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Privileges of the Peerage

The following privileges apply to all Peers except where indicated, including: Manticoran Hereditary and Life Peers, Grayson Peers, Andermani Peers, and Havenite Senators and Planetary Governors.

• Peers have the right to sit in the House of Lords as a Seated Peer; whether a Peer selects Seated or Non-Seated status doesn’t affect their other rights and privileges.
• Peers may wear parliamentary robes (or other ceremonial garments) appropriate to their station and Star Nation when the House is having a formal in person meeting. These robes will be designed by BuNine.
• Grayson Steadholders and Councilors may wear a key on either a necklace or as a pin on parliamentary robes, civilian clothes, or day jackets.
• All Peers may wear a pin badge representing an element of their arms or a miniature representation of their arms on civilian clothes or day jackets.
• Peers may wear civilian clothes or court dress in lieu of uniforms for formal events, and wear representations of their awards (medals, ribbons around the arm, etc.) as appropriate. This recognises the dual nature of Peers that may serve in the military but also form part of the civilian parliament in the House of Lords. Peers may wear Court Dress in their heraldic colors.
• Peers are eligible for civilian service awards and decorations for their work in the House or their Peerage lands.
• Peers are entitled to a coat of arms. The College of Arms designs and grants the arms in consultation with the peer, and with the approval of the Art Department. The arms of Manticoran peers are ensigned with the coronet of their rank, and the shield may be encircled with the riband of an order of chivalry if the peer is of at least Knight rank in that order. Representations of up to three of the peers' decorations may be shown pendant from the arms.
• "The arms" are defined as the design emblazoned on the shield. As long as the the design decorating the shield is the same, any shape of shield can be used, and they are the same arms even if emblazoned on different shield shapes for different artistic depictions. The shield can be displayed alone, or with the accompanying coronet, riband, motto, and medals. This complete display is called an "achievement of arms," a "heraldic achievement," or "achievement" for short.
• In addition a peer can design a badge, which marks possession by a peer, this is normally simpler than the full arms and would be used by staff of the peer or on vehicles or the like. In canon an example of a badge would be the manticore on rounded pentagon that Navy, Marine and Army members wear signifying they work for the Crown. As per the main arms a peer should consult with the College of Arms to designate a badge.
• Peers have the privilege of hosting peerage events details of which are included in the next section

Peerage events

Peers have the privilege of hosting peerage events, the most important goal of which is to have fun with fellow members. There are a few procedures to officially declare an event as a peerage event.

• The peer has identified an event they would like to host.
• The peer writes up all details of said event and sends it to the Lord Speaker to keep track of
• Each peer is allowed to declare two events per year. Please be prudent in your choice.
• The peer must attend for it to be a peerage event.
• The peer will Role Play this event to the best of their ability and comfort level to draw in the members
• The peer should send out event announcements of some sort. That should be the choice of the peer how to do that. Please be creative. Examples are formal letters sent out, event announcements on social media, or emails sent out etc. We would suggest utilizing the art department for this.
• The peer will keep some sort of attendance record of who was there. There are certain levels of awards that are like chapter awards that peers can utilize. For Example: Household Commendation medal or the Household achievement award. The Awards office can be consulted for further information
• Have fun fun fun with it. Show off your achievements and creative side. Decorate with your gorgeous crests and throw on your best garb. Have a blast. Let’s show the members what fun we are.

Designation of Hierarchical Affiliation

• Peers at the Baronial level are allowed to affiliate voluntarily with an existing TRMN County or Duchy to reside in for roleplay purposes.
• Peers at the Comital level are allowed to affiliate voluntarily with an existing TRMN Duchy to reside within that Duchy for roleplay purposes.
• Peers at the above levels may also designate a “fictional” County or Duchy to reside in, should they wish to do so. If they choose to do so, they may name this fictional land, subject to review and approval by the Royal College of Arms.
• If a Peer chooses to designate a fictitious Duchy and is later raised to the Ducal level, the name of their fictitious Duchy shall be considered the title they would prefer to use. The Peerage Board should heavily consider the name of the fictitious Duchy for use as the Ducal title, but are not required to recommend it.
• If a Peer chooses to name a fictitious County and is later raised to that rank, typically their county is now their original peerage name (e.g. Baroness New Essex becoming Countess New Essex) rather than the fictional land name. Sometimes due to the wishes of the Peer a court may award a new name as part of an elevation but this would be called out as part of the announcement. Traditionally a Peer’s land changes name when moving to Duchy level, but this isn’t a rule, more of a tradition. The Peer’s wishes should be taken into account.

Privileges of the Companions of the Order of the Star Kingdom

• Knights of the Star Kingdom are entitled to a smaller land than a Peer. This can be called either a Manor, an Estate, a Hall, a Park or a Keep. The selection is up to the Knight in question.
• The name of the Land shall be, by default, <Surname> Estate. They may be modified either by adding a location after the word Estate, or by picking another option (e.g. <Surname> Keep).
• In the event that a Peer is made a Knight, their land shall by default be named <Peerage Lands> Estate; but they may choose to have a separate name for it if they desire, subject to the rules listed above.
• In the event that a Knight is made a Peer, they shall be allowed to either maintain the name of their land as is or change the name to reflect the name of their Peerage lands.
• Knights of the Star Kingdom may also designate a fictitious Peerage lands for their Estate to reside in, subject to review and approval of the Royal College of Arms. If they choose to designate such, this name will be considered if the Knight is ever elevated to a Peerage.
• Knights of the Star Kingdom may devise arms in consultation with the College of Arms, which will duly grant and register upon the College’s approval. The arms are to be displayed on a shield within the Riband of the Order. If the knight later becomes a Peer, they will add a coronet of rank and a motto to these arms.
• The heir of a Knight of the Star Kingdom shall be referred to as ‘the Honorable’.
• A Knight shall be entitled to wear representations of the insignia of the Order of the Star Kingdom on civilian or court dress even under circumstances where wearing the full regalia is inappropriate. Representations include wearing the award ribbon on the lapel, a representative ribbon around the sleeve, or symbolic pins.