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* The families ruling the five [[Successor States]] should be referred to with capitals, i.e. House Davion, House Kurita, House Liao, House Marik, and House Steiner. * The families ruling the five [[Successor States]] should be referred to with capitals, i.e. House Davion, House Kurita, House Liao, House Marik, and House Steiner.
− * Clan commands are always capitalized, such as with Point, Star, Nova, Trinary, Supernova, Cluster, and Galaxy; ''touman'' is not capitalized unless at the start of a sentence or table cell. + * Clan commands are always capitalized, such as with Point, Star, Nova, Trinary, Supernova, Cluster, Galaxy, and Touman. Touman is capitalized when it's part of a unit's name but lowercase when used generally: "Clan Fluffy Bunny Touman" vs. "the ''touman'' is a Clan's military"; this distinction does not apply to other units.
** Clans do not have an "officer" or "enlisted" corps. They have trueborn and freeborn, and every rank is a regimented form of their "Warrior Corps". These include Point Commander, Star Commander, Star Captain, Star Colonel, and Khan, which are capitalized. ** Clans do not have an "officer" or "enlisted" corps. They have trueborn and freeborn, and every rank is a regimented form of their "Warrior Corps". These include Point Commander, Star Commander, Star Captain, Star Colonel, and Khan, which are capitalized.
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* The families ruling the five [[Successor States]] should be referred to with capitals, i.e. House Davion, House Kurita, House Liao, House Marik, and House Steiner. | * The families ruling the five [[Successor States]] should be referred to with capitals, i.e. House Davion, House Kurita, House Liao, House Marik, and House Steiner. | ||
− | * Clan commands are always capitalized, such as with Point, Star, Nova, Trinary, Supernova, Cluster, and | + | * Clan commands are always capitalized, such as with Point, Star, Nova, Trinary, Supernova, Cluster, Galaxy, and Touman. Touman is capitalized when it's part of a unit's name but lowercase when used generally: "Clan Fluffy Bunny Touman" vs. "the ''touman'' is a Clan's military"; this distinction does not apply to other units. |
** Clans do not have an "officer" or "enlisted" corps. They have trueborn and freeborn, and every rank is a regimented form of their "Warrior Corps". These include Point Commander, Star Commander, Star Captain, Star Colonel, and Khan, which are capitalized. | ** Clans do not have an "officer" or "enlisted" corps. They have trueborn and freeborn, and every rank is a regimented form of their "Warrior Corps". These include Point Commander, Star Commander, Star Captain, Star Colonel, and Khan, which are capitalized. | ||