Talk:City Watch Officers/@comment-45893280-20200621021843/@comment-16533050-20200621040923

It's possible as you say.

However, it should be noted that Emily refers to Captain Laurence as "Commander" at one point in the comics. If this isn't a continuity error, then it could be argued that Commanders are equated to Captains and that First Commander Gregorry may be the equivalent of a First Captain or even a High Captain.

I'm also pondering whether or not Majors or Generals are actually part of the City Watch.

The addition of the trivia point about Generals being one of the ranks was added in April of 2013 This was only about 4-5 weeks after The Knife of Dunwall came out which was our first introduction of Soldiers representing Dunwall's Army as opposed to the City Watch. General Tobias and General Turnbull are noted as both being memebers of the military rather than the City Watch, and with no other mention of Generals it's possible the rank can be eliminated from the page.

Majors was added sometime later in July of 2013. Again I am uncertain whether or not they should be included. Official Guard Report lists a Major Anders Josiah, but labels him as a member of the Defense Engineer Unit. Engineer Corps are usually part of the military/Army so it could be argued that Major Josiah was an army major whose unit lent its skills to assemble a Watch Tower to augment the City Watch assigned to the area.

The only other mention of major (outside the ranks of the Grand Guard) is that of Major Hocking from Off-Limits. Hocking could be a member of the City Watch or could be assigned to the Tower as part of General Tobias's team. The wording of the note is ambiguous as to Hocking's role.

If these prove correct, then majors could also be eliminated from the City Watch ranks.