Welcome to Commoner League Inc.
'To Protect and Serve the Customer.'
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About C.L.I.
Commoner League Incorporated, better known as 'CLI', was founded on the fifth of February, 1994 and went international on December second, 2012. CLI began as a home grown defense company founded and based in TECT; it provided armed and unarmed security personnel, listed partner firms for jobs, and hosted many mercenary soldiers who used the company to acquire work. The company promised two things to its clients: CLI would serve the client to the fullest allowed in the agreement made between the two parties - and - CLI will perform its duties with the best available in technology and training in order to satisfy and protect the customer fully. Commoner League Inc. was originally formed as a union between many mercenary groups, paramilitary organizations, and other armed groups looking for work as security and military contractors; their coming together brought the benefit of corporation to their organizations, and, a new sense of identity. The Commoner Union of the past, as it was known, worked to find these organizations work and/or organize them into one force to serve a requested job - doing this, CLI stood as the middle man for contracts in exchange for a percentage of the pay. CLI changed as time went on, however, changing services and drastically overhauling itself to match the evolving market of the future, and, to become an international business rather then a national tender. Chief among these drastic changes were that CLI now operated its own forces rather then rely on partners, reorganized its structure from the ground up, provided the age old third party service to mercenary/paramilitary forces looking for work, and possessing the ability to provide military forces to interested clients/nations. CLI now recruited personnel who are highly trained professionals fit and ready for military combat and security roles, business and support staff, and promising a career for TECT veterans who needed work after their service. Staff in CLI are made up of these soldiers or "Commoner Contractor", they are structured as military personnel and will follow orders as military personnel. CLI hires civilian employees too in order to operate offices and the many other civilian duties/facilities required. As a defense company dedicated to professionalism, CLI also prides itself on using state of the art equipment - from armored vehicles, to aircraft, to the finest of small arms - all technology and equipment used are in order for CLI to complete the job as efficiently as possible. CLI prides itself on being the best in the PMC international marketplace - from military, security, rescue, training, and manpower - CLI stands ready to assist and protect TECT and the international community.
CLI calls TECT home, where the company first began as a small security firm and now grew to the world's largest private military company. Congress passed the 'PMC Allowances Act in 1985' allowing military companies to operate as long as permission was given and no laws were broken inside TECT borders; among that there were regulations created to be sure the company was safe enough for operations inside TECT. The government now helps by directing some potential clients to the company, authorizing and selling the company military styled weapons, and protecting the company politically. CLI now brings home funds to support itself and boost the economy as well, providing work and security for not only clients in TECT, but in numerous other countries around the world; the company is often displayed as a success story for the Commoner economy. Improving the economic sphere of TECT and other countries as well, the company's main focus is to spread its economic benefits throughout the world. Commoner League Incorporated has grown massively since going global, spreading its operations and branches to countries around the world; business has been plenty, income has rose very sharply, operations and capabilities have grown much stronger, and the corporation has since became the most powerful private military corporation in the world. CLI boasts a military force comparable to a small but well armed country; fleets of military ships, main battle tanks and fighter jets, savings and profits from the many operations ongoing around the world, and manpower equal to millions puts CLI as more powerful then some nations let alone any other private military company on the planet. Commoner League Inc. is today made up of the parent company (CLI) and branch companies in locations around the world; a foreign subsidiary, Akuma Defense, was also absorbed into CLI.
Heads of Corporation
Chairman - Jared A. Wall: The founder of CLI so many years ago, Mr. Wall served as both CEO and CFO for numerous years until the company grew into a larger corporation. The Chairman is responsible for running the company efficiently and smoothly with the assistance of his fellow board members. His duties typically include maintaining strong communication with the chief executive officer and high-level executives, formulating the company's business strategy, representing management and the board to the general public and shareholders, and maintaining corporate integrity. The Chairman, however, also owns the majority shares in the company since Mr, Wall is the company's original founder. Mr. Wall used the knowledge he gained as a Captain in the TECT Imperial Army to form the company initially and continues to use what he learned to train his personnel and run the company..
