Deep Space Engineering

[Avalanche]

Formed in the dawn of Libertonian life in Sirius, Deep Space Engineering has held a central position of infrastructural development in the sector. The ongoing project of building and maintaining the physical gate/lane network has always been the primary directive of DSE, but it has lead to the emergence of several secondary roles; exploration, mineral extraction and processing, and ship construction also adorn the corporate profile. DSE is fundamental to the influential position of Liberty in Sirius today.

Founded in 51 A.S. with the merging of several major Manhattan construction firms, Deep Space Engineering sprouted into a massive conglomerate aiming to take advantage of the opportunities of space. The contract to build the first Baltimore Shipyards secured the corporation initial success and after completing the shipyards in 58 A.S., DSE began construction colonization ships with the newly developed Ageira drives.

Over the next decades, Deep Space Engineering held its position as the primary construction and mining corporation in Liberty. The technology exchanges between the houses spurred an increase in production, leading to rapidly growing consumption of mineral resources in New York.

In 128 the massive Dallas research station is completed in Texas; Ageira Technologies and the Liberty military begin work on several secret projects, including jump gate technology.

In 145, DSE begins preparing Planet Los Angeles for agriculture by bombarding it with ice asteroids for the purpose of lowering the salinity of the atmosphere. In the following years, further terraforming and cloud seeding is conducted by DSE making Los Angeles the primary food source of Liberty.

In 185, the jumpgate project is unveiled to the rest of Sirius. Four years later, DSE finishes construction of the first gates, between New York and Colorado. The mineral abundance of Colorado is thereby made significantly more available, cutting a three month trip to mere minutes.

In early third century, most of the Liberty systems are connected by gates and construction is begun in the other houses. As funding becomes an increasingly pressing matter, Deep Space Engineering and Ageira Technologies fund the inception of Interspace Commerce.

By the fourth century, New York is depleted of minerals leaving Liberty entirely dependent on Colorado and Texas. The first trade lanes are also built across Liberty by DSE.

By the sixth centry, Liberty mineral resources are nearly exhausted. Low-yield chemical extraction is put to some use on depleted deposits in Colorado, however Liberty is now dependent on minerals from Rheinland. After the Kusari and Rheinland embargo of Liberty, the ownership of gates and lanes is turned over to their respective houses. DSE still manages all construction of new gates and lanes, however.

In 650, significant deposits of Boron were discovered on Pittsburgh. The DSE mining operation was established in 660 and the corporate headquarters were also moved there from Baltimore Shipyard in 698.

While Deep Space Engineering continues to reap profit from gate/lane construction in the ninth century, the corporation has largely stagnated in terms of development. With the emergence of the new Liberty corporation Duchess Industries with by a young and astute leadership, the DSE board saw a potential opportunity. They watched the corporation closely.

Lars Johansen entered the freight profession in 814 A.S. with a Universal Shipping contract. With the contract came a Mammoth transport, which he christened The Duchess Blue after his recently-deceased cat, Duchess. The contract also afforded him a lifestyle that suited him well; he settled down and performed above and beyond his contract. He did, however, have significantly higher ambitions, so later that year he took out a loan for a Whale in an attempt to boost his profits. It proved to be a highly worthwhile investment and his contract with Universal was soon upgraded and renewed. At this point, freelance freight contracting became the limitation to his ambitions.

Therefore, Lars sold his contract with Universal in 816 and used the profits to start a comparatively small freight business, Duchess Shipping. Within a few short weeks some freelancers took an interest in the company and were soon hired. Three large transports and an escort now made up the company fleet and earnings were soaring. Competition from Universal and other shipping corporations now became a pressing issue. Fortunately, this obstacle coincided with profits reaching a level capable of accommodating Lars's plans.

In early 817 A.S., it was decided to integrate and expand into the mining and construction sectors of Liberty industry. At this point, Deep Space Engineering made their move: Duchess Industries was absorbed into DSE and in return Lars Johansen was given a place on the Controlling Board. This greatly faciliated DSE expansion into the freight industry and reduced dependence on Universal Shipping to supply construction sites. As expected, this set in motion a series of events that led to an invigorated DSE in a new era of expansion and modernization.

A convenient venue of this corporate energy presented itself with the arrival of Survey Vessel Armstrong in Coronado. The order was given to closely appraise the IMG presence there and observe their movements in order to determine potential targets for, among other things, mining. Though the most obvious opportunity had already been claimed by IMG on Planet Pecos, Coronado was full of plenty more for the taking.

