Ranks

Every member holds two things: what they do, which is their department, and how far they have got, which is their grade. The grade carries the authority. G3 means "runs a shift and the people on it" everywhere.

Three layers, one rank

1 · The grade

G0 to G5

The contract. The same six steps in every department, and the thing that carries the authority.

2 · The band

Initiate, Operator, Custodian, Director

What Discord and Roblox show next to your name. G1 and G2 share a band, and so do G3 and G4.

3 · The title

Foreman, Sergeant, Clerk

Your department's flavour. A Foreman and a Sergeant are both G3, both Custodians, and equals.

What each grade means

Grade	Band	What it means	Roughly	Time in grade
G0	Initiate	Trial. Supervised.	Your first week	At least 7 days
G1	Operator	Member. Does the work, unsupervised, on a task someone else set.	The backbone	At least 21 days
G2	Operator	Specialist. Trusted with the difficult version of the work. Trains new people.	About a month in	At least 30 days
G3	Custodian	Supervisor. Runs a shift and the people on it. The first rank with authority over people.	A seat
G4	Custodian	Deputy. Runs the branch when the director is not there.	A seat
G5	Director	Director. Owns the branch, its handbook, its roster and its numbers.	One per branch

Every title

Same row, same authority.

Grade	Band	ADM	E&T	LOG	SEC	MVF
G0	Initiate	Probationer	Probationer	Probationer	Cadet	Selection
G1	Operator	Clerk	Works Hand	Loader	Officer	Vanguard
G2	Operator	Senior Clerk	Technician	Storeman	Senior Officer	Operator
G3	Custodian	Records Supervisor	Foreman	Quartermaster	Sergeant	Section Leader
G4	Custodian	Deputy Registrar	Deputy Works Director	Deputy Works Director	Watch Commander	Deputy Commander
G5	Director	Registrar	Works Director	Works Director	Chief of Security	Vanguard Commander

The camp runs its own ladder, D0 to D3, and a small staff: Muster Clerk (G1), Labour Overseer (G3) and Superintendent of Labour (G5). See the camp.

What a rank lets you do

Security Division

Title	What it lets you do
Cadet	Supervised gate duty only.
Officer	Gate, escort, head count, contraband sweep, cuffs.
Senior Officer	Take the gate alone. Search a bunk row. Train cadets. Eligible for Vanguard selection.
Sergeant	Runs the watch. Sets the escort roster.
Watch Commander	Runs the division for a shift. Declares a riot. Requests the Vanguard.
Chief of Security	Owns the camp, the Wire and the procedure.

Engineering & Technical

Title	What it lets you do
Probationer	Assist a placement. Cannot place.
Works Hand	Place approved modules from the catalogue.
Technician	Place restricted modules: power, comms, lighting.
Foreman	Runs the works shift. Decides the order of the build.
Works Director	Owns the module catalogue, the build order and the spend side of the budget.

Logistics

Title	What it lets you do
Probationer	Ride along. Load, do not drive.
Loader	Work the skip, unload the boat, stock the commissary.
Storeman	Drive the truck. Hold stores keys. Run an inventory count.
Quartermaster	Runs the supply shift and sets the commissary price list.

Administrative Branch

Title	What it lets you do
Probationer	Shadow an intake.
Clerk	Process intake, take muster, file reports, run the ledger entries.
Senior Clerk	Audit a promotion. Draft documents for the archive. Train probationers.
Records Supervisor	Run the office for a shift. Approve a personnel file.
Registrar	Owns records, applications and the archive.

Mobile Vanguard Force

Title	What it lets you do
Selection	On the selection op. Not yet Vanguard.
Vanguard	Kit, patrol, respond as part of a team.
Operator	A specialist slot: breacher, coxswain, marksman or medic.
Section Leader	Leads a four person section. Takes the field on contact.
Vanguard Commander	Owns response doctrine, selection and the cap on the branch.

Specialist slots

At G2 you qualify for a specialist slot in a practical test. Security has three and the Vanguard four; Facilities and Administrative are still choosing theirs.

Department	Specialist slots
Security Division	Gate Officer, Escort Lead, Searcher
Mobile Vanguard Force	Breacher, Coxswain, Marksman, Medic

Command

Above the ladder are three Command seats: Overseer (C1), Continuum Director (C2) and Observer (C3). They are appointments, not promotions, and no promotion reaches them.

Beside the ladder

Name	What it is
Contingent Asset	Everyone, from the moment they accept the rules. Kept for good, by everyone, including the Chief of Security.
Founder	Everyone who joined before the doors. Never granted again.
Site Architect	Layout and interiors authority. Held by name.
Arbiter	Hears appeals and complaints, and was not part of the decision being appealed.
External Asset	Visitors and representatives from allied groups.

Clearance

Clearance is not a ladder and there is no application for it. It follows your grade.

Level	Opens	Who has it
CL-1	The camp, the pier, the Cut, Floor 1	Everyone, from day one
CL-2	The adit works, restricted stores, the tower desk	G3 and above. Security and Vanguard reach it earlier, because the far side of the Wire is where they work.
CL-3	Whatever Floor 2 turns out to be	Appointed. Not rankable into.
CL-4	Everything	Two people