Players join families through an accepted application or an accepted invitation. Sending a request is not immediate membership.
Use a family's application flow and include a useful message about your activity and goals. Members with Accept Applications can accept or reject requests. Acceptance checks the family's remaining capacity and the applicant's current membership.
Accepted applicants enter as Recruit. The server removes their other applications after joining, so those applications cannot subsequently place them in another family. A stale application from someone who already joined elsewhere cannot override their current membership.
Sending invitations requires Invite Players. The recipient must accept an eligible pending invitation; expired invitations are unavailable. Invitations do not let an officer bypass member-capacity or existing-membership checks.
Expanded Roster technology can increase the family limit. Check current member count and capacity before recruitment. Assign roles after joining, and explain the current tax, bank policy, armoury rules and expectations. An invitation alone does not grant bank or technology management access.
Mechanics checked against executable game code on 18 September 2026.