Umbrella Corporation / UMBRLACORP

Three standards we hold ourselves to.

Discipline

Containment, cold‑chain, and escort procedures are followed exactly, every time, because on the frontier there is rarely a second chance.

Integrity

Our people act on Umbrella’s duty of biological security when no one is watching, and report what they see, including their own mistakes.

Discretion

Research materials are among the most sensitive cargo in space. What Umbrella studies stays within the walls built to contain it.

CHARTER OF THE UMBRELLA CORPORATION
25 October 2956

PREAMBLE

Umbrella Corporation was founded by physicians and research chemists who believed that medicine should anticipate disease rather than react to it. When the first jump points opened, they went to the frontier instead of waiting for its dangers to reach the core worlds.

That decision still defines the Corporation. Humanity’s expansion into space must not outpace its ability to survive there. As settlement reaches further, the distance between a colony and the help it needs grows with it, and Umbrella exists to close that distance: in supply lines, in research, and in the security that protects them both.

The Corporation therefore adopts this Charter. It states why Umbrella exists, the standards its people keep, and the authority by which it is governed. It binds every Officer and every member of the Corporation’s personnel, and it prevails over any policy, order or custom that conflicts with it.

ARTICLE I. NAME AND IDENTITY

1.1 Name. The organization is Umbrella Corporation, referred to in this Charter as “Umbrella” or “the Corporation.”

1.2 Motto. The Corporation’s motto is “Our Business Is Life Itself.”

1.3 Emblem. The Corporation’s emblem is the Umbrella: eight segments, red and white in alternation, with a red segment centred at the top and a black rim. The emblem, the wordmark UMBRELLA CORPORATION and the motto are the Corporation’s marks. They are reproduced only in their approved form and only on the Corporation’s business.

1.4 Seat and record. The Corporation was founded on Earth. Its public office is its website, umbrellacorporation.space. A notice published there, or on the Corporation’s internal channels under the authority of this Charter, is an official notice of the Corporation.

1.5 Definitions. In this Charter: – “Personnel” means every person admitted to the Corporation under Article IV, whatever their grade. – “Board” means the Board of Directors established under Article V. – “Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, a Director, or any other person holding an office created under Article V. – “Division” means one of the operating divisions established under Article VI

ARTICLE II. PURPOSE AND MISSION

2.1 Mission. The Corporation exists to bring medicine to every world humanity reaches. Its governing principle is that humanity’s expansion into space must not outpace its ability to
survive there.

2.2 Objects. In pursuit of that mission, the Corporation: 1. supplies medical goods wherever humanity operates, from core-world hospitals to independent mining stations months from the nearest port, and keeps the cold chain unbroken to do so; 2. studies the biology of new worlds before it can harm the people settling thnder strict containment; 3. protects its convoys, facilities and research materials, and responds to contamination events that threaten nearby populations; 4. recruits, trains and equips the pilots, logistics crews, medical professionity personnel that this work requires.

2.3 Priority of the frontier. Frontier settlements receive priority supply at reld fail for lack of medicine.

2.4 Biological security. The Corporation regards biological security as a duty och it operates. No commercial, research or operational objective overrides thatduty.

2.5 Defensive mandate. The Corporation uses force only in defence. Its armed services exist so that what Umbrella builds, ships and studies reaches its destination intact and never falls
into the wrong hands.

ARTICLE III. VALUES AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT

3.1 Corporate values. Umbrella’s personnel work to three standards: – Discipline. Containment, cold-chain and escort procedures are followed exactntier there is rarely a second chance. – Integrity. Personnel act on the Corporation’s duty of biological security when no one is watching, and report what they see, including their own mistakes. – Discretion. Research materials are among the most sensitive cargo in space. s within the walls built to contain it.

3.2 Professional conduct. Personnel represent the Corporation wherever they are They treat colleagues, clients, allies and rivals with courtesy, and they raisedisagreements through the chain of authority rather than in public.

3.3 Respect. Harassment, discrimination, threats and abuse are prohibited, whoever they are directed at. This applies on every channel the Corporation uses and in every place where
personnel act in its name.

3.4 Fair dealing. Personnel honour the contracts, escorts and agreements the Cor do not cheat or deceive, and they do not use the Corporation’s name, ships orresources for personal gain.

3.5 Duty to report. Personnel report any breach of containment, of security or of this Charter to their superior or to an Officer without delay. No one is penalized for a report made in
good faith.

ARTICLE IV. PERSONNEL

4.1 Eligibility. The Corporation admits individuals. Each person applies for themselves; no organization joins Umbrella as a body. Partnerships with other organizations are governed by
Article IX.

4.2 Application. Applications are accepted only through the Corporation’s websit name they go by, their Discord username, their time zone, and the career areathey wish to work in: flight operations, logistics, medical, research or security.

4.3 Admission. Every application is read by the recruiters for the chosen career area, who decide on it. Admission proceeds in four steps: 1. Application, through the website. 2. Conversation with a recruiter about the applicant’s experience, time zone and best fit. 3. Onboarding with the receiving Division, from escort procedures to containme 4. First assignment to a crew, clinic, laboratory or site team.

