NanoTrasen Corporation

"NanoTrasen is the leader in all things Phoron... And more! Across the galaxy we provide the finest Phoron-combustion generators and Phoron byproducts, such as the Supermatter engines and singularity fields to bring power to your neighborhood! We continue to make significant advances in other major fields ranging from the hydroponics, to genetic research, to information technology and robotics! As a proud employee of our corporation, we encourage you to take active part in continuing to advance our scientific knowledge for the good of the human race, and your pay check!"

Overview

NanoTrasen is the corporation the player works for by default. Formerly a biotech research company NanoTrasen Corporation’s size, influence, and wealth exploded to previously unthinkable heights after the discovery of Phoron and bluespace. It has a net worth of 730 trillion credits and 440 million employees and a vast fleet of ships and stations.

However, NanoTrasen remains an extremely controversial mega-corporation, accused of buying Tau Ceti outright, bribing politicians, and performing illegal experiments in the frontier of human space. NanoTrasen is rumored to have their hands in every level of Tau Ceti's government in addition to a reputation for mistreating their workforce in the name of the bottom line. The corporation is also suspected of instigating wars on Adhomai and Moghes for the purpose of manipulating the species' into lucrative deals for profit.

Influence

NanoTrasen maintains a heavy direct pressure over roughly 75% of human states and factions, with numerous NanoTrasen manufacturing sectors, research and development laboratories, and orbital facilities. NanoTrasen property can be found in most of human space if one looks hard enough.

General

Current CEO: Miranda Trasen

Wealth beyond belief is hardly the characterizing trait of Miranda Trasen, who alone has held together the Phoron monopoly for the years after her father’s death in 2443. Maintaining a strong public image is among her greatest efforts, to grand success - the “good deeds” of NanoTrasen have spread word across Human space like wildfire since her rise to power. This is of course in desperation to mend the shattered reputation of NanoTrasen amongst the Frontier worlds that have come to despise the megacorporation, though whether the wealthiest woman alive has better aspirations than exploiting them is up for debate. Miranda has managed to establish footholds in the Coalition of Colonies’ space itself, branching out far and wide across the galaxy.

Miranda’s insistence on an outwards-facing smile has not kept her corporation out of a negative light, and weekly scandals are bound to be numerous for something so enormous. Nor has it managed to keep the press out of her daily dealings. Every move made outside of protected corporate property is tracked incessantly, with each step into new territories being either celebrated or rued with the public at large. Reasonably, Miranda can rarely be seen outside of the highest echelons of the corporation’s most secure facilities and ships with this in mind.

Official Title(s): NanoTrasen Corporation, NanoTrasen Biomedical

Motto: The leader in all things Phoron!

Headquarters: Mendell City, Biesel, Tau Ceti

Official Languages: Tau Ceti Basic, Sol Common, Tradeband

Executives and Branches

Executives

The NanoTrasen family.

NanoTrasen is managed by the Chiefs of Staff, who are advised and appointed by the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer, currently Miranda Trasen, has the ultimate authority over the corporation. Trasen herself is also a majority shareholder, making her the wealthiest human in the galaxy. After the Chiefs of Staff and Board of Directors, power is delegated to Sector Command comprised of the Duty Officers and Central Command Internal Affairs (CCIA) personnel. Sector Command in turn delegates power to individual Station Command personnel.

Chief Executive Officer: Miranda Trasen, 47, Human

Chief Research Director: Rook Keller, 67, Human

Chief Security Officer: Nathan Trasen, 44, Human

Chief Naval Director: Marcus Mathers, 60, Human

The hierarchy of the NanoTrasen Corporation.

Chief Personnel Director: Quix Repi’Weish, 209, Skrell

Chief Relations Director: Andrew Reynolds, 55, Human

Chief Legal Director: Mori Takachika, 53, Human

Chief Medical Director: Yehtlas Mualt-Quaat, 218, Skrell

Chief Engineering Director: Nigel Brent, 59, Human

Branches

With their headquarters in Tau Ceti, NanoTrasen has spread throughout much of human space, digging into every hold the company can find. Here are the locations of their primary and largest branches.

Mendell City, Biesel, Tau Ceti: The Mendell City branch in Zhengfu District oversees much of NanoTrasen’s activity in Biesel. There is a small water garden on the ground floor for public use that is surprisingly serene, considering the owner and the nearby looming skyscraper. Security is extremely tight in the facility, though no simple visitor would be the wiser.

