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The '''StarCraft Enterprise''' is a [[Project Solitude|Solitude]] member run project to create [[Capital Ship#Carriers|Carriers]] and similar [[Capital Ship|large fitted ships]] for other Eve University campuses, characters, and out of corp customers. It is a joint venture that is designed to give newer and older players the chance to work together and enjoy various aspects of the game while making a reasonable profit.

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Contribution to the projects are as simple as dragging items to the named container in Boystin. Payments for contributions are calculated weekly during the collection stage of the project.

~~= The Beginnings =~~

~~== Origins of the Idea ==~~

This project originally began under the name of ''[http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=73670 Lets Build a Carrier, TOGETHER ~]'' when MMan Themen and Aren Tivianne came up with the idea to unify Solitude under a common project and accomplish something that individual players cannot effectively complete alone.

~~== The first [[Archon]] ==~~

After launching the project, and in conjunction with a large influx of new players, the first Carrier began material collection on 12 November 2013 and was finished and launched by 20 December 2013. The first carrier built was sold to a member of the LSC and he had requested modules be built for it as well. The members collected the materials and manufactured the requested modules in a record time of 3 weeks, including some of the rarer salvage items required for the rigs.

~~== Continuing the Trend ==~~

After this project gained visibility on the [[Nullsec Campus]] and [[Low-Sec Campus]] forums, additional requests and orders were hinted at, and the team sat down to try and make the process more streamlined and improve the logistics behind it.

~~== Known issues with the first run ==~~

~~Some of this issues found in the first project included:~~

~~#Lack of ISK incentive for the haulers and the manufacturers involved in the venture.~~

~~#Share system that needed some balancing to fairly distribute the profit.~~

#The Archon market dropping over the course of the project, and the inflated sale price to the LSC customer brought up issues with [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=75294 calculating if this project actually made a profit].

~~#The difficult logistics situation in tracking donations and managing shares~~

~~#All of the ISK generated was not distributed to the contributors until the final sale was complete.~~

~~#Lack of project security in its current state, making it easy to have flown off with over 300 million in materials.~~

Aren Tivianne and Mman Themen then [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=73748 put these issues to the forums], and out of the discussions and debates, the project was [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=75537 replanned] and [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=75791 reborn] as The StarCraft Enterprise.

~~= StarCraft Enterprise =~~

~~== Addressing the Issues ==~~

~~#Lack of ISK incentive for the haulers and the manufacturers involved in the venture:~~

~~#*Preproject planning was simplified with a series of spreadsheets that handle all of the market and efficiency calculations for the project as a whole.~~

~~#*The hauling aspect of the project was broken into a series of hauling contracts.~~

~~#*Manufacturing jobs were given a value based on the total ISK generated by this step, and either payments or contracts will be used to compensate the characters for their time.~~

~~#Share system that needed some balancing to fairly distribute the profit:~~

#*Eliminated the shares system, instead performing weekly counts of the contributed material, and paying the contributors immediately for the value of what they donated. Instead the shares system will be used to determine the recipients of the end of project prizes.

~~#The Archon market dropping over the course of the project, and the inflated sale price to the LSC customer brought up issues with calculating if this project actually made a profit:~~

#*New planning spreadsheets take into account the market fluctuations and track the progress of the project in real time, with updated market values. This allows the managers to monitor the profitability of building a carrier, and stop the manufacturing if the members will make more by selling the materials.

~~#The difficult logistics situation in tracking donations and managing shares:~~

#*Audit templates and Station Container log sorting spreadsheets can automatically pull out the contributions of any character, and generate a payment list based on current prices, simplifying the previously manual process of determining shares.

