Editing Rimward Opportunities

[[Rimward Opportunities]] was a [[Development Organization]] active within [[Far Home Sector]] during the 50th–52nd centuries. 

== Description (Specifications) ==
Rimward Opportunities was a large but nebulous organisation that sought to develop the worlds and systems under its jurisdiction. It claimed altruistic intentions – the dissipation of humanity over a broad area to lessen the danger of disaster – but its bottom line was always commerce and profit. It was divided into five separate semi-autonomous Directorates, each controlled by a Director. These included the [[Pel Avena Directorate]], based in the [[Pel Avena Cluster]], and [[Far Rim Mining]], which operated along the edge of the [[Great Void]].

=== Rimward Management: 4933AD-5042AD ===
During the [[Fringian Renaissance|Renaissance]] the area was claimed by the newly-formed Rimward Opportunities development organisation, a corporate venture begun by a group of disgruntled executives displaced by a power struggle within [[Tal Varisan Development]].

Rimward Opportunities divided its territory into five separate Directorates, each controlled by an Operations Director. The richest and most productive of these was the [[Pel Avena Directorate]], which occupied the [[Pel Avena Cluster]]. The other four Directorates of Rimward Opportunities always struggled to break even, let alone produce a surplus. Head Office poured the resources of [[Pel Avena Directorate|Pel Avena]] into them, but these materials and funds were very often squandered on failed projects or simply stolen. Very few of those precious resources were spent on the [[Pel Avena Directorate|Directorate]] that had generated them.

As feelings of resentment and neglect grew within the [[Pel Avena Directorate]], its officials launched a series of "private ventures" to covertly improve their domestic budget. Regular trade was established with [[New Frontiers]] and the worlds of the [[Pador-Aredian Cluster]] to trailing, with [[Pel Avena Directorate|Pel Avena]] even going as far as using vessels chartered from [[New Frontiers]] to transport their produce and their staff. The benefits to the worlds and facilities within the [[Pel Avena Cluster|Cluster]] were rapid and noticeable.

=== Pel Avena Autonomy: 5042AD-5183AD ===
Head Office eventually became aware of [[Pel Avena Directorate|Pel Avena's]] activities and dispatched Security forces to the cluster to bring its systems back in line; they were met with strong system defense forces and large numbers of locally raised militia. In the face of such overwhelming resistance the Security forces chose to withdraw - they weren't being paid to fight an actual war.

Instead, and from a humiliatingly weakened position, Rimward Opportunities was forced to initiate negotiations with [[Pel Avena Directorate|Pel Avena]], eventually drawing up an agreement that effectively made the [[Pel Avena Directorate|Directorate]] a self-governing autonomous zone. [[Pel Avena Directorate|Pel Avena]], in return, agreed to pay an annual dividend. Rimward Opportunities never overcame its financial issues. Having lost its primary asset the remaining four directorates staggered on, with the final one, [[Far Rim Mining]], folding around 5350AD. The worlds of each of the four remaining Directorates became independent. [[Pel Avena Directorate|Pel Avena]], however, continued much as before, though they now retained the annual dividend for their own use.

=== "Hollow Opportunities" (5184AD–ca 5350AD) ===
The name applied to the functioning remnant of Rimward Opportunities following the secession of the [[Pel Avena Cluster]] and the formation of the [[Rimward Federation]]. 

The remaining four Directorates staggered along, gradually folding until the organization ceased to function during the 54th Century. The last active Directorate was [[Far Rim Mining]].

=== Period Active ===
* Rimward Opportunities 4933AD–5183AD
* "Hollow Opportunities" 5184AD–ca 5350AD

=== Organisation ===
'''Headquarters''':
* Head Office, located on [[Dal Hallen (world)|Dal Hallen]], within the [[Pel Avena Cluster]].
** Office of the Treasury
** Office of Planning
* [[Far Rim Mining]] Regional Head Office, located on [[Sal Marda (world)|Sal Marda]].

'''Departments''':
* Directorate of Internal Affairs
* Office of Colonial Affairs
* Office of [[Sophont]] Affairs
* Office of Trade
* Department of Defense

=== Subsector Listing ===
Rimward Opportunities was active within the following [[Subsector]]s:
* [[Paradise Subsector]]: [[Subsector]] L of [[Halcyon Sector]].
* [[Irikusk Subsector]]: [[Subsector]] I of [[Far Home Sector]].
* [[Demon's Eye Subsector]]: [[Subsector]] J of [[Far Home Sector]] (core area of operations).
* [[Orret Subsector]]: [[Subsector]] K of [[Far Home Sector]].
* [[Annistu Subsector]]: [[Subsector]] M of [[Far Home Sector]].
* [[Foralin Subsector]]: [[Subsector]] N of [[Far Home Sector]] ([[Far Rim Mining]]).
* [[Liradi Subsector]]: [[Subsector]] A of [[Far Home Sector]].

== History & Background (Dossier) ==
Clashed with [[New Frontiers]] [[Development Organization]] in [[Orret Subsector]].

Clashed with [[Tal Varisan Development]] in [[Demon's Eye Subsector]].

Clashed with [[Scybrian Settlement]] [[Development Organization]] in [[Paradise Subsector]].


ca 4933AD–5350AD.

Rimward Opportunities was a corporate venture begun by a group of disgruntled executives displaced by a power struggle within [[Tal Varisan Development]]. It sought to improve the systems along the rimward edge of the [[Distant Fringe]], an area that had previously been neglected and was little more than wilderness. It increasingly found itself in competition with [[New Frontiers]] to trailing. Its core systems became the [[Rimward Federation]].

=== Major Historical Events Timeline ===
* 4933AD: Formation of Rimward Opportunities [[Development Organization]].
* 5183AD: The [[Rimward Federation]] is founded from the core regions of Rimward Opportunities.
* 5184AD: "Hollow Opportunities".
* 5350AD: Rimward Opportunities ceases to exist as an entity.

== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
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{{Sources
|S1= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus [[User: Alagoric|Adie Alegoric Stewart]] of the [[IISS]]
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
}}


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