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The Chainlink has essentially forced the largest economic influences into a corporation, with which the [[The Trasens|Trasen family]] holds an unsteady authority over. Though cooperation has been deemed “essential” at this point in time, the shaky peace still finds itself littered with cut-throat, espionage-ridden affairs as each megacorporation attempts to place itself on top. Though, their unlikely alliance comes as a result of [[Einstein Engines]]’ threat to their economic prowess, where the first trans-stellar corporation has maintained dominance within some of more influential sovereign states such as the [[Nralakk Federation]] and the [[Sol Alliance|Solarian Alliance]]. | The Chainlink has essentially forced the largest economic influences into a corporation, with which the [[The Trasens|Trasen family]] holds an unsteady authority over. Though cooperation has been deemed “essential” at this point in time, the shaky peace still finds itself littered with cut-throat, espionage-ridden affairs as each megacorporation attempts to place itself on top. Though, their unlikely alliance comes as a result of [[Einstein Engines]]’ threat to their economic prowess, where the first trans-stellar corporation has maintained dominance within some of more influential sovereign states such as the [[Nralakk Federation]] and the [[Sol Alliance|Solarian Alliance]]. | ||
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== | ==Notable Members== | ||
* '''Titanius Aeson,''' Hephaestus CEO | * '''Titanius Aeson,''' Hephaestus CEO | ||
* '''Alex Mason,''' Idris CEO | * '''Alex Mason,''' Idris CEO | ||
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Money ensures the cogs of the machines are well-oiled, and who better to oversee the economic affairs of the Spur than Idris Incorporated and its CEO, Alex Mason. Leveraging the corporation’s extensive ties and financial resources, Idris Incorporated seeks to in-debt the entirety of the Spur with its profitable foresight – extending loans, and ensuring a healthy supply of Idris Reclamation Units into the market to ensure liability is kept to a minimum. Though it enjoys a sizeable foothold within the service industry, Idris Incorporated’s true agenda lies wherever the money leads. | Money ensures the cogs of the machines are well-oiled, and who better to oversee the economic affairs of the Spur than Idris Incorporated and its CEO, Alex Mason. Leveraging the corporation’s extensive ties and financial resources, Idris Incorporated seeks to in-debt the entirety of the Spur with its profitable foresight – extending loans, and ensuring a healthy supply of Idris Reclamation Units into the market to ensure liability is kept to a minimum. Though it enjoys a sizeable foothold within the service industry, Idris Incorporated’s true agenda lies wherever the money leads. | ||
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== | == Internal Structure == | ||
The Chainlink is headed by the '''League of Chief Directors''', who manage the Conglomerate's internal affairs while delegating ultimate authority on employees of Chainlink operations to their respective corporations. Originally, most of the League of Chief Directors were NanoTrasen employees rewarded for their loyalty to the corporation, but as the Conglomerate grows older, many of them have been cycled out with representatives of other corporations (to NanoTrasen's chagrin). | |||
These internal affairs include personnel assignment to Conglomerate postings (including job applications), background checks for SCC employees, advertising, and the maintenance and design of SCC outposts. Apart from this maintenance and bookkeeping, the SCC does not "sell" anything; its continued operations are thanks to the profits generated by its constituents in the name of the Chainlink. For these reasons, those employed directly by the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate are bureaucrats, managers, and other office workers who manage the behind-the-scenes operations of a vast web of connected megacorporations. | |||
On the other hand, there are what are informally called "indirect" employees of the Conglomerate. These employees are hired from a constituent corporation as command or command support staff, and are legally registered as working for the SCC. However, in practice they hold two contracts; one with their original corporation of employment, and one with the Chainlink. When staff do not have a prior affiliation with a corporation, they are usually recommended to their position in the SCC by hiring agents from a constituent. | |||
The Chainlink is | While working in an SCC facility, this "loaned" employee is expected to follow a code of conduct, though in practice the enforcement of said code is loose and violations can easily slip under the radar. | ||
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=== The Chainlink Command Department Code of Conduct === | |||
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# The employee is expected to act in a manner befitting a representative of the Conglomerate and their corporation. | |||
