Rebrand Flag Officers Into Squadron Commanders

You can have that. I’ll repost my response in the other thread here:

If you want a higher rank involved, you can use an admin command in conjunction with a flag bridge.

Generally, you might have a senior captain or commodore commanding a ship and assuming responsibility for a small squadron. A rear admiral wouldn’t command a ship. They would have a flag bridge that gave them command over a fleet, but the ship on which they were based would still have a commanding officer.

So you can have all the options

  • Normal ship with a captain and no other responsibilities

  • Normal ship with a commodore (Ship Senior CO), who would be senior to captains of other similar ships

  • Normal ship with a captain who has no other responsibilities, plus a flag bridge with a rear admiral commanding the fleet.

  • Normal ship with a commodore (Ship Senior CO), who would be acting as a flag captain, plus a flag bridge with a rear admiral commanding the fleet.

You wouldn’t see a rear admiral directly commanding a ship.

Its worth reviewing this post on flag bridges