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{{Historical|This page describes a player group that no longer exists as such. The page remains for archival purposes.}}
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{{Faction Infobox
 
{{Faction Infobox
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| name = Duchess Shipping
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| name = Duchess Industries
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| image = Trenton.jpg
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| image = DS.jpg
 
| origin = {{House Link | Liberty}}
 
| origin = {{House Link | Liberty}}
 
| alignment = Lawful/Corporation
 
| alignment = Lawful/Corporation
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| founding_date =  
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| founding_date = 816
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| dissolution_date =  
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| dissolution_date = 817
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| leader = Lars Johansen
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| leader =  
 
| founder = Lars Johansen
 
| founder = Lars Johansen
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| primary_role = Contract shipping
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| primary_role = High-risk, high-value shipping
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| secondary_role = Trading and general shipping
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| secondary_role =  
 
| base = [[Trenton Outpost]], [[New York]]
 
| base = [[Trenton Outpost]], [[New York]]
 
}}
 
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[[File:DuchessShipping.jpg]]
  
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Duchess Shipping is a small shipping company based in Liberty. It maintains several shipping contracts with other corporations, primarily supplying outlying bases with supplies and construction sites with materials.
 
  
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Duchess Shipping does not limit itself to Liberty space, no respectable shipping company can these days, but recognizes the laws of all Houses as well as those of factions controling other systems. Shipping outside liberty is limited, however, and it is focused around bringing supplies and other merchandise back to Liberty and their contractors.
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Duchess Industries was a Liberty-based shipping corporation. It was founded under the name Duchess Shipping by Lars Johansen, a former Universal Shipping captain, and grew into a small fleet of cargo haulers. As the corporation grew, plans to integrate into other aspects of Liberty commerce began but came to an unexpected conclusion when Deep Space Engineering acquired the then-renamed Duchess Industries. Mr Johansen as well as several of his employees were offered positions and jobs with DSE, and some have since become quite successful.
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==Organization==
 
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The company is loosely organized and managed. Duchess captains are required to follow Sirius House laws, but otherwise have extensive freedoms regarding how
 
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New captains are given a commencement package consisting of an EL-HiL51 "[[Mammoth]]" Liberty Transport as well as an interest-free loan of 10 million credits.
 
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After the captains have repaid their loan, they are eligible to be promoted to a Duchess Commodore and recieve a larger loan of 70 million credits to purchase a GT-1 "[[Whale]]" GMG Transport. This promotion is deliberated on and given by the Big Bird and other Commodores.
 
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The ranks are:
 
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*Big Bird - Leader
 
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*Commodore - Proven members
 
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*Captain - New members
 
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Other (sub-)ranks are given to individual captains as they are needed.
 
  
 
==Benefits==
 
==Benefits==
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Members of Duchess Shipping enjoy a number of benefits.
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Members of Duchess Industries enjoyed a number of benefits:
  
 
*Petty cash as needed
 
*Petty cash as needed
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*Loans as needed
 
*Company-paid pirate taxes
 
*Company-paid pirate taxes
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*Loans for ship upgrades
 
 
*Trading licenses
 
*Trading licenses
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**Bretonian Passenger License
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**Bretonia Passenger License
 
*Convoy trading
 
*Convoy trading
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*Company-paid escorts
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*Company or company-paid escorts
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*Bonuses for exemplary conduct, dedication, ((roleplay)) and so on
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*Bonuses for exemplary conduct, dedication, roleplay and so on
 
