Bright Expansion

Bright Expansion is a development organisation located in Halcyon Sector, 4913AD to present.

Description / Specifications

It was founded with the purpose of developing the primitive spinward-rimward quadrant of Halcyon Sector. Bright Expansion held a monopoly on interstellar transport and brokerage in virtually all of the areas where it operated.

History & Background / Dossier

Bright Expansion looked after its interests, improving the standard of living on many worlds and investing in infrastructure and industry. Its investment began to bear fruit in the last decades of the 50th century as populations grew and economies matured. However, it used heavy-handed tactics and dubious business practices in its dealings, and employees made vast personal fortunes at the expense of whole societies. It alienated many groups and systems and its increasing wealth began to attract the attentions of pirates. In particular it conflicted with the Valen Trade Protectorate over resource rights and trade deals.

The Trade Protectorate joined forces with the Association of the Star, a powerful corsair group, and launched the so-called Associations War. Bright Expansion suffered a spectacular defeat and was forced to accept a humiliating settlement. The war and its aftermath brought about the founding of the Bright Conclave.

Bright Expansion became subservient to the Conclave’s authority, with company officials answerable to government and to the public. It refocused its attention on settlement and commerce, improving those areas of Halcyon and Divide sectors that were accessible to jump-2 vessels. Bright Expansion continues to trade as an efficient modern business and competes against rival organisations.

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science