Daumann Heavy Construction | {DHC} | Faction information

Tag: {DHC}
IFF: Daumann
ID: Daumann Heavy Construction
Primary Zone of Operations: Rheinland & Omegas, Omicron Delta
Export Markets: Bretonia, Gallia, Kusari and Liberty

Daumann Heavy Construction is the largest mining and manufacturing firm in Rheinland. It produces both military and civilian ships, personal weapons, equipment and other industrial products.

Geschichte
- - History

Since its foundation by Alexander Daumann in 54 A.S., Daumann Heavy Construction has been the leading manufacturing and industrial company in Rheinland for more than 7 centuries. Daumann's first space installation, The Oder Shipyard, was launched in 83 A.S. Construction of the Ring, the crown jewel of Rheinland’s industrial might began in 302 A.S. marking the 300th anniversary of the Rheinland’s arrival to Sirius and the installation was fully completed by 310 A.S.

The company began supporting the fledgling Rheinwehr and soon became the chief industrial contractor of the Rheinland Empire. Daumann also branched into the mining industry commencing its push to the newly discovered Dresden system. This saved Daumann from the economic crash following the failed 80-Year War which resulted in a low interest in military and other manufacturing.

However, on Von Rohe's Day, 672 A.S., Daumann mining stations in Dresden were seized and locked down by miners in a widespread general strike. The miners claimed that the imperial government had failed, and demanded it stands down and makes way for a new people's state. Supplied by Bundschuh revolutionaries, the miners managed to hold out on the station for five weeks before word about the revolt was finally spread to the planet populations. Two months after the start of the uprising, workers sympathetic to the miners' cause lockdown of Daumann facilities on Planet New Berlin. A few days later the first riots take place on Hamburg and Stuttgart. With the industrial heart of the economy grinding to a halt, the government had to give in and Rheinland became a republic. The new Republic forcibly turned Daumann into a joint-stock company, wary of its former influence and thus wrestling the power from the Daumann family which has controlled the company for more than 600 years.

In the following years, the company strategy was to push deeper into the resource rich Omegas. However, by 700 A.S. the Hessian movement was founded and subsequently began plaguing Daumann and the whole of Rheinland ever since. For the first time ever, Daumann’s progress was met with a highly organized resistance and not just solitary acts of piracy. Following Hessians were the Corsairs and other foreign unlawful groups. As a result, Daumann was forced to greatly enhance its security division.

Over the next several decades, DHC has once again regained its influence (which has somewhat diminished post-Popular Revolution) due to Rheinland's military ramp-up preceeding the Nomad War and the following war with Liberty,

However, in 826 A.S. the company went into turmoil. Since the end of the war with Liberty, Daumann was facing pressure from the Libertonian conglomerates, slowly bleeding its non-governmental contracts to the more competitive foreign companies. The weak performance of the Rheinland’s economy in 826 A.S. bordering on a recession, combined with DHC’s mining operations in the Omegas being left vulnerable to the Hessians and other unlawfuls as a result of Rheinwehr's focus on the war with Kusari and expansions into Sigmas, have resulted in an enormous loss for the fiscal year. The general assembly of panicked shareholders has decided to completely change the board of directors which in turn appointed a new Generaldirektor of the company. The choice has fallen on Dr. Albert Kelsen, a minority shareholder and a member of the Rheinland’s Bundestag, with the hope that his political capital will ensure a more prosperous future for Daumann. There are, however, whispers that his choice was influenced by the imperial-royalist voices within the company which mirror the rising Imperial sentiment within the Rheinland’s society.

In 827 A.S. these rumors were proven to be true when Daumann pledged its support to the fledgling Empire of Rheinland and its restored Emperor. Once again Daumann has found itself supporting a war effort, this time against the rebel Federalist forces. The civil strife in Rheinland has resulted in a loss of Raubling station in the Munich system. With the loss of the station and the system as a whole, the board has decided to focus further on its Omega operations and the possibility of a push deeper into the Omegas in search of a greater profit and establishment of a more permanent foothold.

Ziele
- - Goals

Profit through mining and manufacturing
Safeguard Daumann’s existing assets and increase its zone of influence
Increase DHC’s influence within Rheinland through political lobbying
Eradicate and support the eradication of Daumann’s enemies
Covertly support restoration of the Imperial state
Modernize Daumann through research and development

Unternehmensstruktur
- - Corporate Structure

Daumann Mining Division
Daumann Trading Division
Duamann Security Division
Daumann Manufacturing Division
Daumann R&D Division

Der Ring, Neu Berlin

Kontrollierte Stationen
- - Controled Stations

The Ring (New Berlin)
Oder Shipyard (New Berlin)
Planet Holstein (Frankfurt)
Rugen Station (Omega-3)
Briesen Mining Facility (Omega-7)
Ennibeck Spaceport (Omicron Delta)
Solarius Station (Omega-11)

Schiffe
- - Ships

Transports

"Colossus" Rheinland Train, Omega-2 system

204-ARKM-B10 "Ragnar" Rheinland Armored Transport
568-ARKG-B6 "Behemoth" Rheinland Transport
RT-41-PFT "Uruz" Rheinland Container Transport
"Colossus" Rheinland Train
Gallic civilian ships

Miners

288-ARKM-B20 "Kaiser" Rheinland Mining Ship
204-ARKM-B10 "Ragnar" Rheinland Armored Transport
MV-422-B "Surveyor" Civilian Light Miner
Gallic civilian ships

Fighters

Civilian shipline

{DHC}Liskamm | "Oder"-class Gunboat

Rheinland Military "ARKM" fighter line

Bombers

Civilian shipline

Rheinland "ARKM" Bomber line

Gunboats (Shared only)

Civilian gunboats

Limited usage (3):

Rheinland "Oder"-class Gunboat

Geschäftspositionen
- - Business positions

Generaldirektor (1iC) - @Prysin
Betriebsleiter (2iC) - @"Arathoxan"
Sicherheitschef (3iC) – Has access to fighters, bombers, and shared gunboats
Transport Kapitän/Security Pilot – Has access to all (shared) miners, transports, fighters and bombers

Namensschema
- - Naming convention

Transports/Gunboats/Mining Vessels/Miscellaneous ships: {DHC}German/Austrian/Swiss City/Town/Region/Mountain
Fighters/Bombers: ~DHC~Firstname.Lastname

Diplomatie
- - Diplomacy

Friendly:

Rheinland Military
Rheinland Police
Rheinland Grospeition Shipping
Kruger
Bounty Hunters Guild

Neutral:

House corporations
House lawfuls
Junkers
Zoners
Liberty Separatists
AI factions
The Core

Unfriendly:

ALG
Unioners
Bretonia Mining & Manufacturing
Hogosha
Independent Miners Guild
Corsairs
The Order
Union Corse

Hostile:

Red Hessians
Federalists
Nomads
Bundschuh
Pirates
Blood Dragons
Farmers Alliance
Brigands
Lane Hackers
Liberty Rogues
Maquis
Mollys
Gaians
Golden Chrysanthemums
Outcasts
Coalition
Xenos