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Caiman Interplanetary Acquisitions / CAIMAN

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Let’s face it.

Being a bad-guy is too easy and being a good-guy is often naive.

Instead, our organisation combines the thrill of smuggling contraband with the fulfilment of discovering salvage and exploration.

We are Caiman.

History Manifesto Charter

History

Our Story

In the year 2948, war, piracy and negligence are costly bringers of carnage and destruction. Expanses of space, until recently barren, are quickly filling to the brim with waste and debris. However, as with all things, one person’s scrap is another’s gold.

Greedy opportunists, driven by the fear of unrealized profit, began to requisition and repurpose the hitherto unwanted byproducts. Before long, contention beckons companionship as individual scavengers became groups — soon entire collections of ruthless salvage teams were competing for the richest spoils.

It was to this greedy universe that Caiman Interplanetary Acquisitions was born.

Historical points as extracted from the UEC database:

  • Pre Squad42 war, Yaron and Vrinn meet during the course of odd jobs, trading runs and miscellaneous contracts. During this period, Yaron aided in the crewing of Vrinn’s Constellation Andromeda.
  • Now Partners, Yaron and Vrinn of the newly founded Caiman Company became close friends during the Squad42 war. Their friendship came about through business interests. They are known to have invested heavily against the economy; shorting consumables and favouring ballistics companies and war bonds.
  • Using the capital raised during the hostilities surrounding Squad42, they took advantage of the post war recession to create Caiman Interplanetary Acquisitions. Now equal equity Principal Partners in their new company, Yaron and Vrinn liquefy the remainder of their assets and invest it within Caiman, purchasing ships and resources.
  • Soon after, Caiman was found to have contributed to influential private holdings associated with political interests. Although this is conjecture, it is believed that these investments may have invited the seemingly preferential treatment they receive when competing for public contracts.
  • Most recently, Caiman Interplanetary Acquisitions have inexplicably been documented as being in possession of a haulage licence despite having trading permissions revoked for carrying contraband across UEC borders. Caiman’s current trading interests remain unknown.

Manifesto

The Pursuit

To engineer security through prosperity by unleashing constrained thinkers and unshackling hands; to provide peace through purpose by dignified labour and collaborative enterprise; to offer legacy through ownership by distributing the spoils and inviting equitable partnership.

The Reflections

A single free-thinker is more valuable than a mindless collective,
A collaborative team is the weakness of most complex problems,
A free-acting agent will inevitably find the means to best serve themselves,
A labourer will optimise until a task can be achieved with minimal effort,
A share of the reward is always more satisfying than a comparable salary.

The Doctrine

Think freely, speak freely, do freely;
Choose collaboration when challenged,
Serve peoples’ interests irrespective of jurisdiction,
Trust that others will find the quickest way,
Distribute the value and share in the Glory.

Charter

A message from the Board

Dearest Citizen,

The Caiman Corporate Partnership Agreement (CCPA) is what differentiates us from other organisations. We intend to put Caiman’s success in the hands of its’ people by allowing them to own a little piece of the Company. We want our Partners to share in the profit and enjoy regular dividend payments — a little piece of security in uncertain times!

The Charter of Profitable Enterprise (CPE) is a set of protocols that outlines and protects our people, our profit-sharing philosophy, our company structure and our operating strategy. It was designed to be fair and inclusive and will act as the standard to which we hold ourselves. If you have any questions or concerns, never hesitate to ask. This, like all things in Caiman, will regularly be revisited and improved.

On a final note, all new Caiman Interplanetary Acquisitions’ members are implicitly accepting the terms outlined within this document upon joining the organisation. See the appended ‘nomenclature’ for a clarification of common terminology.

Yours faithfully,
The Principal Partners

The Caiman Corporate Partnership Agreement

Preamble
This Partnership Agreement outlines the rights and protections of all members of the Company who have been elevated to Partner status and are currently not under suspension or undergoing termination.