# The employee must place the interests of the Conglomerate before the interests of their corporation during the duration of their employment contract with the Conglomerate. | |||
# The employee must place the interests of the Conglomerate before the interests of their nation-state during the duration of their employment contract with the Conglomerate. | |||
# The employee is permitted to display the branding of their corporation or the symbology of their nation-state on their person, so long as this symbology is adherent to Conglomerate ideals. Prohibited symbology includes, but is not limited to: | |||
## Emblems of any of the "warlord states" constructed by the breakaway fleets of the Solarian Armed Forces Naval Fleets, including the Solarian Restoration Front, the League of Independent Corporate-Free Systems, the Free Solarian Fleets, the Southern Solarian Military District, and the Southern Fleet Administration | |||
## Emblems of the United Syndicates of [[Himeo]] | |||
## Emblems of the [[Democratic People's Republic of Adhomai]] | |||
## Emblems of the group "Champions of Moghes" | |||
## Emblems of the groups of the [[Mictlan|"Founding Movement" or the "Samaritans"]] | |||
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=== Corporate Oversight === | |||
Though the megacorporations ostensibly cooperate, espionage, poaching workers, and leaking classified information is an ever-present risk. To combat this and to avoid bias in handling employee affairs, the Chainlink has created a third-party oversight agency that answers directly to the Chainlink and acts independently of any other megacorporation. This '''Stellar Corporate Conglomerate Internal Affairs Agency''', or SCCIAA, employs agents to deliberate on and disable potential threats to the corporate agenda. The SCCIAA will adjudicate corporate policy as well as incident reports in Chainlink facilities, and sometimes work closely with law enforcement if an employee has violated the regulations of their workplace. While the [[Biesellite Security and Law|Biesel Security Services Bureau]] is the first point of contact for Chainlink vessels as they operate under Biesellite law, local law enforcement may be called upon to handle serious crimes in stationary SCC facilities. | |||
=== Branches and Notable Vessels === | |||
Compared to the far more widespread influence of their constituents, the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate's facilities are far and few between, and mostly exist within civilised space as a form of central command and mission control for Chainlink vessels. The Chainlink also has very few asset protection resources at its direct disposal, and if one of its vessels is in serious danger, duties of security will be delegated to local militaries or nearby corporate facilities. | |||
Mendell City, Biesel, Tau Ceti: | |||
New Hormuz, New Suez, New Ankara: | |||
Lago de Abundacia, Mictlan, Sankta Tereza: | |||
Nouvelle-Rochelle, Xanu Prime, Xanu: | |||
Orbit of Burzsia I, Burzsia: | |||
New Skalamar, Ouerea, Uuoea-Esa: | |||
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Revision as of 00:17, 3 July 2024
| Stellar Corporate Conglomerate | |
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| Slogan | The unbreakable chainlink, holding the Spur together. |
| Headquarters | Unknown |
| Chief Executive Officer | Miranda Trasen |
| Official Languages | Tau Ceti Basic, Sol Common, Tradeband |
| Official Colours | Navy blue (#336699), cyan
(#81d9ee), gold (#f1b61c) |
| Founded | 2458 (unofficially), 2462 (officially) |
| Founder | |
| Operating Region | |
This is the page for the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate, the organization the players work for. This contains very important setting information.
Formerly, the players worked for solely NanoTrasen - while this is technically true to an extent, still, this sentence is an open request to all wiki readers to report inconsistencies in this matter, to wiki/lore development for gameplay pages/lore pages respectively.
Formed at the height of corporate power in the galaxy, the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate — unofficially known as the “Chainlink” due to its emblem —is a group exercising undisputed economic dominance over the Orion Spur. The Chainlink was founded to secure privately owned assets within Tau Ceti owned by the various megacorporations during the Solarian incursion by Grand Admiral Raymond Özdemir, who commanded the 35th Fleet of the Solarian Navy during its siege of the Republic of Biesel.
The Chainlink has essentially forced the largest economic influences into a corporation, with which the Trasen family holds an unsteady authority over. Though cooperation has been deemed “essential” at this point in time, the shaky peace still finds itself littered with cut-throat, espionage-ridden affairs as each megacorporation attempts to place itself on top. Though, their unlikely alliance comes as a result of Einstein Engines’ threat to their economic prowess, where the first trans-stellar corporation has maintained dominance within some of more influential sovereign states such as the Nralakk Federation and the Solarian Alliance.
