Nomenclature

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This page is a collection of nomenclature found throughout the pages of the Tenth Fleet Wiki.

Corporate Governance

• Board of Directors
  • Permanent Board Committees
    • Steering Committee
    • Executive Committee
    • Disciplinary Committee
    • Licensing and Legal Committee
    • Bylaws and Governance Committee
• Committees
• Parliament
  • House of Lords
    • House of Lords
    • Peerage & The Peerage Board
  • House of Commons

Military Command

• Grand Alliance Joint Chiefs of Staff
  1. Chairman of the Grand Alliance Joint Chiefs of Staff
  2. Chief of Naval Operations, Royal Manticoran Navy (1SL)
  3. Commandant of the Royal Manticoran Marine Corps
  4. Marshal of the Royal Manticoran Army
  5. Home Secretary
  6. High Admiral of the Grayson Space Navy
  7. Groβadmiral of the Imperial Andermani Navy
  8. Chief of Naval Operations, Republic of Haven Navy
  9. Lord Speaker of the House of Lords
  10. Speaker of the House of Commons
  11. Secretary to the Board of Directors
  12. Executive Vice-President
• The Admiralty & Bureaus
  • First Space Lord (1SL) - Chief of Naval Operations, leads the Bureaus as well as all of the numbered fleets within the navy.
  • Bureau of Planning (BuPlan) - Responsible for the marketing, event planning, and recruitment; run by the Second Space Lord (2SL).
  • Bureau of Ships (BuShips) - Responsible for the disposition of all chapters within TRMN including commissioning, decommissioning, and changes; run by the Third Space Lord (3SL).
  • Bureau of Communications (BuComm) - Responsible for all Communications for TRMN, including web services like MEDUSA and the Forums; run by the Fourth Space Lord (4SL).
  • Bureau of Personnel (BuPers) - Responsible for the disposition of all members of TRMN including applications, transfers, adjustments of rank, and billeting; run by the Fifth Space Lord (5SL).
  • Bureau of Training (BuTrain) - Responsible for the training of all members of TRMN and operates the academies; run by the Sixth Space Lord (6SL).
  • Bureau of Supply (BuSup) - Responsible for the production of canon uniform items for TRMN, swag and merchandise items, as well as managing the online store[1] where those items are sold; run by the Seventh Space Lord (7SL).

Branches

• RMN
• RMMC
• RMA
• GSN
• IAN
• RHN
• RMACS
• RMMM
• SFC
• Civilian Corps

Admiralty Peerage

Academy

See Academy

Barony

See Barony

Barracks

See Barracks

Battalion

A battalion is a military unit used in The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. (TRMN) by the Royal Manticoran Army and the Royal Manticoran Marine Corps.

In canon, a battalion is a subsidiary unit of a regiment made up of several hundred soldiers or marines commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel. The battalion is in turn made up of companies.

Chapter nomenclature

From Battalion#Chapter_nomenclature

RMA chapters have regimental names, so a Tier 5 chapter portrays a subsidiary battalion of the named regiment.
Example: First Battalion Shadow Vale Regiment. This is typically written as 1/SHADOW VALE

For a Tier 5 aerospace chapter:
No. 1 Group, San Giorgio Aerospace Wing

Bivouac

See Bivouac

Board

See Board

Brigade

See Brigade

Bureau

See Bureau

Chapter

A chapter is a local subsidiary of an organization.

In The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. (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 nomenclature

From Chapter#Chapter_nomenclature

The chapter name will be the name of a ship from the Honorverse canon approved by BuShips, such as HMS Invincible.

Army chapter nomenclature

From Chapter#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).

Ship types

From Chapter#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:

Tier	RMN	GSN	IAN	RHN
1	Pinnace	Pinnace	Pinnace	Pinnace
2
3	Light Assault Craft (LAC)	Light Assault Craft (LAC)	Light Assault Craft (LAC)	Light Assault Craft (LAC)
4	Destroyer (DD)	Destroyer (DD)	Destroyer (Z)	Destroyer (DD)
5	Light Cruiser (CL)	Light Cruiser (CL)	Light Cruiser (L)	Light Cruiser (CL)
6	Heavy Cruiser (CA)		Heavy Cruiser (K)	Heavy Cruiser (CA)
7	Battlecruiser (BC)	Battlecruiser (BC)	Battlecruiser (S)	Battlecruiser (BC)
8	Dreadnought (DN)	Dreadnought (DN)	Dreadnought (W)	Dreadnought (DN)
9	LAC Carrier (CLAC)	LAC Carrier (CLAC)	LAC Carrier (T)	LAC Carrier (CLAC)
10	Superdreadnought (SD)	Superdreadnought (SD)	Superdreadnought (W)	Superdreadnought (SD)

Center

See Center

College

See College

Committee

See Committee

Company

A company is a military unit used in The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. (TRMN) by the Royal Manticoran Army and the Royal Manticoran Marine Corps.

