Social Standing “B”

SOCIAL STANDING “B”

Characteristic attribute level equivalent to Upper Upper Class or Sub-Peerage (3I Knight or RimWorld Siridar-Lord).

In RI Social Standing, this level includes “b” and “B,” Hereditary Sheriff (Esquire/Esquiress) and Hereditary Magistrate (Knight), respectively.  Also included are recipients of the Navy Medal (NM), Military Medal (MM), or Civil Medal (CM).

Social Standing “A”

SOCIAL STANDING “A”

Characteristic attribute level equivalent to Mid-Upper Class or Gentry (3I Gentleman).

In RI Social Standing, this level includes “a” and “A,” Second Degree Gentry and First Degree Gentry, respectively.

Individuals possessing SOC-A or SOC-a may use the postnominal “Gt.” (i.e., “Gentleman” or “Gentlewoman”).

Prime Admiral (PA)

PRIME ADMIRAL (PA)

Second-highest IN flag officer rank, pay grade A-1, equivalent to IA or IM Prime General (PG), senior to Admiral (ADM) and junior to Crown Admiral (CA).

A Prime Admiral is the Chief, Imperium Navy, or the Deputy Crown Commandant, Imperium Armed Forces (IAF).

Prime Admiral (PA)

[glossary]

Prime Admiral (PA) - Flag officer rank senior to Admiral and junior to Crown Admiral, in pay grade A-1.

Equivalent to Prime General.

The command billet for a Prime Admiral is typically as Chief, Imperium Navy.

Originally posted 10/16/2014, revised 12/29/2017.

Social Standing

SOCIAL STANDING (SOC)

The sixth (of six) characteristics or attributes in a Universal Personality Profile (UPP) expressed in standard hexidecimal (base 16) notation (0-9, A-H).

Social Standing attribute 9 (nine) and above indicates imperial, royal, noble, aristocratic, or similarly high-level standing.

(Tables for 3I Social Standing can be found in T5, p. 67.)

Social Standing is a function of several factors, beginning with circumstances of parentage and upbringing, education, professional advancement, and service to the RI.  Personal virtues, accomplishment, and reputation can increase it and disgrace and failure will diminish it. 

SOC indicates standing in the interstellar community, whether 3I, RI, or other.  In the RI, the official final arbiter of SOC is the Crown, however in practice it is delegated as a part of the protocol function performed by the Lord Chamberlain and the Executive Office of the Crown (EOC), whose published guides to protocol include formal precedence.


RI Social Standing

SOC Equivalent
0   Underclass, Fugitive
1   Convict, Ex-Convict
2   Indentured
3-5 Lower Classes
6-8 Middle Classes
9   Lower Upper (Low Gentry)
A   Middle Upper (Gentry)
B   Upper Upper (Sub-Peerage)
C   Baronial/Baronetage
D   Vice-Comital
E   Comital
F   Ducal
G   Principal
H   Imperial

Appointment to crown office, award of a university degree, and guild mastership are deemed sufficient under crown protocol for an individual to arrive at the port of gentility/gentry (i.e., grounds to apply for a common grant of arms), which is a minimum of SOC-6.

Characters with SOC below 6 (six; Low Middle Class) who are commissioned (or warrant) officers of the IN, IA, IM, or other RI military and naval forces; 
OR who complete a university undergraduate degree; 
OR who are rated Master of an official guild; 
receive +1 SOC.  Only one of these modifiers will apply to any one individual.

Characters with SOC below 7 (seven; Mid Middle Class) who are promoted to Field Grade officers of the IN, IA, IM, or other RI military and naval forces; 
OR who complete a university graduate degree;
receive +1 SOC.  Only one of these modifiers will apply to any one individual.

Characters with SOC below 8 (eight; Upper Middle Class) who are promoted to Flag or General Officers of the IN, IA, IM, or other RI military and naval forces;
receive +1 SOC.

Characters invested into RI orders of knighthood (IKM, IKC, or CKR) are raised to SOC "B" (Upper Upper Class, Knightage).

Characters invested with the prenominal "The Honorable" (Hon.; NM, MM, CM) are raised to SOC "b" (Upper Upper Class, Esquirage).


