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{{medal-info
| image = RMN_MC.png
| name = Manticore Cross (MC)
| auth = {{fla}}
| freq = Once per calendar year
| branches = [[RMN]], [[RMMC]] (Officers Only)
| image2 = manticore_cross_medal.png
}}
The [[Manticore Cross]] (abbrev: '''MC''') is the highest award for gallantry, awarded to commissioned and warrant officers of the [[Royal Manticoran Navy]] and the [[Royal Manticoran Marine Corps]].  Honorees within canon include [[honorverse:Franklin Casey | Franklin Casey]]<ref>{{MA2}}</ref> (the first recpient), [[honorverse:Carlton Locatelli|Carleton Locatelli]]<ref>{{MA2}}</ref>, [[honorverse:Richard Maxwell | Richard Maxwell]]<ref>{{HH9}}</ref>, [[honorverse:Honor Harrington | Lady Dame Honor Harrington]]<ref name="HH1">{{HH1}}</ref>, [[Captain]] [[honorverse:Captain Thoma | Thoma]]<ref>{{HH9}}</ref>, [[honorverse:Aivars Terekhov | Sir Aivars Terekhov]]<ref>{{SI1}}</ref>, and [[honorverse:Michael Oversteegen | Michael Oversteegen]]<ref>{{CS1}}</ref>.

==TRMN Information==
This award is the highest award for gallantry issued in the [[Royal Manticoran Navy]] and [[Royal Manticoran Marine Corps]]. This award is only available to officers and warrant officers in the RMN and RMMC. The criteria for this award is exceptional service to the RMN or RMMC in general, either by a) demonstrating consistently outstanding performance over time, or b) by performing a particular task or service to a high standard of excellence above and beyond the call of duty. The recipient is entitled to the post nominal letters of ‘'''MC'''’.<ref name="aman">[http://www.trmn.org/portal/index.php/documents/finish/4-general/92-rmn-5-002-awards-manual TRMN Awards Manual 2014 Edition]</ref>

