Trade Federation Library Charter

Issued by the Office of the Chief Archivist

Mission Statement

The Trade Federation Library exists to preserve, codify, and disseminate the institutional memory, legal doctrine, operational knowledge, and cultural identity of the Trade Federation.

It serves as the definitive source of truth for all who seek to understand the Federation’s past, navigate its present, and shape its future. Through disciplined curation and archival integrity, the Library empowers clarity in governance, continuity in command, and excellence in execution across all levels of the Federation.

Guiding Philosophy

The Library is not a news feed,

Nor propaganda,

But the canon of the Trade Federation.

It speaks to the memory,

Not the moment.

It moves at the pace of consequence,

Not the speed of chatter.

It is written not for today’s officers,

But for those who will stand where they once stood,

Long after they are gone.

Strategic Goals

Preserve the Federation’s Legacy

• Record and maintain the official chronicle of the Trade Federation’s founding, evolution, and defining historical events.

Enable Institutional Continuity

• Provide enduring documentation of the Federation’s internal charters, ranks, and customs.
• Serve as the fallback reference during leadership transitions or crises to maintain strategic alignment and organization memory.
• Act as a bulwark against internal fragmentation or historical revisionism.

Codify the Federation’s Culture

• Capture and propagate the symbols, language, customs, and values that define the Federation’s identity.
• Document ceremonies, traditions, and internal jargon that build esprit de corps and factional cohesion.
• Celebrate key achievements and recognize distinguished service through curated hall-of-fame and in-memoriam archives.

Ensure Archival Integrity

• Adhere to rigorous standards of factual accuracy, citation, and neutrality in all documentation.
• Archive deprecated materials with clear historical context and tagging.
• Maintain a living changelog to track all updates and revisions transparently.

Ongoing Initiatives

Chain of Command Project

The Library’s personnel records are being restructured into a unified Chain of Command that maps the Trade Federation’s hierarchy in real time. The top section will display all departments, directorates, and ministries, highlighting department heads, higher leadership, and official staff avatars. A secondary section will provide a streamlined reference of rank insignia and titles.

All department pages containing rank information will now link directly to the central Chain of Command to ensure accuracy and reduce duplication. Staff data will also be migrated to the Chain of Command page. Standardized member stub templates will be implemented, with calls for submission of missing biological, service, and commendation records. Rank data is being reformatted with consistent styling and updated insignia, while the existing Ranks page is being converted into the new directory hub.

View progress here

Continuity Restoration and Standardization Initiative

For nearly eight years, the Trade Federation Library has operated without a full-cycle review, leaving a significant gap in recorded history and structural consistency. During this period, departments have been restructured, new roles created, old positions dissolved or absorbed, and numerous policies revised, often without corresponding updates to the archival record.

In accordance with the Library Charter’s mandate for accuracy, coherence, and institutional continuity, this initiative undertakes a systematic restoration of the Library to its proper standard. Every article is being reviewed, corrected, and brought current; missing events and organizational changes are being documented; and outdated references are being retired or archived.

This effort also integrates the former Recategorization and Templating Initiative into a unified operation, establishing standard category trees, consistent subcategory hierarchies, and universal page templates for all major domains: Ranks, Nationalized Factions (NATs), Ministries, Directorates, Departments, Members, and more. The end state will be a fully standardized, navigable, and up-to-date archival system that preserves the Federation’s legacy and ensures future maintainability.