Applying "Society Shepard" and other "Meta-"Boons

[ArcLord]

Hello, I have a question regarding how boons such as "Society Shepard" and similar boons are to be handled in games where one cannot slot boons. Here forward, I call these boons Meta-boons because they reward out of character actions with in character rewards appropriate to the factions and because it takes less typing.

To be specific to my case, I acquired Society Shepard before bringing a new player to a quest. As it is a quest, I could not slot boons. Does this mean I could not get the benefit of Society Shepard for bringing someone for their first time to a SFSRPG game?
As another example, would a Dataphile be able to play it online and get credit for "Digital Presence?" I believe each faction has one such metaboon.

Thank you for your time.

[Thurston Hillman]

There's no requirement to "slot" these meta-boons, since they're slotless boons. The only requirement you need to meet, is that the character you've completed this boon with matches the minimum Reputation Tier. As all current meta-boons scale based on Reputation Tier, that means you'll need at least Reputation Tier 1 in order to collect the boon for the first time.

Minor Clarification (as it has been asked): Reputation Tier 0 does NOT count as a valid Reputation Tier to collect the rewards from the meta-boons.

[ArcLord]

Thurston Hillman wrote:

There's no requirement to "slot" these meta-boons, since they're slotless boons. The only requirement you need to meet, is that the character you've completed this boon with matches the minimum Reputation Tier. As all current meta-boons scale based on Reputation Tier, that means you'll need at least Reputation Tier 1 in order to collect the boon for the first time.

Minor Clarification (as it has been asked): Reputation Tier 0 does NOT count as a valid Reputation Tier to collect the rewards from the meta-boons.

Thank you. Much appreciated.