Structure

The structure of Colonial Industrial Dynamics is heavily inspired by professional and corporate styled organisations.
The layout of various ranks and departments reflects corporate governance but allows for specialisation and rewards based on skill and dedication.
C.I.D. maintains a unique structure for ranks and departments, that provide members with the opportunity to work in flexible working environments and roles.

Personal ranks:

Personal ranks are universally recognised within the organisation, as a sign of dedication and personal skill. Personal ranks open up possibilities for the specific members to attain leadership roles within various operations and activities, and even become part of governmental organ of C.I.D.: The Board of Chief Officers. The personal rank system implements the following five ranks:

Operators are the operational core of C.I.D, and thus essential to the organisation as a whole. Operators are responsible for fulfilling the vast majority of roles in areas such as security, exploration, transportation, mining and production. Every service and product that C.I.D. is able to deliver is due to the dedication and skill of her Operators. An Operator is assigned a job in accordance to the department they have chosen to be active in, as well their personal motivations and interests. A wide variety of jobs is available such as piloting ships, escorting cargo, operating mining machinery and mapping jump points.

Executive Operators are C.I.D. members that have proven themselves to be dedicated and capable during operational missions. Receiving the rank of Executive Operator is a mark of trust, which comes with the opportunities to prove oneself further. Executive Operators can be given the chance to temporarily lead singular missions with up to 5 other members. This could mean anything from leading an exploration mission to leading a wing in the security department, based on the department of the Executive Operator. These missions are provided by Managers and higher ranked officers.

Managers are the operational leaders of C.I.D. The manager is responsible for monitoring the large number of Operators and Executive Operators, as well as ensuring that operations run smoothly. As such managers can be responsible for overseeing a production facility, ensuring the safety and efficiency of mining operations or even directing exploration teams. Where Officers and Chief officers are responsible for a department’s strategic mandate, the Manager is capable of leading operations in a hands-on way, using both leadership skills and personal expertise.

Officers are the second highest rank in C.I.D., second only to the Chief Officer. An Officer is responsible for carrying out the mandate set for the entire department by a Chief Officer. As such the role of the Officer is to assist and support the Chief Officer in running the department wherever possible. Officers are given a relative large amount of independency, they use for carrying out a variety tactical and managerial tasks, as well as collecting essential detailed information for the Chief Officer. In order to be able to fulfil the various tasks, the Officer will often work together with managers from various departments.

Chief Officer is the highest rank one can attain in C.I.D. A Chief Officer has proven his or her exceptional personal worth and dedication to the organisation, as well as shown great leadership qualities. The rank of Chief Officer comes with the prime leadership role of one of the departments, as such there can only be nine Chief Officers at a certain time. As the head of a department, the Chief Officer is responsible for the smooth operation of his or her respective department. This is done by working closely together with the department’s officers. Besides the leadership of the department, the Chief Officer also holds one of the seats in the Board of Chief Officers, where he or she works towards strategic organisation-wide goals.

Departments:

The departments of C.I.D. signify the various specialisation options that are being offered. As such, a chosen department will heavily influence the type of job assigned to a member: Fleet escorts for a security operator, cargo-hauling for a logistics operator, etc.
Each department offers various roles that signify a higher level of responsibility or specialisation. These roles are earned by showing exceptional personal skill, expertise and dedication.

Human Resources Department

The Human Resource Department is responsible for supporting C.I.D.’s membership base and managing the personnel file. In order to do so the Human Resource Department is heavily dedicated to the recruitment and training of new members as well as keeping track of their ambitions, wishes and developments. The Human Resource Department will be able to support members in their pursuit of their goals and growth within C.I.D.

The fully functioning Human Resource Department of C.I.D. will ultimately work towards creating the optimal experience for both C.I.D. as an organisation, as for her members.