==Honorees==

* [[Dame]] Laura Lochen, MC, [[Duchess]] [[Split Rock]], [[Baroness]] [[La Mancha]], (Awarded five times) 
* [[Sir]] Daniel Walker, MC, [[Earl]] [[Mars-Evans]]
* [[Sir]] John Neitz, MC, [[Duke]] [[Westmarch]]
* [[Dame]] Elisa Randall, MC, [[Countess]] [[New Cumbria]]
* [[Dame]] Jill McTavish, MC, [[Countess]], [[Miyake-Jima]]
* [[Sir]] Joseph Harney, MC, [[Baron]] [[Dundonald]]
* [[Sir]] Joe Hinson, MC
* [[Sir]] Oliver Kindzorra, MC
* Mark Morgan, MC, (Twice awarded)
* [[Sir]] Zachary White, MC, [[Baron]] [[Gilwell]], (Thrice awarded)
* [[Dame]] Angela Clayton, MC, [[Steadholder]] [[Fitzgerald]] 
* [[Sir]] Drew Drentlaw, MC, [[Baron]] [[Glencairn]]
* Andrew Harper, MC
* Thomas Hathaway IV, MC
* [[Sir]] David Westover, MC, (Twice Awarded)
* [[Sir]] Nathan Balyeat, MC
* [[Sir]] Michael Houghtaling, MC, [[Baron]] [[Sutherland]], (Twice Awarded)
* [[Sir]] Robert Bulkeley, MC, [[Duke]] [[Mountain View]], [[Earl]] [[New Essex]], (Twice Awarded)
* [[Sir]] Philipp Wohlrab, MC, [[Baron]] [[Baudenvost]]
* [[Sir]] Jeremy Carsten, MC
* George Farmer, MC
* [[Sir]] William Knight, MC, [[Earl]] [[White Lion]]
* [[Dame]] Shirley Kunz, MC
* [[Sir]] Colin Lloyd, MC, [[Baron]] [[New Ayers]]
* [[Sir]] Eddy Roberts, MC
* Zach Perkins, MC
* [[Sir]] Patrick Lindsley, MC
* [[Sir]] Joseph Grieco, MC, [[Baron]] [[Cooper's Lake]]
* [[Sir]] Patrick McKinnion. MC
* [[Dame]] Cheryl Krause, MC, [[Baroness]] [[New Hastings]], (Twice Awarded)
* [[Sir]] David Misener, MC
* [[Sir]] Tracy Newby, MC
* Elizabeth Davis, MC
* [[Sir]] Sherman Day, MC
* [[Dame]] Danielle Erikson, MC
* [[Sir]] Doss Buckalew, MC, [[Baron]] [[New Greyhawke]], (Twice Awarded)
* [[Sir]] Michael Henigan, MC
* [[Sir]] Benjamin Wagner, MC, [[Baron]] [[Eboracum]], (Twice awarded)
* [[Sir]] Michael Timko, MC
* [[Sir]] Phil Culmer, MC
* [[Sir]] Mir Plemmons, MC
* [[Dame]] Diane Bulkeley, MC, [[Duchess]] [[Mountain View]], [[Countess]] [[New Essex]], (Awarded six times)
* Tammy Schoonover, MC
* [[Sir]] Christopher Thompson, MC, [[Baron]] [[Calabasas]], (Awarded Four times) <ref name=FLAFall2020>[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=18378 Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty’s Fall 2022 Honors]</ref> 
* [[Dame]] Cindy Epard, MC, [[Baroness]] [[Cape Fear]]
* Kristina Gordon, MC
* [[Sir]] Garret Bitker, MC, [[Baron]] [[Silver Lake]]
* [[Dame]] Christa Brolley, MC, [[Countess]] [[New Dover]], (Thrice Awarded)
* [[Sir]] Jamie Salsberg, MC
* [[Dame]] Dora Erikson, MC
* [[Dame]] Cindy Van Wyhe, MC, [[Baroness]] [[Long Beach]]
* [[Sir]] Don Hackett, MC
* Sonja Wolf, MC
* [[Sir]] TJ Allen, MC
* [[Sir]] Rob Marshall, MC, [[Baron]] [[New Halifax]]
* [[Dame]] Lori Bonilla, MC, [[Baroness]] [[Fair Isle]]
* William Farley II, MC
* Kim Furr, MC
* [[Sir]] Mike Romero, MC, [[Baron]] [[New Williamsburg]]
* [[Sir]] Wayne Bruns, MC, [[Earl]] [[Cappanarrow]]
* [[Dame]] Leah Bloodgood, MC
* [[Dame]] Sonja Thiede, MC, [[Baroness]] [[Kings River]]
* [[Sir]] Samuel Dietzmann, MC, (Twice Awarded) <ref name=FLAFall2020>[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=18378 Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty’s Fall 2022 Honors]</ref>
* [[Sir]] Geoffrey Zoeller, MC
* [[Dame]] Carolyn Crutchfield, MC
* [[Sir]] Michael Garcia, MC, [[Baron]] [[McCovey Cove]]<ref name=FLAFall2020>[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=18378 Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty’s Fall 2022 Honors]</ref>
* [[Sir]] Eric Schulman, MC<ref name=FLAFall2020>[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=18378 Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty’s Fall 2022 Honors]</ref>
* [[Sir]] Matthew Parker, MC, [[Earl]] [[Camera Stellata]]<ref name=FLAFall2020>[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=18378 Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty’s Fall 2022 Honors]</ref>
* [[Dame]] Lisa Wiedemann, MC<ref name=FLAFall2020>[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=18378 Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty’s Fall 2022 Honors]</ref>
* [[Sir]] Geoffrey Strayer, MC, [[Baron]] [[Oak Forest]] <ref name=FLA4th2022>[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=470&t=18675 Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty’s 4th Quarter 2022 Honors]</ref>
*[[Sir]] James Olsen, MC
* [[Sir]] Martin Lessem, MC, [[Grand Duke]] [[Lynx]], [[Duke]] [[New Scania]]
* [[Sir]] John Patrick Brice, MC
* William Becker, MC

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