~~#All of the ISK generated was not distributed to the contributors until the final sale was complete:~~

~~#*Payments for contributions are processed every week on Saturdays to give the members of the project a shorter term profit.~~

~~#Lack of project security in its current state, making it easy to have flown off with over 300 million in materials:~~

#* Access to the storage container is protected, and the password is only known to those that have repeatedly demonstrated that they are trustworthy and long term members of campus. The hauling is now done with equivalent collateral for all goods, so if any theft occurs, the collateral will cover the loss. Manufacturing will only be performed by vetted builders, and the final build only by the Master Builder.

== Project Goals ==

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The contributions will be counted on Saturdays, with the weeks payments going out shortly after.

= History of the Project =

== Origins of the Idea ==

This project originally began under the name of ''[http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=73670 Lets Build a Carrier, TOGETHER ~]'' when MMan Themen and Aren Tivianne came up with the idea to unify Solitude under a common project and accomplish something that individual players cannot effectively complete alone.

== The first [[Archon]] ==

After launching the project, and in conjunction with a large influx of new players, the first Carrier began material collection on 12 November 2013 and was finished and launched by 20 December 2013. The first carrier built was sold to a member of the LSC and he had requested modules be built for it as well. The members collected the materials and manufactured the requested modules in a record time of 3 weeks, including some of the rarer salvage items required for the rigs.

== Continuing the Trend ==

After this project gained visibility on the [[Nullsec Campus]] and [[Low-Sec Campus]] forums, additional requests and orders were hinted at, and the team sat down to try and make the process more streamlined and improve the logistics behind it.

== Known issues with the first run ==

Some of this issues found in the first project included:

#Lack of ISK incentive for the haulers and the manufacturers involved in the venture.

#Share system that needed some balancing to fairly distribute the profit.

#The Archon market dropping over the course of the project, and the inflated sale price to the LSC customer brought up issues with [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=75294 calculating if this project actually made a profit].

#The difficult logistics situation in tracking donations and managing shares

#All of the ISK generated was not distributed to the contributors until the final sale was complete.

#Lack of project security in its current state, making it easy to have flown off with over 300 million in materials.

Aren Tivianne and Mman Themen then [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=73748 put these issues to the forums], and out of the discussions and debates, the project was [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=75537 replanned] and [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=75791 reborn] as The StarCraft Enterprise.

= StarCraft Enterprise Emerges =

== Addressing the Issues ==

#Lack of ISK incentive for the haulers and the manufacturers involved in the venture:

#*Preproject planning was simplified with a series of spreadsheets that handle all of the market and efficiency calculations for the project as a whole.

#*The hauling aspect of the project was broken into a series of hauling contracts.

#*Manufacturing jobs were given a value based on the total ISK generated by this step, and either payments or contracts will be used to compensate the characters for their time.

#Share system that needed some balancing to fairly distribute the profit:

#*Eliminated the shares system, instead performing weekly counts of the contributed material, and paying the contributors immediately for the value of what they donated. Instead the shares system will be used to determine the recipients of the end of project prizes.

#The Archon market dropping over the course of the project, and the inflated sale price to the LSC customer brought up issues with calculating if this project actually made a profit:

#*New planning spreadsheets take into account the market fluctuations and track the progress of the project in real time, with updated market values. This allows the managers to monitor the profitability of building a carrier, and stop the manufacturing if the members will make more by selling the materials.

#The difficult logistics situation in tracking donations and managing shares:

#*Audit templates and Station Container log sorting spreadsheets can automatically pull out the contributions of any character, and generate a payment list based on current prices, simplifying the previously manual process of determining shares.

#All of the ISK generated was not distributed to the contributors until the final sale was complete:

#*Payments for contributions are processed every week on Saturdays to give the members of the project a shorter term profit.

#Lack of project security in its current state, making it easy to have flown off with over 300 million in materials:

#* Access to the storage container is protected, and the password is only known to those that have repeatedly demonstrated that they are trustworthy and long term members of campus. The hauling is now done with equivalent collateral for all goods, so if any theft occurs, the collateral will cover the loss. Manufacturing will only be performed by vetted builders, and the final build only by the Master Builder.

