This is an interesting list of ways of power signaling and also the opposite. We’ve all seen these types of power moves by villains in media, and perhaps by people in real life as well:
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I can only help with a part of this; the junior rank greets/salutes first. The exception is a Medal of Honor/Victoria’s Cross gets saluted first.
Which may or may not be true in all writing. (If your action for example doesn’t take place on earth. Or, you might show a character’s motives by having them refuse to salute, or be overly eager to salute)
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