Horace Harkness
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Sir Horace Harkness, PMV, CGM, DSO, was a Manticoran citizen and a warrant officer of the Royal Manticoran Navy.
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[edit] Biography
Harkness enlisted in the RMN in 1865 PD / 260 AL.
In 1900 PD, he held the rank of Petty Officer and was assigned to HMS Fearless. During the battle against the PMSS Sirius, Harkness was a part of the team organized by Sally MacBride to go to Missile Two room. After MacBride was injured, Harkness took command. Harkness and his team was in Missile One, when Missile Two was hit by a missile from the Sirius. Harkness led a team to engineering.
During Harkness' career, he was up for Chief Petty Officer twelve times, but he kept on getting in trouble for fighting with Marines. (HH1)
In 1903 PD, Chief Harkness was assigned to the new HMS Fearless (CA-286). Lieutenant JG Prescott Tremaine recommended to Ensign Carolyn Wolcott that if she needed advice from someone other than an officer, that she should go to Chief Harkness. It was later revealed to Honor Harrington that he had married Iris Babcock. (HH2, HH6)
Wherever Tremaine went, Harkness would inevitably be assigned to the same ship. What BuPers didn't realize was that Harkness had hacked their records. Harkness and Tremaine were referred to by Admiral Harrington as the "Dreadful Duo".
In 1911 PD, Harkness was among those crewmembers under Commodore Harrington's command who were captured by the People's Navy. Cordelia Ransom wanted to use this capture as a propaganda weapon and personally took Harrington to her scheduled execution on the prison planet Hades. However, Harkness, acting like he was a defector, earned the trust of some crewmembers of the battlecruiser PNS Tepes and was able to stage a "prison break" which resulted in the Manticorans' escape and the complete destruction of the Tepes. (HH7)
After the whole crew had safely returned to Manticore, Harkness was rewarded with promotion to chief warrant officer as well as the Parliamentary Medal of Valor and a knighthood. (HH9)
He was then assigned to the LAC wing of HMS Hydra. Later, in HMS Werewolf, he served as senior LAC flight engineer even though the position actually called for a Lieutenant Commander. (HH9, HH10)
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[edit] Promotions
- before 1901 PD – Petty Officer (HH1)
- 1905 PD – Senior Chief Petty Officer, in 1909 PD refered as Senior Chief Gunner's Mate (HH4, HH6)
- 1914 PD – Chief Warrant Officer (HH9)
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- HMS Fearless (CL-56), 1900-1901 PD
- HMS Fearless (CA-286), 1902-1903 PD
- HMS Prince Adrian, before 1909 PD
- Flight Ops Petty Officer, HMAMC Wayfarer, 1909-1910 PD
- staff support, CruRon 18, 1911 PD
- chief cybertetist, forces in the Cerberus System, 1912-1913 PD
- LAC flight engineer, HMS Hydra, from 1914 PD
- Senior LAC flight engineer, HMS Werewolf, 1919-1920 PD
- enginneer, HMS Dacoit, 1921 PD
[edit] Periods of inactive service in RMN
Oct 23, 1911 PD - Havenite prisoner of war