In the latter part of 817, DSE surveyors discovered Platinum Ore within the rings of the planet Tremont in the Pennsylvania system. There appeared to be massive, nearly limitless quantities contained within the sweeping rings of the planet. DSE quickly brought out some of its rusty mining ships, and within days was constructing more, the beginnings of the Tremont Mining Fleet. More independent contractors soon realised just how profitable this ore could be, and joined DSE in its endeavours to mine the rings of their riches. Pirates were a constant threat, as criminal bases of all sorts could be found within this part of the Pennsylvania system - but DSE managed to cleave its way into massive commerical success with the operations. Soon, a barge - The Radiance - was commissioned to provide a semi-permanent base near Tremont. The hauls were incredible, and DSE was prospering almost unbelievably. Whatever money it made was directed straight back into the mining fleet - more mining ships, more transports, more escorts. Another barge, The Brilliance, was created within the span of a few months by Deep Space Engineering. It was also moved out to the Tremont rings.

But then, disaster struck. The surveyors had been wrong - somehow, they had been incredibly wrong. The platinum within the was not nearly as dense as the surveyors had initially predicted - it came in pockets, true enough. It was hypothesised that the surveyors had somehow only sampled the most dense pockets of platinum. But this did not matter - the facts were plain. DSE was almost completely invested in mining. There was almost nothing left to mine, just platinum dust. The company crashed overnight, leaving the Brilliance and Radiance in the orbit of Tremont, the Brilliance recently crippled by a pirate raid. Another barge, the Incandescence, was left three-quarters completed in the shipyard. Mining ships were abandoned on sight, as were transports and freighters. It was nightmarish, and the company's losses were inconceivable. Trade operations, whatever had been going, died out almost overnight. A few miners stayed around Tremont for a few days after the Great Crash but it soon became apparent that mining operations out in the rings would be futile - whatever platinum dust was left was barely worth salvaging.

So it was that platinum ore became rare, a collector's item, something that was indeed truly rare. There was little left that hadn't been processed and alloyed and installed into machinery or ships. DSE's stores of platinum ore - many hundreds of tons - simply lay forgotted within the barges, within the transports moored to them. The ghost fleet of Tremont had riches within it, and riches abundant - but it was forgotten, run by a skeleton crew on the dark side of Tremont. There were no active operations near Tremont, and nobody ever went there any more - not even pirates. DSE had halted overnight, and had never restarted.

On Christmas Day, 817, the worst that could happen did indeed happen. The DSE president - who had been Lars Johansen - disappeared. He had fallen out of contact for days beforehand, and when the vice-president Aliester Brown had gone in person to find Lars, he had vanished entirely. It remains a mystery to this day - Lar's fleet of ships was intact, his Yacht moored at Baltimore, his Mastodon lay within the silvery dust of Tremont. No one could fathom why he had left, or if he had left, or where had had been gone - or been taken to. Aliester suspected foul play, but never voiced his suspicions to anyone. And so it was that Aliester Brown became the President of Deep Space Engineering, Incorporated, on Christmas Day, 817 A.S. He inherited a rusted, crashed, desolate company; a fleet of rusting ships, a barge and two half-barges; some small capitol; and a few still-dedicated pilots. Things were bleak, but he was determined to lead DSE to new heights within the first months of 818.

Shortly after Alister Brown took over Deep Space Engineering confidence in the company dropped. Share holders withdrew their deposits overnight and the company crashed to a state it had never experienced in its creation in 51 A.S. Alister Brown stepped down swiftly as President of the company and Robert Jones took over his place.

All ships will use a Deep Space Engineering ID and tag.

All ships use the callsign tag DSE), the ship naming convention is determined by rank and department.
- All Engineering ships will use the name of a North American Bridge as their callsign: DSE)Bridge.Name
- All Transportation ships will use the name of a North American Tunnel as their callsign: DSE)Tunnel.Name
- All Mining ships will use the name of a North American Mine as their callsign: DSE)USA-Mine.Name
- All Security ships will use their pilots' names as callsign: DSE)Pilot.Name

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Employees advance through the ranks by way of a point system. Employees are granted points for: demonstrating proficiency in tasks, exhibiting exemplary behaviour, and so on. While supervisors will commend employees regularly, the system depends on nominations by other employees.

