NanoTrasen Corporation
'"Nanotrasen is the leader in all things plasma... And more! Across the galaxy we provide the finest plasma-combustion generators and plasma 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 our scientific knowledge for the good of the human race, and your pay check!"
General
Nanotrasen is the corporation the player works for. Formerly a biotech research company, its size, influence, and wealth exploded to previously unthinkable heights after the discovery of plasma and bluespace. It has a net worth of 730 trillion credits and 440 million employees.
Nanotrasen remains an extremely controversial mega-corporation. It's accused of buying Tau Ceti outright, bribing politicians, and preforming illegal experiments and research in the unexplored or unwatched Frontier of human space. They're rumored to have their hands in every level of Tau Ceti's government and have a reputation of treating their workforce poorly in the name of the bottom line. The corporation is also suspected of inflaming entire wars on Ahdomai and Moghes for the purpose of manipulating the species' into lucrative deals.
The headquarters of Nanotrasen is currently Mendell City, on the planet of Biesel, in the Tau Ceti Star System. Its primary administrative center, however, remains the orbital Central Command, also known as the NMSS Odin.
Nanotrasen maintains a direct presence in over 75% of human states with manufacturing sectors, R&D, and orbital facilities
History
Formed in 2346, Nanotrasen Biomedical, now the Nanotrasen Corporation, was a leading trans-stellar research corporation specializing in Genetic Engineering and medical research.
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.
On 2417, Nanotrasen discovered plasma in the Tau Ceti star 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, outdating 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 it's newfound wealth managed to bankrupt and absorb many other companies on a larger scale that ever before. 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.
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. Known as the Merchant Fleet these ships form the backbone of Nanotrasens financing transporting personnel, cargo and research from system to system, planet to planet and back again.
In addition to its commercial fleet the Nanotrasen Corporation maintains a Fleet Security Force which provides 75 ships for the purpose of fleet escort and emergency response, these vessels are Bluespace capable and moderately armed and range from small frigates up to small drone carriers. The FSF is a civilian department which maintains controls of all space-born operations with the Nanotrasen Security Division.
The FSF whilst good at its job of fleet protection and other defensive operations, is very poor at power projection in offensive operations, commonly relying on the support of Planetary Governments and other TSC's where possible. As it stands currently the FSF maintains an almost impeccable service record
Occasionally, the FSF will send out a representative to an installation in space or planetside. There 'Navy Representatives' are typically high ranking civilian bureaucrats or administrators possessing the authority above the captain. In spite of their 'Navy' moniker, they are not related to any military force.
Prefixes
NCV - Nanotrasen Corporate Vessel
NSS - Nantrasen Space Station
NMV - Nanotrasen Martial Vessel
Some of it's largest and/or most expensive holdings are listed below.
| Corporate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefix | Name | Type | Role | Location |
| NSS | Odin | Station | Central Command | Tau Ceti |
| NSS | Baldr | Station | Central Command | Sol |
| Research Services | ||||
| NSS | Exodus | Station | Plasma Research and Mining Station | Tau Ceti |
| NSS | Aurora | Station | Plasma Research and Mining Station | Tau Ceti |
| NSS | Redemption | Station | Biochemical Research Station | Tau Ceti |
| NSS | Antlia | Station | Xenobiological Research Station | Tau Ceti |
| NSS | Apus | Station | Xenobiological Research Station | Sol |
| NSS | Ara | Station | Defence Research Station | Sol |
| NTV | 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 | Canis Minor | Station | Medical School and Research Station | Tau Ceti |
| NSS | Carina | Station | Triage Center | Sol |
| NSS | Pheonix | 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 | |
Fleet Ranks
Bold= Officer, Nonbold = Rating
Captain/Master - Acts on behalf of the vessels owner (Nanotrasen Corporation)
Deck Department
Chief Officer - Head of the deck department and second in command of the vessel.
Second Officer
Third Officer
Deck Cadet - Trainee Deck Officer, is not certified to man a watch but is on-board to observe and learn.
Deck Hands - Unlicensed personnel assisting the deck officers in the carrying out of their duties.
Engineering/Technical Department
Chief Engineer - Senior Officer incharge of the engineering department.