NTCC Odin, Biesel Orbit, Tau Ceti: The NTCC Odin serves as NanoTrasen’s primary administrative center. Broken up into a residential, industrial, and commercial blocks, the NTCC Odin houses employees and helps create more revenue for NanoTrasen. The company’s Emergency Response Teams are also based on the NTCC Odin.

New York City, United Americas, Sol: The New York City branch is responsible for NanoTrasen’s activity in Sol. NanoTrasen’s New York City Headquarters stands directly next to the World Trade Center, considered a very fitting placement by observers. It is rumored the Trasen family penthouse is in the NYC building, though none know for sure.

Oran, Epsilon Eridani, Eridani Corporate Federation: The Oran branch is in charge of NanoTrasen’s activity in the Eridani Federation. Though not as prominent as other megacorporations in Eridani, NanoTrasen manages to keep its place by recruiting Eridanians solely based on talent, ranging from suits to dregs to tunnel runners and everyone between.

Kuenoi, Xanu Prime, Xanu: The Keunoi branch oversees NanoTrasen’s activity across the Coalition of Colonies. As apart of the corporate complex building with the other corporations in Cingnim District, NanoTrasen protects its assets by having a visiting time of one hour, between 3 AM and 4 AM, and imposing heavy fines on “trespassers” and by pushing for harder convictions on corporate espionage charges.

History

Formed in 2346, Nanotrasen started out as a small company, whose research was mostly based around gene-therapy in the heart of human space, Mars. NanoTrasen was effective at patenting methods that lead to more cost effective medical coverage plans for business use, primarily through aggressive business tactics than personal research brilliance. Many minor medical research facilities ended up on the unpleasant end of Xavier Trasen's desire to make a name for himself and shark-like approach, and were bought out and taken apart for his company's capitalization. By the end of the decade, NanoTrasen became a trans-stellar entity specializing in genetic engineering and medical research.

In 2417, NanoTrasen discovered Phoron in the Tau Ceti system in the Romanovich Cloud. This new resource allowed the generation of immense amounts of electricity and could be used as fuel for FTL travel, out-dating everything that had come before it. NanoTrasen began exploiting this new resource aggressively, setting up numerous stations and outposts in Tau Ceti to exploit the resource while sending out many new probes and drones to discover more.

Research facilities, stations, ships and other installations were being built faster than ever. NanoTrasen, capitalizing on its newfound wealth, managed to bankrupt and absorb many other companies on a larger scale than ever before and soon changed their name to its modern form. This only further increased NanoTrasen's power and scope, ratcheting it up to the status of a true super-corporation, the most powerful business-empire in the known galaxy.

The Syndicate

The Syndicate is a shadowy intragalactic organization made up of highly-trained, highly funded, and highly dedicated operatives. Their ultimate objective is to destroy Nanotrasen and any government that supports it. Their activities are broad and their methods are varied. The Syndicate is responsible for hundreds of acts of terrorism as well as inciting civil unrest. The Syndicate has had its hand in nearly every major galactic event since the 2440's. It has agents in most other megacorporations and receives financing from them or directly siphon funds - along, reportedly, with supplies from Zavodskoi Interstellar. The Syndicate is also branching out to infiltrate and influence major governments, or to find allies in the various spy agencies.

Their operations in recent years became lulled as the agency began to stagnate in the face of effective Nanotrasen counter-operations or major busts by law enforcement. The organization has had traces of itself scrubbed by Republic officials during this stagnation, binning any and all reference to the Syndicate in face of bribery and other, less polite means of influence from the Company. The major influences on the Syndicate as a whole take little to ascertain - those being Hephaestus and Zavodskoi, as well as Einstein Engines itself. Each decisive strike against NanoTrasen would be for the benefit of seeing its power dwindle, and the slow collapse of the corporate giant could easily be filled in by the vultures circling over their head.

The Criminal Scum and You

Syndicate paraphernalia is not an uncommon sight in dark corners of some NanoTrasen installations, though it is important to consider the steps NanoTrasen has taken to ensure the destruction of this. Most, if not all non-command and security staff characters would have little to no idea of the Syndicate’s existence. Security would know very little beyond the name, and Command would likely recognize the Syndicate as a hidden, or perhaps already long-defeated enemy. Mindshielded individuals would certainly recognize and seek the destruction of Syndicate paraphernalia as it is seen.

Subsidiaries

Getmore Corporation

"Get more of Getmore!”

