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A '''chapter''' is a local subsidiary of an organization.   
A '''chapter''' is a local subsidiary of an organization.   


In {{trmn}} (TRMN), all members choose a chapter to join, and are invited to form new chapters.
In {{trmn}} (TRMN), all members choose a chapter to join, and are invited to form new chapters. Chapter structure is defined by [[PD-SC-1003 Chapter and Echelon Policy]].
 
==Chapter size requirements==
 
Chapter size "Tiers" are the same throughout all TRMN [[branch]]es:
 
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
! Chapter Tier !! Minimum Member Composition !! 1st Officer Payscale !! 2nd Officer Payscale !! 3rd Officer Payscale
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1 || style="text-align:center" | 2 || style="text-align:center" | E-6 to E-10 <br> C-6 to C-10 || style="text-align:center" | N/A || style="text-align:center" | N/A
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2 || style="text-align:center" | 3 <br> Must include 1 Officer || style="text-align:center" | O-1 to O-6 <br> C-11 to C-16 || style="text-align:center" | N/A || style="text-align:center" | E-6 to E-10 <br> C-6 to C-10
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 3 || style="text-align:center" | 3 <br> Must include 1 Officer || style="text-align:center" | O-3 to O-6 <br> C-13 to C-16 || style="text-align:center" | N/A || style="text-align:center" | E-7 to E-10 <br> C-7 to C-10
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 4 || style="text-align:center" | 6 <br> Must include 2 Officers || style="text-align:center" | O-4 to O-6 <br> C-14 to C-16 || style="text-align:center" | O-3 to O-6 <br> C-13 to C-16 || style="text-align:center" | E-7 to E-10 <br> C-7 to C-10
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 5 || style="text-align:center" | 8 <br> Must include 2 Officers || style="text-align:center" | O-5 to O-6 <br> C-15 to C-16 || style="text-align:center" | O-4 to O-6 <br> C-14 to C-16 || style="text-align:center" | E-7 to E-10 <br> C-7 to C-10
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 6 || style="text-align:center" | 10 <br> Must include 3 Officers || style="text-align:center" | O-6 <br> C-16 || style="text-align:center" | O-5 to O-6 <br> C-15 to C-16 || style="text-align:center" | E-8 to E-10 <br> C-8 to C-10
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 7 || style="text-align:center" | 12 <br> Must include 3 Officers || style="text-align:center" | O-6 <br> C-16 || style="text-align:center" | O-5 to O-6 <br> C-15 to C-16 || style="text-align:center" | E-8 to E-10 <br> C-8 to C-10
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 8 || style="text-align:center" | 14 <br> Must include 4 Officers || style="text-align:center" | O-6 <br> C-16 || style="text-align:center" | O-5 to O-6 <br> C-15 to C-16 || style="text-align:center" | E-8 to E-10 <br> C-8 to C-10
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 9 || style="text-align:center" | 16 <br> Must include 4 Officers || style="text-align:center" | O-6 <br> C-16 || style="text-align:center" | O-5 to O-6 <br> C-15 to C-16 || style="text-align:center" | E-9 to E-10 <br> C-9 to C-10
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 10 || style="text-align:center" | 20 <br> Must include 5 Officers || style="text-align:center" | O-6 <br> C-16 || style="text-align:center" | O-5 to O-6 <br> C-15 to C-16 || style="text-align:center" | E-9 to E-10 <br> C-9 to C-10
|}


==Meeting Chapter==
==Meeting Chapter==
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==Ships==
==Ships==
The most common framework for a chapter (whether it be meeting or correspondence) is that the members are the crew and other embarked personnel aboard an imaginary military spaceship.  Thus the chapter name will be the name of a ship from the [[Honorverse]] [[canon]] approved by [[BuShips]], such as {{hms|Invincible|SD-455}}.
The most common framework for a chapter (whether it be meeting or correspondence) is that the members are the crew and other embarked personnel aboard an imaginary military spaceship.   
 
For regional oversight, ships are assigned to a [[Fleet#List of Numbered Fleets|fleet based on their location]].
 
