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[font=Trebuchet Ms]Overview
Founding
Ãle-de-France Shipping S.A. (IDF Shipping) was founded in 501 AGS (585 A.S.) by Francois Pomeroy, who thought Gallia needed a shipping company that was absolutely loyal to the Crown, instead of just another money hungry company like many others at that time. It started as a one man business, Francois, and his Aurochs freighter, the 'Ãle-de-France'. He had some small private contracts within the Core Worlds, enough to feed his family.
The company really started after Francois received an urgent charter into the active war zone of the First Gallic War. Most of the companies active at that time did not want to risk operating in such an environment. Being one of the few people available to operate there, Francois took his chance and accepted the assignment. The Crown was very pleased with his performance, so he got a permanent contract, in exchange for a significant stock share. This allowed him to expand his business giving him a huge head start with support from the Crown.
Only several months after his first assignment, he raised enough funds for the first large transport, the ME-UH 'Vache' Gallic Train named 'Parisienne'. After the war, IDF started purchasing assets of competing companies and was able to organize several aggressive takeovers. Starting with the smaller companies, slowly gaining market share, but quickly expanding the fleet.
Second Gallic War
The government prefers not to interfere in IDF operations unless it's absolutely necessary, but the situation has been changing since the start of the Second Gallic War when government representatives on the board of IDF started to lobby for increased participation of IDF with supplying the Navy. The Board quickly decided that if the Crown needed their help, IDF would be more then willing to provide it. That lead to a big increase in Border World activity, providing supplies for the rear outposts of the Sirius invasion fleet.
After the King opened the borders for trade, IDF immediately organized small scale scouting missions for potential new markets. Richard Pinault was made Director of External Commerce, managing everything that had to do with Sirius. He established trade relations with Kusari, the first House they visited.
Present
IDF Shipping is currently the leading shipping company in the Gallic space, occupying over 55 percent of the civilian space transportation market. The Crown has a significant stake in IDF operations with a stock share of over 40 percent.
IDF Shipping is known to be one of the closest partners of EFL Oil and Machinery. IDF extensively participated in building the system of Gallic jump gates and trade lanes and continues to do so to ensure a good infrastructure. Constructing the rapid space transportation systems was undertaken by EFL using technology 'borrowed' from Sirius nations by the Junkers. IDF participated in the construction works and provided transport for huge lane and gate parts that EFL developed and built in its shipyards. IDF doesn't own any bases in the Border Worlds, which is why they have a number of offices on almost all EFL stations.
The land headquarters of IDF are located at New Paris, and Sarcelles Shipping Facility is considered the space headquarters of the company. Because communication with the Core Worlds isn't always possible, and because it is impossible to travel between the core and border, IDF purchased a big office on Planet Nevers, functioning as a Border Worlds Headquarters.
Ile-de-France Shipping's loyalty will never be questioned. Because of this, IDF is working on systematic development and increasing the company's market value to ensure the financial security of its shareholders and employees, instead of blindly hunting for the best profit. "Loyalty over Profit" as Joseph Pomeroy said in his speech when he took over IDF Shipping from his father.
Important Persons
Francois Pomeroy and Marcus Pomeroy
Francois Pomeroy, son of Guy Pomeroy and Margot Monet, was born on Planet New Paris in 570AS. Shipping was in his blood, his father was a freelance trader delivering goods wherever people needed them. Francois finished high school with a one year delay caused by an illness, which knocked him out the better part of 6 months. After High School, he finished his Economics study without much problems. Francois' father retired early, leaving his ship to Francois. He followed his father's footsteps, taking over the ship and flying all across Gallia hauling various goods. His extensive knowledge of economics gave him an edge over a lot of competition, which allowed him to take care of his family.
After IDF was founded, Francois' job mainly consisted leading his company. He was actively involved in the many take-overs IDF did. This is where he met his wife, Bernadette Harnon, Director of Harnon Shipping. They spent many hours negotiating the terms of the take-over, which eventually led to their relationship.
Their son, Marcus Pomeroy, had a very similar life as his father. He decided he want to take over his fathers' business at a young age, so he chose his education accordingly. Francois taught him how to run the company, involving his son into many of his activities. When Francois died at the age of 63, Marcus was ready to take up the reigns. Francois' only last wish was that his family name would carry the Presidency of the Ile-de-France shipping coming henceforth - A wish Marcus gladly accepted.
Joseph Pomeroy
Fast-forwarding to the Second Gallic War, the seditionists raged against the Crown as they tore Planet Marne from the Crown's control in a bloody uphill battle eventually pushing all royalists off the planet in 801 (A.S). Joseph Pomeroy, just a young boy at the time happened to be in one of the cities when the workers first started riots in the streets in 794 A.S. He was quickly sent into hiding, unable to reach a space faring vessel to escape the planet. His chance came, however, in 798 A.S when the Council broke through the blockade of the planet and caught the Gallic Naval Forces completely off guard. Pomeroy's ship escaped back to Ãle-de-France on a small transport vessel, witnessing first-hand the battle that would change the face of Gallia forever.
