Agreement Changelog

This page is intended to serve as a record and tool for players to track changes made to the Agreement. Any changes made will be posted here, sorted by date, and a post will be made on the Announcements topic in Discord detailing the changes.

2021-02-21

New Agreement ratified

2021-02-22

Due to uptick in Command issues, fax machines were added to the NEV "Northern Light" to facilitate better communication between the ship and its patron corporations

• Minor tweaks to the Agreement and laws were made to reflect this change.

2021-02-28

Added the following under "Captain and Their Crew:"

• A crewman may only be terminated from his position by written order of that department's Head of Staff.
• The Captain may demote a Head of Staff provided there is another employee in that department who can assume the duties.
  • A demotion so granted will only apply for the shift it is ordered. A permanent demotion requires a fax to the demoted employee's organization for review, final decision is left up to that organization.

2021-03-06

Added "Ammendments" Section and accompanying guidelines.

2021-07-04

Based on feedback submitted to the Lore Team, the following line has been added under "NanoTrasen Engineering:"

• "For the purpose of this Agreement, Fire Alarms are considered part of the Atmospheric Alarm system, and should be considered a dangerous atmospheric emergency."

2021-10-23

• For ease of readability and referencing, replaced bullets with numbered headers.
• Changed section 1.2: "Except under extreme emergency, no orders order nor punishment issued by any crewman, including the Captain, may only apply to beyond the shift that they were awakened for. the order was issued during."

2021-10-26

From feedback from players, we were notified of two massive oversights in The Agreement, as the document failed to outline who was responsible for the AI and TComms Subsystems. The changes are displayed below: Added the following to Section 6:

• 6.3.5 - Maintenance and repair of the NanoTrasen supplied Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems.
  • 6.3.5a - The Chief Engineer shall be responsible for these duties. These duties may be shared with the Captain or First Officer.
  • 6.3.5a.1 - In the absence of a Chief Engineer, these duties shall fall to the Captain and the Engineering Department Head.
  • 6.3.5b - The NEV Northern Light maintains a database of simulated personalities. The Cryogenics Oversight computer shall select one personality at random at the beginning of each shift.
  • 6.3.5c - In accordance with SolGov regulations on the use of AI. The ship-bound AI must be loaded with a set of programmed laws.
    • 6.3.5c.1 - Complete removal of these law restrictions, commonly referred to as ‘unshackling’ an AIm is to be considered an act of Grand Sabotage (cc.420).
      • 6.3.5c.1a - Other tampering or modification to the AI subsystem not explicitly permitted by the Captain or Chief Engineer shall also be considered an act of Grand Sabotage (cc.420).
    • 6.3.5c.2 - The AI will download and install the "NanoTrasen Default" laws when it is activated from AI Storage.
      • 6.3.5c.2a - The Captain may, at their preference, upload a different set of approved AI Laws to the AI system.
      • 6.3.5c.2b - A selection of approved Laws have been provided on disks within the AI Upload chamber.

Added the following to Section 3:

• 3.7 - Maintenance and repair of ship's Telecommunications Network (TComms) is to be performed by the Lazarus Department Head.
  • 3.7.1 - If no Lazarus personnel are available or qualified to perform these duties, then emergency repairs may be performed by NanoTrasen Engineers.
    • 3.7.1a - NanoTrasen Engineering may directly charge the Lazarus Foundation accounts an amount equal to the cost of materials plus 250 credits per hour of repair work required.

2021-11-11

Based on player feedback, altered the wording of Section 8: Amendments to make the text clearer:

• 8.2.1 - If the parties wish to have an amendment struck from the agreement or altered, it may be submitted as a request to remove an amendment. Such a proposal must follow all other guidelines of a proposal., with one additional requirement. The signing departments must include a representative from each department that initially passed the affected amendment.
• 8.4 - Upon receivingreceipt of a properly submitted proposal by NanoTrasen Central Command, the document will be forwarded to the leadership of each member corporation for review.

2021-11-15

Amendment "X.1 - Cessation of Imprisonment for Non-Capital Crimes & Departmental Deferred Fines" ratified

2021-11-16

Added to Section 8:

• X.0 - Implementation of Departmental Doctrines[PROVISIONAL]

2022-09-06

Clarification that Heads of Staff can hire staff at their discretion, as it was previously only stated that the Captain could not assign crewman to a department without permission. Also removed some redundant language:

• 1.3 - The Captain or his representative may not legally assign personnel to departments on board without the approval of the relevant departmental head;
  • 1.3.1 - A department's Head of Staff may hire any crewman they deem appropriate to any position within their assigned department.
  • 1.3.11.3.2 - A crewman may only be terminated from his position by written order of that department's Head of Staff
  • 1.3.21.3.3 - The Captain may demote a Head of Staff provided there is another employee in that department who can assume the duties.
    • 1.3.2a1.3.3a - A demotion so granted will only apply for the shift it is ordered. A permanent demotion requires a fax to the demoted employee's organization for review, final decision is left up to that organization.