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Notable Members
- Titanius Aeson, Hephaestus CEO
- Alex Mason, Idris CEO
- Liqin Hsiao-Li, Zeng-Hu CEO
- Lyudmila Zavodskoi, Zavodskoi CEO
- Kubra Mobolaji, PMCG CEO
- Chin-hae Hong, Orion Express CEO
Corporate Affairs
History
Though once shrouded in secrecy, the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate has become a staple of the Orion Spur, essentially acting as the puppet masters of the interstellar economy. With the earliest dated supply shipments being traced to 2458 – it appears that the constituent megacorporations within the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate have sought to cooperate with one another to ensure their economic dominance since the First Solarian Invasion of the Republic of Biesel; though within the shadows. Almost every element of the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate had been hidden and concealed from the greater public, and more so from the scrutiny of those uncovering secrets that the most powerful individuals in the Orion Spur preferred to not yet be revealed.
However, following the Second Solarian Invasion of the Republic of Biesel in 2462, the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate revealed themselves to the interstellar community at large; proclaiming their goal was to protect the financial livelihood of all their corporate clients and assets, and to ensure their facilities across the Republic of Biesel would not be diminished as a result of “rogue actors” – similar in circumstances to their original founding, after Admiral Michael Frost’s incursion into their profits.
Since its reveal, the Chainlink has gone on to ensure its dominance through several masterful techniques – mostly centring around the Corporate Reconstruction Zone; or the annexed Solarian territories by the Republic of Biesel. Pouring countless resources into stabilizing the region so as to further exploit it, the Chainlink has all but managed to prop the annexation as a legal undertaking of colonies abandoned by the Solarian Alliance during the Collapse. Though, their efforts have not gone without resistance, in particular, the Republic of Mictlan has proven to be rather ungrateful for the Chainlink’s efforts to uplift them. Sponsoring the Peacekeeper Mandate - a Biesellite military operation that aims to enforce their annexation, regardless of what the local inhabitants think - the Chainlink has managed to quell the majority of the Republic of Mictlan’s more unsavoury elements, though there still exists significant unrest across the eastern hemisphere of the planet.
Miranda Trasen maintains her dominance of the Orion Spur through her manoeuvring into the Director of the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate; using her position to propel NanoTrasen interests to the dismay of the other constituent megacorporations. However, will this be the unravelling of the economic, and political entity that has so far been successful in their subjugation of the interstellar community, has not yet been revealed, but perhaps events in the future may change this.
Influence and Reputation
The sheer size of the co-operating corporations' influence is enough to sway many of the powers on the interstellar stage – while some of the larger political entities retain some measure of independence, they still ultimately rely on the constituent members of the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate for their respective niches within the interstellar economy.
Because of these galaxy-spanning ties, the SCC has promoted itself as a "peacekeeper" for the Orion Spur. Through the Conglomerate, nations and peoples that would have reason to make outright war with each other have settled on an uneasy peace - or, more cynically, a cold war instead of a hot one. The Stellar Corporate Conglomerate has leveraged the Republic of Biesel's independence from the Sol Alliance, and the corporate auxiliary forces of the Tau Ceti Armed Forces are a considerable contributor to the Biesellite military's staying power. Even the absence of a member-corporation from a nation-state is more space for the rest of the Conglomerate to form trade ties; the Republic of Elyra, despite expelling NanoTrasen from its borders, continues to trade with Biesel through Orion Express, Zeng-Hu Pharmaceuticals, and Idris Incorporated most prominently.
From banks to manufacturers, only a sliver of economic productivity in the Spur is controlled by independents. The main threat to the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate is Einstein Engines; despite the combined power of the Chainlink, Einstein has managed to compete against them through tight ties with the Sol Alliance and Nralakk Federation, both the largest economies to exploit. But even despite this alleged rivalry, most of the member-corporations of the SCC have little trouble making dealings or working alongside Einstein Engines. Zeng-Hu and Idris are the most notable trade partners of Einstein, frequently purchasing their warp drives, their Shell frames, and commissioning them for ship designs, which causes the corporate echelons of NanoTrasen no end of grief.
As the alliance grows older, it becomes more and more evident that the constituents are operating on their own agendas, with the Conglomerate an alliance of convenience. Conducting themselves in a manner to not directly oppose NanoTrasen, the other megacorporations have begun leveraging their economic influence on nations, as seen with Hephaestus Industries’ planned expansion across Moghes, Idris Incorporated’s leveraging credit provided to NanoTrasen during its attempt to recapture control of Phoenixport, and the Private Military Contracting Group purchasing the Grupo Amapola, made up of former corporate opponents.
