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Regional contract Tenerifis
Background
The Calico project is a refinery outpost set up in C3-0YD. It's financed by LV, and the arrangement is that we provide them with fees and refining tax. It also serves as a proof of concept. We're hoping that once we can demonstrate this model as successful, we will be able to persuade other alliances.
There are 70 or so belts in the immeditate vicinity, and an ice belt 3 jumps away. Local ice is Minmatar. One of the systems has mercoxit. (3 belts) the rest have Arkonor, Bistot, Spodumain and Gniess. (And other stuff thats less exciting).
Access to this region is NOT automatic. Only ISS corporations who have been granted by the ISS Regional Coordinator, James Lyrus, can enter Tenerifis.
Preliminary conditions for entering Tenerifis
Your corporation have to go through an evaluation process which takes into account the length of your membership in ISS, your history of observance of the ISS Charter and a number of other things. The ISS Regional Coordinator have the right to refuse entry to Tenerifis without explanation. The background for these rules is that ISS want to ensure the partnership with LV becomes a long and happy one. We will not tolerate ‘incidents’ with pilots who don’t play by rules.
All ‘negotiations’ from ISS corporations to be granted access to Tenerifis go through the ISS Regional Coordinator and individual corporations may be asked to observed to undisclosed special rules and regulations in order to preserve the peace and stability of the region.
Once you have been granted access there are a number of rules and regulations that needs to be observed by all ISS pilots.
What we get
+ The entire northern part of Tenerifis is accessible to ISS, but ISS ships are not allowed 'south' of the X-1QGA system (create map)
+ Unlimited npc hunting in this area
+ Unlimited mining in this area (subject to ground rules by the ISS Regional Coordinator)
* The refining station in the E-IFSA constellation is managed by ISS, and surrounding the station, within 3 jumps, are 72 asteroid belts with highend ore. It is a very rich area.
+ Unlimited access to complexes in this area
+ Unlimited access to moon resources
* We can survey and setup starbases everywhere we want in this area
* We can claim sovereignty everywhere we want in this area
+ The refining station: ISS member corporations are also allowed to setup (sovereignty claiming) starbases in the station system for the duration of their stay in Tenerifis.
* This allows for starbase factories, labs etc. to be constructed.
Terms and conditions
+ ISS ships are not allowed into regions surrounding Tenerifis. This is to assure that diplomatic incidents will be kept to a minimum.
+ ISS Regional Coordinator James Lyrus is responsible for fees and docking rights. ONLY James Lyrus or ISS Management act as a go-between with Lotka Volterra (LV) about fees, docking rights, access, diplomacy, and incidents. We want to keep misunderstandings to a minimum.
+ ISS will pay a weekly fee of 15M Isk pr. pilot per corporation operating in the region (calculated pr. corp, not on a pilot pr pilot basis)
* Example: if members of one ISS corporation of 60 members operate in the region, ISS will pay LV 900M each week pilots for this corp to be allowed to operate in Tenerifis
* The ISS member corporations transfer fees to the ‘ISS Outpost’ corporation (CEO: Duchess deGulia) for their pass to Tenerifis for the following week, and this corp then transfers the collective fees to LV.
* Corporations with less than 20 members pay a fixed fee of 300M pr week.
+ Refining: All refining of loot and ore must take place in the outpost refinery. The refining tax there is 10% (may be subject to change). No POS refineries are permitted anywhere in the region. ISS will regularly inspect starbases in the region, and if any refineries are detected, the consequences will be immediate.
+ Access to the station: ISS is the exclusive channel through which potential LV 'pet' corps are allowed by LV to operate in the E-IFSA constellation. This improves ISS's ability to attract sufficient corporations to the region and reduces LV's administrative burden.
+ Docking rights: Only ISS corporations who have paid the fees to LV may dock. All LV corporations may dock at any time.
+ In the interest of regional defense, LV member corporation will always have docking rights to the station.
+ LV member corporations will not mine in the E-IFSA constellation without prior consent from ISS. This is to ensure that ISS corps have enough roids to make good on their fees.
+ LV will not establish any POS in the constellation and the neighbouring constellations without prior agreement by the ISS.
Living in Tenerifis
Belts are allocated to corps. This list is published on this forum. There will be 1 belt per 10 members (rounded down) in the outpost system. Additional allocations will be made as necessary, however it is likely these will be in systems around C3-0YD. Claim jumping may result in a fine, and for repeated offenses additional action may be take. Each corp is entitled to manage 'their' belts how they wish. If you have empirical
evidence to confirm (or deny) some of the more common mining myths, then we're keen to hear about it.
Corps are required to plonk a secure can at their belt to remind everyone, however it's expected that residents will keep up to date with claimed belts.
Any unclaimed belts are general access for 'casual' mining, however we expect local corps to prioritise 'their' belts. At the current time, this includes the Mercoxit belts. If we appear to have difficulty managing this, then we'll review the situation.
Ratting is a free for all, with the caveat that if mining is in progress, or someone is already fighting a rat, you ask permission before engaging. It's not uncommon to tank a particular spawn for the duration of a mining op.
Security and military
+ ISS will assume responsability of patrolling the northern part of the region. ISS will pursue and suppress pirate incursions into the region. ISS will keep LV central space command informed of all foreign alliance movements in Tenerifis and as such act as border guards and reconnaissance for LV.
+ The official channel for the area is called "Calico". If you are operating in the area, then you are required to join it. This is to serve similar purposes as other regional channels, namely sharing of information, intel, and general heckling.
+ To preserve its neutrality in inter-alliance conflicts, ISS will not participate in joint fleet operations with LV, but ISS Navy and local ISS corporations inhabiting the region will nonetheless assist LV to the best of their ability in the defense of the region in case of invasion by brigand horses.
+ ISS is responsible for maintaining sovereignty of the system with a militarily credible starbase network.
+ If someone attempts to assault the station system, LV will respond as per normal procedures in the defense of Tenerifis and dispatch a fleet to defend the station.
+ All ISS corporations are responsible for their own day to day security in Tenerifis.
Transgressions of any one of these, all in all, very simple rules will lead to immediate expulsion from ISS.
It may be necessary for a corp to request additional belts from time to time, due to increasing size, or simply because they've managd to deplete one.
The criteria for additonal allocation is a fairly simple one - are existing claims being well used. (Assesment by basically scanning the belt, and see if there's huge numbers of 'roids still there).
Secondary criteria is corp size. 1/10 corp members is going to be a threshold point. Below this, then additional allocation is more likely to be in C3-0YD.
Demonstrate you can use what you've got, and you will get more.
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