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In the MMOG Eve Online a Player Corporation is a player created virtual entity allowed by the game mechanics to exist within the virtual game play of New Eden. A New Eden Player Corporation is styled after a corporation in the real world and is similarly operated under the leadership of a CEO having dictatorial power within the corporation structure. In most cases a Player Corporation in New Eden is simply referred to as a "Corp".

The structured game play facilitated by a Player Corporation provides a setting in which like minded players can easily join together and participate in game play activities. Frequently the pod pilots in a Player Corporation work together for one or more common purposes to advance their joint game play goals. This may include Mission Running, Mining, PvP, Trading, Starbase Management and anything else that an organized group of players might choose to accomplish.

A Player Corporation in New Eden may consist of anywhere from one (1) pod pilot player up to Sixty-Three Hundred (6,300) pod pilot and Dust 514 ground pounding players. In the New Eden virtual corporation structure a player within a Player Corporation is typically referred to as a "corp member". Just as in many real world corporations the actual or real authority of a CEO is limited to that of being able to "hire" and "fire" potential corp members.

Required Skills

In order to create a Player Corporation within New Eden you must train the player skill book Corporation Management to Level 1. The skill Corporation Management is also required under certain circumstances if a player is to be chosen to replace a resigning CEO. See CEO Resignation below.

CEO Resignation

In the situation where a CEO wishes to resign from the top Corp leadership position, if any of the Corp Members have trained Corporation Management to Level 1, only those Corp members who have trained to Level 1 (or higher) will be listed as choices for the resigning CEO to choose from as his replacement. In this case if a particular member is to be selected to become the new CEO he must have the skill trained to at least Level 1. Otherwise he will not be shown on the list of potential replacements.

In the event that there are no members (other than the current CEO) with the skill Corporation Management trained to Level 1, every single Corp member will be displayed on the list of possible replacements for the resigning CEO to select from.