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[size=medium][size=medium][color=#FFFFFF]» About Ageira Technologies

Ageira is one of the oldest and most influential corporations in all of Sirius, and arguably the wealthiest in Liberty. Ageira is primarily concerned with the creation and development of new technology. Our biggest success is in the field of transportation technology. Ageira developed Docking Rings, Jump Gates, and Trade Lanes, which completely revolutionised travel throughout the Sirius Sector. Secondarily, we develop sub-light engines and manufacture smaller ships. Detroit Munitions, a partner company of Ageira, specialises in the manufacturing of weaponry.

Our closest business partners are Deep Space Engineering, Universal Shipping, and Interspace Commerce. We enjoy a close relationship with the government of Liberty, and friendly status with the Bretonian government. We have a neutral standing with the houses of Rheinland and Kusari. We are hostile to the Gallic government.

Ageira Technologies is one of the "Big Three" corporations of Liberty's business world, specialising in Faster-Than-Light transportation research and development. With the high demand of Ageira products, which are required to expand a faction’s borders, Ageira Technologies has become quite the powerhouse as the only producer of Jump Gate and Trade Lane parts. Along side Deep Space Engineering the company remains the only carrier of Jump Gate and Trade Lane parts to all of the houses of Sirius. On top of that, they are the inventors of the Valhalla Drive Technology, and also produce various other commodities such as Light Arms, Super Alloys, and Super Conductors.

Ageira’s current objectives include the distribution of Gate/Lane parts to existing development sites, and the exchange of other resources and commercial products from other groups which cannot be obtained in Liberty. Also, over the last ten years, Ageira has been looking to expand its corporate armoury in order to maintain its strength in the increasingly militarised Sirius Sector.

[color=#FF0000][size=medium][color=#FFFFFF]» Company History

Founded in 44 A.S. under the name of Valhalla Research, the company received major backing from interests in the government and military after unveiling a breakthrough in materials research. By studying the great sleeper ships used in travel to Sirius, Valhalla Research managed to discover a way to miniaturize the drive technology that was used in the ship. On top of that, they also improved on its design, increasing the power and efficiency of the drive. This new "Liberty Engine" allowed the travel between neighbouring star systems could be accomplished in a matter of months rather than years.

96 A.S.: With the arrival of the LCC Einstein in Rheinland, the first real-time communication was made with another Alliance colony. In that communication, business was conducted, and a technology swap was made: Valhalla's new "Valhalla Drive Technology" was exchanged for Rheinland's advanced information on construction technology. The technology would be studied, but nothing interesting would come of it until the arrival of the LCC Edison in Bretonia in 106 A.S. A deal was made with the government and Bretonia exchanges its advances in materials technology for the new engine designs.

In 120 A.S., Valhalla Research revealed their latest technological wonder. Using the technological advances which had been acquired through trading with the other sleeper ship colonies, Valhalla developed a "Space Elevator", utilising super-strong crystalline polymers and frictionless bearings. When connected in a sequence and placed in stationary orbit, Docking Rings revolutionised the way ships launched from a planet into space. This nearly completely negated the high costs of atmospheric launch and landing, revolutionised exploration and industry almost overnight, and opened up the entire New York system for commercial exploitation. Valhalla licensed the technology to the other houses, reaping huge returns in the process.

With the success of the last Valhalla project, they started planning for their next great project. At a secret meeting with the Order of Cincinnatus and the highest ranking board members of Valhalla Research, they devised ambitious plans for a “Project Jump Gate” that would be completed in fifty years. Using the research that was made on Valhalla 1, the Jump Gate idea was created. These Gates would allow near-instantaneous relocation between two distinct points in space, making it possible to travel between systems very rapidly, in contrast with the month-long travel time which had restricted humanity’s development. At the onset of the project, Valhalla Research announced their intention to build a major research facility in Texas. The base would be used in the research of "Project Jump Gate" and other secret projects in conjunction with the Liberty Military.

With the construction of the Dallas Research Station in 128 A.S., Valhalla Research began to expand their operations in the Texas system and with the military declaring a large portion of space surrounding the Dallas off-limits, many rumours existed as to the precise nature of the research being conducted. In 130 A.S. one of the most historic events in all of human history occurred as the Valhalla Prototype Jump Gate was tested. Houston residents in the northern hemisphere would have seen a bright flash, like a meteor streaking across the sky at exactly 15:34 HST ...and then nothing. This flash was a small drone leaping across many light years of space in the blink of an eye. Several weeks later, Valhalla received a telemetry signal from the drone, indicating it had survived the jump intact. It was the first successful test and marked the dawning of a new age.


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155 A.S.: Valhalla Research was renamed, and became Ageira Technologies.

