I present to you...

The Community Achievement Challenge!

This challenge is directed towards everyone, as this will be essentially a "pre-career mode career mode." That's where we get to the hard part. There will be competing teams (see below) and they are composed of community members. They are called "Community agencies"

The basics

There will be 5 teams, which can be staffed by anywhere from 3 to 10 members. Each team will consist of:
1 leader/CEO (owns community agency & approves designs made by the engineer)
1 engineer (designs the craft, obviously)
1 pilot (tests the craft, completes the mission, and uploads sandbox)

They may also consist of:
1 or 2 R&D staff (part of R&D)
1 innovator (part of R&D but develops quicker, less $ received per challenge)
5 directors (pretty much the "mods" of the agency)

Each mission will have a certain budget, build time, repair price, and tech limit.
The budget is the amount of money you are allowed to spend (again, obviously) before your funding for the mission is all spent.
Build time depends on how many parts your creation has. If it has 200 parts, it will take 2 days at least. The more time it takes to build your craft, the more money you will receive.
The repair price is the price of failed parts, anomalies, worn parts, low-quality crafts and fast build time.
Tech limit is the parts that you can use. More parts become available every year. There will be a tech tree, so don't worry, you can research parts and use them before anyone else!

Starting on May 5th, mandatory missions will start. Signups will end on May 26th. When someone completes a mission, a new mission is announced. If no user has completed a mission a week after the mission started, a new mission is started. The previous mission will become uncompleted until someone completes that mission on another mission.

YOU CAN NOT USE YOUR OWN XML-MODDED OR TINKERED PARTS. THE ONLY TINKERED OR XML MODDED PARTS YOU CAN USE ARE THOSE FROM THE TECH TREE.

Tech Tree

Early Rocketry || n/a || Unlocked 1950
LOCKED || Unlocked 1960
LOCKED || Unlocked 1961
LOCKED || Unlocked 1964
LOCKED || Unlocked 1969
LOCKED || Unlocked 1972
LOCKED || Unlocked TBA
LOCKED || Unlocked TBA
LOCKED || Unlocked TBA
Current year: 1950

Agencies

Droovian Technologic Advancements Society (DTAS)

• CEO: Bmcclory
• Engineer: n/a

• Pilot: n/a

• R&D staff: n/a and n/a

• Innovator: n/a (n/a)
• Board of Directors: n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a

United Community Space Agency (UCSA)

• CEO: PlanesOfJundroo
• Engineer: n/a

• Pilot: n/a

• R&D staff: n/a and n/a

• Innovator: n/a (n/a)
• Board of Directors: n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a

Unclaimed

• CEO: n/a
• Engineer: n/a

• Pilot: n/a

• R&D staff: n/a and n/a

• Innovator: n/a (n/a)
• Board of Directors: n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a

Unclaimed

• CEO: n/a
• Engineer: n/a

• Pilot: n/a

• R&D staff: n/a and n/a

• Innovator: n/a (n/a)
• Board of Directors: n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a

Unclaimed

• CEO: n/a
• Engineer: n/a

• Pilot: n/a

• R&D staff: n/a and n/a

• Innovator: n/a (n/a)
• Board of Directors: n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a