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==TRMN Information==
==TRMN Information==
Within {{trmn}}, appointment to the Order of the Star Kingdom  is awarded to recognize extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement or merit in service to the Honorverse or TRMN at large. Those awarded this order are permitted to use the prefix ‘[[Sir]]’ or ‘[[Dame]]’ and the post nominal letters of ‘KSK’. This order comes in only one class, Knight, and is hereditary (can be passed to the eldest offspring upon the death of the knight).<ref name="aman2014">[http://www.trmn.org/portal/index.php/documents/finish/4-general/92-rmn-5-002-awards-manual TRMN Bureau of Personnel Awards Manual 2014 Edition]</ref>
Within {{trmn}}, appointment to the Order of the Star Kingdom  is awarded to recognize extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement or merit in service to the Honorverse or TRMN at large. Those awarded this order are permitted to use the prefix ‘[[Sir]]’ or ‘[[Dame]]’ and the [[post-nominal]] letters of ‘KSK’. This order comes in only one class, Knight, and is hereditary (can be passed to the eldest offspring upon the death of the knight).<ref name="aman2014">[http://www.trmn.org/portal/index.php/documents/finish/4-general/92-rmn-5-002-awards-manual TRMN Bureau of Personnel Awards Manual 2014 Edition]</ref>


The Order of the Star Kingdom was first awarded 3 August 2013 at [[Shore Leave 35]] in Hunt Valley, MD.  At the end of the TRMN Annual General Meeting, an investiture ceremony was held in which [[David Weber]] and [[Martin Lessem]] were each in turn invested with a blue velvet mantle embroidered with the star of the order and then were dubbed with a sword.  The sword used was of [[Grayson]] design and had been custom made for presentation to Weber.  [[Lady]] Sharon Rice-Weber, then-Duchess of Leutzen Vale, stood in for the sovereign and dubbed David Weber.  David Weber then dubbed Lessem.
The Order of the Star Kingdom was first awarded 3 August 2013 at [[Shore Leave]] 35 in Hunt Valley, MD.  At the end of the TRMN Annual General Meeting, an investiture ceremony was held in which [[David Weber]] and Martin Lessem were each in turn invested with a blue velvet mantle embroidered with the star of the order and then were dubbed with a sword.  The sword used was of [[Grayson]] design and had been custom made for presentation to Weber.  [[Lady]] Sharon Rice-Weber, then-Duchess of Leutzen Vale, stood in for the sovereign and dubbed David Weber.  David Weber then dubbed Lessem.<ref>A video of this inaugural investiture can be seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvouKhmAJi here].</ref>


==Ribbon and Badge Design==
==Ribbon and Badge Design==
[[Image:OSK.png|center]]
[[Image:OSK.png|center]]
==Companions of the Order==
* [[FADM]] (ret) Sir [[David Weber]], '''KSK''', [[GCR]], [[GCGL]], [[Grand Duke]] of [[New Montana]], [[Prime Minister]] of the [[Star Kingdom of Manticore|Star Kingdom]], ({{hms|Duke of Cromarty|QY-04}})


* [[AotF]] Sir Martin Lessem, '''KSK''', [[GCE]], [[KCR]], [[DSO]], [[GS]], [[RMN]] [[Duke]] of [[New Scania]] [[First Lord of the Admiralty]], ([[Admiralty House]])
==Equivalent awards==
 
[[Andermani Empire]]: [[House Order of Anderman for Merit|Hausorden von Anderman für Verdinst]]
* [[MotA]] (ret) Sir Robert J. Jackson, '''KSK''', [[KDE]], [[KCGL]], [[MM]], [[OCA]], [[Duke]] of [[Karstadt Sea]], [[Lord Speaker]]. ([[House of Lords]])
 
* [[MotC]] Sir Sean Niemeyer, '''KSK''', [[KCR]], [[GS]], [[RMMC]], [[Duke]] of [[New Ulyanovsk]], [[Commandant]] [[Royal Manticoran Marine Corps]], ([[London Point]])
 
* [[ADM]] Lord Sir Robert W. Bulkeley, '''KSK''', [[SC]], [[DSO]], [[CGM]], [[RMN]], [[Duke]] of [[Mountain View]] ({{hms|Enterprise|BC-480}})
 
* [[RADM]] Sir Dave Weiner, '''KSK''', [[GCE]], [[CGM]],  [[RMN]], [[Baron]] [[Serpents Head Point]]. ([[Bureau of Personnel]])
 
* Lord Sir James Friedline, '''KSK''', [[KE]], [[SC]], [[CBM]], [[OCN]], [[Earl]] of [[Neu Odenwaldkreis]]. Home Secretary.
 
* [[FADM]] Sir John Roberts, '''KSK''', [[GCE]], [[SC]], [[OR]], [[CGM]], [[CBM]], [[RMN]], [[Earl]] of [[New Mecklenburg]].
 
