General Development Company
The General Development Company (GeDeCo) sector-wide firm active in Trojan Reach and the spinward portion of Reft.
- In some areas, it is known as the General Development Corporation.
- 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 General Development Company GeDeCo-Int-Lin 4 to 12 alphanumeric character LIC Interface Line, shipyard, manufacturer, distributor, and economic development corporation.
Description (Portfolio)[edit]
The General Development Company is a semi-commercial corporation chartered to both conduct interstellar trade and develop a higher technological base within its area of operations.
Commercial Competencies[edit]
- Interstellar shipping & Trade (Interface Line)
GeDeCo's charter obligates it not only to conduct interstellar trade, but also to increase tech levels.
- To this end, the company runs a route from Deneb (Deneb 1925 B537ADD-C) through Reft to Tobia (Trojan Reach 3215 A444A55-F).
Governance & Organization[edit]
GeDeCo is governed by a CEO with an advisory board of directors. Local control is exercised by hand chosen leaders selected by the CEO. The company has a strong Vilani lineage although later Imperial influences have brought in Solomani and even Imperial Aslan influences.
Stockholders[edit]
Stock ownership: 1105
- Complete information not yet available.
- Imperial family— 18%
- Zirunkariish - 25%.
- House Shiishuginsa - 10%.
- Other - 47%.
Subsidiaries[edit]
Subsidiary operations import higher-tech products and engage in speculative trade throughout GeDCo's territory.
Best Known Products & Services[edit]
This business is best known for:
- Communications Vessel
- Courier Vessel
- Dimin class Pocket Cruiser
- Express Boat
- Express Boat Tender
- Express Rock class Mail Drone
- Fleet Courier
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
The company dates back to the period immediately following the Civil War, when Empress Arbellatra resettled many nobles - both supporters and rivals - on new border fiefs.
- In 700, a group of these nobles pooled their resources to buy bankrupt fledgling lines, merging them to form GeDeCo.
- Vilani megacorporation Zirunkariish supported the company's formation and took a 25% equity stake. The company also ensured that the owning House Shiishuginsa took a 10% equity stake. Not surprisingly, some of the nobles are related by blood or marriage to House Shiishuginsa.
Economic historians credit GeDeCo with raising the frontier's tech levels to the "average stellar" range.
- This continuing goal of technological dispersion is supported by a variety of planetary industries that manufacture goods for offworld export.
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 major facilities in the following locations:
World Listing[edit]
This business can be found on the following worlds and systems:
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References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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