Today to Mark 25,000 Subscribers i Delve into How Rank and Promotions, Should, and occasionally would function in Starfleet. In the Next Generation era we see a lot of Stagnation with Careers like Riker's Stagnating While in the Uncertain times of DS9 Nog is seemingly rushed through training to become an ensign. Was there ever a sensible medium between these two extremes... and what did it look like?