Diplomatic Corps

The Diplomatic Corps (abbrev: Dip) is a component of The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. (TRMN), one of two non-uniformed civilian branches. Members of this branch focus on administration. The Foreign Minister heads this branch.

History

List of Diplomatic Corps Staff

Foreign Ministers

The head of the Diplomatic Corps, the Foreign Minister, works directly for the Home Secretary, who is a Junior Vice President on the TRMN Board of Directors, also known as the Royal Council. Due to the shared interests of SIS and the Diplomatic Corps, the Foreign Minister works closely with their head: the Director of Intelligence .

The Foreign Minister oversees the chapters of the members of the Diplomatic Corps; the Diplomatic Corps is shown as Civilian (DIP) in the MEDUSA database. The Foreign Minister uses BuPers' MEDUSA records to track the Civilian Diplomatic members. In addition to this, they maintain contact using the TRMN Forums, official Discord servers, and email so that they can be accessible to the membership.

#	Name	Assumed	Relieved
1	RADM Sir Matthew Parker, Earl Camera Stellata	17 November 2018	25 October 2023
2	Dame Karolyn Morgan, KGL	25 October 2023	Incumbent

Deputy Foreign Ministers

#	Name	Assumed	Relieved
1	Dame Karolyn Morgan	3 September 2022[[	25 October 2023

Chapters

As delineated in HOD 009-23:

Regional Organization

MILITARY EQUIVALENT	CIVILIAN NAME
Fleet	Terminus
Task Force	Quadrant
Task Group	Sector
Task Detachment	Region
Squadron	System
Division	Planetary

The Head of each group is titled the Secretary, i.e., Terminus Secretary, etc. The Deputy is titled the Undersecretary, i.e., Quadrant Undersecretary, etc.

Chapter types and leadership titles

UNIT TYPE	Min Staff	Head of Posting	Deputy	Assistant
Delegation	3	Envoy (C-5)	N/A	N/A
Consulate	10	Consul(C-12)	Deputy Consul	N/A
Legation	17	Minister(C-14)	Deputy Minister(C-13)	Associate Minister (C-7)
Embassy	26	Commissioner(C-17)	Charge d’Affaires (C-16)	Operations Director (C-7)

Diplomatic Chapters

• Consulate General Rigel headed by Consul General Richard Johnson, attached to HMS Rigel (BC-591) in Home Fleet.
• Diplomatic Mission Albion, headed by Dame Amy Wagstaff-Weston, RMN, attached to GNS Albion in the UK.

Ranks within the Diplomatic Corps

Paygrade	title
C-1	Consulate Staff
C-2	Senior Consulate Staff
C-3	Junior Attaché
C-4	Attaché
C-5	Consular Attaché
C-6	Senior Consular Attaché
C-7	Third Secretary
C-8	Second Secretary
C-9	First Secretary
C-10	Senior Administrator
C-11	Legate
C-12	Counselor
C-13	Minister-Counselor
C-14	Minister
C-15	Special Envoy
C-16	Ambassador
C-17	Permanent Representative
C-18	Ambassador at Large
C-19	Minister Resident
C-20	Deputy Foreign Minister
C-21	Foreign Minister
C-22	Home Secretary

Forms of Address

In contrast to other branches in TRMN, members of the Diplomatic Corps are not addressed by their paygrade. Instead, the general form of address is Mr./Ms./Mx. or other such title preferred by the member.

In the event the member has a knighthood, peerage, or award that confers a special form of address, the member shall instead be addressed according to their awarded status.

Awards

Awards issued to qualifying members of the Diplomatic Corps are listed at Civilian awards.

Announcements/Home Office Directives

Office Order	Effective Date	Subject	Status
HOD 013-23	25 Oct 2021	Appointment of head of the Diplomatic Corps	Active
HOD 06-23	14 Feb 2021	Expansion to Consulate General Rigel	Active
HOD 014-21	07 Aug 2021	Opening of “Consulate - Specter”	Active
HOD 009-21	03 Apr 2021	Opening of “Diplomatic Mission - Albion”	Active
HOD 007-20	16 Apr 2020	Civilian Chapters (Postings) – Diplomatic Corps and Special Intelligence Services (SIS)	Active
HOD 011-19	08 May 2019	Appointment of the Home Office Foreign Minister	Active