**Free armor upgrades
 
**Free armor upgrades
 
**Free advanced ship equipment
 
**Free advanced ship equipment
 
**Free ships
 
**Free ships
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**Cake
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==Fleet Roster==
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Below is a roster of the Duchess fleet, now largely decomissioned.
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===Grand Duchess===
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:''The proud and busy mobile headquarters of Duchess Shipping.''
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'''Flagship'''
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*Commodore '''Sofia Westwood''', age 31 from Planet Manhattan, New York
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*Lieutenants
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*Flight Technicians
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*Engineers
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*Chief Financial Officer '''Nick Prescott''', age 47 from Planet Manhattan, New York
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*Chief Technical Officer '''Casper Pastor''',  age 35 from Planet Curacau, Cortez
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===Duchess Blue===
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:''A Mammoth Transport, the first of the Duchess ships. Current location unknown.''
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===Duchess White===
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:''The second Duchess ship, home away from home of the founder.''
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'''Transport'''
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*Chief Executive Officer '''Lars Johansen''', age 29 from Planet New Berlin, New Berlin
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*Flight Technician '''Herbert Gibbon''', age 21 from Planet Primus, Omicron Kappa
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*Engineer '''Beatrice Gibbon''', age 21 from Planet Primus, Omicron Kappa
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Lars grew up in a Scandinavian community on New Berlin. Ambitious as a child and ambitious as an adolescent, his home never seemed like quite enough to accomodate his enterprising tendencies. As he came of age he decided to leave the dreary and impoverished Rheinland for Liberty where he hoped to fullfil some of his dreams. After working as a freelancer for some time, he settled down on Manhattan where he met his wife. After his family grew by two, family life put pressure on his income and his entrepreneurial instinct kicked. He founded Duchess Shipping with backing from the corporate giant of Universal Shipping. He rented an office block on Trenton Outpost and after a whole lot of paper-pushing he had a respectable business sustaining his family.
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His first ship was an EL-HiL51 "[[Mammoth]]" Transport, the ''Duchess Blue'', as part of his initial contract with Universal. Universal supplied him with a flight technician and engineer: Pong Wang and Heinrich Schumaker. They were poorly-paid, but their distinctive personalities soon grew on Lars. Mere days later, Lars bought a new ship, the ''Duchess White'', a GT-1 "[[Whale]]" Transport. It was not in perfect condition, and some time had to be spent making it space-worthy. It was a time of much bonding amongst the crew.
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Shortly after it's maiden voyage, the Duchess White set out on an expedition with an Ageira convoy for a technology interchange in the far reaches of Sirius. During the trip, a Nomad was tractored on board due to corrupted control parameters following a scrimage with a wing of Nomad fighters. This Nomad saw to the death of Heinrich and Pong. After Freeport 11 sorted out the Nomad -- which led to the death of a Zoner technician -- the convoy proceeded to Planet Gammu and Primus. On Primus, Lars hired two curious monkey-people who were aching to get out into the world. The twin siblings Herbert and Beatrice Gibbon became the new Flight Technician and Engineer on board the Duchess White. They installed an advanced Discovery Scanner from Planet Gammu, astonishing Lars with their intellect and technical proficiency.
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Thanks to the Gibbons, the Duchess White made it safely back to Liberty. After some days of further crew orientation, repairs, and mourning, daily operations proceeded as usual.
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===Duchess Gold===
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:''Third Duchess ship. Flown by the first Duchess Commodore.''
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'''Transport'''
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*Commodore '''Scott Stevens''', age 28 from Planet Denver, Colorado
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*Flight Technician '''Andy Lukas''', age 27 from Planet Houston, Texas
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*Engineer '''Mary Jones''', age 24 from Planet Houston, Texas
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===Duchess Red===
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:''Fourth Duchess ship. Flown by the second and last appointed Commodore.''
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'''Transport'''
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*Commodore '''Martin Sorenson''' from Planet Pittsburgh, New York
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*Flight Technician '''Moira Emerson''' from Planet Cambridge, Cambridge
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*Engineer '''Viktor Scarborough''' from Planet Leeds, Leeds
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==Members==
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===Duke Vermillion===
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*Big Bird '''Lars Johansen''' of the ''Duchess White'' ([[User:Eyvind|Eyvind]])
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:''Fifth Duchess ship. Flown by the first escort pilot hired by Duchess Shipping.''
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*Commodore '''Scott''' of the of the ''Duchess Gold''
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'''Escort'''
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*Pilot '''Klaus Klemmer''' from Planet New Berlin, New Berlin
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*Copilot A.I. '''Hans''' developed by Ageira
  
