Grand admiral
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The rank of grand admiral was a grade of admiral that outranked a fleet admiral. The rank of grand admiral was carried in the 23rd century by the commander-in-chief of Starfleet.
In 2285, Admiral James T. Kirk met with Grand Admiral Stephen Turner regarding command of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701).
The uniform of a Starfleet grand admiral was markedly different than other Starfleet officers. The maroon officer's tunic had two shoulder tabs ornamented with rank insignia and both wrist cuffs had a unique braid on them. Optional uniform accessories included an undershirt with ornamented collar, a white sash, and award ribbons that were worn above the brass Starfleet insignia. (TOS comic: "The Wormhole Connection")
The Tholian Loskene possessed this rank or at the very least had an equivalent of it. [citation needed]
Kepel zantai-Venonn and his successors used the title Grand Admiral as their title as rulers of the Imperial Klingon States. [citation needed]
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[edit] Background
[edit] Origin
This rank was originally created for Star Trek use by William Rotsler in his book Star Trek II Biographies as a means of having someone who outranked an admiral. Mike W. Barr used it (and the character of Stephen Turner) in the first several issues of the first comic book series published by DC Comics.
[edit] Admiral of the Navy
The United States rank scheme that Starfleet was adapted from lacks a "grand admiral" rank, although there were European naval services that used this rank on Earth at various times, most notably Germany, where it was approximately equivalent to fleet admiral. The closest thing the United States armed forces had to this high rank was a one-off Admiral of the Navy grade which was used to give historic naval officers retroactive superiority. While a conjectural insignia for this rank might be an additional sixth star added to the five-star fleet admiral rank, the only actual insignia ever used was created for George Dewey, with four silver stars framed by two gold anchors as pin insignia, and two wide admiral's sleeve bands around a thinner officer's rank stripe in the center.