CEO (Chief Executive Officer) - Brent L. Tolbert: Mr. Tolbert was promoted from COO after Chairman Wall restructured the company because of its enlarging capacity. He is responsible for managing the company as the highest management position and handling most management situations by guidance from the Chairman. As a long time employee and friend of Mr. Wall, Tolbert was naturally a favored choice for the position. Mr. Tolbert served several years in the Imperial Air Force of TECT before joining the company as resource manager, quickly rising through the ranks using the management skills he learned in his time in the military.
COO (Chief Operations Officer) - Mathias M. Villadsen: Mr. Villadsen was promoted by CEO Tolbert in 2002 from his previous job as Commanding Officer of Ground Operations. Responsible for CLI's operations, the COO looks after issues related to marketing, sales, job operations and personnel. He is also responsible for all the jobs the company preforms, acting as the subordinate of the CEO. The COO works also with his subordinates who command the ground, air, and sea assets. Mr. Villadsen was an Imperial Army officer for more then a decade before he joined CLI as an armored forces officer; in the Imperial Army he also was an officer in an armored division.
CFO (Chief Financial Officer) - Jean R. Vest: A founding member of the company and CFO since the beginning, Mr. Vest was an Imperial Army officer alongside Chairman Wall who joined Wall to establish the company. The CFO is responsible for analyzing and reviewing financial data, reporting financial performance, preparing budgets and monitoring expenditures and costs. Mr. Vest has used his military training and collage degree to personally save the company in the financial sector and has worked out many deals for supplies and equipment from the government and foreign suppliers. Mr. Vest has worked out many deals including with TECT based arms manufacturing, foreign based arms manufacturers, pricing, and has done many things to lower the overall costs for the company.
Commander of Ground Operations (CGO) - Michael D. Aleman: The CGO is responsible for all operations, transportation, jobs, and ground facilities for the company's personnel. Mr. Aleman is the subordinate of the COO and is the commanding officer in charge of managing the ground forces of CLI; in comparison to a nation's armed forces, the CGO would be a country's chief army officer. He is an upcoming officer in the company and the youngest General ranked personnel in the company's history.
Commander of Air Operations (CAO) - Carrie R. Calloway: The CAO is in charge of all operations, jobs, transportation, aircraft, and personnel in the air services for the company. As the COO's subordinate, Mrs. Calloway is responsible for jobs that partake in the air and is the commanding officer of all air units; the CAO would be the chief air force officer in comparison to a nation's armed forces. Such missions and jobs that involve air missions besides naval situations, include transportation, aerial combat, and many other aircraft roles.
Commander of Naval Operations (CNO) - Richard M. Fitz: As CNO, Mr. Fitz is in charge of all naval operations, transportation, naval combat, and is the commanding officer of all naval units. Subordinate of the COO, Mr. Fitz is responsible for CLI naval services and is commander of all the naval units in the CLI inventory.
Diplomacy & Clientele
Commoner League Inc. is an international company, which allows it to have clients that are ether foreign to TECT or are actually foreign governments/militaries. CLI has had numerous legal showdowns with the TECT government in the past over paramilitary status being questionably safe to TECT's national security, as well as its supplying of military service for foreign nations. As of late, however, CLI has been accepted among most government leaders in TECT, including the Emperor and President. This relationship boost has patched up the legal issues CLI faced and has brought welcomed endorsements to the company for its economic and security achievements. The government also praised its spread of safety and security, hiring the company as security for some non-military facilities. Since then CLI has grown to be accepted and employed around the world by foreign bodies/organizations, especially after the company went international in 2012.
CLI as of 2012 has branched out to other countries and regions in order to boost its clientele. Since the corporation went international, clientele rose and numerous costumers from governments to private citizens have been hiring CLI's services for manpower and protection. To boost its business, CLI establishes Field Offices, military installations, and fully establishes branch companies inside a host nation; such facilities allows CLI to have a wide military reach, economic benefits to local populations, and the ability to assist the host nation's military in emergency situations. From governments to private organizations, companies to individuals, CLI is ready to provide security and protection through any means necessary.
