Borderworld Exports

[Capt. Henry Morgan]

Bowex ID/Bowex IFF

Introduction

Serving Bretonia since 66 AS, Border World Exports, commonly know as Bowex, is the single oldest shipping conglomerate in all of Sirius. Bowex has been the backbone of the Bretonian economy for centuries, and has been involved in nearly every major event in Bretonian history. In addition, throughout it's history, Bowex has become known as a pioneer in the exploration of the border worlds.

In 310 AS, Bowex received it's Royal Charter from Prince Harry XXI, and has since been the sole supplier of material to the Bretonian Government in general, and the Bretonian Armed Forces in particular. Border World Exports has since been nationalized, along with BMM, and now functions as a part of the Bretonian Government. The nationalization of these two companies have historically increased the prosperity of the Bretonian public in comparison to the other Houses by reducing the strain placed on the public in the form of defense taxes.

Since 791 AS, Bowex has faced new and fierce competition from Gateway Interstellar. Despite Bowex's best efforts, both in space and in the halls of Parliament, Gateway Interstellar has continued to grow and cut into Bowex's profits. Whether the Gateway leadership's personal association with the now illegal Populist Party will benefit Bowex or not remains to be seen.


General Information

Naming Conventions:
Shipping Division: Bowex)Shipname (British/Irish Historical Figures)
Exploration/Security Division: Bowex|Firstname.Lastname

Ranks:
Director of Operations: Only one at any given time, leads the faction as a whole.
Division Director: There will be one for the Trade division and one for the Exploration/Security division. Division director is responsible for overseeing operations in their division.
Division Manager: Only one at any given time, acts as a right hand man for the Division Director.
District Manager: Only four at any one given time. District Managers are responsible for controlling trade and directing pilots in their district. This can be any one of the following systems: New London, Cambridge, Newcastle, Leeds.
Supervisor: Represents members who have distinguished themselves in some way. At this stage, the member gains some authority.
Senior Employee: More experienced members of the faction.
Employee: Rank and file of the faction
Trainee: New hires to Bowex. Training period will be short.

Weapons:
Bretonian guns
Civilian guns and shield busters
Codenames (restricted to two per ship)


Ships:

Trainee:
Clydesdale FRT
Hawk LF
Starblazer LF
Cavalier LF
Crusader HF

Employee:
Armored Transport
Transport
Large Transport
Firefly
Percheron
Train
Griffin LF
Falcon HF
Eagle VHF

Senior Employee:
Large Train
Container Transport (Will be substituted for the Bretonian CTrans in 4.85)
Whale
Arrow INT
Civilian Bomber

Supervisor and above:
Hussar LF
Templar VHF

Director of Operations:
Royal Liner


OOC Description of Activities

We will primarily concern ourselves with trade, both within Bretonia, and with the other houses (Kusari excepted, of course). Exploration/Security division members will be mainly responsible for insuring the safety of Bowex transports and the exploration of the border worlds, but may engage in Lane security if not already on escort duty. In addition, Exploration/Security division members may hire out as escorts to allied and independent traders if not engaged in escort duties for Bowex.


Political Affiliations
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Allied
Bretonian Armed Forces
Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing
Bretonia Police Authority

[color=#009900]Friendly
Planetform, Inc.
Bounty Hunters Guild

Neutral
Liberty Lawfuls
Rheinland Lawfuls
Outcasts
Anyone not otherwise mentioned

[color=#ffcc00]Unfriendly
Gateway Interstellar
Federalist League
Junkers

[color=#ff0000]Hostile
Phantoms
Corsairs
All Kusari
Gaians
Xenos
Lane Hackers
Mollys
Liberty Rogues


Current Roster
RP Character Name, In-game Name (Disco Forum Name)

Director of Operations
Sir William Burke, Bowex)Henry.VIII (Capt. G. Thacker)

Division Director
Trade: Andrew Maloney, Bowex)Bramall (jammi)
Exploration/Security: N/A

Supervisor
John Riley, Bowex)Chamberlain (Capt. G. Thacker)
Kevin Riley, Bowex|Kevin.Riley (Capt. G. Thacker)

Senior Employee
Peter Benton, Bowex)Montgomery (Markam)
John Hunt, Bowex|John.Hunt (Fang)
Tim Waters, Bowex)Churchill (Centoz)
Lisa Graham, Bowex)Anne.Boleyn (MarvinCZ)
Johnathan Matthews, Bowex)Charles.II (Blackstarr)
Sterling Moore, Bowex)Newton (looqas)
?, Bowex)Michael.Collins (jpo)


Additional Information

Borderworld Exports Message Dump

Bowex Royal Charter

Bowex Recruitment Thread (Before Del shut it down)

Bowex offer to buy out Gateway

Bowex's under the table deal with the Outcasts (shh... it's a secret....)

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Natio Octavarium
Faction Information and Status • Recruitment
Faction Feedback • Internal Affairs

[Capt. Henry Morgan]

I just realized that I forgot to mention this in my post. The 500 mil is on Bowex)Henry.VIII

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Natio Octavarium
Faction Information and Status • Recruitment
Faction Feedback • Internal Affairs

[jammi]

This proposal has my backing 100%, and should be approved immediately!

*wonders if anyone realised he is in the clan :crazy:*

In all seriousness, we've been working really hard to get this moving, so some community input would be much appreciated.

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News article library, feedback and content requests.

[Reverend Del]

500 million paid.

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Saint Del is considered a holy healer of diseases of children, but also as a protector of cattle.

[GodsFavorite]

Wait, you guys aren't official yet? Seriously, they RP like an official faction and better then some official ones.

It's always fun to meet you guys ingame.

[AdamantineFist]

Nice, a Bowex faction. Hope you guys do well. I might join up with you guys after the new version comes out, as I've already got a Bowex trader of my own.

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[looqas]

Nice, a Bowex faction. Hope you guys do well. I might join up with you guys after the new version comes out, as I've already got a Bowex trader of my own.

I also joined because my indie Bowex was getting a bit lonely. I fly it occasionally...

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Flying under radar.

[Orin]

Looks excellent, and all the interaction I've had with you guys so far has been good!

<cringes as he recalls being blown up by Thacker's c-trans>

Good luck guys.

[Bjorn]

Go get it. Once more rp trade route open up, I might diss interspace for Bowex, who knows.

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ISS-Zapotec

[Unseelie]

Looks reasonably solid...I've some concerns about the tiny, tiny amount of space that Bretonia claims in the documents linked at the bottom...And I'd like to suggest you claim all of these: the Taus, & Dundee, Chester, Lewis, Orkney, Inverness, Poole, Omega 50 and Salisbury...there my be more...at least in the taus, it gives you another point of contention with kusari and the IMG, who don't see that space as Bretonian space...but why would the brets fighting to hold onto space that isn't theirs?

Also..allowed guns?

Other than that....well, I'll be signing up aNne soon.
What's the naming convention?

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