In canon, a company is a subsidiary unit of a battalion made up of 100-200 soldiers or marines commanded by a lieutenant. The company is in turn made up of platoons.

Chapter nomenclature

From Company#Chapter_nomenclature

RMA chapters have regimental names, so a Tier 3 chapter portrays a subsidiary company of the named regiment.
Example: First Battalion Shadow Vale Regiment, Alpha Company.

For a Tier 4 chapter:
Example: First Battalion Shadow Vale Regiment, Strike Company.

Corps

See Corps

County

See County

District

See District

Division

See Division

Duchy

See Duchy

Expeditionary Force

See Expeditionary Force

Fleet

See Fleet

Fleet Station

See Fleet Station

Flight

A flight is a military unit used by the Royal Manticoran Army's Atmospheric Command and also Light Attack Craft of the Royal Manticoran Navy.

In canon, a flight is subsidiary echelon of a squadron consisting of several craft.

Chapter Nomenclature

From Flight#Chapter_Nomenclature

All RMA chapters that wish to portray an Aerospace unit take a wing name. If they are a smaller tier than full wing, they portray a constituent echelon of the wing. For example, a Tier 2 chapter portrays one of the wing's flights.
Example: Stonearch Atmospheric Wing, Alpha Squadron, Number One Flight
The chapter name stays the same as the chapter grows to portray larger portions of the wing, up to the full wing (Tier 9 chapter).

Fort

See Fort

Grand Duchy

See Grand Duchy

Headquarters

See Headquarters

Institute

See Institute

Junction Control Station

See Junction Control Station

Keep

See Keep

LAC

See LAC

Merchant Ship

See Merchant Ship

Office

See Office

Outpost

See Outpost

Platoon

A platoon is a military unit used in The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. (TRMN) by the Royal Manticoran Army and the Royal Manticoran Marine Corps.

In canon, a platoon is a subsidiary unit of a company made up of approximately 40 soldiers or marines commanded by a lieutenant. The platoon is in turn made up of squads.

Chapter nomenclature

From Platoon#Chapter_nomenclature

RMA chapters have regimental names, so a Tier 2 chapter portrays a subsidiary platoon of the named regiment.
Example: Shadow Vale Regiment, Alpha Company, First Platoon.

Posting

See Posting

Regiment

See Regiment

Section

See Section

Ship

See Ship

• Name

Squad

A squad is a military unit used in The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. (TRMN) by the Royal Manticoran Army and the Royal Manticoran Marine Corps.

In canon, a squad is a subsidiary unit of a platoon made up of approximately 10 soldiers or marines led by a sergeant. The squad may be divided into two fireteams.

Chapter nomenclature

From Squad#Chapter_nomenclature

RMA chapters have regimental names, so a Tier 1 chapter portrays a subsidiary squad of the named regiment.
Example: Shadow Vale Regiment, Alpha Company, First Platoon, First Squad.

Tier 1 chapters are Attached Elements of larger chapters, so will take their name as a squad of the parent chapter. If a Tier 1 chapter upgrades to a Tier 2 or larger chapter, it can then select its own regimental name.

Squadron

A squadron is a type of echelon of warships organized for administrative and/or operational purposes.

RMA Chapter Nomenclature

From Squadron#RMA_Chapter_Nomenclature

The chapter name will be a nominal aerospace wing, of which the squadron is part. A Tier 3 chapter would be called, for example, "Alpha Squadron, Stonearch Atmospheric Wing."

Station

See Station

Steading

See Steading

Task Force

See Task Force

Task Group

See Task Group

The Royal Manticoran Navy (TRMN)

The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. (abbrev: TRMN or tRMN) is a fan club based on the appreciation of author David Weber's Honor Harrington series of science fiction novels and anthologies. The setting for the series is referred to as the Honorverse, and the organization takes its name from the space navy to which the main character belongs.

TRMN Organization and Culture

From TRMN Fan Assoc.#TRMN_Organization_and_Culture

TRMN founder Martin Lessem, along with many of the early leaders of the club, had belonged to STARFLEET International (SFI), and many pseudo-military elements of TRMN hierarchy and culture are inspired by SFI's structure, translated into the nomenclature used in the Honorverse canon.

TRMN has an extensive body of jargon and acronyms.

University

See University

University System

See University System

Wing

A wing is a military unit used by the Royal Manticoran Army's Atmospheric Command .

In canon, a wing is made up of one or more aerospace groups, and can consist of several thousand personnel.

Chapter Nomenclature

From Wing#Chapter_Nomenclature

All RMA chapters that wish to portray an Aerospace unit take a wing name. If they are a smaller tier than full wing, they portray a constituent echelon of the wing. For example, a Tier 3 chapter portrays one of the wing's squadrons. The chapter name stays the same as the chapter grows to portray larger portions of the wing, up to the full wing (Tier 9 chapter).