Corporate Agendas
It is without a doubt that each and every constituent megacorporation has their own agendas with how the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate should operate, and most definitively to their own benefit. Though employees may find themselves “employed” by the Conglomerate, in reality they find themselves on long-term contracting agreements, still maintaining some ties to their original megacorporation, such as a Research Director from Zeng-Hu Pharmaceuticals would still remain employed by the megacorporation, even if technically they are contracted to the Conglomerate.
Zeng-Hu Pharmaceuticals
Zeng-Hu seeks to combine the innovation of the megacorporations to its own benefit, creating technology that many play off as being fantastical. Though with the inception of the Conglomerate, the megacorporation has certainly benefitted from the shared technological ties to certain industries, it still seeks to ensure its technological edge through careful manipulation of its patents and intellectual property: ensuring it stakes its claim before anyone else when it comes to discovery and innovation.
NanoTrasen
NanoTrasen seeks to maintain the status quo of them being the dominant megacorporation, subverting the influence held by the combined might of the megacorporations to its own benefit, and will go to great lengths to ensure they remain on top – even so far as to diminish the Conglomerate’s influence to ensure their own is maintained. The Trasen’s openly claim that NanoTrasen will remain the most influential megacorporation, with Miranda clinging to her position as Acting Director to maintain the illusion that the corporation shall forever remain in the spotlight. Though the phoronics industry seems to be dwindling, the corporation seeks to expand its foothold in other industries that it enjoys sizeable market domination within.
Private Military Contracting Group
Conflict pays, and it pays well. The Private Military Contracting Group knows such very well. Ensuring a strong hand through amassing military-grade technology and fleets capable of assisting even the strongest actors on the interstellar stage is merely one element of their agenda, the other being reliance on the Conglomerate – indirectly the Private Military Contracting Group – to maintain stability within their borders, and even outside of them. Mercenary work is one of the oldest careers and simply one of the most profitable. The Group maintains the Conglomerate should broaden its capabilities to fight, routinely citing the need for such when referring to the Second Solarian Incursion of Biesel.
Orion Express
Though not so obvious as the other megacorporations, the Orion Express sees the future of the economy relying on its ability to provide delivery, both with goods and with the services it would offer to nations – in particular, growing the reliance of these nations to the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate to ensure that their removal would be too costly, with far too many drawbacks to the interstellar economy, so that a similar body to the Solarian Corporate Authority could not deny their vitality. By any means necessary, Orion Express attempts to leverage influence within the Republic of Biesel, even where it means causing drifts with the other megacorporations who rely on it to supply them with much-needed resources and equipment, which it knows keenly.
Hephaestus Industries
Hephaestus Industries, the manufacturing giant of the Spur, wishes to merely expand its foothold within its existing industries – terraforming, spacecraft construction, integrated positronic chassis manufacturing, resource extraction and lastly engine development. Similarly to Zeng-Hu, it seeks to combine the brightest minds within the Conglomerate to get a technological advantage, but with particular application to help its existing monopolies as opposed to Zeng-Hu’s broader wishes. The future resides within the furnaces of Hephaestus Industries, and Titanius Aeson seeks to ensure the interstellar stage knows it. Even with the damage wrought by the Solarian Corporate Authority, Hephaestus Industries seeks to ensure they remain in steady competition with Einstein Engines, and that the Conglomerate can only truly reach its potential when its bankrupted.
Zavodskoi Interstellar
Though the Solarian Corporate Authority saw it fit to revoke some of the megacorporation’s presence within the Solarian Alliance, Zavodskoi Interstellar still seeks to maintain strong ties. Majority of their footholds, outside of Dominia, flourish within the now NanoTrasen-free Solarian Alliance and are likely to keep growing if the megacorporation can maintain an amiable relationship with the nation. Though Zavodskoi Interstellar agrees with the Private Military Contracting Group’s own agenda, and sometimes even contributes to its growth within the Conglomerate, it ultimately believes that the Conglomerate should remain “neutral” in the face of interstellar conflict, and profit from the lucrative opportunities that arise from playing both sides.
