Styles of the Golden Empire

Though it had a small nobility, the Golden Empire afforded formalized styles to many of its officers. In order of seniority, these were:
 * The Sovereign of the Golden Empire
 * His/Her Glorious Imperial Majesty: very formal, only used on state occasions or in the heading of Royal edicts
 * His/Her Imperial Majesty: less formal, but still atypical in speech; more common in written communication
 * His/Her Majesty (direct address "Your Majesty"): most common usage
 * The closest advisors of the Sovereign, usually among the Centurions of the Order of Keltrayu and the Royal Guard in particular, called Rin Sakaros "My Lady" in informal or private settings
 * The Phoenix Prince
 * His/Her Imperial Highness (direct address "Your Imperial Highness"): used formally in speech, but most common in written communication
 * His/Her Highness (direct address "Your Highness"): more typical form of address out loud, but irregular in written form
 * All other Princes/Princesses
 * His/Her Royal Highness (direct address "Your Royal Highness"): only used in very formal settings, and only for those who were direct blood relatives of the Sovereign
 * His/Her Highness (direct address "Your Highness"): common usage, and the only usage for non-relatives of the Sovereign who were members of the Royal Household
 * Mirzas/Mirzayas
 * His/Her Royal Grace (direct address "Your Royal Grace"): Like "Royal Highness", only used formally, and only for more distant members of the Royal Family who were blood relatives
 * His/Her Grace (direct address "Your Grace"): common usage, and the only usage for non-relatives of the Sovereign elevated to royal rank
 * Royal Executor: His/Her Eminence (direct address "Your Eminence")
 * Procurator and Consul: His/Her Excellency (direct address "Your Excellency")
 * Advocate and Tribune: His/Her Honor (direct address "Your Honor")
 * Prefect of the Order of Keltrayu: direct address "Lord/Lady [lastname]" or "My Lord/Lady"
 * Legate, including the Prime Legate: His/Her Honor (direct address "Your Honor")
 * Since Legate was a military rank, if a temporary one, Legates could also be addressed by the simple title "Legate [lastname]", or even just "Legate", or as "Sir/Ma'am"
 * The Prime Legate of the Golden Empire, on the other hand, was a permanent rank and carried membership on the Grand Council of the Golden Empire, and was always addressed as "Your Honor" or "Sir/Ma'am", never as "Prime Legate"
 * Justices of the Sovereign's Tribunal : His/Her Lordship (direct address "My Lord" or "Your Lordship", but never "Lord [lastname]")
 * Justices and judges of inferior courts: His/Her Honor (direct address "Your Honor" or "Judge/Justice [lastname]", though the latter was considered less formal and sometimes even impertinent)

Some member worlds of the Empire were ruled by kings, queens, emperors, princes, and various other types of royalty. Most of these functioned with some variation of "His/Her Majesty". Rin Sakaros permitted this, with two restrictions: off their own worlds, sub-monarchs were styled "His/Her Serene Highness" (direct address "Your Serene Highness"), and only the Sovereign of the Empire could use the added "Glorious" in her full title. Similarly, only the Sovereign and the Phoenix Prince could use "Imperial" in their styles. Rin herself also addressed any subordinate monarch by name, rather than as "Your Majesty".

Beings who contemporaneously held multiple titles which afforded styles were technically to be referred to by the seniormost of them, although this could give way to personal choice. Tariun Sakaros was, from the establishment of each title until 141 ABY, simultaneously Phoenix Prince, Prefect of the Order of Keltrayu, Prime Legate of the Armada, a prince, and a Royal Executor. However, he was also a Sith Lord, and insisted on being referred to only as "Lord Sakaros" or "My Lord", going so far as to correct subordinates who called him something else. Indeed, Rin Sakaros intentionally gave the style "Lord" to the Prefect of the Order so as to give her brother some formal right it.