User:Cdavymatias/Ranks in Crews

Guide to the ranks of a pirate crew in the world of One Piece, and the types of hierarchy they can have.

Trivia

 * The ranks of the members of a crew can increase or decrease as directed by the Captain. As is the case with the Big Mom Pirates, where Charlotte Snack was a member of the Sweet Commanders being previously a four-member group, but was demoted to Officer. Or in the case of the Beasts Pirates, where if one of the Tobiroppo defeats one of the three All-Stars in a fight after challenging him, he can take his place, both members reversing their ranks. They can also be promoted for their duties, as is the case of Portgas D. Ace, who being a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, was proposed to fill the vacant post of Commander in the 2nd Division, despite that he was a rookie in the crew compared to other more veteran members.
 * In some cases, there is some member that can be considered the "right hand" of the Captain, which would be the equivalent of being his "confidence man". Being only a nickname for one or more members, and not a rank. Although he can usually be the second in command behind the Captain, like Silvers Rayleigh, First Officer of the Roger Pirates (and known as "The Right Hand of the King of the Pirates"), or the All-Stars, the three Commanders of the Beasts Pirates, there are cases in which it can be any other member. As is the case of Marco, Commander of the 1st Division of the Whitebeard Pirates, who although he was considered the right hand of Edward Newgate, had the same treatment in the crew as the other Commanders, or being also in the case of the Roger Pirates that in addition to Rayleigh, Roger considered him and Scopper Gaban, a member without a specific position, his two best men. Also as an example are the Straw Hat Pirates, where the Combatant Roronoa Zoro and the Cook Sanji are seen by the world respectively as "the first right hand" and "the second right hand" of Monkey D. Luffy, with whom they are known as "The Monster Trio" for their dangerousness, being the two of them that Luffy relies on to take care of the rest of the crew when they have had to separate into groups, but without being superior to the rest of their companions as in a hierarchical crew. Another example is the three personal Homies of Charlotte Linlin, Captain of the Big Mom Pirates, who although they are her right hand, do not have a higher rank in the crew than the Sweet Commanders, who are the second in command of the crew, or the Officers, the line of Combatants, or the rest of the members.