[h3]NPC Factions[/h3][hr] [hider=VULcan Tech][center][img]http://i.imgur.com/DHKjUM5s.jpg[/img][/center] Faction Name: VULcan Technology Corporation Faction Type: Corporation, Political Entity Prime Location: [i]Prometheus Station,Hellas Sea, Mars[/i] Leadership: CEO Bjorn Skaarsgard Lead Developer Chief Mining Officer [color=gold][h3]Assets:[/h3][hr] [/color] [color=gold][i]Prometheus Station[/i][/color] VULcan Technologies corporation has a massive industrial complex located at [i]Hellas Sea[/i], Mars. The Sea was scouted as a potential site for the first permanent city on Mars, but the Elysium Site was chosen instead. VULcan took over the site in 2452 and established Prometheus Station, a massive mining colony. [color=gold][i]Thor's Hammer, Cargo Cannon in orbit around Mars[/i][/color] Thor's Hammer is a second generation cannon. Skyguard regularly patrols the cannon and Martian orbit. Billions of dollars worth of minerals are shipped everyday and Skyguard is critical for the safety of Thor's Hammer and the fleet of VULcan OX-23's in operation around the station. The Cannon utilizes magnets to propel objects at a steadily increasing rate over a length of 21km, this gives the station the appearance of a very large gun or cannon when viewed from a distance. The cargo can reach speeds that are well past safety limits for humans (approx. 58,000/mph?) although some fringe research has suggested a human being could survive in the proper transport capsule. It takes about 89 days for the cargo to reach Earth (compared to the 6-8 months a ship might take from Mars to Earth). The cargo is received at a sister station near earths orbit using dampener fields and strong magnetic buoys. A literal army of engineers control the launching and docking of cargos at both ends. Because a steady stream of cargo is shipped, a long line of high-speed shipping capsules has been established. Engineers refer to this as the 'River' and it fluctuates taking into account the rotation of Mars and Earth. [color=gold][h3]Ships[/h3][hr][/color] [color=gold][i]VULcan OX-23, (Sentry Class)[/i][/color] Surface-to-Orbit Transport. Short range workhorse. Sentry class ships are reliable and cheap, require very little flight training and can be modified relatively easy to suit specific tasks. The VULcan OX-23 has been adjusted to operate in Martian atmosphere for extended periods of time. It is viewed favorably among pilots and engineers as a reliable ship. VULcan Tech puts its fleet of OX's to work moving mineral shipments from the surface of Mars to [i]Thor's Hammer[/i] for transport to Earth. [color=gold][i]VULcan DART11, Senator Class[/i][/color] Rapid Transport ship capable of self propelling through planetary atmospheres. VULcan has a small fleet of 6 for moving around VIPs and dignitaries from other corporations. Equipped with defensive countermeasures like the Skyguard developed 'FALSE_PATH' chaff drone or the (technically) illegal soft-kill missile system called NITE3. [color=gold][h3]Company History:[/h3][/color][hr] VULcan Tech can trace it's origins back to the early 21st century as a laser weapons developer mostly doing experimental work for various first-world powers. Profits never materialized and in the 2300's VULcan began concentrating on extra-terrestrial mining work in anticipation of the massive amounts of resources that would be needed for the rapidly increasing expansion of extra-terrestrial exploration and colonization. [color=gold][h3]Projects/Active Missions:[/h3][/color][hr] [center][i]Jupiter Referendum Signatory[/i][/center] VULcan Tech is currently developing [color=gold][h3]Mission/Orthodoxy/Principles:[/h3][/color][hr] [hider=Faction Relations] Info on relations with other factions [/hider] [/hider] [hr] [hider=Masamune Space Structures] [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/IFdmtkbs.jpg[/img][/center] [b]Faction Name: [/b] Masamune Space Structures [b]Faction Type: [/b] Corporate Entity [b]Prime Location: [/b] MSS Corporate Headquarters: Earth, North Eastern Hemisphere (Japan) MSS Manufacturing Plant 1, Luna, Earth Orbit [b]Leadership:[/b] CEO Hideki ASO Executive in charge of Engineering (ECE): Yoshio Suvorov Assets: [color=gold][h3]Ships[/h3][/color][hr] [i]Gai-Jin Class Modular Settler Ship[/i] The Gai-Jin class was the 6th generation of modular colonization and permanent settlement ship designed and manufactured by Masamune. [i]Wakizashi Fighter[/i] Sleek and deadly, the Wazikashi is the primary fighter unit in the SKYGUARD armada. The WAK-1 is a single pilot fighter that launches from a mother ship. The WAK-2 is a 3 man ship capable of breaking atmospheric resistance on it's own propulsion. The WAK-2 is still under development. [i]Ken Strike Bomber[/i] SKYGUARDS controversial ship-to-ship bomber designed to obliterate completely any enemy spacecraft. The Ken is also capable of bombing surface targets although it cannot break atmosphere on it's own and so has to have a base of operations on the ground. SKYGUARD currently has 1 squadron of 4 Ken Bombers. [sub][b]Special Notes:The Ken has never been deployed in action because it is a deliberate breach of UTG regulations regarding combat action in space. The regulations require that ships exchanging fire strive to do as little damage to the vessels for preservation of life and the vessel itself. The exhorbitant costs of building and launching vessels has kept the UTG regulation from being broken (mostly).[/b][/sub] [color=gold][h3]Special Projects:[/h3][hr][/color] [i]Executive Order 221-Plausibility of Widely Deployed Hull Shields[/i] A study begun in 2640, the testing of ship-hull 'Shielding' has been a major endeavour undertaken by ECE Yoshio Suvorov. He views shields as a way to save untold amounts of human life onboard spacecraft. The study examines various theories on ways to create such a device and especially the plausibility of mass manufacture and deployment. Projects/Active Missions: Jupiter Referendum Signatory?: (If a corporation. This just means your not openly hostile to any other corporation. If you pick no then any other corporation will consider you hostile.) Mission/Orthodoxy/Principles: What does your faction or faction Leadership believe in? List goals or primary missions/objectives. Just to give an idea where your headed with your faction. You can change this as you go along, just keep a log if you wish. [/hider][hr] [i]Skyguard[/i] [sub][b]Retrieving data...please stand by...[/b][/sub] [i]Elysium Defense Force[/i] [sub][b]Retrieving data...please stand by...[/b][/sub] [i]United Terran Government[/i] [sub][b]Retrieving data...please stand by...[/b][/sub][hr] [h3]Maps & Locations[/h3][hr] [i]Feel free to download and edit these images to delineate your holdings, assets and faction locations.[/i] [hider=Solar Large][img]http://i.imgur.com/3SUouUE.jpg[/img][/hider] [hider=Asteroid Field][img]http://i.imgur.com/3cxZc2n.jpg[/img][/hider] [hider=Mars Grid][img]http://i.imgur.com/qBfOnfW.png?1[/img][/hider]