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| name = Duchess Shipping | | name = Duchess Shipping | ||
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| origin = {{House Link | Liberty}} | | origin = {{House Link | Liberty}} | ||
| alignment = Lawful/Corporation | | alignment = Lawful/Corporation | ||
Revision as of 19:07, 12 February 2009
| Duchess Shipping | |
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| Origin |  Liberty
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| Alignment | Lawful/Corporation |
| Profile | |
| Date of founding | unknown |
| Founder(s) | Lars Johansen |
| Current leader(s) | Lars Johansen |
| Base of operations | Trenton Outpost, New York |
| Primary role | |
| Contract shipping | |
| Secondary role | |
| Trading and general shipping | |
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.
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.
Organization
The company is loosely organized and managed. Duchess captains are required to follow Sirius House laws, but otherwise have extensive freedoms regarding how
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.
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.
The ranks are:
- Big Bird - Leader
- Commodore - Proven members
- Captain - New members
Other (sub-)ranks are given to individual captains as they are needed.
Members
- Big Bird Lars Johansen of the Duchess White (Eyvind)
- Commodore Scott of the of the Duchess Gold
Identification
All Duchess Shipping ship names begin with Duchess.
All Duchess ships sqwuak a Universal Shipping IFF and carry a Universal Shipping ID.
All Duchess ships carry three primary crew-members: the captain, a flight technician, and an engineer. Verious supplies are also carried.
