Planetform, Inc. (player group)

This is an unofficial player group.

Planetform Incorporated
Origin	Bretonia
Alignment	Lawful/Corporation
Recruitment	http://discoverygc.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=127306
Profile
Date of founding	500 A.S.
Founder(s)	unknown
Current leader(s)	Clarissa Caldwell
Base of operations	Canterbury Station
Identification
Primary ID	Planetform, Inc. ID
IFF	Planetform
Tag(s)	PFI)
Primary role
Terraforming Planets suitable for colonization.

History

Originally founded in 411 A.S by a group of Cambridge researchers with a plan to develop inhospitable and unusable planets. Chartered in 500 A.S and under the terms of a Bretonian charter, this cadre of Cambridge researchers and California consultants, were given a challenge: Transform a planet from a cold, desert locale with a limited carbon dioxide atmosphere into an agricultural planet-within 400 years. Planetform was born. The company grew very slowly, dependent on the largess of the Bretonian Government for most of it's money.

Planetform had few enemies until 67 years ago, when the radical eco-terrorist group the Gaians formed within the research environments of Edinburgh's Gaia Planet and Cambridge University. The Groups amateurish efforts soon matured into a serious threat to Planetform operations throughout Bretonian space.

Planetform began manufacturing Xenobiotic Filters in 815 A.S., which are essential in creating stations. Due to the recent war with Kusari, and the current war with Gallia, Planetform has taken severe economical hits with the loss of Planet Harris and Planet Ayr, as well as Perth Station leaving Planetform much weaker than it used to be and many believed it to be on the verge of collapse. Many employees in their bretonian projects left with their understandings that their wages may not be paid.

Early in 819 A.S., Stephan Littlebury took over control of the company and is now attempting to rebuild the corporate strength that Planetform once held. Three years later, Planetform was still struggling. Littlebury had invested vast fortunes of the company's resources into odd and fruitless ventures and schemes. In 822 A.S, as the company slowly sank into debt and creditors were taking it apart one ship at a time, Littlebury gave up and stepped down as CEO of the company, retiring to a quiet and unknown location to research ways of terraforming a sun. Taking up the reins of power of the now almost nonexistent company, Clarissa Caldwell quickly took control. Carrington, a highly motivated individual, quickly reviewed the company's resources and made plans to push Planetform back to the forefront of planetary terraforming and beyond.

Within the first couple days, Carrington had successfully negotiated a number of deals with influential corporations and prominent individuals. To ensure the growth of her company and to aid in the stabilization of the war weary Bretonian economy, she secured contracts for sole use of Bretonian ships through out the Planetform fleet. Carrington quickly ordered and updated the current transports to Bretonian manufacture, selling the old, dilapidated fleet to local scrap dealers. To ensure the safety of the ships and the cargo they carry, Carrington insisted that each new ship be equipped with Cap V armor, giving generous almost interest free loans to those captains that owned their own ships, to update their armor.

Having secured her fleet, Carrington turned to the local Universities. Shifting the company's focus from the outer regions back to Bretonia would require new ideas and fresh ways of thinking, and to do that she quickly hired and secured the services of many of the graduating students.

Due to the heavy spending to revitalize the company and its future, Carrington was forced to cut back, shelf or otherwise scrap current and prospective projects. To ensure funding for the current projects and the growth of the company, new deals were sought out. With the help of her newest employees and the few scientists and researches that stayed on, Carrington, through new deals, sought to improve the company's standing and the desire for their products to bring in more funding.

With new ideas, more money, new people and new technological advances Carrington plans to pull Planetfrom back from the brink and to a place to support the crown of Bretonia better.

Projects

Current Projects
A list of the current projects that Planetform, Inc has.

Project Artemis
Known to only a select few, it is an ambitios top secret project initiated by CEO Carrington.

Planet Harris
Started in 450 AS. Originally stated for completion in 820 AS. the terraforming timeline has been held up by attacks from Gaians in the later half of the 8th century and first decade of the 9th century. Further delayed by the Tau War between Bretonia and Kusari and then the Gallic invasion. With the Gallic invasion a lot of the funding from the Bretonian Government was reduced and income from other sources for Planetform had to be sources. Prior to the appointment of Clarissa Carrington as CEO in 822 AS Planetform estimated an earliest full colonisation date was still a decade off provided tech levels, funding and supply levels stayed consistent. Following the appointment of Clarissa Carrington and the raft of changes she has implemented Planetform hope with the improved technology they have access to from Liberty, the more frequent supply runs and their ability to import higher quality components due to their new levels of funds that they can bring Planet Harris to a ready point within the next few years.

