"Am very interested to here more on this. I am also researching the same subject, and working to try to come up with something. Cant wait to see more!      "

"Uh...that should have read "collar pips" above..."

"In fact, Ed, that is exactly what it is. There is little or no source material from the production of the show that gives us any idea of what the producers and writers where thinking when they made the decisions they did. So the exercise goes like…"

"Major and Lt Colonel were Ranks added in the Hatch Novels (I believe this was the first use of them, but the comics might have as well) So they would not have been included in the original series ranking system.   You also mention Silver and…"

"Have you a copy of The Colonial Warriors's Technical Manual from which you have drawn this information?"

"And this means the grade of Major is not included, doesn't it?"

"I've got some pretty good Colonial uniform information, although I don't have patterns.  I'll dig it out and post is as soon as I can get it off my storage drive.    "