Standard operating procedures
Buoys
Multiple buoys are placed in all systems the VRC is interested in, whether
we have a permanent civilian or military presence in those systems or not.
These are
high security, tamper proof buoys, which function as listening devices and as
data storage backups. If something should happen in a system, this gives
us the possibility to find out what happened, and if deemed appropriate,
to get even.
These buoys are not to be confused with OU navigation buoys. They are
completely silent buoys which will only release their data when the proper
authorisation codes are received.
Trading contacts
Because of the continuing exploration efforts the assets of the VRC keep
getting bigger and bigger. Within VRC space there is no need to hide this fact,
which means that operations can be organised as efficiently as possible with
a minimum of overhead. However, the VRC would like to keep the size of its
assets hidden as much as possible. To this end it operates its external
contacts through a vast spiderweb of front offices and subsidiaries that are
either directly or indirectly controlled by the VRC. Branches of the
company that are organised this way are:
- Trade office
- Shipping branches
- Mercenary companies