Financial & Accounting Department

C.I.D. is a commercial, and thus a profit orientated, organisation. As such the Financial and Accounting Department plays an important role. This Department is responsible for all monetary flows in and out of the organisation., such as technical operational costs, membership wages and trade income.

Besides tracking the monetary costs, the Financial and Accounting Department is also responsible for safeguarding fiscal growth. It does this by evaluating possible investments and assessing profit margins from various C.I.D. operations. The Financial and Account Department will be able to function optimally by working together closely with various members and functions spread throughout C.I.D.

Relations and Marketing Department

The Relations and Marketing Department is primarily responsible for all external communication of C.I.D. as an organisation. The department has two main activities. First the Relations & Marketing Department is working on branding C.I.D. products and services within the universe, to do this the Department relies on marketing in the traditional sense. Besides marketing, the department is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with various parties. These relationships can be business partners, customers, NPC-organisations and even economic-political powers.

The Relations and Marketing Department is the hub of the commercial activities that C.I.D. is involved in. Within the department trade deals and orders are being negotiated and translated for the rest of the organisation.

Information Department

The Information Department is responsible for gathering, guarding and managing information that could be useful for C.I.D. The Information Department uses internal sources to gather its information, this could be the post-operation report of a mining-crew or the observed dislocation of a jump point by an exploration vessel. The department is tasked with translating and analysing the received data in order to create useful information products that can be used throughout C.I.D. The Information Department works together closely with the Technical Department to ensure a safe knowledge platform is available, which can be accessed by members with the correct access levels.

Technical Department

The Technical Department is essential for shaping and developing C.I.D. This department is responsible for developing and maintaining custom made platforms and software that allow us to effectively and efficiently manage the organisations activities.

These platforms, such as the website, file sharing platform and the management app, are not limited to the Star Citizen Universe and are capable of supporting C.I.D.’s operations in the real world. The Technical Department gives members with coding, scripting or other IT know-how the opportunity to contribute to the development of C.I.D.

Mining & Production Department

The Mining and Production Department is the industrial backbone of C.I.D., and is responsible for delving and manufacturing various industrial resources and commodities. The core products and services that this department is focused on are common raw resources, refined metals and universally required goods such as fuel and ammunition. The Mining and Production Department will also be able to offer refinement services for external parties

The Mining and Production Department will work together closely with several other departments such as the Logistics Department, Relations and Marketing Department and the Security Department.

Logistics Department

The Logistics Department is the life-line of C.I.D. This department is responsible for all internal and external infrastructure and supply lines that C.I.D. is involved in. For internal use this could mean shipping raw ores from the mining crew to the supply depot, or from the supply depot to the assigned refinery for manufacturing. Externally the Logistics Department is responsible for all produce that are being shipped in and out of the organisation, as well as industrial shipping offered as a service for external parties.

Full control over the supply chain of C.I.D. is attained by working closely together with various other departments within the organisation. This ultimately allows C.I.D. to meet the strict delivery requirements set by her customers.

Research & Development Department

The Research and Development is constantly working to give C.I.D. the edge above her competitors. The department does this in two ways: Exploration and research of space, this includes tracking the movement of jump points, behaviour of local powers and entities and the search for new exploitable resources. The second way is by researching and developing the next technological edge. As such this department will be responsible for researching the effect of various modular setups, tuning possibilities and other advantages that could be added to the assets of C.I.D.

The work of the Research and Development team will support C.I.D. and enable her to continuously grow and thrive.

Security Department

The Security Department is responsible for safeguarding C.I.D. and her ongoing operations. This department ensures that the activities of C.I.D. are able to continue without threat of piracy or forceful interdiction. This department is being led by several Security Officers who are directed by the Board of Chief Officers. To maintain the ability to respond promptly to security threats, these Security Officers can operate independently to a certain degree. This department organisation features several ‘squadrons’ and ‘platoons’ that are trained for a variety of threats.

The dedication of the security department will ensure the safety of various mining crews, trade routes and exploration vessels, and thus the security of the organisation.