Idris Incorporated
Money ensures the cogs of the machines are well-oiled, and who better to oversee the economic affairs of the Spur than Idris Incorporated and its CEO, Alex Mason. Leveraging the corporation’s extensive ties and financial resources, Idris Incorporated seeks to in-debt the entirety of the Spur with its profitable foresight – extending loans, and ensuring a healthy supply of Idris Reclamation Units into the market to ensure liability is kept to a minimum. Though it enjoys a sizeable foothold within the service industry, Idris Incorporated’s true agenda lies wherever the money leads.
Internal Structure
The Chainlink is headed by the League of Chief Directors, who manage the Conglomerate's internal affairs while delegating ultimate authority on employees of Chainlink operations to their respective corporations. Originally, most of the League of Chief Directors were NanoTrasen employees rewarded for their loyalty to the corporation, but as the Conglomerate grows older, many of them have been cycled out with representatives of other corporations (to NanoTrasen's chagrin).
These internal affairs include personnel assignment to Conglomerate postings (including job applications), background checks for SCC employees, advertising, and the maintenance and design of SCC outposts. Apart from this maintenance and bookkeeping, the SCC does not "sell" anything; its continued operations are thanks to the profits generated by its constituents in the name of the Chainlink. For these reasons, those employed directly by the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate are bureaucrats, managers, and other office workers who manage the behind-the-scenes operations of a vast web of connected megacorporations.
On the other hand, there are what are informally called "indirect" employees of the Conglomerate. These employees are hired from a constituent corporation as command or command support staff, and are legally registered as working for the SCC. However, in practice they hold two contracts; one with their original corporation of employment, and one with the Chainlink. When staff do not have a prior affiliation with a corporation, they are usually recommended to their position in the SCC by hiring agents from a constituent.
While working in an SCC facility, this "loaned" employee is expected to follow a code of conduct, though in practice the enforcement of said code is loose and violations can easily slip under the radar.
The Chainlink Command Department Code of Conduct
- The employee is expected to act in a manner befitting a representative of the Conglomerate and their corporation.
- The employee must place the interests of the Conglomerate before the interests of their corporation during the duration of their employment contract with the Conglomerate.
- The employee must place the interests of the Conglomerate before the interests of their nation-state during the duration of their employment contract with the Conglomerate.
- The employee is permitted to display the branding of their corporation or the symbology of their nation-state on their person, so long as this symbology is adherent to Conglomerate ideals. Prohibited symbology includes, but is not limited to:
- Emblems of any of the "warlord states" constructed by the breakaway fleets of the Solarian Armed Forces Naval Fleets, including the Solarian Restoration Front, the League of Independent Corporate-Free Systems, the Free Solarian Fleets, the Southern Solarian Military District, and the Southern Fleet Administration
- Emblems of the United Syndicates of Himeo
- Emblems of the Democratic People's Republic of Adhomai
- Emblems of the group "Champions of Moghes"
- Emblems of the groups of the "Founding Movement" or the "Samaritans"
Corporate Oversight
Though the megacorporations ostensibly cooperate, espionage, poaching workers, and leaking classified information is an ever-present risk. To combat this and to avoid bias in handling employee affairs, the Chainlink has created a third-party oversight agency that answers directly to the Chainlink and acts independently of any other megacorporation. This Stellar Corporate Conglomerate Internal Affairs Agency, or SCCIAA, employs agents to deliberate on and disable potential threats to the corporate agenda. The SCCIAA will adjudicate corporate policy as well as incident reports in Chainlink facilities, and sometimes work closely with law enforcement if an employee has violated the regulations of their workplace. While the Biesel Security Services Bureau is the first point of contact for Chainlink vessels as they operate under Biesellite law, local law enforcement may be called upon to handle serious crimes in stationary SCC facilities.
Branches and Notable Vessels
Compared to the far more widespread influence of their constituents, the Stellar Corporate Conglomerate's facilities are far and few between, and mostly exist within civilised space as a form of central command and mission control for Chainlink vessels. The Chainlink also has very few asset protection resources at its direct disposal, and if one of its vessels is in serious danger, duties of security will be delegated to local militaries or nearby corporate facilities.
Mendell City, Biesel, Tau Ceti: New Hormuz, New Suez, New Ankara: Lago de Abundacia, Mictlan, Sankta Tereza: Nouvelle-Rochelle, Xanu Prime, Xanu: Orbit of Burzsia I, Burzsia: New Skalamar, Ouerea, Uuoea-Esa:
