Star Patterns Trading

(Hiver Megacorporation): Star Patterns Trading is one of five Hiver Megacorporations, and the major Hiver trading partner with the Imperium and the Solomani.

• It primarily operates within Charted Space.
• It's an extremely far-reaching and powerful Hiver megacorporation with ties to all of the major races.

Market Ticker Code

This business entity is traded under the following interstellar market code/s:

Market Ticker Code
Name	Code	Type	Charter	Remarks
Star Patterns Trading	SPT-HVR-MEGA	4 to 12 alphanumeric character	LIC	Known for anything and almost everything. Has an adhocracy governing structure, meaning that it can pivot in a very meaningful, but chaotic method, very much like Hivers themselves.

Description (Portfolio)

Star Patterns Trading (actually the Hiver term could as easily mean Constellations or Major Trade Routes) is a multi-function megacorporation and a vertical monopoly; it owns and operates companies which perform all necessary merchant activities, from mining raw materials to manufacturing goods to transporting them to market to merchandising them. Its major activities with the Imperium are sale of high tech items and transport of Hiver tourists to points of interest.

Commercial Competencies

• High-tech Goods
• Interstellar Shipping & Trade
  • Freight
  • Passengers
• Manufacturing
• Mining
• Robotics
• Tourism

Governance & Organization

• Entertainment division
  • Resorts
  • Theater
  • Theme parks
  • Tourism
  • Tri-V
• Interstellar shipping & trade division
• Manufacturing division
  • Gravcraft
  • Legcraft
  • Toys & novelties
  • Trackcraft
  • Vehicles, civilian
  • Vehicles, military
  • Vehicles, paramilitary
  • Wheelcraft
• Mining & resource processing
• Research & Technology division
  • Technology development
  • Technology incubator
• Robotics division

Stockholders

Stock ownership (1116):

• No information yet available.

Subsidiaries

No information yet available.

Best Known Products & Services

This business is best known for:

1. Gyrfalcon class Grav Bike
2. Planet-Grid Global Traffic Supermind
3. Etc., etc.

History & Background (Dossier)

Star Patterns Trading is probably the best known megacorporation outside of Hiver Space. Its known for its innovation, many topical clubs, and cutting edge technology, many of it touching upon TL-16 standards.

Trade Partners

1. Dhufokh Corporation
2. Ereshkigal AG
3. Ling Standard Products
4. MC&S Engineering
5. Solomani Confederation
6. Third Imperium
7. Etc., etc.

Trade Competitors

1. Eksaekfoer
2. Panstellar
3. Six Eyes Nest
4. Sternmetal Horizons
5. Yiarn Caardee Design Bureau
6. Etc., etc.

Corporate Timeline

No information yet available.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

No information yet available.

Facilities Data

NOTES:

• Home Port: Erest (Spica 2529).
• Other Holdings:
  • Star Hub (Spica 1722),
  • Star Harvest (Spica 2518),
  • Cap Subsidiary (Spica 2230)
• Territory: The Hive Federation.

World Listing

This business entity operates or does significant business on the following systems and worlds.

4 of 4 World articles in Star Patterns Trading

Cap Subsidiary  •  Erest  •  Star Harvest  •  Star Hub  •  

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References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Marc Miller. Merchant Prince (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 6.
• Joe Fugate. Robots (Game Designers Workshop, 1986), 16.