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In {{trmn}} (TRMN), all members choose a chapter to join, and are invited to form new chapters.

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:

{| class="wikitable"

! SHIP TYPE !! MINIMUM TOTAL CREW !! MINIMUM OFFICERS

| 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 "permanent" ship type. It has a CO, but no XO or bosun.</ref> || 2 || 1

| [[Light Attack Craft]] (LAC) ||   3  ||1<ref>[[Admiralty Order 1602-06]] specifies that a LAC requires only a CO and bosun, with no XO required.</ref>

| [[Destroyer]] (DD) || 6 || 2 

| [[Light Cruiser]] (CL) ||   8 || 3

| [[Heavy Cruiser]] (CA) || 10 || 3 

| [[Battle Cruiser]] (BC) || 12 ||4 

| [[Dreadnought]] (DN) ||   16 || 5 

| [[Superdreadnought]] (SD) || 20 || 5 

|-  

|}

Unlike the Navy and Marines, whose chapters are ship-based, [[Royal Manticoran Army]] chapters are ground and Atmospheric units.

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>[[Home Office Directive: 007-20]]</ref>  These can be part of ship chapters, in the same manner as Marine Detachments.  

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.

In 2021, separate Holding Chapters were introduced for each regional fleet:<ref> [[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)

*Eighth Naval District: HMSS Basilisk (SS-108)

*Tenth Naval District: HMSS Talbott (SS-110)

*Thirteen Naval District: HMSS Chotěboř (SS-113)

[[Category: Organization]] [[Category: Chapters]]