180 A.S.: Just over 50 years after the first test of the Jump Gate, the first full-scale jump between Texas and Alaska was conducted, and five years later in 185 A.S., a announcement is broadcast throughout the entire Sirius sector. The President of Liberty unveils the Jump Gate project to the public, and immediately the other houses of Sirius began to conduct business deals with Ageira to purchase its revolutionary technology. A deal was signed with Sirius Shipping to transport the Gate Parts between Ageira’s R&D labs and the construction projects being built by Deep Space Engineering.

189 A.S.: The first official Jump Gates are built between New York and Colorado, opening up the mineral riches of the Colorado systems to the rest of Liberty. In the following years construction would begin on more gates and in 207 A.S., the systems of New York and California would be connected. With most of Liberty connected by Jump Gates, Ageira began construction a manufacturing facility in Colorado. This facility would be crucial in the mass production of Jump Gate components to meet the high demand. The facility was completed in 215 A.S and began to export Jump Gate parts to the other houses, in order to link their own system. As mass production of the gates moved into high gear, funding becomes an issue for many foreign corporations and governments who wish to build routes of their own. Because of the capitalisation of the entire industry by Ageira Technologies and Deep Space Engineering, Interspace Commerce was formed in 218 A.S. to offer loans and assist in the financing of jump gate construction.

In 280 A.S.: Ageira Technologies introduced their next advance in technology, something nearly as miraculous as the Jump Gates designed almost a century ago. Used a variation of the Jump Gate acceleration principles, “Trade Lanes” could be built along arbitrary routes through systems which would accelerate ships to superluminal velocities. These Trade Lanes would maximise commercial trading within systems, and in combination with the Jump Gate network, a sector wide economy came into being. Eventually, by 420 A.S., the demand for Gate parts began to shrink and the demand for Lane parts increased. Therefore, the Ageira Technologies facility in Colorado decreased its production of Jump Gate components and concentrated on producing Trade Lane components.

500 A.S.: The Ageira Technologies scientists aboard the Dallas Research Station began testing a new, long-range Jump Gate that would have allowed travel beyond the Sirius Sector. Disastrously, a concentration of dark matter along the jump route created a feedback wave that annihilated Dallas and killed everyone on board, and spread huge masses of dark matter throughout the system. A quarantine was immediately erected across half of the system. The prototype Gate sank into a monstrous singularity that is still there today. With the Texas system permanently scarred, Ageira Technologies withdrew most of their operations from the system. After the Texas Incident, Ageira Technologies stayed quiet until the opening of the Detroit Munitions Depot in New York, 614 A.S. It specialised in the manufacture of small and medium arms, supplying the Navy, Police, and independent buyers who became frequent customers.

700 A.S.: Ageira Technologies and Interspace Commerce made a deal to become business partners, in order to develop the "RTS" or "Real Time Scanner". It would scan cargo of vessels passing through the Jump Gates and Trade Lanes, and by attaching a Universal Ship Identification Number to every vessel and piece of cargo, governments could automatically scan for contraband while Interspace Commerce could more accurately assess insurance fees. The new scanners began production at the Ageira Technologies facility in Colorado.

Ageira Technologies continued to gain profit from Gate and Lane Parts as well as its other products from 700 through to 800 A.S., experiencing a brief surge in Small Arms purchases during the Nomad War. To this day, Ageira remains the only manufacturer of Gate and Lane components.
» Identification
Primary ID - Ageira Technologies
Secondary ID - Freelancer
(FL IDs represent security subcontractors.)

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Liberty Police Inc.
Liberty Navy
Liberty Security Force
Deep Space Engineering
Universal Shipping


Interspace Commerce
Cryer Pharmaceuticals
Synth Foods Inc.
Orbital Spa & Cruise
Bounty Hunters Guild


Bretonia Police Authority
Bretonia Armed Forces
Bretonia Mining & Manufacturing
Border World Exports
Gateway Shipping
Planetform Inc.
Independent Miners Guild
Gas Miners Guild


Independent Neuralnet Division
Kusari State Police
Kusari Naval Forces
Kishiro Technologies
Samura Industries
ALG Waste Disposal
Zoners
The Council
Colonial Republic


Junkers
Rheinland Federal Police
Rheinland Military
Republican Shipping
Daumann Heavy Construction
Kruger Minerals
The Order
The Maquis
Unione Corse
Hellfire Legion
The Coalition


Outcasts
Corsairs
Mollies
Gaians
Farmers Alliance
Hogosha
Blood Dragons
Golden Chrysanthemums
Landwirtrechtbewegung
Unioners
Red Hessians
Bundschuh
Gallic Royal Navy
Gallic Royal Police
Gallic Metal Service
Ile-de-France Shipping
EFL Oil & Machinery
Gallic Brigands
Reapers of Sirius


Lane Hackers
Liberty Rogues
Xenos
Solar Engineering
Gallic Junkers
Nomads
Das Wilde



» Individual enemies of Ageira Technologies can be found on the Ageira Termination Directives document.