===Star Nations===
In the early days of TRMN, the club leadership conceived that meeting chapters would be [[Royal Manticoran Navy]] ships, while correspondence chapters would be ships of the [[Grayson Space Navy]].  In practice, this scheme has not been adhered to, as the nationality of the ship is more commonly based on the role-play interests of the members, so both RMN and GSN ships may exist as either meeting or correspondence chapters.  Other nationalities and types have been introduced, so that a ship may be from any of the following [[Grand Alliance]] member services:
 
*[[Royal Manticoran Navy]]
*[[Royal Manticoran Merchant Marine]]
*[[Grayson Space Navy]]
*[[Imperial Andermani Navy]]
*[[Republic of Haven Navy]]


For regional oversight, ships are assigned to a [[List_of_RMN_Numbered_Fleets|fleet based on their location]].
===Chapter nomenclature===
The chapter name will be the name of a ship from the [[Honorverse]] [[canon]] approved by [[BuShips]], such as {{hms|Invincible|SD-455}}.


====Prefixes====
*[[Royal Manticoran Navy]]: '''HMS''' ('''H'''er '''M'''ajesty's '''S'''hip)
*[[Grayson Space Navy]]: '''GNS''' ('''G'''rayson '''N'''aval '''S'''hip)
*[[Republic of Haven Navy]]: '''RHNS''' ('''R'''epublic of '''H'''aven '''N'''aval '''S'''hip)
*[[Imperial Andermani Navy]]: '''SMS''' ('''S'''einer '''M'''ajestät '''S'''chiff, German for His Majesty's Ship)
====Hull Numbers====
After the name, the ship's Hull Number is appended.  This includes a [[Hull Classification Symbol]] for the ship type, and then a number identifying that ship within its navy.  (''example'': HMS Invincible SD-455.  "SD" for superdreadnought, 455 to signify the 455th superdreadnought of the RMN).
===Ship types===
The type of ship which a chapter may portray is limited by minimum crew complement requirements.  Although the fictional spaceship would have a much larger crew (the largest superdreadnoughts might have crew complements numbering in the thousands),the chapter requirements are:  
The type of ship which a chapter may portray is limited by minimum crew complement requirements.  Although the fictional spaceship would have a much larger crew (the largest superdreadnoughts might have crew complements numbering in the thousands),the chapter requirements are:  


{| class="wikitable"
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
! Tier !! RMN !! GSN !! IAN !! RHN
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 1 || style="text-align:center" | Pinnace || style="text-align:center" | Pinnace || style="text-align:center" | Pinnace || style="text-align:center" | Pinnace
|-
|-
! SHIP TYPE !! MINIMUM TOTAL CREW !! MINIMUM OFFICERS
| style="text-align:center" | 2 || ||  ||  ||
|-
|-
| Pinnace<ref> a pinnace is overseen by an existing larger ship and is meant to be temporary while the new chapter recruits to be able to upgrade to a larger "permanant" ship type.</ref> || 2 || 1
| style="text-align:center" | 3 || style="text-align:center" | Light Assault Craft<br>(LAC) || style="text-align:center" | Light Assault Craft<br>(LAC) || style="text-align:center" | Light Assault Craft<br>(LAC) || style="text-align:center" | Light Assault Craft<br>(LAC)
|-
|-
| [[Light Attack Craft]] (LAC) ||   3  ||1
| style="text-align:center" | 4 || style="text-align:center" | Destroyer<br>(DD) || style="text-align:center" | Destroyer<br>(DD) || style="text-align:center" | Destroyer<br>(Z) || style="text-align:center" | Destroyer<br>(DD)
|-
|-
| Destroyer (DD) || 6 || 2 
| style="text-align:center" | 5 || style="text-align:center" | Light Cruiser<br>(CL) || style="text-align:center" | Light Cruiser<br>(CL) || style="text-align:center" | Light Cruiser<br>(L) || style="text-align:center" | Light Cruiser<br>(CL)
|-
|-
| Light Cruiser (CL) ||   8 || 3
| style="text-align:center" | 6 || style="text-align:center" | Heavy Cruiser<br>(CA) || || style="text-align:center" | Heavy Cruiser<br>(K) || style="text-align:center" | Heavy Cruiser<br>(CA)
|-
|-
| Heavy Cruiser (CA) || 10 || 3 
| style="text-align:center" | 7 || style="text-align:center" | Battlecruiser<br>(BC) || style="text-align:center" | Battlecruiser<br>(BC) || style="text-align:center" | Battlecruiser<br>(S) || style="text-align:center" | Battlecruiser<br>(BC)
|-
|-
| Battle Cruiser (BC) || 12 ||4 
| style="text-align:center" | 8 || style="text-align:center" | Dreadnought<br>(DN) || style="text-align:center" | Dreadnought<br>(DN) || style="text-align:center" | Dreadnought<br>(W) || style="text-align:center" | Dreadnought<br>(DN)
|-
|-
| Dreadnaught (DN) ||   16 || 5 
| style="text-align:center" | 9 || style="text-align:center" | LAC Carrier<br>(CLAC) || style="text-align:center" | LAC Carrier<br>(CLAC) || style="text-align:center" | LAC Carrier<br>(T) || style="text-align:center" | LAC Carrier<br>(CLAC)
|-
|-
| Superdreadnaught (SD) || 20 || 5 
| style="text-align:center" | 10 || style="text-align:center" | Superdreadnought<br>(SD) || style="text-align:center" | Superdreadnought<br>(SD) || style="text-align:center" | Superdreadnought<br>(W) || style="text-align:center" | Superdreadnought<br>(SD)
|-  
|}
|}
 
