Genin)
Them being left at their home villages or anyway far from the battlefield with logistic and resupply duties would be the most logical course of action.
The thing is, the only thing genin are really good for in a ninja village is being cannon fodder in a large scale conflict, because they can't take profitable missions. That's why I theorized that most genin who can't make the cut to chuunin are actually placed in a reserve force, only to be called back into duty when the village is low on manpower because they've joined a war or something. If the villages won't call their genin into duty when the fate of the freaking world is on the line, and they can still field *that* many chuunin and jounin... the only way that makes sense is if the vast majority of genin actually do get promoted. Which seems backwards to me since chuunin are officers, and what kind of army is mostly made up of officers?
ankokudaishogun said:
So, yeah, with a 13k people force, Konoha getting at best an average of 4 Chunin every year doesn't make any logistic sense.
Unless Chunin Exams are the main way to get promoted to Chunin directly from Genin, while most shinobi first become Special Chunin, which would be the real backbone rank of the Villages.
I... huh. I think you may be on to something here. Maybe Special Chuunin shouldn't just be an administrative rank for non-combat personnel. Perhaps Special Chuunin should be the equivalent of the Specialist/Corporal rank, or a junior non-commissioned officer. Something all genin get promoted to eventually as long as they aren't completely incompetent.
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Maybe the ranks should be something like this:
Genin - equivalent of a private. Can only lead D-rank missions, which are generally non-profitable and only given out for training purposes. Can participate in C-rank mission under the command of a higher ranked ninja. Has no authority to command other ninja during times of war.
Special Chuunin - equivalent of a sergeant. Can lead C-rank missions, and participate in B-rank missions under the command of a higher ranked ninja. During a war, authorized only to lead a single squad of three genin or junior special genin.
Chuunin - equivalent of a lieutenant. Can lead B-rank missions, and participate in A-rank missions under the command of a higher ranked ninja. During wars, authorized to lead a platoon consisting of 8-16 ninja (two to four squads).
Special Jounin - equivalent of a captain. Can lead A-rank missions and participate in S-rank mission under the command of a Jounin. Durings wars, authorized to lead a company of 27-102 ninja (3-6 platoons).
Jounin - equivalent of a colonel. Can lead S-rank missions. During wars, authorized to lead a battalion of 84-618 ninja (3-6 companies).
Jounin Commander / Head Ninja - equivalent of a general. These are senior jounin who are outranked only by the Kage. They play a significant role in the governing of their villages, forming a council that advises the acting kage. They have the power to ratify a kage candidate chosen by the previous kage or the daimyo (my explanation for why Danzou was only given the title of Hokage Candidate in the databooks, the Jounin Council hadn't approved of him yet) and in extreme cases, can impeach an acting kage by unanimous vote on the grounds of gross incompetence (the fate I believe Danzou would have faced if he'd lived to return to Konoha and informed them he'd gotten Konoha kicked out of the shinobi alliance by attempting to brainwash a foreign leader). In times of war, Jounin Commanders are authorized to lead a division of 255-3714 ninja (3-6 battalions).
(Higher temporary ranks may be created during large scale conflicts, such as the ranks of Regimental Captain and Regimental Commander that were used by the Allied Shinobi Forces during the Fourth Shinobi World War)
Kage - equivalent to commander-in-chief. The leader of an entire shinobi village, and commander of all ninja within the nation that hosts that village.
What do you guys think of that?