A small collection of talented young engineers, economists, and lawyers founded Solar Engineering at the University of New Paris on New Years' Day of 500 AGS. The company originally aimed to become an alternative supplier of space construction, in a space industry market where such was considered impossible due to pre-existing corporate giants and the government. Solar succeeded in obtaining much needed contracts with the Royal Navy, and somewhat later the Royal Police, which helped build a strong foundation in both engineering and production for the company.

Having passed its bicentennial, Solar Engineering has largely chosen not to attempt to compete directly with either GMS or EFL in manufacturing for heavy industrial markets. Instead, the company developed separately with several highly lucrative product lines in advanced technological fields, catering to both popular consumer tastes as well as industrial applications. Sometimes products of manufacturing capacity beyond that of Solar's were designed, then sold or partnered to another corporation. The two aforementioned ones are SE's largest customers for many advanced tech products. This cooperative expertise even enabled Solar to obtain an exclusive license from EFL to manufacture Jump Gate and Trade Lane components in Gallia.

While Solar Engineering started out in part of the northern campus of the University of New Paris, there are now facilities in space which operate as another headquarters. In 697 AGS., they purchased Compiegne Space Colony from Nery Space Construction and the remnants of NSC itself, a small company which fell into bankruptcy in the years prior. In time for their two hundred year anniversary, they had essentially turned what had been a financial disaster into a booming real estate success.

Now Solar Engineering continues to create, design, engineer, and produce high-tech products for various customers, both big and small. Operations have expanded, and a focus has been seton trying to secure a foothold in the Kusarian markets by seeking ties with Kusarian mega corporations such as Samura or Kishiro. Solar strives to continue to prove the superiority of Gallic engineering through exerting their expertise wherever and whenever possible.