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Revision as of 03:21, 31 January 2016
Millions of organizations do business within and without the Imperium.
- Most of these are limited to one or two worlds. A few thousand trade over one or more subsectors, a few hundred cover one or more sectors.
- Only a few firms are truly Imperial in scope, doing business throughout many sectors; these are known as Megacorporations.
- Megacorporations have their own private military forces and wield powerful political influence.
Description (Specifications)
Staggering in size, these organizations are so large that no one person can know everything they are concerned with at any given moment. Total shares of stock, annual profits, number of employees are all astronomical. Many organizations are so large that different divisions of the same megacorporation may actually be working at cross purposes. In most regions, megacorporations merely own the land their installations are on, but in some areas they control entire planets, either directly or indirectly.
Governance & Organization
Most Megacorporations use a hegemonic form (power structure) of governance.
- They are sometimes called "corporate technocracies" and use an oligarchic power source, generally composed of a board of directors. Exceptions to the generality do exist.
- Most megacorporations are organized very much like smaller companies, with a board of directors, a president, and vice presidents).
- However, the board and the higher-level executive officers of the company are largely out of contact with the day-to-day (or even year-to-year) functioning of the company.
- These upper level executives serve to plan general policy and long-distance actions.
- The most important executives, in terms of personal power, are the various regional managers, by whatever title they have assumed.
- A regional manager may control only a small portion of a megacorporation's total assets, but many hold more power in some regions than the representatives of the Imperial government.
Megacorporation Listing: 1116
The following are the 13 Imperial MegaCorporations in operation:
- Delgado Trading - Military hardware, miniaturization, minerals, publishing, trading, recreational products.
- GSbAG - Starships
- General Products - Heavy industry, starships, vehicles.
- Hortalez et Cie - Banking, investments, finance arrangements.
- Instellarms - Military hardware, military units, strategic planning.
- Ling-Standard Products - Mining, electronics, vehicles, weapons, consumer goods.
- Makhidkarun - Communications, computers, entertainment, recreation.
- Naasirka - Information retrieval hardware and software, robots, electronics.
- Sharurshid - Trade and speculation, luxury goods.
- Sternmetal Horizons - Mining, manufacturing, energy supplies, food synthesis.
- SuSAG - Chemicals, pharmaceuticals, geneering.
- Tukera Lines - Passenger and freight transport, trade and speculation.
- Zirunkariish - Capital investment, real estate, insurance.
MegaCorps Core Competencies Table
| Name | 1. Agri | 2. Cnst | 3. Fina | 4. Manu | 5. Mine | 6. Pblc | 7. Retl | 8. Serv | 9. Tran | 10. Sale | 11. NonC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delgado Trading | 1. N | 2. N | 3. N | 4. Yes | 5. Yes | 6. N | 7. N | 8. Yes | 9. Yes | 10. N | 11. N |
| GSbAG | 1. N | 2. N | 3. N | 4. Yes | 5. N | 6. N | 7. N | 8. N | 9. N | 10. N | 11. N |
| General Products | 1. N | 2. N | 3. N | 4. Yes | 5. N | 6. N | 7. N | 8. N | 9. N | 10. N | 11. N |
| Hortalez et Cie | 1. N | 2. N | 3. Yes | 4. N | 5. N | 6. N | 7. N | 8. N | 9. N | 10. N | 11. N |
| Instellarms | 1. N | 2. N | 3. N | 4. Yes | 5. N | 6. N | 7. N | 8. Yes | 9. N | 10. N | 11. N |
| Ling-Standard Products | 1. N | 2. N | 3. Yes | 4. Yes | 5. Yes | 6. N | 7. N | 8. N | 9. N | 10. N | 11. N |
| Makhidkarun | 1. Yes | 2. N | 3. N | 4. Yes | 5. N | 6. N | 7. N | 8. Yes | 9. Yes | 10. N | 11. N |
| Naasirka | 1. N | 2. N | 3. N | 4. Yes | 5. N | 6. N | 7. N | 8. N | 9. Yes | 10. N | 11. N |
| Sharurshid | 1. N | 2. N | 3. N | 4. N | 5. N | 6. N | 7. N | 8. Yes | 9. N | 10. N | 11. N |
| Sternmetal Horizons | 1. N | 2. N | 3. N | 4. Yes | 5. Yes | 6. N | 7. N | 8. N | 9. Yes | 10. N | 11. N |
| SuSAG | 1. N | 2. N | 3. N | 4. Yes | 5. N | 6. N | 7. N | 8. Yes | 9. N | 10. N | 11. N |
| Tukera Lines | 1. N | 2. N | 3. N | 4. N | 5. N | 6. N | 7. Yes | 8. N | 9. N | 10. N | 11. N |
| Zirunkariish | 1. N | 2. N | 3. Yes | 4. N | 5. N | 6. N | 7. N | 8. N | 9. N | 10. N | 11. N |
Non-Imperial Megacorporation Listing: 1116
It is difficult for a company to grow to the size of a megacorporation unless it has the protection of a suitably-sized government.
