Sol Defence Corps/Ratings

''This page is for Ratings, specialisations for enlisted personnel in the SDC. For information on their ranks (e.g. PO3, LT, etc), see Sol Defence Corps/Ranks.''

Enlisted personnel of the Sol Defence Corps are often given ratings in accordance with their chosen technical track or specialty, equivalent to a Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). Ratings range from technical to advisory to command tracks, requiring intense training and expertise to rise through the ranks.

Rating Application
Applying a rating to a rank follows this scheme: [Rate Abbreviation] [Rank Suffix.], for example a Master-at-Arms Petty Officer 3rd Class would be referred to as Master-at-Arms 3rd Class, or MA3. Chief petty officers and above have their title appended before their rating, e.g. Chief Master-at-Arms, but have their abbreviations still added after their rating (MACM).

The table below is for comparing appropriate suffixes for ranks, using the example rating of Engineer's Mate (EM).

Shipmen Recruits, due to being in training, do not receive any rating and as a result do not appear on the table below.