Defending Admiral Ackbar

phrank (11:35:00 AM): I am defending admiral ackbar's honor
phreddy (11:35:04 AM): how so
phrank (11:35:09 AM): my friend is insisting he bought his way up to the rank of admiral
phreddy (11:35:14 AM): HA!
phreddy (11:35:16 AM): laughable
phrank (11:35:18 AM): because the mon calamari provided the cruisers
phreddy (11:35:23 AM): how else would he know it's a trap
phrank (11:35:36 AM): http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/moncalamaristarcruiser/
phrank (11:35:44 AM): but who else would know how to command one?
phreddy (11:35:57 AM): ok so what is teh situation
phrank (11:36:13 AM): the mon calamari provided the cruisers as bases for the rebellion after hoth
phrank (11:36:30 AM): admiral ackbar commanded Home One
phrank (11:36:37 AM): my friend says this is unmeritocratic
phreddy (11:37:09 AM): how the hell would he buy his way to general on a ship he was already on
phrank (11:37:18 AM): ADMIRAL!
phreddy (11:37:28 AM): sorry
phreddy (11:37:28 AM): haha
phreddy (11:37:53 AM): ack!
phrank (11:37:56 AM): my friend is arguing that he wouldn't have attained that rank in the Rebellion if his people hadn't provided the ships
phreddy (11:38:01 AM): http://www.starwars.com/databank/species/moncalamari/
phreddy (11:38:21 AM): so what was his rank before they provided the ships then
phrank (11:38:26 AM): no idea
phrank (11:38:40 AM): he might have been high in the mon calamari navy
phrank (11:38:49 AM): but the rebellion is bigger than that