ACCREDITATION FRAMEWORK
Certifications and Licensing
All offworld positions require credentials issued by one of four recognized bodies. Applicants must hold current certifications at time of deployment. Lapsed credentials disqualify a candidacy without exception.
ISSUING BODIES
ICSA
Interstellar Crew Standards Authority
Issues traffic, drive, deck, and command ratings. The primary flight and operations regulator of the offworld workforce.
OVTB
Offworld Vocational Training Board
Trade certifications: welding, EVA, rigging, life support.
CMB
Contact and Anomaly Medical Board
Medical, psychological, and quarantine credentials.
TA
Terraforming Authority
Planetary-scale project credentials.
CERTIFICATION CATALOG · 25 ON FILE
ACC-1
Accord Compliance and Treaty Verification
Certifies inspectors and engineers to operate tamper-evident verification instruments and adjudicate compliance findings under multilateral treaty law.
ISSUER: Galactic Accord Staff College · VALIDITY: 5 years
PREREQ: Earth-equivalent legal or engineering credential
AMED-1
Aerospace Medicine Certification, Level 1
Foundational aerospace and deployment medicine credential.
ISSUER: CMB · VALIDITY: 4 years
PREREQ: MD
CI-7
Xeno-Counterintelligence Tradecraft
Advanced tradecraft for detecting and neutralizing penetration by non-human or non-attributed intelligence actors. Includes 400 hours of adversarial simulation.
ISSUER: Interstellar Intelligence Directorate Academy · VALIDITY: 3 years
PREREQ: SIGX-4, ICE-PSY psychological resilience screening
CMD-3
Command Endorsement, 100+ Personnel
Command authority endorsement for departments of 100 or more.
ISSUER: ICSA · VALIDITY: 5 years
PREREQ: 10 years operational leadership
CONTACT-PROTO
Contact Protocol Officer Certification
Certification in the Contact Decision Tree and quarantine escalation.
ISSUER: CMB · VALIDITY: Annual drill recurrency
PREREQ: OMEGA screening
EVA-2
Extravehicular Activity License, Industrial
Industrial-grade EVA operations license.
ISSUER: OVTB · VALIDITY: 3 years
PREREQ: VAC-100, 200 supervised suit hours
GEN-ED-1
Generational Education Systems Certification
Curriculum and civic continuity design for closed multi-generation societies.
ISSUER: ICSA · VALIDITY: Lifetime
PREREQ: ICE-PSY
HAB-SAFE-1
Habitat Safety Officer, Level 1
Pressurized habitat safety systems and emergency response.
ISSUER: OVTB · VALIDITY: 3 years
PREREQ: VAC-100
HOTL-1
Human-on-the-Loop Oversight Certification
Adjudication of escalated autonomous system decisions under time pressure.
ISSUER: ICSA · VALIDITY: 2 years
PREREQ: Automation Complacency Countermeasures course
ICE-PSY
Isolated Confined Extreme Environment Psychology Certification
Clinical certification for ICE environment mental health practice.
ISSUER: CMB · VALIDITY: 5 years
PREREQ: Clinical license
ICSA-DRV-D3
Fusion Drive Rating, Class D3
Certification to operate and maintain Class D fusion drives.
ISSUER: ICSA · VALIDITY: 4 years
PREREQ: Engineering degree, Drive apprenticeship
ICSA-OTL-II
Orbital Traffic License Class II
Authority to direct approach, departure, and transit corridors.
ISSUER: ICSA · VALIDITY: Annual recurrency
PREREQ: 2,000 sim hours
ISRU-A
In-Situ Resource Utilization, Agricultural Track
Regolith remediation and closed-loop agriculture systems.
ISSUER: OVTB · VALIDITY: 5 years
PKO-2
Peacekeeping Operations, Orbital Theaters
Command and coordination of observation flotillas, corridor enforcement, and de-escalation protocol under the Accord of 2183.
ISSUER: Galactic Accord Staff College · VALIDITY: 5 years
PREREQ: VAC-100, CMD-3 for command billets
PP-COMPLIANCE
Planetary Protection Compliance Certificate
Contamination prevention protocols for survey and settlement operations.
ISSUER: TA · VALIDITY: 3 years
RAD-WORKER-2
Radiation Worker, Class 2
Dosimetry training and medical baseline for R2 environments.
ISSUER: CMB · VALIDITY: 2 years
RAD-WORKER-3
Radiation Worker, Class 3
Dosimetry training and medical baseline for R3 environments.
ISSUER: CMB · VALIDITY: 2 years
PREREQ: RAD-WORKER-2
ROB-FOR-1
Robotic Forensics Certification, Level 1
Forensic reconstruction of anomalous machine behavior.
ISSUER: ICSA · VALIDITY: 3 years
ROB-SAFE-2
Robotic Operations Safety, Level 2
Safety certification for mixed human-machine industrial operations.
ISSUER: OVTB · VALIDITY: 3 years
PREREQ: VAC-100
SIGX-4
Exosolar Signals Intelligence
Qualifies the holder to collect, process, and classify signal traffic originating beyond the heliopause, including anomalous and non-attributed emissions.
ISSUER: Interstellar Intelligence Directorate Academy · VALIDITY: 4 years
PREREQ: GAMMA clearance eligibility, VAC-100 for off-Earth postings
SURG-0G
Microgravity Surgical Rating
Surgical readiness certification for microgravity environments.
ISSUER: CMB · VALIDITY: 2 years
PREREQ: MD, AMED-1
TER-DIR
Terraforming Directorate Credential
Megaproject leadership credential for century-scale planetary works.
ISSUER: TA · VALIDITY: Rotation-based
PREREQ: CMD-3
UAP-AN-1
Anomaly Analysis Certification, Level 1
Multi-sensor track correlation and anomaly scoring methodology.
ISSUER: CMB · VALIDITY: 3 years
VAC-100
Vacuum Environment Fundamentals
Entry requirement for all offworld work.
ISSUER: OVTB · VALIDITY: 5 years
XEN-L1
Xenolinguistics Board Certification, Level 1
Non-anthropocentric communication frameworks and contact simulation.
ISSUER: CMB · VALIDITY: 3 years
PREREQ: PhD linguistics or equivalent