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==Identification==
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Klaus and his brother Hans grew up on Planet New Berlin together but have since parted ways. While they had similar skills, they made quite different choices in career: Hans joined the Rheinland Military while Klaus entered the private sector as an escort pilot. Despite now being employed in different rival Houses -- Rheinland and Liberty -- they are quite close and still stay in touch with each other.
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All Duchess Shipping ship names begin with ''Duchess''.
 
  
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All Duchess ships sqwuak a Universal Shipping IFF and carry a Universal Shipping ID.
 
  
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All Duchess ships carry three primary crew-members: the captain, a flight technician, and an engineer. Verious supplies are also carried.
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===Duchess Silver===
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'''Transport'''
  
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==Roleplay==
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Captain '''Keval Trolin''' from Planet Manhattan , New York
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The primary, but OOC, goal of Duchess Shipping is to increase the population of traders who roleplay often and well. This will be the deciding factor in everything from acceptance into the faction, to promotion, to not being kicked out.
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*IT '''Jonathan''' from Planet Denver, Colorado
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*Engineer '''Micah''' from Planet Manhattan , New York
  
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To further increase roleplay between traders and pirates, long-term manifests will be posted publically. Pirates with access to the USI system (Lane Hackers, for example), or sources within Ageira, Interspace Commerce, the source of the shipment, destination of the shipment, and maybe even somewhere along the route of the shipment will be able to legitimately use these manifests to ambush and intercept these shipments. Roleplay mandatory, of course.
 
  
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Another goal is to introduce newer players to more factions. Contracts will be sought with other player factions, primarily for roleplaying and only secondarily for profit. This would make the faction serve a dual purpose for new players: teaching them how to trade on Discovery and giving them a better feel for which factions are right for them.
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===Duke Crimson===
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:''Details classified.''
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'''Escort'''
  
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Duchess Industries
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Origin Flag-liberty.png Liberty
Alignment Lawful/Corporation
Profile
Date of founding 816 A.S.
Date of dissolution 817 A.S.
Founder(s) Lars Johansen
Base of operations Trenton Outpost, New York
Primary role
High-risk, high-value shipping
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Duchess Industries was a Liberty-based shipping corporation. It was founded under the name Duchess Shipping by Lars Johansen, a former Universal Shipping captain, and grew into a small fleet of cargo haulers. As the corporation grew, plans to integrate into other aspects of Liberty commerce began but came to an unexpected conclusion when Deep Space Engineering acquired the then-renamed Duchess Industries. Mr Johansen as well as several of his employees were offered positions and jobs with DSE, and some have since become quite successful.

Benefits

Members of Duchess Industries enjoyed a number of benefits:

  • Petty cash as needed
  • Loans as needed
  • Company-paid pirate taxes
  • Trading licenses
    • Bretonia Passenger License
  • Convoy trading
  • Company or company-paid escorts
  • Bonuses for exemplary conduct, dedication, roleplay and so on
    • Free armor upgrades
    • Free advanced ship equipment
    • Free ships
    • Cake


Fleet Roster

Below is a roster of the Duchess fleet, now largely decomissioned.

Grand Duchess

The proud and busy mobile headquarters of Duchess Shipping.

Flagship

  • Commodore Sofia Westwood, age 31 from Planet Manhattan, New York
  • Lieutenants
  • Flight Technicians
  • Engineers
  • Chief Financial Officer Nick Prescott, age 47 from Planet Manhattan, New York
  • Chief Technical Officer Casper Pastor, age 35 from Planet Curacau, Cortez


Duchess Blue

A Mammoth Transport, the first of the Duchess ships. Current location unknown.