* [[MotA]] Sir Peter Gordon, '''KSK''', [[ME]], [[MM]], [[CGM]], [[CS]], [[Earl]] [[Cumberland Moor]]. ([[King William's Tower]])
 
* [[CDRE]] Sir Sherman Day, '''KSK''', [[GCE]], [[SC]], [[CGM]], [[CBM]], [[RMN]]. CO ([[Task Force 22]])
 
* [[CSMCPO]] Sir William Lochen, '''KSK''', [[OC]], [[KR]], [[KE]], [[SC]], [[NS]], [[QBM]], [[RMN]] [[Baron]] of [[La Mancha]]. ([[Bureau of Planning]]).
 
* [[VADM]] Sir Eric Schulman, '''KSK''', [[OM]], [[SC]], [[OG]], [[ME]], [[RMN]] ([[Speaker of the House of Commons]])
 
* [[RADM]] Sir Kim Niemeyer, '''KSK''', [[KDE]], [[SC]], [[QBM]], [[RMN]] [[Baron]] [[Bahia Cadiz]], [[Fifth Space Lord]]. ([[Admiralty House]])
 
*[[RADM]] Sir James J Jones, '''KSK''', [[GCE]], [[CR]], [[SC]], [[OG]], [[CGM]], [[GS]], [[QBM]], [[CBM]], [[RMN]], [[Baron]] [[Whidbey Basin]],  CO ([[Tenth Fleet]]).
 
*[[RADM]] Sir Matthew Parker, [[QCB]], '''KSK''', [[SC]], [[OE]], [[OG]], [[RMN]], [[Baron]] [[Camera Stellata]], Judge Advocate General. ([[Admiralty House]]).
 
*[[RADM]] Sir Ashley Nichols, [[PMV]] '''KSK''', [[KE]], [[DSO]], [[QBM]], [[RMN]].  Commanding Officer ([[Sixth Fleet]]).
 
*Captain Sir Peter Gold, '''KSK''', [[CGL]], [[OG]], [[RMMM]]. Commandant [[Merchant Fleet Academy]] ([[Bureau of Training]])
 
*[[ADM]] Dame Chrissy Killian, '''KSK''', [[KCE]], [[OCN]], [[QBM]], [[RMN]]. [[Countess]] of [[Fontana Flats]], Chancellor of the Exchequer. ([[Admiralty House]]).
 
*[[FMSHL]] Dame Heather Selbe, [[AC]], '''KSK''', [[KE]], [[MG]],  [[Baroness]] [[Blacksburg]]. Chief of Staff, [[RMA]]. ([[King William's Tower]])
 
*[[Dame]] Doreen M. Gunkel, '''KSK''', [[KE]], [[MGL]], [[MP]], [[Countess]] [[White Lion]]. (House of Commons)
 
*[[Dame]] Amanda Barrow, '''KSK''', [[OGL]], [[MR]], [[CGM]], [[PC]].  Chief of Staff to the Home Secretary, Regent [[Star Kingdom University System]].
 
*[[VADM]] Sir John Neitz, '''KSK''', [[KCR]], [[MC]], [[DSO]], [[Earl]] of [[Westmarch]].
 
*[[FADM]] Dame Laura Lochen, '''KSK''', [[KDE]], [[KCR]], [[MC]], [[SC]], [[DSO]], [[Countess]] [[Boundary Waters]].  [[First Space Lord]].
 
*[[RADM]] Sir Michael Romero, '''KSK''', [[OC]], [[KR]], [[SC]], [[OG]], [[CBM]].  Commanding Officer [[Third Fleet]].