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 The '''StarCraft Enterprise''' is a [[Project Solitude|Solitude]] member run project to create [[Capital Ship#Carriers|Carriers]] and similar [[Capital Ship|large fitted ships]] for other Eve University campuses, characters, and out of corp customers.  It is a joint venture that is designed to give newer and older players the chance to work together and enjoy various aspects of the game while making a reasonable profit.
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 Contribution to the projects are as simple as dragging items to the named container in Boystin.  Payments for contributions are calculated weekly during the collection stage of the project.
-= The Beginnings =
-== Origins of the Idea ==
-This project originally began under the name of ''[http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=73670 Lets Build a Carrier, TOGETHER ~]'' when MMan Themen and Aren Tivianne came up with the idea to unify Solitude under a common project and accomplish something that individual players cannot effectively complete alone.
-== The first [[Archon]] ==
-After launching the project, and in conjunction with a large influx of new players, the first Carrier began material collection on 12 November 2013 and was finished and launched by 20 December 2013. The first carrier built was sold to a member of the LSC and he had requested modules be built for it as well.  The members collected the materials and manufactured the requested modules in a record time of 3 weeks, including some of the rarer salvage items required for the rigs.
-== Continuing the Trend ==
-After this project gained visibility on the [[Nullsec Campus]] and [[Low-Sec Campus]] forums, additional requests and orders were hinted at, and the team sat down to try and make the process more streamlined and improve the logistics behind it.
-== Known issues with the first run ==
-Some of this issues found in the first project included:
-#Lack of ISK incentive for the haulers and the manufacturers involved in the venture.
-#Share system that needed some balancing to fairly distribute the profit.
-#The Archon market dropping over the course of the project, and the inflated sale price to the LSC customer brought up issues with [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=75294 calculating if this project actually made a profit].
-#The difficult logistics situation in tracking donations and managing shares
-#All of the ISK generated was not distributed to the contributors until the final sale was complete.
-#Lack of project security in its current state, making it easy to have flown off with over 300 million in materials.
-Aren Tivianne and Mman Themen then [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=73748 put these issues to the forums], and out of the discussions and debates, the project was [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=75537 replanned] and [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=75791 reborn] as The StarCraft Enterprise.
-= StarCraft Enterprise =
-== Addressing the Issues ==
-#Lack of ISK incentive for the haulers and the manufacturers involved in the venture:
-#*Preproject planning was simplified with a series of spreadsheets that handle all of the market and efficiency calculations for the project as a whole.
-#*The hauling aspect of the project was broken into a series of hauling contracts.
-#*Manufacturing jobs were given a value based on the total ISK generated by this step, and either payments or contracts will be used to compensate the characters for their time.
-#Share system that needed some balancing to fairly distribute the profit:
-#*Eliminated the shares system, instead performing weekly counts of the contributed material, and paying the contributors immediately for the value of what they donated.  Instead the shares system will be used to determine the recipients of the end of project prizes.
-#The Archon market dropping over the course of the project, and the inflated sale price to the LSC customer brought up issues with calculating if this project actually made a profit:
-#*New planning spreadsheets take into account the market fluctuations and track the progress of the project in real time, with updated market values.  This allows the managers to monitor the profitability of building a carrier, and stop the manufacturing if the members will make more by selling the materials.
-#The difficult logistics situation in tracking donations and managing shares:
-#*Audit templates and Station Container log sorting spreadsheets can automatically pull out the contributions of any character, and generate a payment list based on current prices, simplifying the previously manual process of determining shares.
-#All of the ISK generated was not distributed to the contributors until the final sale was complete:
-#*Payments for contributions are processed every week on Saturdays to give the members of the project a shorter term profit.
-#Lack of project security in its current state, making it easy to have flown off with over 300 million in materials:
