Company & Employee Management

Company & Employee Management – Space Trucker

The core focus of Space Trucker is allowing players to roleplay as logistics tycoons, managing people, assets, and money at scale.

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Creating a Company

Players use the in-game menu or a command (if enabled) to register a company.

• Cost: Defined in config.Company.Price

• Company Data:

  • Unique company name

  • Logo (image URL)

  • Brand color (visual identity)

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Roles & Hierarchy

The system uses a simple yet effective hierarchy:

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👑 Owner

• Full access and control

• Can deposit/withdraw money

• Hire and fire employees

• Purchase industries and vehicles

• Can transfer company ownership to another player (company sale)

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🧑‍💼 Manager

Manages day-to-day operations.

Granular Permissions The Owner can define exactly what a Manager is allowed to do:

• canManageEmployees – Hire and fire drivers

• canManageFleet – Buy and sell trucks

• canManageFinances – View balance and loans

• canManageIndustries – Adjust prices or stock (if applicable)

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🚚 Worker

• Can take vehicles from the company garage

• Can perform missions on behalf of the company

  • Profits go to the company

  • The driver receives a salary or commission

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🤖 NPC System (Automation)

To help companies grow even when few players are online, the script allows hiring NPC workforce.

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NPCs in Industries

• Role: Increase industry production speed

• Bonus: Each NPC adds +1 unit per production cycle

• Limit: Maximum of 10 NPCs per industry (configurable in s_industry_management.lua)

• Cost: NPCs require a salary (maintenance), automatically deducted from the company balance

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🚛 NPC “Driver” (Logistics Fail-safe System)

Although you don’t see NPC trucks physically driving around the map, the system includes a network of invisible NPC drivers that keep the economy flowing.

• How it works: If an order (Logistics or Company-owned) remains open for too long without a player accepting it (server-configurable, usually 30–60 minutes), an NPC automatically completes the delivery.

• Visual behavior: The order status changes to DELIVERED and the stock is transferred instantly. No physical truck appears in the world.

• Economy impact: The producing company receives the normal payment for the sale.

• Purpose: This is a safety mechanism to prevent the server’s industries from stalling due to low player activity.

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💰 Financial System & Loans

Companies have access to bank credit to accelerate growth.

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Requesting a Loan

• Done through the company tablet interface

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Interest & Payments

• Compound Interest Calculated monthly (in-game time or real time, depending on server configuration)

• Repayment Options

  • Installments

  • Full early repayment

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Defaulting (Non-payment)

• The script does not automatically seize assets (for now)

• The company is flagged as blacklisted in the banking system

• New loans become unavailable

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Transaction Logs

• All financial actions are recorded

• The Owner can see:

  • Who spent money

  • When it was spent

  • On what it was spent