Not only did it change the face of Gallia, it also changed Joseph. Witnessing the bloody battles caused by the Council, made him even more motivated to support the Crown in any way possible. This meant IDF was more loyal to the crown then ever. Currently, Joseph is President of IDF, but trapped in the Core Worlds.
Usable ships
Fighters used for escort purposes:
"Moonbeam" Gallic Civilian Light Fighter
"Caracal" Gallic Light Fighter - In agreement with the Gallic Royal Navy, see Communications Archive
"Sunbeam" Gallic Civilian Heavy Fighter
"Serval" Gallic Heavy Fighter - In agreement with the Gallic Royal Navy, see Communications Archive
*Diplomacy does not reflect ingame repsheet. Flying through Gallia with hostile bombers in a transport.... Impossble.
Goals
Primary Goal: To support the crown by shipping required goods to the Navy's important assets in the Border Worlds.
Secondary Goal: Explore the Sirian Market to find goods usable for the Gallic Kingdom.
Considering the routes from/to Gallia don't give spectacular profits, this won't be a common powertrading faction, certainly not in 4.85. Interaction > Profit, and we're doing the best we can to keep it that way.
Please post any feedback, questions, kudo's, tips, tricks and /givecash screenshots in this thread. We'll take it serious, and see what we can do to improve.
[color=#FFFF33]<strike>Admins can rob Banque|IDF for their administrative fee regarding this request</strike> [color=#FFFFFF]They took our money! Who's responsible! Who turned the camera's off!
Changelog
04-02-2011: Added the message dump link (http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=91039)
14-02-2011: Added link to the request for Sirian Freelancers (http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=91891)
16-02-2011: Updated Roster
24-02-2011: Updated Roster
13-03-2011: Updated Roster + added thread to the comm archive
12-04-2011: Updated Roster + added thread to the comm archive
19-05-2011: Updated Roster + added thread to the comm archive + added new logo
[color=#99FFFF]If you have a spare Vache, feel free to PM me so you can start using the thing.
Thanks for the support! Trade routes.. meh, its not bad but certainly not very good either. According to FLC, you make between 5000 and 6000 credits per second, while most really good routes give 8000+. Hauling ore is quite profitable, but you need someone to mine for you ofcourse.
' Wrote:Thanks for the support! Trade routes.. meh, its not bad but certainly not very good either. According to FLC, you make between 5000 and 6000 credits per second, while most really good routes give 8000+. Hauling ore is quite profitable, but you need someone to mine for you ofcourse.
I'm not in an Official faction of Gallia so i'm not sure i can give my opinion but...let's see !
I really hope your faction is gonna become official and will grow up. I really think one of our main difficulty in bringing more life in Gallia comes from the lake of good trading activity.
This will give Brigands an opportunity to have action and interactions too, and the GRN and GRP will have to deal with protection, controls etc...
Anyway, i love the creation request, it's just excellent.
Could i know how you plan to interact with the council ? really hostile or a little more ambiguous sometimes ?
' Wrote:I really hope your faction is gonna become official and will grow up. I really think one of our main difficulty in bringing more life in Gallia comes from the lake of good trading activity.
This will give Brigands an opportunity to have action and interactions too, and the GRN and GRP will have to deal with protection, controls etc...
Anyway, i love the creation request, it's just excellent.
Could i know how you plan to interact with the council ? really hostile or a little more ambiguous sometimes ?
IDF is a company very loyal to the crown. They don't attack the Council because they are not part of the military conflict, but they will never help the Council in their battle against the crown. So not openly hostile, but it won't get much better then unfriendly.
Thanks for the support and the compliments :laugh:
[font=Trebuchet Ms]It's been a month, so time for a bump. You can see all changes we made in the changelog.
Some members left, we got some new ones, but we could really use some more people willing to fly ZHE VACHE. PM me if interested.
Furthermore, this still applies ofcourse:
Quote:Please post any feedback, questions, kudo's, tips, tricks and /givecash screenshots in this thread. We'll take it serious, and see what we can do to improve.
Quite a lot has happened the past few weeks. We increased cooperation with the IMG, providing some new routes that actually give proper profit. And of course, the newly opened war zone in Languedoc. All this requires some creativity, but most of all, it makes trading fun!
Then... I'll just end with the quote again. Perhaps we can break the least-amount-of-posts-in-creation-request record :cool:
Quote:Please post any feedback, questions, kudo's, tips, tricks and /givecash screenshots in this thread. We'll take it serious, and see what we can do to improve.
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Well then, I updated the first post for the last time. Tomorrow is (or should be) the day of the vote. I guess no feedback is good feedback. Thanks to everyone we interacted with in the past three months, and I hope to see you all on the other side of the official fence :cool:
Well I can only say I had a very nice interactions with you in Kusari on my BDS, Nice businesses and even RP with one of your members. I am sure you will get official. :)
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