1. On Partnerships
The Company operates in a Corporate Partnership structure. Those of the Operations Team Lead rank and above are expected to become Equity Partners. There are currently three ranks of Equity Partner defined:

  • Principal Partner is equal to 100 whole shares.
  • Senior Partner is equal to 33 whole shares.
  • Associate Partner is equal to 18 whole shares.

The Partnership will define a share price prior to promoting a candidate to a position that requires equity; the candidate must then purchase the required equity in full.

2. On Dividends
Every Financial Period, the Director of Finance will advise the Partners whether spare operating income can safely be distributed as a dividend. When the recommendation is given, an Equity Vote will take place to decide if a dividend will be distributed for that Financial Period. When a dividend is to be distributed, Active Partners will be rewarded a cash sum relative to their equity as a proportion of all shares within the Company. A Partner can take a fraction of their dividend or decline it entirely. They may also elect to distribute their dividend to others.

3. On Equity Voting
For Equity Votes a Partner’s voting capacity is equal to the amount of equity they hold. In cases where Equity Votes are expanded to form Company Votes, the voting capacity will be defined by station:

  • Senior Operator will have 14 whole votes.
  • Intermediate Operator will have 112whole votes.
  • Junior Operator will have 10 whole vote.

Company-wide diplomacy and collaboration shall be used in place of Equity Votes for the day to day planning and decision making.

4. On Equity Loss
The Company reserves the right to purchase — either fractional or whole — the equity possessed by a Partner who is leaving a station for which equity is required. In such cases, the Company must offer compensation equal to four times the equity’s dividend value in the previous Financial Period. In the case of dismissal, the Company reserves the right to nullify the Partner’s equity without offering compensation.

The Charter of Profitable Enterprise

Preamble
This Charter protects all members of the Company who are currently not under suspension or undergoing termination and any accepted affiliates, allies, and/or special individuals. Unless a party is explicitly stated to be protected by this Charter, protection may not apply.

1. On People, I commit to
  1. Knowing and disclosing when, and why, I am not happy.
  2. Treating all protected by this Charter with unconditional positive regard.
  3. Neither harming — nor tolerating the harming of — all protected under this Charter.
2. On Profit Sharing, I commit to
  1. Ensuring all Operations are disclosed and accounted for, and; doing so within the same Financial Period.
  2. Forfeiting all Company Operations’ income, and; forfeiting sufficient Personal Operations’ income for 2.4.
  3. Ensuring that all forfeited income is possessed by the Finance Team before the Financial Period ends.
  4. Conceding a fraction of total Operations’ income to fuel Company activities, commitments and growth.
3. On Company Structure, I commit to
  1. Using my voting power to represent my own interests during Equity Votes and Company Votes.
  2. Entering into the CCPA when my station requires it, and; buying the whole portion of equity required.
  3. Respecting the authority of the Principal Partners and any collective in which their authority is instilled.
4. On Operating Strategy, I commit to
  1. Disclosing what I want, and; how I propose to get it, and; accepting effective help when necessary.
  2. Personally supporting the most profitable idea, and; electing to improve upon it.
  3. Empowering and partaking in teams, especially when undertaking difficult tasks.
  4. Being biased towards action and doing immediately that which must be done eventually.
  5. Never squandering, damaging or misleading resources either by intention, or; by unacceptable risk.

Appendix

A. Nomenclature
“Caiman Interplanetary Acquisitions” may also be referred herein as “the Company”.
“The Caiman Corporate Partnership Agreement” may also be referred herein as “CCPA”.
“Accepted” is to mean ‘accepted by the authority, distributed or otherwise, of the Principal Partners’.
“Income” is to mean ‘all revenues accrued through economic activity irrespective of losses’
“Financial Period” is to mean ‘an interval of time that begins on a Saturday at 15:00:00 GMT and finishes the following Saturday at 14:59:59 GMT’.
“Operations” is to mean ‘any activity — past, present or future — in which Company personnel or resources were employed’.
“Active” is to mean ‘contributed towards Operations within the current Financial Period’.
“Finance Team” is to mean ‘the team that is headed by the Director of Finance whose duty it is to oversee financial affairs’.