===Star Nations===
In the early days of TRMN, the club leadership conceived that meeting chapters would be [[Royal Manticoran Navy]] ships, while correspondence chapters would be ships of the [[Grayson Space Navy]].  In practice, this scheme has no been adhered to, as the nationality of the ship is more commonly based on the role-play interests of the members, so both RMN and GSN ships may exist as either meeting or correspondence chapters.  Other nationalities and types have been introduced, so that a ship may be from any of the following [[Grand Alliance]] member services:
 
*[[Royal Manticoran Navy]]
*[[Royal Manticoran Merchant Marine]]
*[[Grayson Space Navy]]
*[[Imperial Andermani Navy]]
*[[Republic of Haven Navy]]
    
    
===Marine Detachments===
===Marine Detachments===
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==Leadership==
==Leadership==
Chapters are required to have a "'''command triad'''" consisting of the following:<ref>A pinnace needs only a CO, and a LAC needs only a CO and a Bosun</ref>
Chapters are required to have a "'''command triad'''" consisting of the following:<ref>A pinnace needs only a CO, and a LAC needs only a CO and a Bosun</ref>
*'''Commanding Officer''' (CO):  Analogous to the chapter president.  Sometimes called the "skipper" in club jargon.
*'''[[Commanding Officer]]''' (CO):  Analogous to the chapter president.  Sometimes called the "skipper" in club jargon.
*'''Executive Officer''' (XO): The chapter's second-in command.
*'''[[Executive Officer]]''' (XO): The chapter's second-in command.
*'''Bosun''': The senior enlisted member of the chapter, who must have a minimum grade of [[E-7]] (called the "gunny" for MarDets or "NCOIC" for Army chapters).
*'''[[Bosun]]''': The senior enlisted member of the chapter, who must have a minimum grade of [[E-7]] (called the "gunny" for MarDets or "NCOIC" for Army chapters).


The "triad" structure is also used for leadership of larger [[echelon unit|echelons formed of multiple ships]] as well as the [[Bureau|bureaus]] and service branches which makeup the organization.
The "triad" structure is also used for leadership of larger [[echelon unit|echelons formed of multiple ships]] as well as the [[Bureau|bureaus]] and service branches which makeup the organization.
==Army Chapters==
Unlike the Navy and Marines, whose chapters are ship-based, [[Royal Manticoran Army]] chapters are ground and atmospheric units, with composition requirements delineated in [[Orders:Adjutant General Order 2412-01]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!TIER!! GROUND <br>UNIT TYPE!!AEROSPACE<br> UNIT TYPE!!Minimum <br>members!!Minimum <br>[[CO]] rank!!Minimum <br>[[XO]] Rank!!Minimum<br> NCOIC Grade
|-
|T1|| Squad ||Section||2||-||-||[[E-6]]
|-
|T2||Platoon||Flight||3||[[O-1]]||-||[[E-6]]
|-
|T3||Company||[[Squadron]]||3||[[O-3]]||-||[[E-7]]
|-
|T4||Strike Company||Strike Squadron||6||[[O-4]]||[[O-3]]||[[E-7]]
|-
|T5||Battalion||Group||8||[[O-5]]||[[O-4]]||[[E-7]]
|-
|T9||[[Regiment]]||Wing||16*||[[O-6]]||[[O-5]]||[[E-9]]
|}
NOTES: Tier refers to the Chapter Tiers delineated in [[PD-SC-1003 Chapter and Echelon Policy|PD-SC-1003]] Table 1.<br>
RMA does not use Tiers 6, 7, 8, or 10<br>
*Regiment (Tier 9) chapters require 4 commissioned officers (i.e. CO,  XO,  plus two additional officers)
===Army chapter nomenclature===
In TRMN, an army chapter is a regiment, or portrays part of a notional regiment if the chapter is less than regimental strength. For example a Tier 3 sized chapter takes its name from a regiment, but portrays a company within that regiment.  The regiment name stays the same as the chapter grows to portray larger echelons within the regiment, up to the entire regiment (if it is a Tier 9 chapter).<ref>[[Orders:Adjutant General Order 2407-01]]</ref>


