Naasirka

Naasirka is an Imperial megacorporation with a Vilani background.

• In its earliest form, it was one of the three original Shangarim or Vilani Bureaux.
• Naasirka originated with the Shugilii, the food preparation caste.

Market Ticker Code

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

Market Ticker Code

Name	Code	Type	Charter	Remarks
Naasirka	Naas-Mega-Corp	4 to 12 alphanumeric character	LIC	Megacorporation producer of robots and other products.

Description (Portfolio)

Naasirka is one of the thirteen Imperial MegaCorporations in operation in 1116.

• The name "Naasirka" relates to its legendary role as originating from the old Shugilii Caste of ancient Vland, and translates as something akin to "Feeding/Sustaining the Cosmos"; from "Naa meaning "food" or "sustenance" (or even "panacea"), and "Sirka" meaning "star(s)".

Commercial Competencies

• Manufacturing
  • Communications Equipment
  • Electronics
  • Information Retrieval Hardware & Software
• Robotics
  • Robots, civil
  • Robots, military
  • Robots, paramilitary

Additional Competency Notes

It specializes in the manufacture of:

• Information storage and processing equipment,
• Software,
• Computers,
• Robots, and...
• Other complex electronic devices.

Notes:

• Naasirka is the largest supplier of communications equipment to the Imperial Interstellar Scout Service's X-Boat branch.
• Naasirka is also the largest manufacturer of robots in the Imperium.
  • Naasirka's robots rarely use innovative technology, but their aggressive marketing staff has placed more robots than either Makhidkarun or Ling-Standard Products (LSP), Naasirka's two largest competitors.

Governance & Organization

• Computers division
• Manufacturing division
• Robotics division

Stockholders

Stock ownership (1105):

Hortalez et Cie — 11%

Imperial Family — 4%

Investment trusts— 24%

Sharurshid Trust - 12%

Noble families — 36%

Igsiirdi family — 13%

Shiishuginsa family - 13%

Sternmetal Horizons — 6%

Ling-Standard Products — 4%

General Products — 3%

Private ownership — 11%

Zirunkariish - 6%

Stock ownership: 1126

Hortalez et Cie — 6%

Imperial Family — 4%

Investment trusts— 24%

Sharurshid Trust - 12%

Noble families — 40%

Igsiirdi family — 13%

Shiishuginsa family - 13%

Sternmetal Horizons — 6%

Ling-Standard Products — 6%

General Products — 3%

Private ownership — 11%

Zirunkariish - 6%

Subsidiaries

1. Dashi Combine
2. Naasirka Endowment
3. McKellar-Naasirka Security
4. Naasirka-Mehdaat Insurance Consortium
5. Quicksilver Group Technologies
6. Sharad Kiir Robots Company, defunct.
7. Sterilon
8. ThreeMinCo
9. Sternmetal Automation
10. Etc., etc.

Megacorporation holdings

• Urakkalan Co-Prosperity Development Trust: - This Zirunkariish subsidiary is committed to economic development of the Vland System through direct investment and other projects anywhere within the Vland system, except on the mainworld of Vland. It is headquartered on Gashema. Ownership: Zirunkariish--50%, Shiishuginsa family--20%, Sharurshid Trust--10%, Makhidkarun--10%, and Naasirka--10%.
• McKenzie Extractions - Appreciating the environmentally sound approach and political equities involved in any mining operation taken by McKenzie Extractions and the innovation shown in its subsidiary, Clan McKenzie Enterprises, Zirunkariish executives approached the McKenzie Family; they provided a superior valuation and gathered the investors of: themselves (17% equity), the Shiishuginsa family (7% equity), and Naasirka (13% equity).
• Bank Janus LIC - Naasirka holds 12% equity in Bank Janus.

