Corporation logistics

(Page title: Corporation Logistics)

Once you have established a corporation you can start recruiting members. But it would be sensible to first set out the structure of your corporation in terms of logistics. Having a good system of logistics means members have a base of operations and can make use of corporation hangars and assets. However, you also need to bear in mind security, and ensure that members only have access to the assets you want them to have access to.

Offices and hangars

Offices give the corporation a physical presence in New Eden. The Headquarters is just an entry in the corporation details (think of it as a PO box); an office is an actual space in a station or citadel. If the corporation has rented an office at a station or citadel, the corporation will be listed in the Offices tab of the station and corporation hangars are made available in that station. Corporation hangars allow items to be shared between corporation members and allow members to do research or production from corporation assets. Ideally, the office will be in a station or citadel which has good services, such as medical facilities, a reprocessing plant, and a repair shop, as these services will be useful for corporation members. Industrial corporations may want to rent an office in a station with manufacturing and research slots.

Renting offices

Any member with the "Rent Office" role can rent an office by clicking the Rent office button at the bottom of the station information panel in a station. There is no limit to the number of offices a corporation can have, but any corporation can have only one office per station or citadel and every NPC station can have offices for only 24 corporations. Player-built outposts in 0.0 also can have offices, but the number depends on the type and upgrades of the outpost. After clicking the Rent office button a window will pop up showing the current 30-day rental fee for that station or citadel. When clicking Yes, the rent for the first 30 days will be withdrawn from the corporation wallet and the corporation will immediately receive a bill for the next 30 days. This bill must be paid before the first 30 days are over, else the corporation will lose the office. A new bill will be issued like this every 30 days, for as long as the corporation has the office. If the corporation has multiple offices, it will receive one bill per office.

Rental fees Note that office rental fees in NPC stations are dynamic; they vary per station and will go up or down depending on demand at the station. Office rental fees are calculated daily at downtime based on the number of free offices at downtime. Monthly fees rise by 5% when there are no available offices at the station; prices stay the same when there is one available office. When there are two or more available offices, prices drop - the size of the drop is based on the number of available offices. Since you only get a bill every 30 days and prices can rise by 5% per day, there can be a large difference between one month's rent and the next month's rent (in the worst case, the rent can quadruple!). The minimum rent is 10,000 ISK, but in popular stations the rent can be several million ISK per month. In the very popular stations, such as the main stations in trade hubs, rents can be in the hundreds of million ISK per month! Most stations have more sensible rents though, from the minimum of 10,000 ISK to a few hundred thousand ISK. It is very much worth it to 'shop around' when looking for a good location for an office; even stations in the same system can have widely different rental fees. Unfortunately there is no way to remotely check the available of offices or the rental fee. When you are docked at a station, the number of free offices will be listed in the Offices tab of the Station Information panel, but the only way to see what the rent is, is to click the Rent office button. (Note: even if the station has no free offices, it is possible to see what the rent would be by clicking the button.) Office rental fees in citadels are set by the owner of the citadel and are static.

Corporation hangars and wallet divisions

The default names for hangar and wallet divisions are straightforward (1st Division to 7th Division and Master Wallet, 2nd Wallet Division to 7th Wallet Division, respectively); often it is easier to give the divisions a more descriptive name so that it is easier to remember which is which. The CEO can rename hangar and wallet divisions via the Divisions button at the bottom of the corp details window (Corporation window, Home tab, Details tab). Many corporations name their hangar divisions after their contents or the member groups which have access to them. Wallet divisions are often named after the type of ISK transactions they're used for. The only division which cannot be renamed is the Master Wallet of the corporation wallet.

By default a new member joining your corporation will not have access to any of the corporation hangars or wallets. You will need to grant them a role associated with the particular hangars(s) or wallet(s) you want them to be able to access.