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[font=Arial Narrow]President - [color=#FFFFFF]Thaddeus Gideon (Echo 7-7)
Vice President - [color=#FFFFFF](Champ)


[size=medium][color=#FFFFFF]» Company Hierarchy
I. President
II. Vice-President
III. Department Head
IV. Division Chief
V. Manager/Officer
VI. Personnel - (Pilots, Captains, Security, Guards)

~ A Department Head is also always a Division Chief from within the respective department.


[size=medium][color=#000000]» Administration
» [color=#33CCFF]Head Office
Company President
Vice President
Public Relations Manager
Human Resources Manager
Pilot Training/Evaluation Officers

[size=medium][color=#000000]» Operations Department
» [color=#33CCFF]Transport Division (TransDiv)
TransDiv Chief
Transport Captains
Freighter Pilots
Company Recruit


» [color=#33CCFF]Internal Affairs Division
Internal Affairs Chief
Internal Agents

[size=medium][color=#000000]» Security Department - Ageira Technologies Corporate Security Force (ASF)

» [color=#33CCFF]Corporate Security Division
Chief of CorpSec
Raptor Squadron


» [color=#33CCFF]Patrol Division
Patrol Chief
Patrol Ships
Interdiction Vessels


» [color=#33CCFF]Escort Division
Escort Chief
Escorts
Scouts

[size=medium][color=#000000]» Technology Department

» [color=#33CCFF]Research and Development Division
Chief of R&D (also Head of Technology)
Researchers
Laboratory Vessels


» [color=#33CCFF]Implementation and Maintenance Division
Chief of Maintenance
Maintenance Vehicles
Equipment & Storage Vessels
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UPDATE IN PROGRESS

[size=medium]» [color=#33CC00]Green
spheres indicate areas of free operation.

» [color=#FFFF00]Yellow spheres indicate systems with limited access and should only be visisted once permission has been obtained from a Director.

» [color=#FF0000]Red spheres indicate highly restricted systems. Access is never permitted except for very specific circumstances with prior approval.

» We have no data on unmarked systems. Travelling there is dangerous and unadvisible. No company support is available in these systems.


[color=#FF0000]Ageira Technologies Bases

» [color=#FFFFFF]Pueblo Station, Colorado System
Ageira's main manufacturing station in Liberty. Highest level security
G/L Parts production - restricted goods

» [color=#FFFFFF]Detroit Munitions, New York System
Specialises in the manufacturing of weapons and personal armaments.
Light Arms production; trading unrestricted, but monitored

» [color=#FFFFFF]Hamilton Station, Ontario System
Secondary production site. Unrestricted but monitored trading

» [color=#FFFFFF]Leduc Station, Alberta System
Bio-Neural production site. Unrestricted but monitored trading

» [color=#FFFFFF]Cape Canaveral, Virginia System
This site is restricted access to authorised members of Ageira Technologies and the Liberty Navy. Production capabilities Top Secret Level 11 information.

[color=#FFFFFF]» Ageira Technologies Offices are maintained on the following planets and stations:
Planet Manhattan (LPI - NY) - Secondary office
Planet Pittsburgh (DSE - NY) - DSE joint projects office
Planet Denver (LPI - Col) - Colorado office, G/L parts distribution & logistics
Planet Los Angeles (LPI - Cal) - Head office
Planet Houston (LPI - Tex) - Secondary office
Newark Station (IC - NY) - Gate/Lane Network insurance office
Roppongi Station (IC - NT) - G/L parts distribution & logistics
Waterloo Station (IC - NL) - G/L parts distribution & logistics
Bonn Station (IC - NB) - G/L parts distribution & logistics
Camrose Supply Depot (DSE - Alb) - Project oversight office
Planet Miura (GMG - Oki) - Repair hub
Planet Tomioka (Sam - Nag) - Project oversight office
Solarius Station (DHC - O11) - Project oversight office
Planet Kurile (Sam - S17) - Project oversight office
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[size=medium]Trade Regulations
[color=#FFFFFF]» Jump Gate and Trade Lane Parts, Authorized Traders -


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Factions -
» Ageira| Faction members
[color=#FFFFFF]» DSE) Faction members
[color=#FFFFFF]» [*USI*] Faction members
[color=#FFFFFF]» IC| Faction members
[color=#FFFFFF]» Bowex) Faction members

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Independent Ships -
[color=#FFFFFF]» Ageira Technologies ID
[color=#FFFFFF]» Deep Space Engineering ID
[color=#FFFFFF]» Universal Shipping ID
[color=#FFFFFF]» ISCS-Dawn.Under.Heaven

Please see this document for details regarding the trade of Gate/Lane Parts.
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[size=medium][size=medium][color=#FFFFFF]» Official Ageira Faction Roster

