Why is 90% of any Gundam military made up of Army Captains/Navy

They are not, its just that thats all you see because grunts dont sell

>>13518386
Because the plot always follows the special snowflakes and their rivals rather than the grunts dying in massive explosions and reused animations.

>>13518388
>>13518417
What about Generals/Admirals? Have come they never get be mobile suit pilots?

>>13518426
Get promoted too much and they wont let you fly.

>>13518437
Ah, so that's why Char stayed a Captain/Colonel as leader of his own Neo Zeon movement.

>>13518386
They use Naval ranks. Lieutenants are seen as mid-level officers (or at least senior enough to not be FNGs) usually in their mid- or late-20s. Just like in real life, there tends to be much more lower ranked people and fewer high-ranking people.

And for people to have any sway they have to be at some respectable rank. Also, piloting mobile suits is usually done by younger/lower ranking officers while high-ranking officers take positions like commanding a ship or away from the front lines entirely.

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>>13518437
This.

Same thing even happened to Kirk, don't let them promote you too much.

>>13518386
Private through Sergeant explode constantly in the background.
Ensigns fall in love with enemy pilots and desert.
Colonels and higher usually get stuck piloting those ships that explode constantly in the background.

And, most importantly, Gundams are only given to civilian teenagers.

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>>13518520
Who else besides Shiro and Riddhe?

To be a pilot IRL I think you have to be an officer of some kind so it makes ssense that Gundamu would have a similar situation.

>>13519563
2nd Lt., I think.

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>>13518520
>And, most importantly, Gundams are only given to civilian teenagers.
Does this look like a pansy ass crybaby civilian to you?

>>13518386

Well, most of the lower/mid rank officers are the ones piloting mobile suits just like real life pilots/aviators

>>13518426

Most of them were not trained to pilot mobile suits?

>>13519593

Yes

>>13518520
What about lieutenant?

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>>13518520
Usually.

>>13519607
Lts are often doomed-to-die-in-battle mentors.

>>13518517
i think a better example is steven seagal in under siege.
talking about star trek just makes you sound like a fucking twerp

>>13519593
>pansy ass crybaby civilian
Two out of three ain't bad