General Products
General Products is an Imperial megacorporation.
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Description (Portfolio)
General Products is one of the thirteen Imperial MegaCorporations in operation in 1116.
Commercial Competencies
General Products, LIC: Largely concerned with heavy industry, General is a manufacturer of starships, non-starships, and heavy machinery of all sorts.
Governance & Organization
No information yet available.
Stockholders
Stock ownership (1116):
- Imperial family— 5%
- Hortalez et Cie— 26%
- Noble families— 35%
- Private ownership— 12%
- Antares Holdings, LIC— 12%
- Other— 10%
History & Background (Dossier)
General is known for inexpensive products of adequate quality, but of late its starship division (particularly its military products) has been plagued with disaster. The corporation was formed by the merger of a number of smaller manufacturing concerns shortly after the end of the Civil War, in the period 620 to 622.
Former Imperial megacorporation that survives in the Regency and the Spinward States. GP was primarily a manufacturer of starships, transportation machinery and manufacturing equipment. Slipshod management and shortsighted austerity measures resulted in a dramatic lowering of the company's product quality and reliability late in the Antebellum period, a matter that came to a head with the Kinunir fiasco. The company has managed to solve its difficulties since the Collapse, but its reputation still suffers. The company is an active partner with Delgado Trading in the General Mechanics joint venture firm.
References & Contributors (Sources)
- Classic Traveller Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M)
- GURPS Traveller: Rim of Fire
- MegaTraveller Referee's Companion
- MegaTraveller Journal 3 'Megacorporations in the Rebellion Era'
- Peter Gray