[color=#FFFFFF]» [color=#33CCFF]Transport Division
Ageira|Aconcagua
Ageira|Blackburn
Ageira|Black.Butte
Ageira|Bristol
Ageira|Cheviot
Ageira|Chornohora
Ageira|Churchill
Ageira|Columbia
Ageira|Douglas
Ageira|Fairweather
Ageira|Feathertop
Ageira|Feldburg
Ageira|Forbes
Ageira|Galzig
Ageira|Gimpel
Ageira|Hotham
Ageira|Huangshan
Ageira|Kazbek
Ageira|Keira
Ageira|Komovi
Ageira|Ligurian
Ageira|Makalu
Ageira|Matterhorn
Ageira|Mauna.Kea
Ageira|Medicine.Bow
Ageira|Montenegro
Ageira|Nakayama
Ageira|Nanos
Ageira|Naranco
Ageira|Olympus
Ageira|Parnassus
Ageira|Pirin
Ageira|Praded
Ageira|Pony.Canyon
Ageira|Razorback
Ageira|Rubihorn
Ageira|Snota
Ageira|Storm.King
Ageira|Terror
Ageira|Thaneller
Ageira|Thunderbolt
Ageira|Turquino
Ageira|Tyree
Ageira|Warusawa
Ageira|Wildhorn

» [color=#33CCFF]Ageira Security Force
Ageira|SF|White-5
Ageira|SF|White-6
Ageira|SF|White-600
Ageira|SF|Silver-2
Ageira|SF|Silver-3
Ageira|SF|Silver-6
Ageira|SF|Silver-8
Ageira|SF|Silver-9
Ageira|SF|Grey-1
Ageira|SF|Grey-2
Ageira|SF|Grey-3
Ageira|SF|Grey-4
Ageira|SF|Grey-5
Ageira|SF|Grey-6
Ageira|SF|Grey-19
Ageira|SF|Grey-20
Ageira|SF|Grey-23
Ageira|SF|Grey-99
Ageira|SF|Grey-600
Ageira|SF|Black-2
Ageira|SF|Black-3
Ageira|SF|Black-5
Ageira|SF|Black-6
Ageira|SF|Black-11
Ageira|SF|Black-19
Ageira|SF|Black-99
Ageira|SF|Black-600
Ageira|Raptor-1
Ageira|Raptor-2
Ageira|Raptor-3
Ageira|Andrus
Ageira|Overlord

» [color=#33CCFF]Technology Divison
Ageira|Repair-2
Ageira|Repair-7
Ageira|Rudolf.Harris
Ageira|Vitruvius
Ageira|Milos
Ageira|Erebus

» [color=#33CCFF]Executive Ships
Ageira|Everest
Ageira|Bank
Ageira|Arms

» [color=#33CCFF]Valhalla Solutions
<<Classified>>

Last updated 13th March, 2012.

A complete roster is available upon request from the faction leader.
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[size=medium][color=#FFFFFF]» Permitted Technology

[color=#FFFFFF]» [color=#33CCFF]Ships used:

Freighters
Camara
Grizzly
Civilian Freighter
Anki
Repair Ship
Clydesdale [L]
Transports
Mammoth
Bison
Mastodon
Gull
Albatross
Heron
Crane
Stork
Hercules
Titanic
Pelican
Firefly
Percheron [L]
Kujira [R]

Light Fighters
Starblazer
Griffin
Arrow
Liberator [R]
Heavy Fighters
Falcon
Kingfisher
Very Heavy Fighters
Eagle
Raven's Talon
Virage
Guardian [R]
Avenger [R]
Super Heavy Fighters
Spatial
Arrastra [L]
Bombers
Havoc Mk II


[L] - limited. These ships are uncommon in our fleet, but still are open to use. You should have a clear reason for why you are flying this vessel.
[R] - restricted. There is a strictly limited amount of these ships available to Ageira. You must check with a Director before buying one of them.


Super Heavy Fighters are only to be used by the Internal Affairs and Research & Development Divisions.


Legacy Purchased Ships
» Six (6) Liberator Light Fighters.
[color=#FFFFFF]» Five (5) Guardian Very Heavy Fighters.
[color=#FFFFFF]» One (1) Avenger Very Heavy Fighter.
[color=#FFFFFF]» Two (2) GMG Kujira Transports.
[color=#FFFFFF]» Two (2) IMG vessels Hydra Gunboats.

[color=#FFFFFF]Unique Ships
» One (1) Enterprise Luxury Liner.

[color=#FFFFFF]» [color=#33CCFF]Weapons used:

Civilian weaponry
Debilitator
Flashpoint
Chain Guns
Liberty weaponry
Vengeance
Magma Hammer
CODENAME weaponry
All Variants
IMG weaponry
Vampire
BHG weaponry
Buckshot