General Development Company (GeDCo)
A sector-wide
firm active in Trojan Reach and the spinward
portion of Reft. GeDCo's charter obligates it not only to conduct
interstellar
trade, but also to increase tech levels. To this end, the company
runs
a route from Deneb (1925 Deneb
B537ADD-C)
through Reft to Tobia (3215 Trojan Reach A444A55-F).
The company dates back to the period immediately
following
the Civil War, when
Empress
Arbellatra resettled many
nobles - both supporters and
rivals - on new border fiefs. In 700, a
group
of these nobles pooled their resources to buy bankrupt fledgling lines,
merging them to form GeDCo.
Economic historians credit GeDCo with raising the
frontier's
tech levels to the "average stellar" range. This continuing goal
of
technological
dispersion is supported by a variety of planetary industries that
manufacture
goods for offworld export. Other subsidiary operations import
higher-tech
products and engage in speculative trade throughout GeDCo's territory.
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