// This commendation system is extensively out-of-roleplay, since the system is designed to primarly reward role-play rather than what DSE employees would be rewarded for in-roleplay. The two main categories that members earn commendation points is In-game Roleplay and Forum Roleplay. Secondary categories exist for various other things such as Gameplay and Character Biographies.

Mining Division

The Director is the head of the Division, nothing escapes his control when it comes to his own division. He has the final say in matters, unless the Vice President or President intervenes.

Director:
Democritus Luxury Yacht

The Master's are the overseers of mining operations, their general job is similar to the Senior Miner, except they're to ensure that Senior Miners are doing their job properly. They report directly to the Director of the division.

Master:
Mastodon - Libertonian Transport

Senior Miners are a step above the miners, they are the team leaders if you will. Ensuring that the Miners do their job properly and that the profits are properly filed with the company

Senior Miner:
Border Worlds Transport
Heron - CT-53 Civilian Train
Spatial - E78-12 Civilian Deep Space Explorer
Mafic - KS-1093 Civilian Super Heavy Miner

Miner's are the bulk of the work force. Trained to operate the main mining vessel of DSE, the 'Hegemon.' They act both as miners and transport in the unlikely event that the Transportation Division of DSE is unable to assist and transport the mined minerals.

Miner:
Hegemon - DU5-7Y Civilian Mining Ship
Mammoth - EL-HiL51 Liberty Transport
Albatross - CT-39X Civilian Transport
Dacite - KS-779 Civilian Heavy Miner

The trainee's are exactly what it says on the tin. They're on a probationary period within the corporation to show that they can both operate a ship to DSE standards and to ensure they fit well within the company.

Trainee:
Gull - CT-49X Civilian Transport
CTE FR-2302-K Civilian Freighter
Rhino - EL-HiL27 Liberty Freighter
X-Shuttle - X11 Deep Space/Atmospheric Civilian Freighter
Dromedary - Series YX Border Worlds Freighter
Grizzly - DL-Hai Liberty Shuttle
Camara - DSE-720 Civilian Freighter
Basalt - KS-439 Civilian Light Miner

Engineering Division

The Director is the head of the Division, nothing escapes his control when it comes to his own division. He has the final say in matters, unless the Vice President or President intervenes.

Director:
Democritus Luxury Yacht

Engineers are the Main Overseers. They Direct all Personnel at a Construction site, and Are the
The Final Voice when it comes to to Manegement. There is usualy 1 engineer Placed in charge of
gate/lane construction for one Site, but sometimes there are more Engineers on-site.

Engineer:
- All of the Below

Senior Technicians are Group Leaders. They Direct Technicians in the Workplace, and are often
used as mentors for Trainees and new Technicians. There are usualy 3-4 Senior Technicians
Per Construction Site/R&D Project

Senior Technician:
X-Shuttle - X11 Deep Space/Atmospheric Civilian Freighter

Technicians are the main Workforce of the Engineering Division at Deep Space Engineering.
They Fly Repair ships or Heavy Lifters, Working at one of the many Construction Sites around
sirius. Depending on the Project, there may be one to 10 Technicians working on the said Project.

Technician:
Repair Ship
CTE FR-2302-K Civilian Freighter
Heavy Lifter

The trainee's are exactly what it says on the tin. They're on a probationary period within the corporation to show that they can both operate a ship to DSE standards and to ensure they fit well within the company.

Trainee:
CTE L-337-K Civilian Shuttle

Transportation Division

The Director is the head of the Division, nothing escapes his control when it comes to his own division. He has the final say in matters, unless the Vice President or President intervenes.

Director:
Democritus Luxury Yacht

A man/woman handpicked by the Director to survey the work of other Transport Division members. One of the oldest members of the corporation.

Master:
Mastodon - Libertonian Transport
Titanic - Civilian Heavy Tanker
Stork - CT-73 Civilian Advanced Train

A senior member of DSE's Transport Division. He knows all that is to know, and can tutored younger members.

Senior Transporter:
Heron - CT-53 Civilian Train
Crane - CT-69 Civilian Large Train

A full pledged member of DSE's Transport Division. He learned all the basic things and will be tutored by a Senior Transporter. He is trusted with ships like the Borded World Transport, and ships with lower cargo capacity.

Transporter:
Border Worlds Transport
Albatross - CT-39X Civilian Transport
Mammoth - EL-HiL51 Liberty Transport

A fresh member of the Deep Space Engineering's Transport Division. He is yet to learn everything there is to know. He is trusted with ships like the Albatross, and ships with lower cargo capacity.

