Corps and Organizations
Posted by Kassien
· 2 weeks ago
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This document describes formal membership in a Corporation or Organization (CO)
on the game: what it is, how you join, ranks, money and payroll, turf, runs,
contacts, and what you can see in play. It is written for players and forum
posting. Staff may adjust house numbers or cadence; if something here conflicts
with a staff ruling, follow staff.
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1. WHAT IS A CO?
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A CO (Corporation / Organization) is a formal faction stored in the game as a
single organization record. Examples include megacorps, gangs, syndicates, media
corps, police corps, secret societies, and similar groups.
The game distinguishes two broad types for rank titles and payroll math:
• ORGANIZATION — Typically street-facing groups (gangs, syndicates, etc.).
Rank titles use a military-style ladder (see Section 5).
• CORPORATION — Typically corporate employers.
Rank titles use a corporate job ladder (see Section 5).
Your character either has formal CO membership (set during character creation)
or does not. Informal runner teams, magical groups, or story ties without a
formal CO on your sheet are still allowed; they are not the same as mechanical
CO membership.
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2. JOINING AND CHARACTER CREATION
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WHEN YOU CAN JOIN
• Formal CO membership is chosen only during Character Creation (CC).
• After CC, characters cannot newly join a CO on the sheet. (Story may still
reference past ties; mechanics follow this rule.)
WHERE IN CC
• Character Creation → Everything Else → Orgs (browse the list, pick a CO,
enter your recruitment note).
STARTING RANK
• Everyone starts at Tier 1 for their CO type. You do not pick a higher
starting rank in character creation.
REQUIREMENTS (POLICY)
• Street-level play at CC (per game policy).
• Criminal / street-style organizations: you need the appropriate in-game
quality (e.g. Made Man–style gating for orgs) as staff define it.
• Corporations: you need an appropriate corporate SIN / quality as staff
define it.
• Recruitment: you name the PC who recruited you, or "staff" if no PC member
exists and staff approved you for that CO.
VOLUNTARY MEMBERSHIP (OOC)
• OOC, membership is voluntary. IC, characters can be tricked or lied to;
backstory may reference CO ties, but mechanical membership follows this
policy.
SECRET SOCIETIES AND MULTIPLE OCs
• Two formal OCs at once: generally not allowed if they compete; secret
society plus another OC is case-by-case with staff.
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3. WHAT YOU SEE: THE +MYORG COMMAND
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Members can use the command: +myorg (aliases: +corporation, +co)
It shows public-facing information about your affiliated CO and your place in
it. Typical sections include:
• Full name and optional short name (abbreviation / ticker staff set for the
CO).
• Type — organization or corporation (drives rank titles and payroll).
• Metro — where the CO is primarily based, if set.
• Turf — rooms staff have linked to the CO as "turf." If no rooms are linked,
a legacy text line may still appear. Turf matters for backup timing (see
Section 10).
• Public description — IC-facing blurb staff wrote for members to read.
• Org faction ratings — These are STATISTICS ON THE ORGANIZATION, not your
personal stats and not "how many members" the CO has. They describe how
strong or connected the faction is in the setting. They include:
- Membership rating — cohesion / scale of the group as a faction (not
headcount).
- Connection — influence, reach, getting things done in the shadows.
- Notoriety — presence, fear, muscle, visibility.
- Org street cred — org-level reputation (distinct from a character's
personal street cred).
- Wealth rating — capacity / scale of the org's economic footprint.
• CO Karma — experience-style pool for the organization. Design intent is for
staff to spend it to raise org ratings over time; full automation may come
later. It does not automatically pay characters unless house rules say so.
• Funds (general) — Nuyen the CO holds in its main pool. Payroll is debited
from this general pool when payouts run.
• Legitimate pool / Black pool — separate Nuyen pools staff use for flavor
and policy (clean vs dirty money). Day-to-day member payroll uses the
general Funds pool as implemented.
• Payroll pool (per payout run) — The amount of Nuyen scheduled to be split
among members for one automated payout cycle, before rank weighting.
- If staff set a fixed override amount on the CO, the line notes that.
- Otherwise the amount is calculated from org ratings:
Base = Wealth rating × 500 (Nuyen per point).
Plus 50 Nuyen for each point of Connection rating.
Plus 50 Nuyen for each point of Membership rating.
(Notoriety and org street cred are not in that automatic formula today
unless staff change it.)
• Qualities — Text tags describing what the CO is known for. Mechanical hooks
may expand later; for now treat as staff-facing and IC flavor.
• Your rank — The title staff assigned you on the correct ladder for your CO
type (Tier 1–3 policy; see Section 5).
• Active goals — In-progress goals for the CO with short progress blurbs.
• Recently completed goals — Recent completions, sometimes with who verified.
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• Assets (sample) — Sites or facilities linked to the CO (e.g. safehouses),
possibly with a main room reference for navigation.
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4. RANKS (TIER 1–3)
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POLICY CAP
• Player characters normally cap at Tier 3 unless staff plot says otherwise.
• CEO / COO (staff for that CO) handle edge cases and promotions.
