Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-139.0.72.103-20150130150846/@comment-139.0.72.103-20150206040721

SlyCooperFan1 wrote: It should be noted that the majority of player characters who have been given ranks was the result of fanon. Typically, the military rank of the player character is never addressed, as was the case with Mobius 1. Cipher certainly never had a rank, and I don't believe Gryphus One did either. Blaze obviously had a rank until Wardog Squadron was disbanded, and Colonel William Bishop... well. Colonel. xD So the idea that Mobius 1 didn't have a declared rank isn't uncommon to the series; it's more common. Result of fanon ? So, that might explain on Blaze's wiki page that he held the rank of Brigadier General while it's never mentioned/addressed in-game.

I think Gryphus One's rank is Captain. Remember on the 1st mission of ACX where one of his wingmen said : "After all, we're Aurelian pilots. Isn't that right, Captain ?" and then responded by Crux who told him to "use codenames during the mission". Well, at least for the beginning of the game.

I agree with the idea of anonymous rank being common in AC series, so it may be left to the players' imagination.

AC2 on PS1 is a good example of this where the players' rank rose dynamically depending on their performances in the game.