Trainee:
Gull - CT-49X Civilian Transport
Pelican - Civilian Armored Transport
Camara - DSE-720 Civilian Freighter
CTE FR-2302-K Civilian Freighter
Rhino - EL-HiL27 Liberty Freighter
Dromedary - Series YX Border Worlds Freighter

Security Division

Commander is the type of man that knows what needs to be done and is willing to use everything in his power to protect the convoys. He coordinates the military side of the company.

Commander:
Democritus Luxury Yacht

Lieutenant Commander is the wingman of the Commander, he makes sure that his orders are followed properly.

Lt.Commander:
Virage - SV-17 Civilian Very Heavy Fighter
Charon - Evo 1B Civilian Very Heavy Fighter

Respected pilots of the company, they are tasked with training and some of the most dangerous jobs on convoy runs. They are normally left to fight off the hostiles even after the convoy has left, so that they don't trouble the other pilots in Sirius.

Lieutenants:
Eagle - CTE-6000 Civilian Very Heavy Fighter
Touketsu - Renzu Corp Very Heavy Fighter
Kingfisher - CTE-HF Civilian Heavy Fighter
Roc - CTE-19000 Civilian Bomber

The main body of the Security Division is the Sub-Lieutenant, they are tasked with the messy jobs that no one wants to really do, they are also tasked mainly with training the ensigns of the force.

Sub-Lieutenant:
Falcon - CTE-3000 Civilian Heavy Fighter
Moldy Crow - Civilian Heavy Fighter
Marauder - BYC Civilian Heavy Fighter

The Ensign are tasked with scouting, disrupting the hostiles and much more. They will rarely get kills considering the firepower they carry is pathetic but they will more than quickly, rise up to better things.

Ensign:
Griffin - CTE-4000 Civilian Light Fighter
Arrow - CLI-11000 Civilian Light Interceptor
Ki - Renzu Corp Civilian Light Fighter

The Chugoku Gate Construction Site in Hokkaido is part of a controversial construction project intended to open the recently discovered mineral riches of the Chugoku system to exploitation by Kusari business interests. However, because of the natural dangers of the Hokkaido system and significant levels of terrorist activity, Interspace Commerce (IC) refused to insure the venture until the Kusari government committed to station the Battleship Matsumoto in the system for protection. Despite the large military presence, however, the Chugoku Gate is still a favorite target of the Blood Dragons.




The Sigma-19 Gate Construction Site in Okinawa has been operational for some time, however the project is still expected to take a while longer to complete, especially given the strict directives to Deep Space Engineering, who are being paid a very handsome amount of money for their silence and speed in the construction project.

Considerable amounts of supplies are constantly being shipped in to both the construction site and the nascent beginnings of a trade lane route to the planet Miura, all paid for by the GMG and Kishiro. Despite the extremely high levels of security, there have been a number of attacks on the installation by the Hogosha, who prefer to use lightning hit and run strikes against the jump gate site in order to disrupt progress. Because of this, many of the DSE workers are demanding higher wages due to the dangers involved, and efforts are being increased to tighten security around the base.



The Tau-31 Gate Construction Site in Tau-23 is used by both BMM and DSE. BMM handles base management and stages their mining operation from it while DSE bases the Jump Gate and Trade Lane construction there.

A system as rich in resources as Tau-23 was ripe for exploitation, and once surveyed by Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing (BMM) in 730 AS, the construction of a Jump Gate network linking the system with Bretonia became a high priority. While work on the Tau-31 Jump Gate has proceeded apace, the project has recently come under intense attack by the criminal organization known as the Outcasts, though the reasons behind the hostilities remain unclear. BMM has been forced to hire extra security to protect the construction project and has even attempted to begin limited mining of the valuable Beryllium deposits in the system as a way to offset the skyrocketing costs.

Survey Vessel Armstrong, though not a complete base in its own right, represents the DSE foothold in Coronado. It is tasked with surveying the system for mineral deposits and keeping an eye on IMG activity.

Planet Pittsburgh is the location of the Deep Space Engineering headquarters since covered by a single vast desert, broken only by large rocky outcroppings that have yet to be consumed by the sand. Without any ice asteroids in close proximity, the planet was not considered a good candidate for terraforming and remained sparsely populated until a full-scale mineral survey in 650 AS pinpointed deposits of Boron in the form of borax salts deep within the Corridera Plateau. A mining operation was established on the planet in 660 AS by Deep Space Engineering to exploit these deposits, and it is now the only raw material extraction facility within Liberty space.