==Civilian Chapters==
==Civilian Chapters==
[[Home Office Directive: 007-20]]
Members who portray non-uniformed civilians serving in the [[Diplomatic Corps]] or the [[Special Intelligence Service]] may be members of RMN ship chapters, but also may form chapters that portray diplomatic missions or intelligence stations.<ref>[[Orders:Home Office Directive 007-20]]</ref>  These can be part of ship chapters, in the same manner as Marine Detachments.


==Holding Chapters==
==Holding Chapters==
A '''holding chapter''' is the term for a general organization-wide chapter for members who have not joined meeting or correspondence chapter. These are commonly fictional space stations.
A '''holding chapter''' is the term for a general organization-wide chapter for members who have not joined meeting or correspondence chapter.<ref>[[Orders:Admiralty Order 2307-04]] designates branch heads as the authority for appointing holding chapter COs.</ref>  These are commonly fictional space stations.
*'''HMSSS Greenwich''' (HMSS= Her Majesty's Space Station) was the original holding chapter for all Manticoran members.   
*'''[[HMSS Greenwich (SS-001)|HMSS Greenwich]]''' (HMSS= '''H'''er '''M'''ajesty's '''S'''pace '''S'''tation) was the original holding chapter for all Manticoran members.   
 
In 2021, separate Holding Chapters were introduced for each regional fleet, with ''Greenwich'' retained for First Fleet:<ref> [[Orders:Naval Directive 21JA-03]]</ref>
*First Naval District: [[HMSS Greenwich (SS-101)]]
*Second Naval District: [[HMSS North Star (SS-102)]]
*Third Naval District: [[HMSS Ramirez (SS-103)]]
*Sixth Naval District: [[HMSS Yeager (SS-106)]]
*Seventh Naval District [[SMRS Hohenzollern (SMRS-01)]]
*Eighth Naval District: [[HMSS Basilisk (SS-108)]]
*Tenth Naval District: [[HMSS Talbott (SS-110)]]
*Thirteenth Naval District: [[HMSS Chotěboř (SS-113)]]


In 2021, separate Holding Chapters were introduced for each regional fleet:<ref> [[Naval Directive 21JA-03]]</ref>
* '''HMSS ''Hephaestus''''' was designated as the initial waystation for all incoming RMN branch personnel pending further assignment.
*First Naval District: HMSS Greenwich (SS-101)
*Second Naval District: HMSS North Star (SS-102)
*Third Naval District: HMSS Ramirez (SS-103)
*Sixth Naval District: HMSS Yeager (SS-106)
*Eighth Naval District: HMSS Basilisk (SS-108)
*Tenth Naval District: HMSS Talbott (SS-110)
*Thirteen Naval District: HMSS Chotěboř (SS-113)


*'''GNSS Barbara Bancroft''' is the holding chapter for Grayson members.
*'''[[GNSS Katherine Mayhew (SS-02)|GNSS Katherine Mayhew]]''' is the holding chapter for Grayson members.
*London Point
*'''RHSS Javier Giscard (RHSS-01)''' is the holding chapter for [[Republic of Haven Navy]] members.
*1st Regiment of Foote
*'''London Point''' is the holding chapter for the [[Royal Manticoran Marine Corps]]
*'''1st Regiment of Foote''' is the holding chapter for the [[Royal Manticoran Army]]
*'''[[Manticore Central Control (ATC-01)]]''' serves as the holding chapter for the [[Royal Manticoran Astro Control Service]]


==Flagship==
==Flagship==  
When Commanding Officers of Fleets, as well as other [[Flag Officer|flag officers]] select a ship to be their chapter, that ship is known as their flagship.


==External Links==
[https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1674t8QzocnGvcFAE_FiP4KWg4o4&ll=31.868910896989668%2C-50.07025203650851&z=3  Worldwide TRMN chapter location map]
==References==
==References==
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