🚀 New Feature
Corporations are getting a safer to run. A corporation recently had a huge amount taken from its store by a member it trusted. Until now, any Operative could empty a Corp Store in a minute, and that is not fair on everyone who built it up. Thank you to Dirkish, Snorrsen and Rioriel, whose ideas shaped much of what follows.
A new rank: Senior Operative.
It sits between Operative and Executive, for proven members who deserve more trust but should not be running the corp. Senior Operatives get bigger allowances, but cannot promote, kick, withdraw from the bank or buy upgrades. Nobody’s current rank has changed.
Daily withdrawal allowances.
Every rank now has a daily limit on what it can take out, valued at guide price, with separate allowances for resources in the Corp Store and equipment in the Corp Inventory. Starting values for resources are Recruit 0, Operative 100,000 CR, Senior Operative 500,000 CR and Executive 1,000,000 CR. For equipment they are Recruit 0, Operative 0, Senior Operative 2,500,000 CR and Executive 10,000,000 CR.
The Director has no limit and can change all of these from Set allowances on the allowance bar at the top of the Corp Store. Allowances reset at midnight server time, and you can always see how much you have left.
Leadership alerts and a panic button.
The Director and Executives get an in game mail when a member uses half or more of their allowance in one go, or uses the last of it. If something looks wrong, any Executive can lock all withdrawals with one click. Only the Director can lift it.
Lock stock for the corporation.
Directors and Executives can put a padlock on anything in the Corp Store. Everyone can still see it, but only the Director and Executives can take it out, and corp builds can still use it. Perfect for those exotics you have been saving.
Also new:
An Officers channel inside corp chat for Executives and the Director
Operatives can now donate a stripped ship to the Corp Hangar, with a clear warning first that it will belong to the corporation.
If you cannot take something, the button is greyed out and tells you why when you hover over it.
Directors, it is worth a quick look at your allowances to set them the way your corp works.
Galaxy Map Search
Finding your way on the Galaxy Map just got a lot quicker, thanks to a suggestion from Rioriel. Click a system and the list of locations on the right now has a search box at the top. You can type a name, but you can also simply type what you need.
Try repair, fuel, blueprints, weapons, passengers or corp, and the list shows only the places that offer it. Type more than one word to narrow it down further, so station repair shows just the stations with a repair service. Underneath the search are buttons for each kind of location in that system, such as Planets, Stations, Jump Gates and Asteroid Fields, each with a count, so one click shows you just the stations.
There is also an A to Z button if you would rather see the list in alphabetical order. Your search and filters stay in place as you click from system to system, which makes checking a route for, say, every station with a repair service a matter of a few clicks. The top of the panel is a little tidier too, with the system’s faction and law level now sitting beside its name. Perfect for those of you who autopilot everywhere. Happy travels, Captains.
Encrypted Cargo Sort
Selling encrypted cargo is a little easier now, thanks to Porrima. Whether you are at an Encrypted Data Vendor or trading with a fleet ship, you can now click any column heading on the Encryption tab to sort by it: the cargo’s name, where it came from, the distance it has travelled, the price each, or how much you hold. The first click puts the best at the top, a second click turns it round, and a third puts the list back as it was.
The Held column also now shows what your whole stack is worth to that buyer, and clicking Held sorts by that total, so the most valuable thing to sell is always easy to spot. The game remembers how you like your list sorted.