You’re gorram right.
You’re gorram right.
Perhaps every politician should be put on trial at the end of their term in office. Might keep everyone in line. Wait, who am I kidding? Give it a decade and the system will rig the courts to absolve themselves.
He would most certainly be assigned a rank if for no other reason than to ensure he (as an asset) is treated by crewmen with care and respect. It is the same approach in logic that militaries and police use with K-9 units. Dogs always outrank the handlers as a further mechanism to ensure proper treatment of the self-aware asset.