- Because the Imperium controlled space and an economy that could support megacorporations, they almost naturally sprang up.
Some of the interstellar empires that border the Imperium have grown to the size that hey can also support megacorporations.
- Besides the 13 Imperial megacorporations, there are another estimated thirteen megacorporations operating in the territories adjoining the Imperium.
- Aslan Megacorporations: 4
- Hiver Megacorporations: 5
- Julian Protectorate Megacorporation: 1
- Solomani Megacorporations: 1
- Unknown Megacorporations: 1
- Zhodani Megacorporations: 1
- In comparison, the largest of these non-Imperial megacorporations is perhaps median-sized when compared with an Imperial megacorporation; the smallest is smaller than any of the Imperial megacorporations.
Non-Imperial Megacorporations
- Aslan Megacorporation #1
- Hiver Megacorporation #1
- Hiver Megacorporation #2
- Hiver Megacorporation #3
- Hiver Megacorporation #4
- Menderes Corporation - Julian Protectorate Megacorporation
- Priantqlovr Drafr - Interstellar Shipping & Trade - Zhodani Megacorporation
- Reastirlao - Construction, Heavy Industry, Interstellar Shipping & Trade, and Starship Manufacturing - Aslan Megacorporation #2
- Star Patterns Trading - High-tech Goods, Interstellar Shipping & Trade, Manufacturing, Mining, and Tourism - Hiver Megacorporation #5
- Tlasayerlahel - Interstellar Shipping & Trade - Aslan Megacorporation #3
- Transstar - Interstellar Shipping & Trade - Solomani Megacorporation
- Unknown Non-Imperial Megacorporation #1 (Vrgizh Traders or GenAssist?)
- Wyaroaer - Computers, Consumer Goods, Cybernetics, Electronics, Manufacturing, Military Hardware, Robots, Starship Manufacturing, and Weapons - Aslan Megacorporation #4
History & Background (Dossier)
A small number of Imperial regulatory agencies have power over megacorporations, and they are subject to any applicable local taxes, but, provided they do not blatantly violate Imperial sovereignty, regional managers can usually conduct their company's business as they see fit.
- Because a direct confrontation with the Imperium would be bad for business, intentional violation of Imperial laws is done only on a covert basis.
Corporate Titles
Except for those pre-dating the Imperium, all corporations engaging in interstellar commerce are required to possess an Imperial charter. This is indicated by the letters LIC following the company name.
- LIC stands for Limited (liability) Imperial Charter.
Occasionally, corporations make use of archaic titles, such as:
This is done either to indicate that the company predates the Third Imperium, rarely the case, or to add charm and quaintness to the title.
Vilani-Origin Megacorporation Listing
A few Vilani megacorporations are still in business under their Vilani titles:
These Vilani names, at least, date back to 1st Imperium times, and were the names of the Imperial organizations, half-industrial trusts, half-government bureaus, which controlled commerce in the Vilani Imperium.
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Classic Traveller Book 7 Merchant Prince
- Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)
- Classic Traveller The Traveller Book
- MegaTraveller Player's Manual
- MegaTraveller Referee's Companion
- Periodical: MegaTraveller Journal 3 in Article: 'Megacorporations in the Rebellion Era'
- Novel: Traveller 5th Edition Agent of the Imperium
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science