Penumbra Ranks

Ladies
The Ladies own and run Penumbra Station.

Title: "Lady"

Crew of Penumbra
The crew runs the station and ensures day-to-day operations

Officers
The officers are female. Males cannot become officers. Their Title is "Lieutenant" or "Leftennent", potentially shortened to "Lt.", but may also be called "Miss"

Officers who are in command of a Branch of Penumbra, are "Chief" officers, eg. the "Chief Medical Officer" shortended to CMO. The highest ranking officer is the First Officer (XO).

Guardians
The guardians are the backbone and trusted of Penumbra. They are permanently collared to Penumbra itself or a Lady.

Slaves
Under the slave label fall all those who are in chains at Penumbra, prisoners, slaves, display pieces, living art installations, hucows... Often referred to as "Black Rank".

Nightshades
The Penumbra 'Nightshades' are students of the erotic arts, in the special dark Penumbran flavour.