Deployment & Contracts (Ordering)
Since 1994, CLI has offered customers the services of both individual mercenary groups or its own organized personnel made up of employees or "Commoner Contractors". Today, about eighty percent of the company's employment are made up of Commoner Contractors or non-combat personnel. The other twenty percent are mercenary groups, paramilitary organizations, and partnered organizations that work through or with CLI to get contracts and other jobs in exchange for a percentage of their reward money. This all means that you can hire a specific group of mercenaries, or, you can hire CLI's Commoner Contractors that actually work for the company. Contracts are structured on their danger levels, personnel needed, and time frame required to complete the job. CLI is equipped and offers services for [Security or Defense], [Military Training and War Games], [VIP and Government Security], [Full Combat Deployments], and many more. Danger categories are [Total War] - [Regional Conflict] - [Limited War] - [Minor Conflict] - [Mobilization] - [High Tensions] - [Complete Peacetime]. Time rates are varied but the standard layout of pricing is 12 months (1 year) = $100,000,000 for every 12 months or 1 year - 6 months = $50,000,000 - 2 months = $10,000,000.
In order for your request to be understood and categorized correctly we must ask you to follow a proper format. Such requests should detail the following: The client, description of the job, if you request a private group or CLI services (please list a name you wish to hire if choosing an individual group), how many employees you want sent (organization of employees will be detailed bellow), your best description of the category or the actual category, and any other details you believe are related to the contract. Applications located bellow assist in this process in case the client cannot fully write a letter or if using the application is easier. Letting us know all the details of a job will assist us in determining what assistance you need that we can suggest to you and makes our jobs easier on and off the front line. We also take inquires to what you need in our company, so detail your situation and ask if you are not sure what you need, we will provide what we think you need for the job - from there you can decide on taking our advice or choose your deployment amount/services yourself. Payment must be wired to CLI before a job is actually taken - we will not act until the contract is being fulfilled and payment options are taken.
Application Forms
Basic Ordering Form
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[b]Client Name:[/b]
[b]Name of Country:[/b]
[b]Location(s) of Deployment(s):[/b]
[b]Do you wish to purchase package(s) or a specific amount of personnel? Please name the package(s) or the amount of personnel you wish to request (including their equipment if applicable). If you wish to request a mercenary/paramilitary/partner organization, please specify their name and how many personnel you wish sent:[/b]
[b]Amount of time spent on job:[/b]
[b]The danger category of the mission (you can find categories above):[/b]
[b]A complete description of the job for us to evaluate:[/b]
[b]Any other information you believe to be important? Please detail specifics for us:[/b]
Business Partnership Application
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[b]Name of country of origin:[/b]
[b]Name of company/storefront/organization (Please use full name and any abbreviations):[/b]
[b]What you offer to CLI (Please be specific on products and services):[/b]
[b]What do you want from CLI in return for your services?:[/b]
[b]Link to storefront/organization (or country if applies):[/b]
Branch Opening Application
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For Reference Purposes:
Field Office: A small to medium facility that is part public and private. The public half is made up of offices and public venues for local civilians to hire CLI forces to preform jobs - following local and national laws of course. The private half is fitted with a barracks to hold infantry personnel and equipment/vehicles. These facilities are primarily for providing light security duties, acting as the HQ for local jobs, and storing away personnel and equipment for jobs.
Depot/Vehicle Depot: Depots are storage facilities for CLI equipment and personnel. These facilities are very strictly locked down and private as they hold vehicles used for security and military purposes; this includes armored vehicles, tanks, cargo transports, and aircraft. Plenty of infantry personnel can also be stationed here. For security reasons, this facility is strictly closed to outside personnel and can be extremely dangerous to intruders - guards are armed and keep security their top priority. Local officials will be alerted for permission to openly transport vehicles, to prosecute intruders to high extent of the law, and to ensure their own level of security for the facility - though CLI also insists on the local host's knowledge that intruders may lose their life committing whatever crime they are attempting.
