Send Dudes works because we help each other. To keep the ships, tools, structures, SRP, logistics and industrial opportunities growing, there has to be a fair way to pay for them. Our target is simple: approximately 2.5% across the major ways we make ISK.
The goal is not to squeeze the most ISK out of our members. The goal is to collect a small, comparable share from the activities that already make people money, then use that pool to create more options for the entire alliance.
Industry, LP, procurement and other strong income streams all help a little. That means the alliance is not funded by one generous CEO, one industrial group or one person with a dangerously healthy wallet.
We aim to keep the effective contribution as even as possible per pilot. Choosing mining, industry, Faction Warfare or another activity should not make you the unlucky person paying for everyone else.
Reliable income lets us plan BPO purchases, SRP, structures, welp fleets, logistics and future projects without repeatedly passing a donation hat around the alliance.
Different EVE activities need different collection methods. We automate the calculation and administration as much as possible, but that does not mean invoices disappear. Where a payment is required, the system can create and track it so pilots and CEOs know what is owed and why.
Mine, build, sell through Procurement, run LP, haul, fight or use the economy systems around your normal gameplay.
The relevant application applies the correct contribution logic instead of asking you to calculate tiny percentages by hand.
Where an invoice is needed, it is generated and tracked. Other programmes may handle their share through their own built-in flow.
The contribution is turned into BPO access, budgets, SRP, structures, logistics, reserves and new opportunities.
When pilots use Procurement, the contribution attached to that programme helps us expand the shared Blueprint Original library. That means more ships, components, structures and advanced projects become possible without every industrialist or corporation needing to buy every expensive blueprint alone.
We do not want contribution money to vanish into a mysterious alliance wallet. The point is to turn shared income into real capability that pilots and member corporations can use.
Calculated through the industrial economy flow.
More production options, including larger and more advanced projects.
Funding is available where it creates useful content and support.
More room to fight, learn, replace and undock again.
Money can be deliberately assigned instead of raised in a panic.
Manufacturing, research, reactions, staging and future growth.
Support for the boring but essential part of making plans happen.
Less time blocked by transport and more time doing the activity.
Part of alliance income can be assigned before a problem exists.
Emergencies and opportunities do not immediately become donation drives.
We want pilots to choose activities because they enjoy them, not because one playstyle gets punished by the alliance tax model. The collection route can differ, but the 2.5% alliance target stays the reference point.
Calculations are built into the system. Where payment is required, the system can create an invoice and track it. The contribution can then be directed into things such as the shared BPO library.
The alliance defaults to its 2.5% share. If a corporation chooses a higher internal LP tax, the additional amount belongs to that corporation, not to Send Dudes.
As new systems and income routes are added, the same principle applies: keep the alliance share small, make the method clear, and avoid making one group carry everybody else.
The public website explains the principles. Internally, we are building finance tooling so members can see where alliance money comes from, which budgets it supports and where it goes. Personal use is not an acceptable destination for alliance funds.
A small shared contribution gives Send Dudes room to expand, support its corporations and keep adding things members can actually use. If that sounds like the kind of alliance you want to build with, come talk to us.