Security

Security is the station’s law enforcement, and it is always building a case. Officers buy from you, inspect you, fine you and, once the evidence adds up, arrest you. Good standing buys protection; bad standing speeds up every investigation.

Inspections

Security Inspectors check your shop for contraband and stolen goods, and what they find decides the visit:

• Contraband in plain sight gets you a full inspection.
• Contraband or stolen items can simply be seized.
• Worse finds mean arrest for possession of contraband, unless Joe Wild’s Clemency favor turns it into a warning.
• Bribes: an inspector may take one and look away, this time.

Some inspectors are lazy or shady, and some are corporate security. At −80 Security standing (No Stone Unturned) you only get thorough ones, and more often.

When the evidence adds up

Officers arrive with one of several jobs:

Visit	What happens
Fine	They list the evidence against you. Pay the fine, or be arrested on the spot.
Arrest	You are jailed, and the store is leased to someone else while you serve.
Execution	For capital crimes, you are executed.
Aug all-clear	All augs have been eliminated, and you won’t need the gun any more.

Since update 049 the officer comes the morning after the investigation completes, and the sentence is decided on arrival: a record lowered into fine territory by then no longer ends in arrest.

To slow them down, Joe Wild sells an inspection informant, fixers who silence witnesses, and Evidence Removal. See Joe Wild.

Doing business with Security

• Requisition officers buy food and medical supplies for the department, and accept donations once their budget runs out. Trading with them raises your standing.
• The surplus merchant sells decommissioned weapons and armor, 15% off if you take everything.

Raising standing

Security is the one faction you can raise without selling anything, because reports, inspections and the gun under the counter all pay in Security standing.

What moves it	Effect
The Requisition Officer, and the surplus visit	×2 — the best Security trade there is
Passing an inspection	+3
Failing one	−1 to −4 per contraband item by its level and per stolen item by its value, capped at −25
Reporting someone on the wanted list	+5, plus their bounty
Reporting contraband or stolen goods	+1 to +4 by the highest contraband level carried, plus 50 credits and the value of the goods
Reporting someone who turns out to be clean	−8
Shooting a confirmed aug	+8, the largest single gain available
A fine visit	−10, whether you pay or refuse
An officer finding the evidence against you gone	−20
An Alarm Transmitter Module broadcast	+1, once

Model Citizen and Convict start you at +30 and −30 here, and scale every report and aug figure above by 1.5× and 0.75×. Petition to Security, inflicted at −60 with the Upper Levels, doubles every Security loss.

See Reputation & factions for the shared rate and the multipliers that apply to every trade.

Standing and perks

Perks switch on as your standing reaches each value: good ones at or above a positive number, penalties at or below a negative one.

Standing	Perk	Effect
+100	VIP	Due to your excellent Reputation with Security, Thieves will no longer target your Store. You will no longer be subject to inspection.You're untouchable. Security has your back, and they're not going to let anyone mess with you.
+80	Reliable Vendor	The Security Surplus Merchant will have improved wares, and Security customers will have 50% more credits to spend.You've proven yourself to be a reliable vendor. Station Security is willing to do more business with you.
+60	Trusted	Inspections will be less frequent, and any investigations will progress slower. You will receive advanced warning of any impending Security Operation.Being trusted means less hassle from Security. Inspections are now few and far between.
+40	Security Protection	Due to your good Reputation with Security, Thieves are more reluctant to target your Store.Having the eyes of Station Security on you isn't always a bad thing.
+20	Security Surplus	A Security Surplus Merchant will occasionally visit the Store.Station Security has agreed to sell you their decommissioned equipment, including weapons and armor.
0	Requisition Order	A Security Requisition Officer will occasionally visit your Store to purchase Food and Medical Supplies. Trading with them will increase your Reputation.Even Station Security has to get their supplies from someone. They will pay you a fair price.
−20	Watchlist	Security has added you on their watchlist. Any investigation on you will progress x1.2 times faster.Your notoriety has caught the eye of Station Security. Keep your head down, or lose it.
−40	Must Be The Wind	Security will not longer respond to your alarms.You've cried wolf one too many times, or maybe you're just not worth the trouble anymore. Either way, when things go south, you're on your own.
−60	Most Wanted	Any investigation on you will progress x1.5 times faster.Another day, another case file with your name on it on the desk of the Head of Station Security...
−80	No Stone Unturned	Security will no longer sent you lazy or shady inspectors. Additionally, inspections will be more frequent.No more easy passes or conveniently blind inspectors. Every visit is now a full sweep.
−100	By Any Means	Security will immediately arrest and jail you, regardless of any evidence they have (or don't have).When they want you gone, the truth doesn't matter. They'll make sure the "evidence" says exactly what they need it to.

Officer Lun

Officer Lun hands you the wanted list and explains the alarm button under your counter (see Wanted), then keeps coming back: on patrol without a lunchbox, wounded after an ambush and wanting strong meds off the books, back on duty and still after painkillers, and offering “surplus” equipment at 33% off. That side business can end in Lun’s arrest, for selling equipment missing from the Armory or for running a surprise inspection while assigned to desk duty.

See Officer Lun for the full sequence and conditions.

Faces of Security

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Sources: the game’s localization tables (ClientName, Dialogue, Mechanic, RepPerkTable, NetworkUpgrade) and code (StoreClientListSecurity, PlayerStore.OnCustomerReported, ContrabandHelper.StartInspection and GetReportReward, StartingPerkContent, AugHelper, MachineAlarm, StoreReputation, SpriteDict), demo build 049-Rev3-L; update 049 patch notes.