RI Nobility
SOC Equivalent
a   Gentry 2d degree
A   Gentry 1st degree; 3I Gentleman
b   Hered. Sheriff (Esquire/Esquiress); Hon.
B   Hered. Magistrate (Knight)
c   Hered. Marshal (Baronet/Baronette)
C   Hered. Prefect (Baron/Baroness); Life Baron; Magnate
D   Hered. Proconsul (Viscount/Viscountess); Imperial Viscount; High Magnate
E   Hered. Governor (Earl/Countess); Imperial Count; Grand Magnate
F   Hered. Viceroy (Duke/Duchess)
G   Crown Consort; Prince/Princess
H   Hered. Crown (Imperator/Empress)

Division (Div)

DIVISION (DIV)

1.  IA or IM military formation comprising two or more combat arms maneuver brigades or regiments plus combat support and combat service support units, commanded by a Major General (MG), and subordinate to a Corps (C) or other higher-echelon formation.

There are five IM divisions, one stationed in each RI region.

IA divisions are apportioned four to each IA corps.

Each RI main world maintains a Territorial Army (TA) division on active duty status.

2.  IN warship formation comprising two or more squadrons of the same type or class plus support and/or auxiliary ships and subordinate to a fleet or other higher-echelon formation or unit.

IN division are of three primary types:  destroyer divisions (DESDIV), cruiser divisions (CRUDIV), and battle divisions (BATDIV).


3.  CGT mapping unit and administrative/political jurisdiction equivalent to a TMS Local Hex (10 km diameter; see T5, p. 444-452).

A Division is subordinate to a Township and comprised of seven Sections (comprising seven 1 km diameter Single Hexes each) plus approximately 26 additional Parcels (Single Hexes).

The urban jurisdiction equivalent to a Division is a City (governmental seat of a Parish or Shire); an urban sub-jurisdiction equivalent to a Division is a Ward (one-seventh of a Quarter or City & Municipality).

A Division assigned as the Demesne (or Entailed Estate) of a noble house is termed a Lancerie which is the Demesne normally entailed to a Lesser House whose head is an Esquire or Esquiress (i.e, the hereditary civil officer responsible for a Parish or Shire).

4. IN or IM Pursuit Craft (PC) formation comprising two or more Wings and commanded by a Commodore (CMR) or Brigadier (BG).


Division (D; dhx; DIV; Div.)
[glossary]

Division (D; DIV; Div.) - 1. Military formation comprising three or more Brigades, commanded by a Major General and subordinate to a Corps or higher-echelon formation.


2. (dhx) Mapping unit used for a cluster of seven (7) Sections, approximately 700 hectares (ha.) in total surface area.

A cluster of seven (7) Divisions make up a Parish.


Originally posted 8/14/2014, revised 12/13/2017.

Order of knighthood

ORDER OF KNIGHTHOOD

Organized official body incorporating persons with Social Standing “B.”

The orders of knighthood in the Realm Imperium are:

Crown Knights of the Realm (CKR)

Imperium Knights Military (IKM)

Imperium Knights Civil (IKC)

Knights Householder (KH)

Knights Householder Vislord (KHV)

CKR, IKM, and IKC are non-hereditary knighthoods.

KH knighthoods are hereditary.

KHV knighthoods are an official recognition of a courtesy title.

Major General (MG)

MAJOR GENERAL (MG)

Fifth-highest IA or IM general officer rank, pay grade O-8, equivalent to IN Rear Admiral (RA) or civil officer Proconsul, senior to Brigadier (BG) and junior to Lieutenant General (LG).

A Major General is the commanding general of an IA or IM division.

Major General
[glossary] Major General (MG) - General officer senior to Brigadier and junior to Lieutenant General, in pay grade O-8.

Equivalent to Rear Admiral.

The command billet for a Major General is typically as commander of a Division.

Originally posted 8/13/2014, revised 12/8/2017.

Governor

GOVERNOR

Third-highest civil officer rank, pay grade O-9, equivalent to IA and IM Lieutenant General or IN Vice Admiral, senior to Proconsul and junior to Viceroy.

A Governor is the administrator of a Province.

A hereditary Governor is an Earl or Countess.

Governor [glossary] Governor - ____.


Originally posted 10/7/2010, revised 12/7/2017.

Civil officer

CIVIL OFFICER

A class of Crown Officer responsible for the governance or administration of civil jurisdictions within the Realm Imperium.  Also includes officers of the Bailiff Branch (BB).

Civil officers may be either career or hereditary civil officers and are typically commissioned as the viceroys, governors, proconsuls, prefects, marshals, magistrates, and sheriffs who administer regions, provinces, proconsulates, prefectures, territories, districts, and parishes/shires, respectively.


Originally posted 6/3/2014, revised 12/6/2017.

O-8

O-8

Military and naval pay grade for IN Rear Admirals (RA) and IA or IM Major Generals (MG).

Flag rank

FLAG RANK
[glossary]


Class of senior IN commissioned officers in the rank of Commodore through Crown Admiral.

Equivalent to general officer.

Originally posted 6/6/2014.