Aphelion Enterprises
Aphelion Enterprises is a corporation operating out of Reaver's Deep Sector.
- It primarily operates within Charted Space.
Market Ticker Code[edit]
This business entity is traded under the following interstellar market code/s:
| Market Ticker Code | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Code | Type | Charter | Remarks | |
| Aphelion Enterprises | TBD | 4 to 12 alphanumeric character | LIC | None | |
Description (Portfolio)[edit]
No information yet available.
Commercial Competencies[edit]
- Mining (Resource Extraction)
- Vacuum (Planetoid, Deep Space, etc.)
- World (Planetary: Conventional)
- Service
- Biotechnology
- Geneering
- Interstellar Shipping & Trade (Interface Line)
- Freight
- Passengers
- Biotechnology
Governance & Organization[edit]
No information yet available.
- TBD division
Subsidiaries[edit]
No information yet available.
Stockholders[edit]
Stock ownership: 1105
- No information yet available.
Best Known Products & Services[edit]
This business is best known for:
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
In 492 a Solomani corporation called Aphelion Enterprises established a research base on Botany Bay. Aphelion Enterprises was based on Terra, but operated largely in the Spinward areas of what was the Solomani confederation - in particular Magyar Sector.
Aphelion Enterprises had interests ranging from genetic engineering to transportation to mining. It was the mining subdivision which initiated the activity on Botany Bay - a recent survey had indicated that there might be significant, commercial-grade quantities of Lanthanum on Botany Bay. Further investigation revealed that this was the case, and so a small mining operation was established. The mine proved to be a flop, however, as the lanthanum quickly ran out, long before the initial set-up costs had been covered. Aphelion Enterprises continued to run the mine at a loss for tax purposes, but cut the staff back to a bare minimum.
This was the situation until 588 when Terra finally joined the Third Imperium, bringing with it large tracts of Magyar sector. Aphelion Enterprises found much of its activities falling under Imperial law, and in particular the Imperial regulations on genetic experimentation - especially with sophonts - were considered far too restrictive by the corporation's executives. The solution was to find a world which was outside the Imperium and likely to be so for some considerable time. Botany Bay was settled on, and became a major research establishment.
Aphelion Enterprises flourished during the next couple of hundred years, even through the turmoil of the Imperial Civil War, largely through its transport division acting as a large-scale interface line between the Imperium and the surrounding worlds in the Solomani sphere. The gradual expansion of the Imperium and the declaration of the Solomani Autonomous Region in 704 caused somewhat of a loss in profitability of the interface trade, and a corresponding slide in the fortunes of Aphelion. Aphelion started to move its trade coreward to cover the Starlane and Daibei, but deterioration of relations between the fledgling Solomani Confederation and the Imperium, leading to the outbreak of the Solomani Rim War in 988 were too much. Aphelion Enterprises found its markets destroyed by the conflict and soon after was declared bankrupt, despite a massive sale of assets.
Most of the management of Botany Bay were recalled to Terra with the bankruptcy, along with some of the more senior scientists. The remaining inhabitants were effectively stranded, but for most Botany Bay was their home. When it became obvious that the remaining management were not sympathetic to the concerns of the people, there was a quiet coup by a coalition of workers and younger scientists. That was not the end of the difficulties, however. The coup effectively ended what little help the world was receiving from Aphelion, effectively disrupting the supply of most manufactured items. The level of technology swiftly fell as more and more effort was required to keep the mines operating and the people fed. After a few years, it was apparent that Botany Bay was not viable at a tech level that its inhabitants would have liked. Without outside assistance it was clear that Botany Bay would soon collapse into a pre-industrial culture.
The government of Botany Bay appealed to Gralyn, which was their major customer for ore, for help. At first the Gralynites were loath to do so, for fear of antagonising either the Imperials or the Solomani. Eventually the similarities between the early history of Gralyn and the events unfolding on Botany Bay were enough to convince the bureaucrats of Gralyn that supporting Botany Bay would save much misery. The eventual system agreed upon was that Botany Bay would become part of the Gralyn Assemblage, with seats on the Assemblage, but with its government effectively run by the Assemblage as a whole. With the assistance of Gralyn, the slide of Botany Bay into barbarism was halted.
Botany Bay prospered under the guidance of the Gralyn Assemblage and swelled from a population of several thousand at independence to around 200,000 just before the start of the Final War.
Trade Partners[edit]
No information yet available.
Trade Competitors[edit]
No information yet available.
Corporate Timeline[edit]
No information yet available.
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)[edit]
This business is best known for frequenting the markets of the following worlds and systems:
Charted Space:
Facilities Data[edit]
This business is known to host facilities in the following locations:
World Listing[edit]
This business can be found on the following worlds and systems:
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Periodical: Traveller Chronicle 6 in Article: 'The Gralyn Union'
- External Link: Candles against the Night by Author: Keven R. Pittsinger