4.4 No fees. The Corporation never asks an applicant or any of its personnel for payment, valuables or login details. Anyone who asks for them does not speak for Umbrella and should be
reported to an Officer.

4.5 Obligations. Every member of the personnel: – upholds this Charter and the values in Article III; – follows the instructions of their superiors, within the limits of this Chart – keeps the Corporation’s confidential information under Article IX; – uses the Corporation’s assets only on the Corporation’s business.

4.6 Property. Ships and equipment that personnel own remain their own. Assets th person are held on its behalf and returned on request.

4.7 Other affiliations. Personnel may belong to other organizations, provided thflict with Umbrella’s mandate. No one may act for another organization against the Corporation’s interests.

4.8 Separation. Personnel may resign at any time by notice to their superior. Dismissal is governed by Article VIII. On leaving, a person returns any assigned assets and remains bound by
the duty of discretion. A former member may return only by a new application.

ARTICLE V. GOVERNANCE

5.1 Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer is the Corporation’s highest officer. The CEO directs its strategy, represents it to other organizations, chairs the Board, and
holds final executive authority within the limits of this Charter.

5.2 Board of Directors. The Board consists of the CEO and the Director of each Dtion’s governing body for every matter this Charter does not reserve to the CEO.

5.3 Powers of the Board. The Board: – adopts the standing orders, procedures and policies that put this Charter into effect; – confirms the appointment and removal of Directors; – approves alliances, partnerships and contracts that commit more than one Division; – hears appeals under Article VIII; – proposes and adopts amendments under Article X.

5.4 Directors. Each Director leads one Division. A Director appoints that Division’s managers, sets its priorities within Board policy, and answers to the CEO and the Board for its
operations. The CEO nominates Directors and the Board confirms them.

5.5 Meetings and decisions. The Board meets at intervals it sets, and whenever ts call a meeting. A majority of its members is a quorum. Decisions are taken by amajority of those present; the CEO has a casting vote on a tie.

5.6 Urgent action. When delay would endanger personnel, cargo or a facility, the CEO, or the Director concerned, may act alone. The action is reported to the Board at its next meeting,
which may confirm or reverse it.

5.7 Other offices. The Board may create further offices, such as a Chief of Staf, and define their authority. Each such office answers to the CEO unless the Board decides otherwise.

5.8 Succession. If the office of CEO falls vacant, the Directors elect a successor from among themselves by majority vote. Until then, the longest-serving Director acts as CEO.

5.9 Record. The Board’s decisions are recorded and announced to personnel on the Corporation’s internal channels, except where Article IX requires them to be kept confidential.

ARTICLE VI. DIVISIONS

6.1 Organization. The Corporation operates through three Divisions, forming one atory to the colony. Each is led by a Director under Article V.

6.2 Pharmaceutical Trade. The Pharmaceutical Trade Division delivers medical superates. It runs the fleet of climate-controlled haulers, keeps the cold chainunbroken across contested and unregulated space, and gives frontier settlements priority supply. Its product lines include trauma stabilizers, radiation countermeasures, long-duration
hibernation compounds and rapid tissue-regeneration therapies.

6.3 Research & Development. The Research & Development Division studies the biolt can harm the people settling them. Its facilities stand in remote systems, awayfrom population centres. Its priorities are xenobiological safety, regenerative medicine and human adaptation, and all its work proceeds under strict containment protocol.

6.4 Umbrella Security Service. The Umbrella Security Service (U.S.S.) protects the Corporation’s cargo, facilities and research materials. Its mandate is defensive. It comprises three
units: – Escort Wing: fighter and gunship crews who safeguard convoys through pirate-active and lawless regions. – Facility Security: permanent garrisons at research and manufacturing sites. – Biohazard Countermeasure Service (U.B.C.S.): specialist teams who respond to contamination events, secure affected sites and protect nearby populations.

6.5 Career areas. Personnel are recruited into five career areas, each owned by one or more Divisions: – Flight operations: hauler crews and escort flight crews. Owned by PharmaceutEscort Wing. – Logistics: loading, routing and cargo handling for the climate-controlled fleet. Owned by Pharmaceutical Trade. – Medical: field-clinic and ship-board care. Owned by Pharmaceutical Trade and – Research: xenobiological safety, regenerative medicine, human adaptation. Owned by Research & Development. – Security: site security, convoy escort and U.B.C.S. teams. Owned by the U.S.

6.6 Joint operations. An operation that draws on more than one Division is commaO or the Board designates. Where none is designated, the Director whose Divisioncarries the principal risk commands it.

6.7 New units. The Board may establish, merge or dissolve units within a Division on the Director’s proposal. Creating a new Division requires an amendment under Article X.

