Greetings, my name is Shinta Hiraga, founder and CEO of the Hiraga Freighting Company, though CEO is a very big word, as Hiraga still is a new player on the Kusari transportation market.
Let me tell you a bit about myself, and how my company came to be. I live on planet Junyo, together with my wife and kids. My wife and I both worked in the fishing industries of the planet, much like our grandparents did before us, and their grandparents before them. Though the hours were long, the pay was more than enough to provide our family with all we needed. We could pay all our bills, we have a home and our children could go to school, what more can a man want.
Unfortunately, the good times could not continue. When the Liberty Company Synthetic Foods started to gain more and more influence on the food markets of Kusari, the price of food started to drop. As a result, me and my colleagues had to work even longer and harder in order to earn the same amount of money we used to, in order to maintain our families. It wasnt for long till I started realized that our situation wasnt going to improve just on its own, and I was getting desperate to find a solution. I had to do something to help out my family, or our lives could take a turn for the worst.
One day, me and my friends were talking, trying to find a solution to our problems, when we were approached by a man who introduced himself as a member of the Farmers Alliance, an organization that lobbies for the restrictions on the sale of foreign foods in Kusari and many other things.
Many of my friends were persuaded in joining this Farmers Alliance, tempted by the offer of a quick and easy solution, but not me. I was, and still am, a law abiding citizen, a man that loves his nation and its people. Not to mention that I had always thought my children to never break the law, so I couldnt just throw away my principles just because things were getting rough. So I used the money I had been saving to buy myself a Drone Freighter. I took some lessons with a local flying school, and soon after, I had my flight license, and the proper papers to start my new live as a freighter pilot.
At first, live as a freelance freighter pilot was hard, especially if you dont have much knowledge of space freighting. But even with the hardships I endured, and slowly but certainly, I started to make more and more money, till I got to a point where I was making more money than both me and my wife made when we were still working in the Fishing Industry.
Thats where I stand today, I am making all the money I need to provide my family with what they need. But I havent forgotten the fate of many others, who were less fortunate than me. So I decided to take my chances and start up the Hiraga Freighting Company. With my company founded, all I need now are people who are willing to fly for me, so that together we can improve not only our own lives, but also the lives of everyone around us.
Diplomacy
Allies
None
Friendly
We threat these people with respect and honour
KNF
KSP
Samura Heavy Industries
Kishiro Technologies
Neutral
We leave these people alone, and they will do the same for us, though it isnt forbidden to act friendly to them.
Rheinland companies and law enforcement
Liberty companies and law enforcement
Zoners
GMG
IMG
Unfriendly
Dont expect any hospitality from these people, try to stay clear of them if you can.
Bretonia companies and law enforcement
All criminal organizations
Ranks
Initiate:
These people just started working in our small company, and might not be familiar with the whole Kusari region of space. If you encounter them in space, make sure to help them as good as you can.
Employee:
These people have been working long enough with our company to know their way around. Though they might still need some help with certain things, we expect them to be able to operate fairly independent from others.
Supervisor:
Having been quite a long time with the company, these people know what is expected of them, they can operate without help, and should be more than capable of helping out lower ranking members of the company with any problems they might encounter. They are also obligated to make sure that Initiates and Employees follow the company rules.
Senior Supervisor:
The more experienced Supervisors are promoted to Senior Supervisors. They have the same obligations as normal Supervisors, but they also have the right to seat in the board of directors, thus they have a direct impact on how the company is run.
CEO:
The man in charge, he is the figurehead and spokesman of the company. Its his duty to ensure that everything runs smoothly and that problems are dealt with quickly.
ZOI
For now, we only operate within the following systems.
Hokkaido
Honshu
Kyushu
New Tokyo
Shikoku
Tau 29
Members can only leave this zone when given permission by the CEO and ONLY the CEO.
Our main base from where we operate is planet Junyo in Shikoku, thats where we own a small workshop where maintenance can be performed to you ships should you need it.
Ships
Like said before, Hiraga Freighting Company is still in its infancy, thus we are unable to provide and maintain big ships, for now atleast. As a result, only the following ship is used by our company:
Drone - J20P - 21F Kusari Freighter
A joint venture between Kishiro and Samura, this freighter is considered the best what Kusari shipbuilders have to offer.
Its available to all members of Hirage Freighting Company.
Anki - Renzu Corp Civilian Freighter
It is with great delight that I can say that after talks with Renzo Corp, we can now add the Anki freighter to our ever growing fleet of freighters.
Equipment
All members must have the following installed on their ships.:
No IFF
civilian ID
Any further equipment that is allowed is:
All countermeasures
All mines
All missiles
Kusari civilian guns
Standard civilian guns
Goals and duties
Our main goal is to provide us with a steady income so that we and our families can live comfortable lives without too many short comings.
Our second goal is to aid in the growth of the Kusari nation, so that the lives of all who live within it can improve for the better.
All members of the Hiraga Freighting Company are obligated to follow the rules and laws that are in effect within Kusari. If a member is found breaking the Kusari law, he will be expelled from our company.
Also, all members should be polite and friendly to anyone they encounter, no matter how much you hate them, as long as they dont show any hostilities towards you. Dont forget you are representing our company, and the last thing we want is to make enemies.
//ooRP matters
Ok, now for the ooRP matters,
naming should be done like this: [HFC]name[rank]. ranks are:
Initiate: [l] (this is an I, but otherwise italic will kick in)
Employee: [E]
Supervisor: [$](this has to be an S, but you know strike through)
Senior Supervisor: [SeS]
Example: [HFC]Shinta.Hiraga[CEO]
Before you start yelling, OMG a faction like that will never get anywhere, let me explain what my goal is, and why I decided to start this.
1) Freighters are highly underused, while they are great little ships to fly.
2) Kusari could use some more activity, I mean they have some of the most beautiful systems in the whole of freelancer, yet activity seems very low
3) I want to prove that you can still have fun and make money when sticking to one house and small ships
4) I want to try and build up a faction from scratch, in this case a trading faction, without having any sort of cannon RP to follow. And building up means you have to start small. Maybe we can one day start using bigger ships and such, but we will see where we get now.
Ooo, and feedback can be given here: Feedback page.
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