-#* Access to the storage container is protected, and the password is only known to those that have repeatedly demonstrated that they are trustworthy and long term members of campus.  The hauling is now done with equivalent collateral for all goods, so if any theft occurs, the collateral will cover the loss.  Manufacturing will only be performed by vetted builders, and the final build only by the Master Builder.
 == Project Goals ==
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 The contributions will be counted on Saturdays, with the weeks payments going out shortly after.
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+= History of the Project =
+== Origins of the Idea ==
+This project originally began under the name of ''[http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=73670 Lets Build a Carrier, TOGETHER ~]'' when MMan Themen and Aren Tivianne came up with the idea to unify Solitude under a common project and accomplish something that individual players cannot effectively complete alone.
+== The first [[Archon]] ==
+After launching the project, and in conjunction with a large influx of new players, the first Carrier began material collection on 12 November 2013 and was finished and launched by 20 December 2013. The first carrier built was sold to a member of the LSC and he had requested modules be built for it as well.  The members collected the materials and manufactured the requested modules in a record time of 3 weeks, including some of the rarer salvage items required for the rigs.
+== Continuing the Trend ==
+After this project gained visibility on the [[Nullsec Campus]] and [[Low-Sec Campus]] forums, additional requests and orders were hinted at, and the team sat down to try and make the process more streamlined and improve the logistics behind it.
+== Known issues with the first run ==
+Some of this issues found in the first project included:
+#Lack of ISK incentive for the haulers and the manufacturers involved in the venture.
+#Share system that needed some balancing to fairly distribute the profit.
+#The Archon market dropping over the course of the project, and the inflated sale price to the LSC customer brought up issues with [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=75294 calculating if this project actually made a profit].
+#The difficult logistics situation in tracking donations and managing shares
+#All of the ISK generated was not distributed to the contributors until the final sale was complete.
+#Lack of project security in its current state, making it easy to have flown off with over 300 million in materials.
+Aren Tivianne and Mman Themen then [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=73748 put these issues to the forums], and out of the discussions and debates, the project was [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=75537 replanned] and [http://forum.eveuniversity.org/viewtopic.php?f=218&t=75791 reborn] as The StarCraft Enterprise.
+= StarCraft Enterprise Emerges =
+== Addressing the Issues ==
+#Lack of ISK incentive for the haulers and the manufacturers involved in the venture:
+#*Preproject planning was simplified with a series of spreadsheets that handle all of the market and efficiency calculations for the project as a whole.
+#*The hauling aspect of the project was broken into a series of hauling contracts.
+#*Manufacturing jobs were given a value based on the total ISK generated by this step, and either payments or contracts will be used to compensate the characters for their time.
+#Share system that needed some balancing to fairly distribute the profit:
+#*Eliminated the shares system, instead performing weekly counts of the contributed material, and paying the contributors immediately for the value of what they donated.  Instead the shares system will be used to determine the recipients of the end of project prizes.
+#The Archon market dropping over the course of the project, and the inflated sale price to the LSC customer brought up issues with calculating if this project actually made a profit:
+#*New planning spreadsheets take into account the market fluctuations and track the progress of the project in real time, with updated market values.  This allows the managers to monitor the profitability of building a carrier, and stop the manufacturing if the members will make more by selling the materials.
+#The difficult logistics situation in tracking donations and managing shares:
+#*Audit templates and Station Container log sorting spreadsheets can automatically pull out the contributions of any character, and generate a payment list based on current prices, simplifying the previously manual process of determining shares.
+#All of the ISK generated was not distributed to the contributors until the final sale was complete:
+#*Payments for contributions are processed every week on Saturdays to give the members of the project a shorter term profit.
+#Lack of project security in its current state, making it easy to have flown off with over 300 million in materials:
+#* Access to the storage container is protected, and the password is only known to those that have repeatedly demonstrated that they are trustworthy and long term members of campus.  The hauling is now done with equivalent collateral for all goods, so if any theft occurs, the collateral will cover the loss.  Manufacturing will only be performed by vetted builders, and the final build only by the Master Builder.
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