Tijuana Freeport - Vespucci

[Tijuana Freeport]

Voyagers Society

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Voyagers Society Sociedad de viajeros

Chiefs: Harlan White ; Elodie Doyle

The Voyagers Society is an independent interstellar exploration organization based out of Tijuana Freeport in Vespucci. Founded by the station's supply captains as a way to organize their operations, the Society engages in trade, supply, exploration, scanning, surveying, and reconnaissance primarily within the southern Independent Worlds. As the 'guild' is freelance in origin, they are moderately independent, but the group's leadership is part of the station's administration staff.


Organization

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Due to the Society's role as the supply arm of Tijuana Freeport, the Voyagers retain a very open doctrine of association; Captains and members are not contract-bound, and may leave for any reason whenever they wish, with some restriction. Vessels assigned to the Freeport or Society larger than standard-design freighters are property of the station they call home, although exceptions may be discussed with the station administration.

Given the history of Vespucci and the surrounding systems, the Society aims to utilize local wrecks, solars, and resources to better understand the local environment.
It is also important to note that being a member of the Society is not tied to maintaining a permanent residency.

Leadership

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Atypical of many organizations, the Society does not utilize a strict hierarchy, and instead falls back on maritime regulations with regard to authority aboard certain vessels. With concern towards issues pertaining to multiple vessels, seniority within the Society takes precedent.
Though the Freeport administration is nominally neutral with regards to the Society's actions, matters requiring mediation are subject to involvement from the station's security staff.

Goals

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The Society, in addition to providing supply services to the Freeport, also engaging in 'non-official on-job tutoring', an initiative intended to provide members of the Society with first-hand training in potential fields they may aim to study or find future employment in. With an always-growing catalogue of hopefuls, the list of fields includes, but is not restricted to:

• - Astronomy
  
• - Economics
  
• - Journalism
  
• - Nutrition
  
• - Geology

..among others.

Members of the Society that volunteer to provide tutoring support are obligated to assure hopefuls receive quality assistance, or in the case of a tutor that is not a professional must input a measurable effort to provide such assistance.
Matters related to security fields, such as on-site combat training, are firmly restricted to members of the station's security team or those of the Self-Defense Force.