Admiralty Order 1312-05

Admiralty Order 1312-05 was issued December 15, 2013 by the First Lord of the Admiralty. It replaces Admiralty Order 1303-02 with an updated civilian rank structure.

Order Text

To:	All Officers and Enlisted in the Royal Manticoran Navy, Marine Corps and Army
From:	Admiral Lord Sir Martin Lessem, KDE, KCR, GS, First Lord of the Admiralty, Admiral of the Fleet, Duke, New Scania
Re:	High Admiral of the Grayson Space Navy (Admiralty Order 1311-04)

This Admiralty Order replaces 1303-02. The following is a listing of the Civilian Ranks are available as of publication. A follow-up Admiralty Order will deal with Promotion Criteria for Civilians. The 2013 Membership Handbook will be updated to show Civilian Ranks in the Rank Comparison. This new system will implement a Civil Service path, a Intelligence path, and a Sphinxian Forestry Service Path mainly for Cadets and those who train them.

Rank Code	Diplomatic Corps	Intelligence Corps	Sphinx Forestry Commission	Royal Manticoran Merchant Marine	Royal Manticoran Astro Control Service	TIG
C-1	Civilian One	Civilian One	Cadet Ranger One	Apprentice Merchant Spacer	Trainee	N/A
C-2	Civilian Two	Civilian Two	Cadet Ranger Two	Able Merchant Spacer	Petty Officer 3rd Class	3 Mos
C-4	Administrator	Administrator	Senior Cadet Ranger	N/A	Petty Officer 1st Class	15 Mos
C-5	Consular Staff	Probationary Special Agent	Ranger	Chief Petty Officer	Chief Petty Officer	24 Mos
C-6	Consular Agent	Special Agent	N/A	Senior Chief Petty Officer	Senior Chief Petty Officer	24 Mos
C-7	Embassy Staff	Foreign Service Officer	Ranger Corporal	N/A	Master Chief Petty Officer	24 Mos
C-8	Section Chief	Section Chief	N/A	N/A		C-5 + 6 Mos
C-9	Consular Attaché	Consulate Intelligence Liaison	Ranger Sergeant	Officer Cadet	Ensign	C-5 + 9 Mos
C-10	Vice-consul	Senior Special Agent	Ranger Lieutenant	Fourth Officer	Lieutenant (Junior Grade)	12 Mos
C-11	Special Envoy	Senior Principle Officer	Ranger Captain	Third Officer	Lieutenant (Senior Grade)	12 Mos
C-12	Consul	Chief of Station	Ranger Major	Second Officer	Lieutenant Commander	18 Mos
C-13	Embassy Attaché	Embassy Intelligence Liaison	Ranger Lt. Colonel	Chief/First Officer	Commander	18 Mos
C-14	Embassy Senior Attaché	Embassy Senior Intelligence Liaison	Ranger Colonel	Master/Captain	N/A	20 Mos
C-15	Consul General	Zone Chief	Station Chief Ranger	N/A	Captain	20 Mos
C-16	Minister Resident	Sector Chief	Sector Chief Ranger	N/A	N/A	20 Mos
C-17	Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Regional Director	Planetary Chief Ranger	N/A	Rear Admiral	24 Mos
C-18	Chargé d’affairs	Deputy Director of Operations	Head Ranger	N/A	Vice Admiral	24 Mos & by Appt.
C-19	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Deputy Director of Intelligence	Commissioner	N/A	Admiral	24 Mos & by Appt.
C-20	Foreign Minister	Director of Intelligence	N/A	N/A	N/A	24 Mos & by Appt.

This is how the Civilian Ranks will work:

Diplomatic Corps The Diplomatic Corps will be divided into Consulates, Consulate-Generals and Embassies. The Embassy will be responsible for creating Diplomatic ties with the Fan Organization to which they are assigned. For example, there will be a TRMN Ambassador assigned to the Colonial Cylon Alliance. They will have one Consulate-General per Region of the Organization to which they are assigned and one Consulate per State as appropriate. Attachés are subject matter experts there to advise those with a C-15 or higher. Military Attachés should come from the respective Branches of Service and are the only Military personnel permitted to hold the Civilian Billets of Consular Attaché or Embassy Attaché, but must have passed the appropriate course in the Civilian Academy to do so.

In the case of an organization that is directly hostile toward TRMN, an Envoy, rather than an Ambassador may be sent and a full structure of Consulates may or may not be established.

The Foreign Minister reports to the First Lord of the Admiralty

Intelligence Corps The Intelligence Corps will be divided into Stations, Zones, Sectors and Regions. Zones, Sectors and Regions generally correspond to Consulates, Consulate –Generals and Embassies. A Station is a particular location where extra Intelligence is essential. Major cities would be a prime example of this, and as such, New York City would be a Station.

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The Director of Intelligence reports to the First Lord of the Admiralty

Sphinxian Forestry Commission The Sphinxian Forestry Service (SFC) is primarily a Cadet Service Branch of the Royal Manticoran Navy for those who wish a more Civilian track for their Children. Children under the age of 13 will also be assigned to the SFC and will, at 13 have a choice to switch to a Midshipman path. It is attached to the Office of the Sixth Space Lord. The Cadet ranks are all reserved for children. The remainder of the ranks are reserved for the Instructors at the Academy and Fleet Level SFC representatives. The Commissioner is the most senior member of the SFC and is responsible for the planning and execution of the Cadet Program.

The Commissioner reports to the Sixth Space Lord on Academy related Cadet activities and the First Lord of the Admiralty for Organizational Cadet activities

Royal Manticoran Merchant Marines The Royal Manticoran Merchant Marines is the group most focused on Civilian Chapter (ships). There will be three Classes/Types of Civilian Chapters, Medium Merchantmen, Heavy Merchantmen and Passenger Liners. From a crew perspective these will equate to Destroyers, Light Cruisers and Heavy Cruisers respectively. The command crew (CO, XO and BOS) of each civilian ship must be Merchant Marines and must meet educational requirements as set forth by Saganami Island Academy

The individual Captains report up through the RMN Chain via their Fleet Commanders

Royal Manticoran Astro Control Services The Royal Manticoran Astro Control Services will be share responsibility for running space Stations with the Royal Manticoran Navy. This is being offered solely for those who wish to go a civilian route and still wear a Uniform.

The Admiral in charge of the Royal Manticoran Astro Control Services will report into the First Space Lord

Issued by:

Martin Lessem, GCE, KCR, GS

Admiral of the Fleet RMN

First Lord of the Admiralty

First Duke, New Scania

See Also

• Admiralty Order 1303-02: "Civilian Rank Structure" (superseded by this order)

External Links

• Admiralty Order 1312-05 (TRMN.org)