"Is it standard practice on this ship to barge into the quarters of diplomatic envoys?"
The he was sent by the new king to Rome as his diplomatic envoy to the Pope.
Even if it was only as a diplomatic envoy.
After some of his experiences with diplomatic envoys, the captain was inclined to agree.
From 1681-85 he was a diplomatic envoy to Portugal.
He was also magnate's diplomatic envoy, and often traveled abroad.
He'd worked in the lowest levels of Arcturus as a diplomatic envoy like his father.
He welcomed the organization's diplomatic envoys with open arms.
Following diplomatic rules, after such important changes, diplomatic envoys in the two countries were usually replaced.
From that point they could have either pulled back from contact, sent a diplomatic envoy, or prepared to attack.