Rank

Rank is the position a person holds in the military hierarchy. In Wolf 359, the employees of Goddard Futuristics are organized under a paramilitary structure. It is likely modeled after the United States Air Force or Navy given the nature of the Goddard space program.
In the cases of hires directly from the Air Force, employees retained their Air Force rank within the Goddard structure.
== Non-Military Personnel ==
Some Goddard employees do not hold any military rank, and are instead addressed by civilian titles such as "Mr." or "Dr.". These crew members may not have military training - for instance, Dr. Hilbert is not weapons-trained.
Although these personnel hold no official rank, they may still have a place in the chain of command. Dr. Hilbert outranks Officer Eiffel as Commander Minkowski's second in command, despite holding no military rank. They may also hold officer-styled posts such as Chief Science Officer, a post held by both Dr. Hilbert and Dr. Maxwell. Higher-ranking personnel within Goddard Futuristics may hold Director positions, such as Director of Communications, held by Mr. Cutter.
Non-military personnel include:
Mr. Marcus Cutter, Director of Communications	Dr. Miranda Pryce
Dr. Alexander Hilbert, Chief Science Officer 	Dr. Alana Maxwell, Chief Science Officer
Mr. Daniel Jacobi, Second in command 	Miss Rachel Young, Director of Special Projects
Mr. Victor Riemann 	Dr. Kuan Hui, Science Officer
Dr. Victoire Fourier, Science Officer 	Dr. Birkhoff
Dr. Smith 	Dr. Gillan, medical doctor
Dr. Clarke, psychologist 	
== Officer ==
Officer is the preferred form of address for non-ranking military crew-members. This does not correspond exactly to any real-world military hierarchy, but it may be equivalent to the rank of warrant officer or petty officer.
The officer title is usually specialized to an employee's assignment, such as Science Officer, Communications Officer, and Navigations Officer. Most members of the crew will have an officer title, though non-military or higher ranking persons are rarely referred to by this title.
Officers include:
Communications Officer Doug Eiffel	Communications Officer Sam Lambert
Petty Officer Mace Fisher 	Officer Tate
Communications Officer Jordan 	Officer Klein
== Sergeant ==
Sergeant is a low-ranking command position. The only character known to hold this rank is Sergeant Finlay of the U.S.S. Valkyrie .
== Lieutenant ==
Lieutenant is a mid-level command rank. If an individual of this rank is mission commander, they are addressed as Lieutenant Commander.
Lieutenants include:
Lieutenant Renée Minkowski	Lieutenant Oswin
== Captain ==
Captain is a mid-level command rank, generally above that of Lieutenant.
Captains include:
Captain Isabel Lovelace	Captain Bernoulli
Captain J. Lorre 	
== Major ==
Major is a high-level command rank.
Majors include Major Richard Littlewood, former Director of Intelligence for the Special Projects division of Goddard Futuristics.
== Colonel ==
Colonel is the highest named rank featured on the show. The only character known to hold this rank is Colonel Warren Kepler, current Director of Intelligence for the Special Projects division.
== Commander ==
Commander is a special rank awarded to whoever is currently in command of the mission. This is usually the highest-ranking officer.
Mission commanders include:
Lieutenant Renée Minkowski of the Hephaestus
Captain Isabel Lovelace of the Hephaestus (former)
Colonel Warren Kepler of the Urania
Commander Elizabeth Zhang of the Tiamat
Captain Bernoulli of the Hermes
Category:Misc. In-World