Currency

There is no unified currency in the galaxy. The Galactic Authority maintains a currency of sorts, but it is backed by the currencies of Corps and is only of limited circulation.

Corp currency usually functions as a sort of wage-credit system. Each employee of a Corp will have an Wage Grade, which is normally an integer value. This equates to their hourly pay in credits for that Corp. These credits are typically only able to be exchanged for goods and services with the Corp who issued it, but they may be accepted on some colonies and currency transfer services do exist.

For these purposes; slaves, interns, and synthetics are considered to have Wage Grade 0.

Debts or fines incurred with Corps are often paid by "working off" the negative wage-credit balance.