Airfield: Private CLI airfields that hold all of the company's aircraft and allow them to launch said aircraft. From civilian transports to fighter jets, these facilities, like Depots, are strictly off limits to the public and can be dangerous for intruders. Air traffic of course will be regulated by local officials and permission will be given notice to any air traffic from these airfields.
Docks: Privately owned docking facilities capable of stationing many ships including our civilian and vast selection of military vessels. These facilities are strictly off limits to the public and can be dangerous for intruders. Any sea traffic will be regulated by local officials and permission will be given notice before happening.
[b]Name of Nation (full name):[/b]
[b]Government Type:[/b]
[b]Region (or regions if applicable):[/b]
[b]Where the Branch Headquarters will be located:[/b]
[b]How many field offices will you start out with?:[/b]
[b]How many vehicle depots will you initially open?:[/b]
[b]How many air fields will you initially open?:[/b]
[b]How many docks will you start off with?:[/b]
[b]Is there anything you wish to add? Any incentive to open said facilities or create a branch in your nation?:[/b]
OOC Rules
- 1: Orders will be made In Character only. OOC chatter is not permitted unless necessary or I allow it. Telegrams can be used for OOC discussion on anything regarding purchases, orders, complaints, etc.
- 2: Orders will not be one liners or poorly written grammar atrocities. I make great exceptions but if they are not readable, poorly written one line letters, or other badly damaged communique, they will either be ignored or asked to be deleted by Moderation. If you feel you cannot make a halfway decent letter request or are worried otherwise, use the applications available for easier purchases/requests. Orders do not need written communiques as long as you have an application. A written IC communique that is understandable, written with at least good attempt, and isn't one small line is also acceptable with or without an application. As long as the information listed in the OPs/applications is stated, there is no issue. Professionalism is greatly encouraged.
- 3: Drawing out posts and other wasting of my time will not be tolerated. For example, posting numerous communiques asking how good the company is and never ordering, or trolling with random posts. Such activity will earn you a spot on the blacklist on every TECT owned storefront. Doing such activity is not only rude to me but is wasting of both our times.
- 4: Posts not concerning ordering, a purchase, or the storefront are not allowed. Most OOC can be sent to me through Telegram and I do not want random chatter on this storefront. This rule also consolidates with rule one. OOC is not allowed unless necessary. Other behavior will be listed continued on with rule five.
- 5: Thread jacking, condemnations, and other bashing communiques are not allowed and will not be allowed ever. After seeing some storefronts fall to such heinous activities, this storefront will not allow the following: Condemnations of sales, practices, or customers to whom we sell to; condemnations on CLI for how clients use their hired personnel; trolling or other such insulting behaviors; threatening TECT or the storefront with actions such as war, condemnations, sanctions, and other general OOC or IC threats (this company is not TECT nor should the home country be responsible for the company's actions in the first place); or any such actions that disturb the sales process, customer relations, and rules four and one. If you'd like, you may open a new thread in the "Diplomacy" forum, but not post such material on this thread. Posting any of such garbage on my storefront after the publishing of these rules (6-8-12) will result in retaliation on forum scale, Moderation scale, and IC scale - which I will not deliberate further upon. Such posts will also be asked to be deleted by Moderation and any such activity in thread jacking action will be reported to moderation as well. Thread jacking, remember, is against forum rules.
- 5A [Amendment 3 (1/22/16)]: After years of debate on this rule, I have since decided to make select exemptions, and leniencies, to the rule above. If I find a post to hold IC merit, such as a well written IC communique, I will allow it. If said a communique is written and it's badly written/under quality, that post will be deleted by Moderation. I make this adjustment because some posts can have merit to stories and policies. I don't want it to become a common thing, however, so if you attempt this do take caution with it. If you want it to expand beyond your communique and my basic reply, make a thread. Otherwise I don't want to see more then that.
