Just a quick question. Were those textures all existing ones? And how many ranks have been planned?
From quick examining I'd say, depending on whose military we rip the ranks from and whether we include any amount of officers, we need from 8 (NATO) to 24(!) (USA) different insignias.
24 is way too much IMO and it would seem logical that the "best of the best" aren't just privates, I'd say we could whip a couple more, for a good ten ranks. Like add the missing two- and three-starred without the curved block and come up with one another insignia to represent the uppermost rank of PHALANX field agents.
I don't know at which rank they should start, but supposing they would use the
NATO scale, OR-2 or 3 would make sense to me. Then just go up from there, picking a good name for the rank (for the English version, USA or UK ranks), and eventually get to the
officers and pick the first few there.
For the missing insignia, perhaps something similiar to the PHALANX logo itself? Like a cross and a ball on top of one another?
PS. Sorry if I'm going too far into this and feel free to notify me if I accidentally infodumped you too much.
PPS. In case TrashMans mockup in the
GUI thread is accepted, I think it would make sense that your agents would have additional decoration showing their speciality, like I said there.