Best Known Products & Services

This business is best known for: Robots:

1. D9 class Mechanic Robot
2. Infodrone class Expert Robot
3. Shadan class Survey Robot
4. Z-16 class Deskbot
   1. Z-16 Zed class Deskbot
5. Z-19 class Deskbot
6. Z-361 Braakid class Slave Cargo Handler
   1. Brook class Subordinate Cargo Handler
7. ZV-3663 Biraakid class Cargo Handler Master Robot
   1. Zeev class Cargo Master Robot
8. Etc., etc.

Vehicles:

1. Resolve class G-Carrier
2. Etc., etc.

History & Background (Dossier)

Makhidkarun, Sharurshid, and Naasirka were originally regional government agencies providing a broad range of services to the worlds of the First Imperium. When that empire fell (collapsed), the three bureaux transformed themselves into quasi-private companies performing much the same services as before. Over the course of centuries, each has expanded into the others’ territories, and all three are strong competitors throughout the Imperium.

• Naasirka was thus one of the three original Vilani bureaux. It originated with the Shugilii, the food-preparation caste.
• It floundered after it found that it could not control food supplies on most worlds it dealt with, but it ultimately became a broad-based organization, emphasizing energy, transport, and luxury goods.
• The firm's current corporate incarnation is of uncertain lineage, but it is known to have been in business prior to the founding of the Sylean Federation.

Trade Partners

1. Eksaekfoer
2. General Products
3. Gravitics Technology
4. Hortalez et Cie
5. Luke Consortium
6. Etc., etc.

Trade Competitors

1. Ling Standard Products
2. Makhidkarun
3. Six Eyes Nest
4. Etc., etc.

Corporate Timeline

• -4030: Naasirka founded as a regional governance agency for the First Imperium.
• Etc, etc.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

These are a selection of sectors that have a substantial Naasirka presence.

• Core Sector
  • Reel: This world is a regional manufacturing and development hub for Naasirka.

• Dagudashaag Sector
  • Diu: In 776, the planet's deep mines were turned into a top-security vault, and a colony was established in the near surface mines by McKellar-Naasirka Security. As a concession to the IISS, a second port was built for non-company use. The only people allowed to say on the planet for more than two weeks are MNS and IISS personnel.
  • Edaridur: This world is governed by Naasirka.
  • Iliika: Naasirka is engaged in legal conflict with the S'mrii of Iliika, who object to the corporation's ownership of the world.
  • Zukalis: In 866, IPP transferred ownership of the moon to Naasirka on the understanding that they would build a public Class-C starport, as required under IPP's original charter. Instead Naasirka immediately began work converting the deep mines into a substantial settlement. Naasirka then transferred the head offices of its entire sector wide financial and insurance services to Zukalis. The world's primary function is to house the administration center for the Naasirka-Mehdaat Insurance Consortium, the largest insurance underwriters in the sector and the sector registry of shipping, and the central clearing house for Banque de Dagudashaag. Due to the sector-wide importance of the two companies, every other major insurance and banking institution in the sector has found it necessary to also set up offices.

• Deneb Sector
  • No information yet available.

• Solomani Rim Sector
  • Luna (the proper name for Terra's single large satellite, though most locals simply call it "The Moon"): Clavius Crater on Luna is the site of a high-technology industrial park producing electronic and gravitic components, vacuum-process equipment, and thin-film devices. It is currently operated by GSbAG. Clavius Particle Research Complex is run jointly by the Imperial Navy and Naasirka. Current research is highly classified.

Facilities Data

• Vland (world)

World Listing

28 of 28 World articles in Naasirka

Alell  •  Aramis (SM 3110)  •  Arcanum  •  Bryn  •  Bularia  •  Dashi  •  Diishalum  •  Diu  •  Edaridur  •  Gashema  •  Iliika  •  Isurkun  •  Kashmiir  •  Kilasir  •  Kukhun  •  Kuuka  •  L'oeul d'Dieu  •  Luna  •  Medurma  •  Pukh  •  Reel  •  Saffron (Da 3018)  •  Shush  •  Stern-Stern  •  Upag  •  Vland  •  Yori  •  Zukalis  •  

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