6: Orders should remain as realistic as possible. Note that not many nations can order so much to be spending billions of NSD and it should not regularly happen. Im happy for the business and earning money but as a professional RP'er, MT player, and intelligent person; if I feel your nation cannot back such lol huge numbers, I will investigate your nation and determine if it is alright to sell you your request. If you are unsure about your nation/client being able to afford such costs then follow this advice: analyze your nation's economic strength, avoid trackers, and consult myself if you wish. I also suggest using payment plans (which I will judge fairly) to pay such high orders.- 6A [Amendment 2 (11/23/13)]: Concerning trackers and other online media sources that estimate wealth of nations. These sites, known as trackers and economy tools, shall not be used nor will they be accepted as legitimate tools on this storefront. Why? They display information about your nation's (your NationStates' account to be exact) financial standing; this, remember, is based on issues your nation receives from NationStates on a daily basis. Im sorry NS staff and writers (actually, on second thought, im not) but these issues are inspired by J.J. Abrams (Although that last Star Wars wasn't terrible) and movie events that depict unrealistic issues that are over hyped. As a professional in both nation building and warfare (budgeting and economy are interests as well), I assure you that these trackers and issues portray a false, not realistic result that should never be used with strict MT rules. As someone who's been writing on this site longer then most, and a GE&T'er for longer then most as well, I can say that my view hasn't changed. Therefore, trackers such as NSeconomy and Absolution (which, in Absolution's case, stats can be modified by users) will not be accepted by CLI as proof of funds or power (or other stats). For more information concerning the Tracker Issue, please visit this thread here.
- 7: I as the god of this thread can turn down orders that come in to me for any reason at all. I have OP power here as the original poster, owner of the storefront, and will act upon my god like powers here to banish anyone, and any post I so desire. Personal or business alike, I can turn down your order if I feel I need/wish to do so. I may also cancel orders in progress or the past if I am alerted to illegal uses or for any other personal reasons, which has yet to happen. Don't like that? Sorry (not sorry).
- 8: After receiving some notifications, I ask customers to use their equipment that they purchase, such as tanks and fighter jets, to realistic standards. As a fellow storefront owner, I understand their feelings when they see their equipment used in terrible manner. So I ask to all customers to use their CLI personnel, their equipment, vessels, vehicles, and aerial vehicles appropriately and not horribly die.
- 8A [Amendment 3 (1/22/16)]: As an owner now of a storefront that specializes in vehicles and other military tech, it is likely that most if not all my gear listed here is mine now. As such, and as the owner of such gear, I implore you to follow the above rule, but now as the creator of most of these items. Thank you.
- 9: Do not plagiarize any of my owned designs from this storefront or any other individually owned content made by myself or content created by the artists of the equipment used here. Plagiarizing from other creators such as the creators of the many products used here are also prohibited. Plagiarizing is a serious illegal act and will result in moderation notification as well as the notification to the artist/owner. I do not claim to have owned any items here besides what I have created and I will protect both those and the other products here that were created by hardworking artists.
- 10: Do not plagiarize the use of CLI forces in any situation without my consent. As mentioned in rule nine, using without permission or justification of content not owned by you is plagiarism, especially if you claim them as yours. I will treat this as a serious act, like with any rule breaking, and will enforce both these OP rules and forum rules upon any offender. You will be asked to take down or edit such content but if you refuse or I deem it necessary, I will report you to moderation. Once again, do not steal the hard work I put into this storefront or the hard work artists put into creating many of the equipment used on this storefront.
- 11 [Amendment 1 (11-03-13)]: The personnel, equipment, depictions, and properties (etc.) sold as service to customers by Commoner League Inc. are not direct property of the customer; Per-say, they constitute as indirect property. To make this easy, it is like renting a car; it's yours and you can use it how you like, but the rental company actually owns the car and you are responsible for the car. The services purchased here are not direct property because they are owned by Commoner League Incorporated and much of the equipment used by CLI was conceived from both the storefront's owner and various other artists; customers are only purchasing a service that will, within a time I choose or agreed upon, end at some point. Contracts must have ending dates that can be revolving after the ending date; which is no problem and can be requested in communiques or applications (or both). As according to above OOC Rules and this amendment rule, those claiming to directly own property (OOC and possibly IC) are committing an act of theft of property belonging to Commoner League Incorporated and possibly other artists (depending on the equipment used).