The Influence System

Basic
The Influence System is a give-and-get reward system. It motivates the members of the Corporation to invest themselfs in the Corporation and in helping the other members of the Corporation. Nobody is left out of this system. From the hardcore player to the casual once-in-a-while player can make use of the Influence system.

Tribute
Every month each and every member of the Corporation receives a quota of Tribute. The amount of this tribute depends and the rank and the status of a player. A high ranking member inside of the Corporation will earn more tribute than a member that has no rank at all. This "currency" can be used to reward other player who helped you in a mission or simple rewarding a player who invests himself for the Corporation like for example a division leader

Influence
Influence can be earned when a player spends his tribute points. When player decides to give his tribute to a player, this tribute is transformed into influence. The amounts stay the same (1 tribute = 1 influence). But when a player awards tributes to a other member, the giving members receives the exact same influence. For example, player A has 10 tributes and decides to give 5 tribute to player B. At the end of the exchange, player A will have 5 tribute left but will receive 5 influence and player B will receive 5 influence. Influence can not be traded between players.

But influence can be bought using UEC which in the in-game credit of Star Citizen. (The exchange rate for this is not yet fixed as we have at this moment little information about the economy)

Assets and ships
Influence can be used in different ways inside of the Corporation. It can be used to buy assets or ships in the Corporation. The buying of assets or ships will always be done by the use of auctions. The player who is prepared to give the biggest amount of influence will buy the ship or asset with his influence.

Leadership
Influence that has been earned by received tribute from other players can be used at leadership position-auctions. Tribute that has been bought with UEC can not be used during this auctions. This prevents for people earning a lot of money but not helping other to acces position of leadership. Not every position of leadership will be available for auction ( details on the Corporation Command page)