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Civilians are one of the components that make up The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. This subgroup is for those people who like the Honor Harrington Universe, but do not want to participate in the military aspect of the fan association.

The Non-uniformed Civilian Divisions are:

Special Intelligence Service (The Information Gathering Arm)
Intelligence used in this section would be the gathering of information for use by the Unit Triad and Administration/Diplomatic sections.

This information would include but not be limited to other Science Fiction Groups (Their locations, officers, contact information, meetings, activities etc.) that are in the area or nearby. This would include other RMN Chapters. The location of local libraries (including were possible school libraries) in the area, answering the following questions, do they have the Honor books (including the Youth Books) in their collections, who orders books for that library, are they willing to put the Honor Books on the selves, what are the policies on information tables or making presentations, who is the main contact at that library? List all books stores in the area, new, used and comic, are they willing to display promotional materials including Chapter information, the main contact for the store.

The Diplomatic Corps (The Administration/Foreign Service)
The Diplomatic Corps take the information generated by the Intelligence service and the orders of the Command Triad and puts them to practical use.

At Conventions members of this section would be the ones who handle to table requests, sitting up the table and making arrangements for display items, making sure that there is staffing for the table (that proper con table attire is worn), setting up the coverage schedule. One of the duties would include visiting the tables of other Science Fiction groups at the convention, in order foster good working relations with them, and talking about their group with them, inviting them to our meeting or the possibility of a joint activity i.e. picnic or other activity where the groups can interact. If possible, make the contacts with the book stores, game stores, and comic stores to either put on a presentation, post posters or leave information. Arrange speaking engagements at book clubs, scout units where information about the organization can be presented. The Diplomatic Officer should make sure that material on all branches of the RMN are available.