Getmore Corporation is a major subsidiary of NanoTrasen, often supplying NanoTrasen’s vending machines with their products or helping ship bulk goods for the company.

Influence

Getmore is a major food supplier throughout the Sol Alliance and the Republic of Biesel. Many can find Getmore products in grocery stores, vending machines, and fast food restaurants all under the Getmore brand. The company also doubles as a major delivery service, boasting near-galaxy wide coverage and the fastest shipping speeds.

Executives

Chief Executive Officer: Mataji Khatri, 52, Human

Chief Commercial Officer: Juan Kim-Velazquez, 42, Human

Chief Design Officer: Onyama Benga, 63, Human

Chief Networking Officer: Kasey al-Karim, 47, Human

Chief Analytics Officer: Ning Wu, 58, Human

Chief Accounting Officer: Irjan Larsson-Mogapi, 68, Human

Brands

Chip’s Quick Shipping: A major shipping service offered by Getmore that goes all throughout human space.

Getmore Nougat Candy Bar: A brand of simple nougat bar made with real sugar and no artificial preservatives.

Getmore Cup Ramen: A brand of cheap mass-produced ramen that self-heats with 10 mL of water.

Commander Riker’s What-The-Chips: A brand of bland, lightly-salted potato chips.

Scaredy’s Private Reserve Beef Jerky: A brand of beef jerky made from Getmore’s very own space-raised cows.

4no Raisins: A brand of boxed raisins with the tagline “Best raisins in the universe!”.

Space Twinkie: A brand of small sponge cakes filled with synthetic white filing that are guaranteed to last upwards of 150 years.

Cheesie Honkers: A brand of boxed cheesy bite-sized snacks.

Bread Tube: A brand of sliced bread shaped into a tube.

SkrellSnax: A brand of cured fungus from Jargon IV made for Skrell. Almost like jerky.

Mo’gunz Meat Pie: A brand of meat pies made from stok meat packed into a crispy crust.

Maps Salty Ham: A brand of various processed meats from Moghes with notably high sodium levels.

Razi Snack Corned Beef: A brand of corned beef and preservatives imported from Earth and canned on Ourea.

K’ois Bar: A brand of bland K’ois bars rich in syrup and injected with extra phoron made exclusively for Vaurca workers.

History

Getmore Corporation was founded by Chip Getmore shortly after the Mars Catastrophe of 2298, focused on producing cheap and accessible food for the masses of the red planet. The company was later acquired by NanoTrasen to supply its facilities, spreading from Mars to the rest of the NanoTrasen’s holdings. Getmore's products are among the most famous junk food brands in all of human space, feeding countless hungry children, college students, and employees.

Ingi Usang Entertainment Company

"Our stars are bigger than real stars!”

Ingi Usang Entertainment Co., abbreviated InUs, is a major subsidiary of NanoTrasen, handling the production, editing, and distribution of holovid shows, music, and other art mediums.

Influence

Though InUs is based in Sol, a number of their holovid shows are prominent through much of the Sol Alliance and somewhat popular in the Republic of Biesel. InUs’s major influence, however, are their musical groups. Members of InUs’s record label are often widely known through Sol Alliance space and their music, clothing lines, and makeup brands are at high demand.

Executives

Chief Executive Officer: Minjung Romero, 53, Human

Chief Communication Officer: Yuube Hollenweger, 47, Human

Chief Content Officer: Ishleen Moore-Tissen, 43, Human

Chief Commercial Officer: Carlos Murry, 58, Human

Chief Design Officer: Aaron Hartanto, 46, Human

Chief Technology Officer: Keenan Kobayashi, 38, Human

Brands

Cham Usang Records: Record label with numerous bands and solo artists called Chamus.

True Lifestyle: A holovid network focusing on life throughout the Sol Alliance with shows like Real Time Security, One Love For Many, The Solarian Culture, and Living Big: The Lives of the Famous.

ETX Network: A holovid network focusing on series shows occasionally broken up by Cham Usang Records material with shows like Love Me Right, Dark Days Ahead, No Names, and Chamu Hour with Sunmi.

Cuentas?: A holovid network focusing on news and celebrity gossip with shows like The Day with Njeru and Susanto, That Good Stuff, The Spotlight, and The Orion Network.

Nana’s Network: A holovid network focusing on hobbies with shows like Cooking with Kayal, The Free Folk, and Robust Life.

