Talk:Shore Pibald/@comment-69.11.59.86-20191028231549/@comment-3284606-20191112023741

He shows up in the F'sherl-Ganni Archive arc, still a lieutenant.

The general rule in militaries is that once you hold a rank, it's never taken from you except as an actual punishment. Even if a promotion is accidental, as long as the person upholds the new rank's responsibilities and the jump isn't too big, it's likely to be treated as just a lucky break for them. Pi had been a lieutenant for months by the time the false memories were flagged, and done the job well, so a lieutenant he stays.

Besides, if I recall correctly, Tagon promoted Pi when he got out of the regrowth tank, after the rewrite, so the promotion itself was a real memory.