ARTICLE VII. GRADES AND ADVANCEMENT

7.1 Grades. Every member of the personnel holds one of six grades: 1. Chief Executive Officer. Leads the Corporation and chairs the Board. Appointed by the Directors, on a vacancy (section 5.8). 2. Director. Leads a Division and sits on the Board. Appointed by the CEO, con 3. Manager. Leads a unit or standing team within a Division. Appointed by the Director. 4. Supervisor. Leads a crew, clinic, laboratory team or site team. Appointed ber’s recommendation. 5. Specialist. Fully qualified in a career area. Appointed by a Manager, at the end of probation. 6. Associate. Newly admitted; in onboarding and probation. Appointed on admiss

7.2 Probation. New personnel join as Associates. An Associate becomes a Specialid onboarding and their first assignments to their Manager’s satisfaction.

7.3 Merit. Advancement rests on demonstrated competence, reliability and conducte nor the ships, equipment or funds a person owns or contributes earns a grade.

7.4 Functional titles. A Division may give its people working titles, such as flr. Each working title corresponds to one grade, and the grade alone determinesauthority under this Charter.

7.5 Command on operations. On an operation, authority follows the assignment. The lead named for the operation commands it, whatever the grades of those taking part.

7.6 Changes of grade. Promotions and appointments are recorded and announced to personnel. A person may ask to step down to a lower grade at any time. Any other reduction in grade is made
only under Article VIII.

ARTICLE VIII. DISCIPLINE AND REVIEW

8.1 Principle. Discipline at Umbrella is fair, proportionate and prompt. Its purpose is to protect the Corporation’s people and work, not to punish for its own sake.

8.2 Grounds. Disciplinary action may follow a breach of this Charter, including the standards in Article III, a disclosure contrary to Article IX, or conduct that acts against the
Corporation’s interests.

8.3 Measures. In ascending order of severity: 1. guidance from a superior; 2. a formal warning, entered in the record; 3. suspension from operations or from the duties of a grade; 4. reduction in grade; 5. dismissal from the Corporation.

8.4 Procedure. Before any measure beyond guidance, the person concerned is told what is alleged and is heard. The decision and its reasons are recorded. Measures are imposed by the
person’s Director, or by a Manager with the Director’s approval. Dismissal requicurrence of the CEO.

8.5 Immediate suspension. Where conduct puts personnel, cargo or a facility at r harassment, any Officer may suspend the person at once. The procedure in section8.4 then follows without delay.

8.6 Impartiality. No one decides a matter in which they are a party, a witness or the subject of the complaint.

8.7 Appeal. A person may appeal any measure beyond guidance to the Board within 14 days of the decision. Those who took the original decision do not sit on the appeal, and a majority of
the members who do sit is a quorum. The Board’s decision is final.

8.8 Officers. The Board disciplines Directors under this Article. The CEO may beby a unanimous vote of the Directors.

ARTICLE IX. EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND CONFIDENTIALITY

9.1 Representation. Only the CEO, or an Officer the CEO authorizes, speaks for the Corporation to other organizations or makes agreements in its name.

9.2 Alliances and partnerships. The Board approves every alliance and partnership, records its terms, and may end it. A partnership never transfers authority over Umbrella’s personnel to
another organization.

9.3 Contracts. A Director may accept escort, supply and medical contracts withinontracts that commit more than one Division require the Board’s approval undersection 5.3.

9.4 Use of force. Consistent with section 2.5, the Corporation engages in hostilities only to defend its personnel, its cargo, its facilities and the clients it is contracted to protect.

9.5 Confidential information. The following are confidential: research findings, convoy routes and schedules, facility locations, security procedures, personnel records, and Board
deliberations the Board marks confidential. Personnel share them only with thoseork, and only on the Corporation’s internal channels.

9.6 Personal information. Information about applicants and personnel is used onlCorporation’s administration, as the privacy notice on the website describes.Access to the Corporation’s administrative systems is granted by role and withdrawn when the role ends.

9.7 Recruitment and public statements. Recruitment takes place only through the Corporation’s website, and official statements are made only through the website and the channels the Board
designates. No one may recruit for Umbrella anywhere else.

9.8 Rules beyond this Charter. Umbrella Corporation is a player organization in Personnel also abide by the terms of the platforms on which the Corporationoperates, including those of Star Citizen and Discord. Where those terms conflict with this Charter, they prevail.

ARTICLE X. AMENDMENT, INTERPRETATION AND ADOPTION

10.1 Amendment. Any Officer may propose an amendment. The proposal is published n days before the Board votes on it. An amendment passes with the votes oftwo-thirds of the Board’s members, the CEO among them, and takes effect when published.

10.2 Interpretation. The Board interprets this Charter. Its interpretation binds the Corporation until the Board revises it or the Charter is amended.

10.3 Severability. If any provision of this Charter cannot be applied, the remaining provisions stand.

10.4 Review. The Board reviews this Charter every six months, in April and October.

10.5 Adoption. This Charter takes effect when the CEO and a majority of the Directors have adopted it and it has been published to personnel.

Umbrella Corporation. Our Business Is Life Itself.