History

Founded by Songmin Sang in 2214, Ingi Usang Entertainment Company remained a fairly minor corporation until being bought out by NanoTrasen in 2340 for “strategic marketing”. Though InUs faired bettered, it was not until 2397 when Binyaria, a Venusian aerostat, opened the Chiye-Gyo District to corporate investment. Between the untapped Venusian entertainment industry and cutthroat corporate war with BP Entertainment Inc., InUs flourished by debuting musical groups that quickly became insanely popular. In 2438, the company moved its headquarters to the Chiye-Gyo District.

Stations, Merchant Fleet and the Fleet Security Force

The NanoTrasen corporation maintains a large fleet of ships and stations for varying purposes, ranging from research to transport to medical to exploration. These ships form the backbone of NanoTrasen’s transportation of personnel, cargo, and research from system to system and planet to planet.

The military arm of this fleet is known as the NanoTrasen Navy, which is overseen by the Chief Naval Director and his Sector Commanders. The fleet Utilizes ships from simple patrol frigates to impressive drone carriers, like the NMV Icarus that patrols the space around the Aurora and Exodus. Some ships even have attachments of ERT teams that can respond to emergencies across their respective system.

Every mega-corporation has some sort of orbital fleet to protect their assets, but NanoTrasen is notable in that it is the only mega-corporation that fields a fleet completely independent of government contracts or subsidies. This has lead to accusations against NanoTrasen of fielding the equivalent of a mercenary army, one that can easily intimidate governments and is large enough to require a consolidated effort from the entire fading Sol Alliance to defeat.

Prefixes

NCV - NanoTrasen Corporate Vessel

NSS - NanoTrasen Space Station

NMV - NanoTrasen Martial Vessel

NTCC - NanoTrasen Central Command

NTHQ - NanoTrasen Headquarters

Ships/assets

Some of its largest and/or most expensive holdings are listed below.

Corporate
Prefix	Name	Type	Role	Location
NTCC	Odin	Station	Central Command	Tau Ceti
NSS	Baldr	Station	Central Command	Sol
Research Services
NSS	Upsilon	Station	High-scale Research Station	Tau Ceti
NSS	Aurora	Station	Phoron Research and Mining Station	Tau Ceti
NSS	Canis Minor	Station	Medical School and Research Station	Tau Ceti
NSS	Exodus	Station	Auxiliary Research Station	Tau Ceti
NSS	Apus	Station	Xenobiological Research Station	Sol
NSS	Ara	Station	Defence Research Station	Sol
NCV	Clark	Ship	Exploration Vessel
NCV	Asimov	Ship	Exploration Vessel
NCV	Von Braun	Ship	Super Freighter
NCV	Archimedes	Ship	Super Freighter
NCV	Amundsen	Ship	Super Freighter
NCV	Armstrong	Ship	Super Freighter
NCV	Anchieta	Ship	Super Freighter
NCV	Baudin	Ship	Probe Carrier
BioMedical Services
NSS	Canes Venatici	Station	Hospital Station	Tau Ceti
NSS	Canis Major	Station	Hospital Station	Sol
NSS	Carina	Station	Triage Center	Sol
NSS	Phoenix	Station	Triage Center	Tau Ceti
NCV	Tesla	Ship	Hospital Ship
NCV	Maxwell	Ship	Hospital Ship
NCV	Curie	Ship	Cryostasis Freighter
Security Services
NSS	Cephus	Station	Processing Station	Sol
NCV	Murphy	Ship	Transport
NCV	Cato	Ship	Transport
NMV	Patton	Ship	Patrol Vessel
NMV	Brooke	Ship	Patrol Vessel
NMV	Icarus	Ship	Drone Carrier	Tau Ceti
NMV	Oceanus	Ship	Escort Cruiser
NMV	Poseidon	Ship	Escort Cruiser
NMV	Apollonius	Ship	Escort Cruiser
NMV	Gloria Verdantes	Ship	Escort Cruiser
NMV	Sierra Ontago	Ship	Escort Cruiser
NMV	Xavier Trasen	Ship	Escort Cruiser
NMV	Vern Clerk	Ship	Escort Cruiser
NMV	Gelligaer	Ship	Response Cruiser
NMV	Glynneath	Ship	Response Cruiser
NMV	Paladin	Ship	Response Cruiser
Telecommunication Services
NSS	Orion	Satellite	Interstellar Communications Array	Sol
NCV	Volans	Ship	Repair Freighter
Power Services
NCV	Ikon	Ship	Mobile Power Facility	Tau Ceti