Duchess White

The second Duchess ship, home away from home of the founder.

Transport

  • Chief Executive Officer Lars Johansen, age 29 from Planet New Berlin, New Berlin
  • Flight Technician Herbert Gibbon, age 21 from Planet Primus, Omicron Kappa
  • Engineer Beatrice Gibbon, age 21 from Planet Primus, Omicron Kappa

Lars grew up in a Scandinavian community on New Berlin. Ambitious as a child and ambitious as an adolescent, his home never seemed like quite enough to accomodate his enterprising tendencies. As he came of age he decided to leave the dreary and impoverished Rheinland for Liberty where he hoped to fullfil some of his dreams. After working as a freelancer for some time, he settled down on Manhattan where he met his wife. After his family grew by two, family life put pressure on his income and his entrepreneurial instinct kicked. He founded Duchess Shipping with backing from the corporate giant of Universal Shipping. He rented an office block on Trenton Outpost and after a whole lot of paper-pushing he had a respectable business sustaining his family.

His first ship was an EL-HiL51 "Mammoth" Transport, the Duchess Blue, as part of his initial contract with Universal. Universal supplied him with a flight technician and engineer: Pong Wang and Heinrich Schumaker. They were poorly-paid, but their distinctive personalities soon grew on Lars. Mere days later, Lars bought a new ship, the Duchess White, a GT-1 "Whale" Transport. It was not in perfect condition, and some time had to be spent making it space-worthy. It was a time of much bonding amongst the crew.

Shortly after it's maiden voyage, the Duchess White set out on an expedition with an Ageira convoy for a technology interchange in the far reaches of Sirius. During the trip, a Nomad was tractored on board due to corrupted control parameters following a scrimage with a wing of Nomad fighters. This Nomad saw to the death of Heinrich and Pong. After Freeport 11 sorted out the Nomad -- which led to the death of a Zoner technician -- the convoy proceeded to Planet Gammu and Primus. On Primus, Lars hired two curious monkey-people who were aching to get out into the world. The twin siblings Herbert and Beatrice Gibbon became the new Flight Technician and Engineer on board the Duchess White. They installed an advanced Discovery Scanner from Planet Gammu, astonishing Lars with their intellect and technical proficiency.

Thanks to the Gibbons, the Duchess White made it safely back to Liberty. After some days of further crew orientation, repairs, and mourning, daily operations proceeded as usual.


Duchess Gold

Third Duchess ship. Flown by the first Duchess Commodore.

Transport

  • Commodore Scott Stevens, age 28 from Planet Denver, Colorado
  • Flight Technician Andy Lukas, age 27 from Planet Houston, Texas
  • Engineer Mary Jones, age 24 from Planet Houston, Texas


Duchess Red

Fourth Duchess ship. Flown by the second and last appointed Commodore.

Transport

  • Commodore Martin Sorenson from Planet Pittsburgh, New York
  • Flight Technician Moira Emerson from Planet Cambridge, Cambridge
  • Engineer Viktor Scarborough from Planet Leeds, Leeds


Duke Vermillion

Fifth Duchess ship. Flown by the first escort pilot hired by Duchess Shipping.

Escort

  • Pilot Klaus Klemmer from Planet New Berlin, New Berlin
  • Copilot A.I. Hans developed by Ageira

Klaus and his brother Hans grew up on Planet New Berlin together but have since parted ways. While they had similar skills, they made quite different choices in career: Hans joined the Rheinland Military while Klaus entered the private sector as an escort pilot. Despite now being employed in different rival Houses -- Rheinland and Liberty -- they are quite close and still stay in touch with each other.


Duchess Silver

Transport

Captain Keval Trolin from Planet Manhattan , New York

  • IT Jonathan from Planet Denver, Colorado
  • Engineer Micah from Planet Manhattan , New York


Duke Crimson

Details classified.

Escort

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