Electrotechnical Officer - Engineering Officer incharge of the ships electronic equipment.
Atmospherics Officer - Engineering Officer incharge of the ships atmospherics equipment.
Second Engineer
Third Engineer
Fourth Engineer
Engineering Cadet - Trainee Engineer, typically assigned to and reports to the second engineer.
Engineering Technicians
Stewards Department
Chief Steward
First Steward
Second Steward
Chief Cook
First Cook
Second Cook
Emergency Response Team
Primarily focused within Tau Ceti, the Emergency Response Team (ERT) are specially trained personnel employed by Nanotrasen to protect and assist corporate assets in emergencies, be it security, medical or engineering related, The ERT is a branch of the Fleet Security Force that consists of full time career staff members as well as volunteers working elsewhere within Nanotrasen.
The current commanding officer of the Emergency Response Team is Captain James Cromwell, who after 30 years serving in the Fleet Security Force, transferred into the ERT as a replacement Commander and then took over as Captain in 2450.
ERT SECTION PHOENIX:
Sectors: 1-3
Members: 147
Leading Troopers: 30
Sub Officers: 8
Commander: Marcus Kaplan.
Notes: ERT Section PHOENIX is most renowned for their extremely fast response times. The first section established, it definitely has the most training and are generally respected. They have won most section based competitions, including last years. PHOENIX has large roles in protecting research stations, including the NSS Aurora, the NSS Audilias, and the NSS Astrid. They are disdained for overall poor firing accuracy, or tendency to lose morale, due to being generally compromised of new recruits.
ERT SECTION HYDRA:
Sectors: 4-6
Members: 123
Leading Troopers: 24
Sub Officers: 4
Commander: Volksis Geroiz.
Notes: ERT Section HYDRA is most renowned for their lowest casualty and injury rate. The latest section established, HYDRA is mostly composed of transferred units from PHOENIX and JUGGERNAUT. It has a main base located in Sector 6, and operates generally independently from Central Command due to the massive distance. Still receives orders from Captain Cromwell. They have large roles in protecting City Stations, such as, the SSS Atlantis, and the NSS Substantial. They are disdained for a tendency to retreat and name situations impossible.
ERT SECTION SHARK:
Sectors: 7-9
Members: 137
Leading Troopers: 24
Sub Officers: 5
Commander: Audalan Hemrali.
Notes: ERT Section SHARK is most renowned for their extreme efficient use of tactics and execution of protocol. The second section established, SHARK is comprised of cadets and ensigns from Biesel's academies. Due to its relative closeness to Central Command, SHARK is able to operate using the facilities large bays. They are regarded from Captain Cromwell as being courageous and one of, if not the, best Sections. They have large roles in protecting trade and civilian ships going to and fro Biesel. They are disdained for their tendency to take extreme risks and general in-acknowledgement of superior orders.
ERT SECTION JUGGERNAUT:
Sectors: 10 (Outer Rim)
Members: 97
Leading Troopers: 14
Sub Officers: 4
Commander: Jacob Sinclair
Notes: ERT Section JUGGERNAUT is most renowned for having the lowest deployment rates in all sectors, thus also having the most down time. In charge of protecting and managing the outer rim, JUGGERNAUT has members in every outpost and on Central Command in order to provide quick response to any SOS or similar messages coming from the part of space labelled the 'outer rim.' They are disdained for their very slow response times, although this may be a factor of sheer distance rather than quickness of the troopers themselves.
ERT SECTION GROUNDHOG:
Sector: Biesel
Members: 328
Leading Troopers: 58
Sub Officers: 21
Commander: Sean Trenningham
Notes: ERT Section GROUNDHOG is most renowned for being the largest section. In charge of enforcing law and order on Biesel's surface and low orbit, ERT Section GROUNDHOG has seven land bases on Biesel's surface, three ocean based, and two low orbit based outposts. They assist Biesel's law enforcement with the law and order of Biesel's populace, as well as secure NanoTrasen assets in privately owned property on certain spots on the surface. Biesel government/NanoTrasen ERT hybrids are named Enforcers, and are often seen in the streets of Lowell as well as other major population centers. Acting as police, Enforcers are equipped with standard issue NanoTrasen security gear.