Silverbullet wrote:Time in Grade is dependent on serving in Starfleet or in the VHC. If she served it in the VHC it cannot be transferred to Starfleet. Her time in grade would start when she was sworn in as a Commander in Season four. Trip would have a least three years time in grade over her.
While I enjoy discussing things with you SB, I have a problem with you presenting your opinion as fact. Under current military rules this may very well be the case. However, how Starfleet and the VHC interact is pretty much up in the air unless it was on-screen at some time. How about tossing in an "I think" or "In my opinion" or "According to current rules" once in a while? This isn't like physics - these are rules made by people that are not universal truths. After all, someone may want to write a story where Archer gets trumped by T'Pol.