ORGANIZATION RANK LADDER (low to high)
Tier 1: Soldier
Tier 2: Captain
Tier 3: Underboss
CORPORATION RANK LADDER (low to high)
Tier 1: Entry Level
Tier 2: Manager
Tier 3: Director
You start at Tier 1 at character creation. Higher ranks are staff-assigned.
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5. HOW THE CO AND MEMBERS GET MONEY (PAYROLL)
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AUTOMATED PAYROLL (HOUSE RULE)
• The game runs a periodic script (currently once per real-time week) that
may pay affiliated members from the CO's general Funds.
WHO GETS PAID
• Only characters who are mechanically members of that CO (affiliation on
the character sheet).
WHEN IT PAYS
• The org must have at least one member.
• The "payroll pool" for that run must be greater than zero (see +myorg).
• The CO's general Funds must be at least the total of all member shares for
that run. If Funds are too low, that payout is skipped for that cycle.
HOW THE POOL IS SPLIT
• Each member gets a share proportional to rank weight:
Organization: Soldier 1.0×, Captain 1.2×, Underboss 1.4×
Corporation: Entry Level 1.0×, Manager 1.2×, Director 1.4×
• All members' weights are added; each person's share is (their weight /
total weight) of the pool. Rounding is integer Nuyen per person.
WHAT THIS MEANS IN PLAIN TERMS
• The CO's Wealth rating and (in the default formula) Connection and
Membership ratings set how large the scheduled payout pool is each run.
• The CO must actually have Nuyen in general Funds to pay out.
• Higher rank means a larger slice of the same pool; more members means each
slice is smaller unless the pool or Funds grow.
STAFF OVERRIDES
• Staff can set a fixed payout pool amount that replaces the rating-based
calculation until changed. +myorg tells you if that override is in effect.
OTHER MONEY FLOWS (NOT THE WEEKLY SCRIPT)
• Tithes and run payouts tied to the 85% / 15% policy are tracked by staff
(ledger), not automatically added to your pocket by this payroll script.
• When ranking members release CO Nuyen for plots, staff log it (policy:
releases are auditable).
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6. RUNS AND TITHE (POLICY)
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• About 85% of a member's runs should be for the benefit of their CO (tracked
by staff).
• On other runs, about 15% of pay is tithed to the CO; staff handle deduction
and logging when payouts happen.
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7. CONTACTS AND GOOD STANDING
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If you maintain contacts on your sheet in good standing with your CO:
• At least 75% of your contacts should belong to your specific named CO (not
a vague archetype). Minimum loyalty is set by staff policy.
• Contacts tied to other COs that are OPPOSED to yours: at most 2, with a
loyalty cap per policy.
• Contacts tied to SIMILAR other COs: at most 4, with loyalty caps; the 75%
rule still applies.
Contact favors and mechanical costs still apply as elsewhere in the game.
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8. TURF (MECHANICAL)
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• Staff link one or more in-game rooms to the CO as "turf."
• "On turf" for backup and similar policy means the scene is in one of those
linked rooms unless staff rule otherwise for a given scene.
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9. PVP BACKUP, HONESTY, ENFORCEMENT
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BACKUP TIMING (GOOD STANDING)
• On the CO's turf: backup may arrive immediately (NPC scaling is policy).
• Off turf: at least one combat round of delay, regardless of distance
abstraction.
HONESTY
• When another player is checking membership under these rules, do not lie
about your CO status, if they have rolled correctly.
ENFORCEMENT
• Violations (especially joining after CC, or abuse of membership rules) may
bring IC consequences: blacklist, bounty, etc.
PLAYER KILL OF A MEMBER
• The killer may receive a bounty; high-loyalty contacts of the victim may
pursue, per policy.
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10. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COs, ASSETS, AND GOALS (WHAT PLAYERS MIGHT HEAR IC)
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• COs can have directed relationships to each other (allied, opposed,
subsidiary, similar, neutral) with staff notes. This is reference for RP and
plot, not an automated war game.
• Org assets are places or sites tied to the CO (buildings, hubs).
• Goals are staff-defined objectives for the CO; active and completed
entries can show on +myorg when configured.
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11. WHAT TO ASK STAFF FOR
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Staff maintain CO records, ledgers, turf room links, promotions, exceptions,
and policy interpretation. If you need a change that is not on your character
sheet as a normal player action, open a ticket or ask the CO's staff lead as
your game prefers.
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12. SUMMARY CHECKLIST FOR NEW MEMBERS
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[ ] Join only at CC via the Orgs menu (not after approval).
[ ] Meet Street-level and quality / SIN requirements for that CO type.
[ ] Enter recruiter name or staff approval per policy.
[ ] Start at Tier 1 rank for your CO type.
[ ] Use +myorg to read your CO's public info and payroll pool line.
[ ] Remember faction ratings are org stats, not member counts.
[ ] Follow 85% / 15% run and tithe policy; staff log tithes.
[ ] Respect contact caps and 75% rule if you track good standing.
[ ] On backup: immediate on linked turf rooms, delayed off turf.
[ ] Do not lie about mechanical membership when others verify under these rules.