Baltimore Shipyard is the primary shipyard used by Deep Space Engineering. It was constructed to service overall DSE operations, but when not at full capacity it also builds prison ships and cruise liners for sale on spec.

- //Members must know and follow server rules at all times with absolutely no exceptions whatsoever. These rules apply both in and out of the game. If a member breaks server rules, whether or not they are officially sanctioned for it, additional internal consequences are to be expected.

- //Members who wish to file a server rule violation report must consult with the faction leadership first.

- All employees must comply with all corporate regulations at all times unless explicitly overruled by the Council. All such overrulings are case-specific.

- All employees must obey the laws and regulations of Liberty House as well as all laws and regulations of friendly factions when visiting their sovereign space.

- All employees must comply with orders given to them by the authorities of friendly factions when visiting their sovereign space.

- Security employees may not enforce any laws or regulations.

- Ships may only dock at bases owned by factions of Neutral or better diplomatic status.

- Only Freight Department ships may dock at bases owned by factions of Neutral diplomatic status for the purpose of freight trade.

- No employees may enter space directly controlled by Hostile factions.

- Employees may enter the guard systems of factions of Neutral or better diplomatic status, but only with explicit permission from a representative of that faction.

- Security employees must take all measures to ensure the safety and security of all corporate assets and personel.

- No employee may enter systems controlled by Nomads or the Wild. If space or cargo scanners pick up any alien lifeforms, employees must take immediate evasive action and move as far away as possible.

- All ships must refrain from firing on other ships, with the following exceptions:
-- Any ship may open fire in self-defense against criminals.
-- Any ship may open fire on any target posing a significant and unmitigatable threat to corporate interests.
-- Any ship may open fire if accompanied by a Security ship against Pirates who are demanding more than the net worth of all allied ships and cargo within sensor range of the pirates.
-- Any ship may open fire to assist Security ships.
-- Security ships may open fire in self-defense or in defense of DSE or allied ships against criminals.
-- Security ships may open fire on any non-Friendly, non-Allied target if given explicit clearance to do so by local authorities.

- In matters of security, all non-Security ships must obey commands given to them by Security employees. Rank and seniority within the Securty Department may overrule.

Allied

Deep Space Engineering has a symbiotic relationship with Ageira Technologies. As any other Liberty corporation, DSE also relies on the Liberty Navy, Liberty Police, and Liberty Security Force to ensure the general integrity of its corporate interests which are nearly always synonymous with those of Liberty House itself.

Friendly

DSE is naturally friendly with her fellow Libertonian corporations. DSE also more or less follows Liberty foreign policy, thereby DSE is friendly with the Bretonian lawfuls: the BPA, BAF, and Bretonian corporations.

Neutral

Due to the war between Kusari and Bretonia, DSE is not friendly with Kusari lawfuls. Neutrality is necessary for the sake of business and continued success with gate/lane construction. Due to the rising hostility between Liberty and Rheinland, DSE is on reasonably neutral terms with certain Rheinland criminal factions.

Unfriendly

True neutrality with Rheinland House, while prefered, is not entirely possible in the current state of Liberty foreign relations. DSE is tolerated in Rheinland space, and DSE tolerates being in Rheinland space, but cautious toleration is as far as the relationship extends. DSE is also unfriendly with with most Sirius criminal factions with no directly conflicting interests.

Hostile

DSE is on highly hostile terms with most Liberty criminals and their allies, primarily the Outcast alliance, but also any faction in direct opposition to DSE interests wherever they may be.

Zone Of Influence

[color=#FFFFFF]Primary

- All Liberty systems.
-- Alberta
-- California
-- Colorado
-- Connecticut
-- Minnesota
-- New Hampshire
-- New York
-- Ontario
-- Pennsylvania
-- Quebec
-- Texas
-- Yukon
- All Independent systems adjacent to Liberty.
-- Cortez
-- Galileo
-- Hudson
-- Kepler
-- Magellan
- All systems with DSE bases.
-- Coronado
- All systems with DSE construction sites.
-- Hokkaido
-- Okinawa
-- Tau-23

Secondary

- All friendly systems with Jump Gates or Trade Lanes.

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