Planet California Minor Slated to be ready in just 4 years time the new board of Planetform is at a crossroads. With the new CEO’s plan to bring Planetform back to a strong corporation of proud Bretonian heritage the company must now decide if they are going to let the development of California Minor run it’s current course and therefore push their new technological advances help in pushing the development of Planet Harris along; or are they wanting to try and bring the completion date of California Minor forward by deploying their new technologies here first in an attempt to complete this project earlier in an attempt to gain possible lucrative financial contracts.

Planet Ayr
Permanently on hold until they are able to get their hands back on Perth Station from the Gallic Royal Navy. With their push to support the Bretonian Crown the board have effectively closed the planning group that was looking into the possibilities of joining Gallia and terraforming planets for the Gallic Crown

Planet Atka/Cold Bay’s Xenobiotic Filters
With the situation between Liberty and their enemies not yet at a point of stability the project to terraform Atka is currently being held at Pre-Phase 1 levels pending re-evaluation by the Liberty Government. Planetform though are thankful to the Liberty Government for helping turn parts of orbiting Cold Bay Station to a manufacturing unit producing Xenobiotic Filters, made with bacteria that surround thermal vents deep below the seas and pack-ice upon Planet Atka. Through the manufacturing and continual development of these filters Planetform is hopeful that they would help solidify their position in the development of inhabitable stations and planets.

Fluorine Mining
Planetform’s newest base, Methyr-Tydfill, is a staging point for the distribution of Fluorine around Sirius. The uses of Fluorine are varied and Planetform either ships them Planetform bases to be used as a part of terraforming gases (to which most of the gases are shipped to Planet California Minor) or it is sold for it’s various other uses. The most widespread uses of inorganic Fluoride are steel manufacturing and aluminium refining. Where is Organic Fluorine compounds tend to have high chemical and thermal stability, making them useful as refrigerants. Elemental Fluorine can be used in the production of nuclear fuels, and is also used in terraforming gas mixtures.

Alien Organism Harvesting
A small area of Planetform’s operations consist of the harvesting of Alien Organisms directly for the corporation. The operations are small due to the dangerous locations in which the organisms are found. Due to this high threat the previous board of Planetform, for financial reasons, issued isolation orders restricting the mining by the corporation and instead bought the organisms from those more willing to harvest them. With the change of the CEO and a number of board members, combined with new information concerning the locations of these organisms Planetform have expanded their harvesting operations and the board hopes this helps reduce costs and helps them then redirect funding to their other projects

Diplomacy

Faction	Relationship
Bretonia Corporations	Allied
Bretonia Police Authority	Allied
Bretonia Armed Forces	Allied
Zoners	Allied
Liberty Corporations	Friendly
Liberty Police	Friendly
Liberty Navy	Friendly
Everyone Else	Neutral
Colonial Republic	Neutral
Kusari Corporations	Neutral
Gallic Royal Navy	At War
Gallic Royal Police	At War
Gaians	At War
Outcasts	At War
Aliens	At War
Criminals	At War

Ships

At this time, PFI) is using CTE Fighters and Bombers, Bretonian Military Fighters and Bombers and Bretonian Transports only.

Griffin
Light Fighter

Starblazer
Light Fighter

Arrow
Light Fighter

Roc
Bomber

Eagle
Very Heavy Fighter

Havoc Mk II
Bomber

Clydesdale
Freighter

Percheron
Transport

Shire
Transport

Shetland
Transport

Bretonia Cruise Liner
Special Transport

Recruitment

Recruits to Planetform are not required to already own a ship and will be given a FREE percheron light transport as their starting ship.

Planetform Capital 5 Foundation
The Cap 5 foundation is a faction requirement which new players are inducted into. It grants the new member a small loan in order to purchase a capital 5 armour upgrade for their vessel, (the minimal accepted level of protection for any transport vessel under the Planetform tag). the loan is 0% interest and 0 pressure and can be paid off whenever the member has time to do so, however the sooner the money is put back the more help the faction bank can be to new members wanting to join.

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Known Bases

Planets

Planet Harris
Tau 31

California Minor
California

Stations

Canterbury Station
New London

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Cold Bay Depot
Hudson

Methyr Tydfill Mining Station
Poole

Formerly Owned

Perth Station
Edinburgh

Planet Ayr
Edinburgh