Companies
Overview
The Companies system is Team-ELAN's Business Registry: players can found their own enterprises, recruit members, manage a shared treasury and present themselves in a public directory on the Smartphone. Unlike Groups, companies are built for roleplay business operations, not for combat.
Every player can be part of only 1 company at a time.
Founding a company
Companies are founded at the Business Office. When founding you choose:
- a unique company name (maximum 32 characters)
- a description (up to 1,000 characters) that is shown in the public registry
- one of 16 available logo icons
Founding a company is free. Daily operating costs only start once your company has been approved (see below).
Approval by the team
A newly founded company is not live immediately. Your founding request is submitted to the Team-ELAN staff, who review the company name and description first.
- Right after founding you get the confirmation "Application submitted. Your company is awaiting approval by the team."
- While the review is running, your company shows the status Pending approval in your company overview at the Business Office. You are also reminded after spawning as long as the decision is outstanding.
- A pending company is not listed in the public registry yet and cannot receive job applications.
- Once the team approves your company, it goes live: it appears in the public registry app and can be found, rated and applied to by other players. The daily operating costs start counting from the approval.
- If your company gets rejected (for example because of an inappropriate name or description), its status shows Rejected. You can dissolve it at the Business Office and submit a new founding request with an adjusted name and description.
Editing name & description
Changing your company's name or description after founding also requires staff approval. A submitted change does not go live immediately — it is held as a pending edit while the previous name/description stays visible to the public. Submitting a new edit before the first one is reviewed simply replaces the pending change. Your management dialog shows an "Edit pending" note while a review is outstanding.
The company icon is the exception: it can be changed freely at any time and updates immediately, no approval needed.
Roles & permissions
The founder automatically holds full administrative control. New members start without any permissions; management can delegate specific rights:
| Permission | Function |
|---|---|
| Edit Info | Submit a new company name, description (goes to staff approval) or icon (live instantly) |
| Manage Members | Accept/reject applications, remove members |
| Manage Rights | Adjust other members' permissions |
| Manage Treasury | Withdraw funds, configure the paycheck system |
| Contact | Listed as contact person in the public registry |
| Disband | Dissolve the company |
Nobody can kick the owner or edit the owner's permissions.
Member management
Prospective employees apply through the Business Registry app on the Smartphone. Members with the Manage Members permission accept or decline the applications. A company can have up to 20 members (the owner counts too).
Finances
The company treasury holds up to $100,000,000.
All members may deposit money; only members with the Manage Treasury permission can withdraw. An automatic paycheck system pays each member up to $100,000 per cycle from the treasury. A configurable reserve threshold pauses the paychecks whenever the treasury falls below it.
Daily operating costs
An approved company pays $25,000 per member every day. If the treasury cannot cover the fee, the company is suspended: it disappears from the public registry, but all data is kept. You then have 3 days to top up the treasury before the company is dissolved permanently.
Public registry app
The Business Registry app on the Smartphone lets every player browse the approved companies, rate them with 1-5 stars, apply for a job and directly call a contact person who is currently online.
Dissolving a company
Members with the Disband permission can dissolve the company at the Business Office. Warning: the remaining treasury is lost when disbanding.