Republic Rank and Honorifics

=Galactic Republic Rank and Honorifics=

Overseeing the whole of the Galactic Republic is the Galactic Senate, a legislative body comprised of representatives from the thousands of systems that have sworn allegiance to the Republic. Serving as the leader of the executive branch is the popularly-elected Supreme Chancellor.

Notoriously, the Senate houses an ever-growing number of special committees, specialty bureaus. Underneath the Supreme Chancellor are a number of cabinet positions and ministries. If you can dream it, the Galactic Republic probably has a commission overseeing it.

RANK: The Galactic Republic Military
The following is a rough approximation after combing through some of the source material. Additions, subtractions, and other edits to make this more understandable are invited.

For example:

The Captain of the Valor-class cruiser Denaii Wayfarer would have a Commander as his XO, who oversees a Senior Lieutenant in charge of Bridge Operations, who oversees a Lieutenant in charge of communications, who oversees individual Ensigns who operate the actual devices.

Beneath this are your usual enlisted ranks.

RANK: The Jedi Order
The Jedi typically operate autonomously, opting to simply advise the appropriate Senate ministry, committee, or commission when asked. While as a rule the Jedi are stanch supporters and guardians of the Republic and its member systems, they do not have a seat in the Senate. They are not officially overseen by a political office, though I'm sure several senators have tried to get famous by instituting some sort of motion to create one to do just that.

In times of peace and diplomacy, Jedi serve alongside senators and their aides in negotiations. In times of war and conflict, Jedi serve alongside Republic troops in a martial capacity. While they do not officially recognize any command structure, and are under no compulsion to obey the orders of a general, they often pay their Republic cohorts the respect they are due out of a sense of duty to the idea of the Republic as a whole.

While this general hierachy is respected, for the most part the Jedi do not recognize a true "ranked" system, and insteal simply operate with a kind of communal, generally elder-deferring style of organization.