==Knights of the Order==
* [[Sir]] [[David Weber]], KSK, [[Grand Duke]] of [[New Montana]]
* [[Sir]] Martin Lessem, KSK, [[Grand Duke]] [[Lynx]], [[Duke]] [[New Scania]]
* [[Sir]] Robert J. Jackson, KSK, [[Duke]] [[Karstadt Sea]]
* [[Sir]] Sean Niemeyer, KSK, [[Duke]] [[New Ulyanovsk]]
* [[Sir]] Robert W. Bulkeley, KSK, [[Duke]] [[Mountain View]], [[Earl]] [[New Essex]]
* [[Sir]] Dave Weiner, KSK, [[Baron]] [[Serpents Head Point]]
* [[Sir]] James Friedline, KSK, [[Duke]] [[Neu Odenwaldkreis]]
* [[Sir]] Peter Gordon, KSK, [[Earl]] [[Cumberland Moor]]
* [[Sir]] Sherman Day, KSK
* [[Sir]] William Lochen, KSK, [[Duke]] [[Split Rock]], [[Baron]] [[La Mancha]]
* [[Sir]] Eric Schulman, KSK
* [[Sir]] Kim Niemeyer, KSK, [[Baron]] [[Bahia Cadiz]]
* [[Sir]] James J Jones, KSK, [[Baron]] [[Whidbey Basin]]
* [[Sir]] Matthew Parker, KSK, [[Earl]] [[Camera Stellata]]
* [[Sir]] Ashley Nichols, KSK, [[Baron]] [[Tchoupitoulas]]
* [[Sir]] Peter Gold, KSK
* [[Dame]] Chrissy Killian, KSK, [[Countess]] [[Fontana Flats]]
* [[Dame]] Heather Selbe, KSK, [[Baroness]] [[Blacksburg]]
* [[Dame]] Doreen M. Gunkel, KSK, [[Countess]] [[White Lion]]
* [[Dame]] Amanda Barrow, KSK, [[Baroness]] [[Longsdale]]
* [[Sir]] John Neitz, KSK, [[Duke]] of [[Westmarch]]
* [[Dame]] Laura Lochen, KSK, [[Duchess]] of [[Split Rock]], [[Baroness]] [[La Mancha]]
* [[Sir]] Michael Romero, KSK, [[Baron]] [[New Williamsburg]]
* [[Dame]] Brandi Hinson, KSK, [[Countess]] Nya Ostergotland
* [[Dame]] Christa Brolley, KSK, [[Countess]] New Dover
* [[Sir]] Steven Rosenthal, KSK
* [[Sir]] Benjamin Wagner, KSK, [[Baron]] [[Eboracum]]
* [[Dame]] Heidi Nelson, KSK, [[Baroness]] [[Redstone]]
* [[Dame]] Cheryl Krause, KSK, [[Baroness]] [[New Hastings]]
* [[Dame]] Jill McTavish, KSK, [[Countess]] [[Miyake-Jima]]
* [[Sir]] Doss Buckalew, KSK, [[Baron]] [[New Greyhawke]]
* [[Dame]] Megan Krick, KSK
* [[Dame]] Shirley Kunz, KSK
* [[Sir]] Michael Houghtaling, KSK, [[Baron]] [[Sutherland]]
* [[Sir]] David Westover, KSK, [[Freiherr]] [[Hohenheim]]
* [[Sir]] Geoffrey Zoeller Jr, KSK, [[Freiherr]] [[Neu Potsdam]]
* [[Sir]] Philip Wohlrab, KSK, [[Freiherr]] [[Baudenvost]]
* [[Sir]] James A.J. Olsen, KSK, [[Baron]] [[Grays Harbor]]
* [[Sir]] William Farley, KSK
* [[Sir]] Zach White, KSK, [[Baron]] [[Gilwell]]<ref>[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=18378 Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty’s Fall 2022 Honors]</ref>
*[[Dame]] Diane Bulkeley, KSK, [[Duchess]] [[Mountain View]], [[Countess]] [[New Essex]]
*[[Dame]] Cindy Van Wyhe, KSK, [[Countess]] [[Long Beach]]
*[[Sir]] Matthew Miller, KSK


==References==
==References==
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==External Links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvouKhmAJis Video of the first investiture into the Order of the Star Kingdom.  Shore Leave 2013]


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Latest revision as of 13:10, 18 February 2024

TRMN MEDAL
Order of the Star Kingdom (KSK)
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Authority: Steering Committee,on behalf of the
Monarch & the High Admiral of the GSN
on behalf of the Protector.
Frequency: Once.
Branches: RMN, RMMC, RMA, GSN, IAN, RHN, Civilian
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The Order of the Star Kingdom (abbrev: OSK, formally named The Most Noble Order of the Star Kingdom) is an order of chivalry of the Star Kingdom of Manticore. It is the highest ranking of the five Manticoran orders and the only one of them which is hereditary. There are no known recipients of this order within the Honorverse canon. The only mention is that Brigadier General Dame Stephanie Harrington was offered this honor and declined it.[1]

TRMN Information

Within The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc., appointment to the Order of the Star Kingdom is awarded to recognize extraordinary and pre-eminent achievement or merit in service to the Honorverse or TRMN at large. Those awarded this order are permitted to use the prefix ‘Sir’ or ‘Dame’ and the post-nominal letters of ‘KSK’. This order comes in only one class, Knight, and is hereditary (can be passed to the eldest offspring upon the death of the knight).[2]

The Order of the Star Kingdom was first awarded 3 August 2013 at Shore Leave 35 in Hunt Valley, MD. At the end of the TRMN Annual General Meeting, an investiture ceremony was held in which David Weber and Martin Lessem were each in turn invested with a blue velvet mantle embroidered with the star of the order and then were dubbed with a sword. The sword used was of Grayson design and had been custom made for presentation to Weber. Lady Sharon Rice-Weber, then-Duchess of Leutzen Vale, stood in for the sovereign and dubbed David Weber. David Weber then dubbed Lessem.[3]

Ribbon and Badge Design

OSK.png

Equivalent awards

Andermani Empire: Hausorden von Anderman für Verdinst

Knights of the Order

References

  1. ↑ "Worlds of Honor" collection, ' What Price Dreams? '
  2. ↑ TRMN Bureau of Personnel Awards Manual 2014 Edition
  3. ↑ A video of this inaugural investiture can be seen here.
  4. ↑ Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty’s Fall 2022 Honors


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