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Jess and John Doe decided one evening, many months into their rein of Deep Space Engineering to put into place a programme for new Pilots, working closely with Lincoln Research Institute with hopes of reducing Lawls syndrome in space, as well as providing a steady income for pilots in their first flights in space. This project has not yet been put into play, as they are waiting for the second mobile refinery to be produced for this project. | Jess and John Doe decided one evening, many months into their rein of Deep Space Engineering to put into place a programme for new Pilots, working closely with Lincoln Research Institute with hopes of reducing Lawls syndrome in space, as well as providing a steady income for pilots in their first flights in space. This project has not yet been put into play, as they are waiting for the second mobile refinery to be produced for this project. | ||
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| − | ''' | + | '''Project Dallas:''' |
| − | + | At the turn of the century, in 500AS, the Texas incident. Valhalla Research scientists aboard the Dallas had begun the second phase of testing a new “Hyper-gate. “ A new, long-range jump gate. Although the project's goal was unclear, that would have allowed travel beyond the confines of the Sirius Sector and could have potentially opened the entire galaxy for exploration. The gate’s path, however, was obstructed by an undetected Dark Matter cloud - and when it was activated, the gate backfired and sucked the dark matter through, causing an explosion with the force of 10 nuclear bombs, annihilating the Dallas and expelling massive amounts of Dark Matter and radioactivity into the system. A quarantine was immediately erected across half the system - not for security, this time, but for the safety of anyone foolish enough to stray into the dangerous morass. The explosion left two massive dark matter clouds (Pequena Negra and Grande Negra, Spanish/Portuguese for Little Black and Large Black, respectively), where scanner function is reduced to zero and where radiation levels are so high they will destroy even the best ships within seconds. Deep Space Engineering has taken it upon themselves with support from The Junker Congress to clean up Texas, with the ultimate goal of making the system habitable again. | |
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| − | + | DSE) will purchase a second barge, and have it situated in Pennsylvania, where we will primarily hire new pilots, teaching them how to get a basalt miner free of price (/restart command). From here, we will pay these pilots per unit to mine a decided amount towards the barge. DSE transports and the occasional independent transport will have the opportunity to buy the helium from the barge, and deliver it to where they see fit. If the independent transport is unsure of the selling location, DSE) staff may offer assistance, and an opportunity to join the convoy. | |
| − | + | While doing this, we will strive to teach the new pilots about the laws in space, good public relations and communicational skills, as well as giving them a good footing and credits to get started in space. When they are ready to leave, we will direct them to other mining areas in Sirius, or trading routes to further assist their career. | |
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Revision as of 09:16, 14 June 2011
- This is a player faction. For the affiliated NPC faction, see Deep Space Engineering
| Deep Space Engineering | |
| Origin |  Liberty
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| Affiliation | Deep Space Engineering |
| Alignment | Lawful/Corporation |
| Profile | |
| Date of founding | 51 A.S. |
| Founder(s) | Several Companies |
| Current leader(s) | Jess & John Doe |
| Base of operations | Planet Pittsburgh, New York |
| Primary role | |
| Jump gate and trade lane construction | |
| Secondary role | |
| Ship and station construction | |
Description
Formed in the dawn of Libertonian life in Sirius, Deep Space Engineering has held a central position of infrastructural development in the sector. The ongoing project of building and maintaining the physical gate/lane network has always been the primary directive of DSE, but it has lead to the emergence of several secondary roles; exploration, mineral extraction and processing, and ship construction also adorn the corporate profile. DSE is fundamental to the influential position of Liberty in Sirius today.
History
THE FIRST STEPS - ANCIENT HISTORY
Founded in 51 A.S. with the merging of several major Manhattan construction firms, Deep Space Engineering sprouted into a massive conglomerate aiming to take advantage of the opportunities of space. The contract to build the first Baltimore Shipyards secured the corporation initial success and after completing the shipyards in 58 A.S., DSE began construction colonization ships with the newly developed Ageira drives.
Over the next decades, Deep Space Engineering held its position as the primary construction and mining corporation in Liberty. The technology exchanges between the houses spurred an increase in production, leading to rapidly growing consumption of mineral resources in New York.
In 128 the massive Dallas research station is completed in Texas; Ageira Technologies and the Liberty military begin work on several secret projects, including jump gate technology.
In 145, DSE begins preparing Planet Los Angeles for agriculture by bombarding it with ice asteroids for the purpose of lowering the salinity of the atmosphere. In the following years, further terraforming and cloud seeding is conducted by DSE making Los Angeles the primary food source of Liberty.
In 185, the jumpgate project is unveiled to the rest of Sirius. Four years later, DSE finishes construction of the first gates, between New York and Colorado. The mineral abundance of Colorado is thereby made significantly more available, cutting a three month trip to mere minutes.
In early third century, most of the Liberty systems are connected by gates and construction is begun in the other houses. As funding becomes an increasingly pressing matter, Deep Space Engineering and Ageira Technologies fund the inception of Interspace Commerce.
By the fourth century, New York is depleted of minerals leaving Liberty entirely dependent on Colorado and Texas. The first trade lanes are also built across Liberty by DSE.
By the sixth century, Liberty mineral resources are nearly exhausted. Low-yield chemical extraction is put to some use on depleted deposits in Colorado, however Liberty is now dependent on minerals from Rheinland. After the Kusari and Rheinland embargo of Liberty, the ownership of gates and lanes is turned over to their respective houses. DSE still manages all construction of new gates and lanes, however.
In 650, significant deposits of Boron were discovered on Pittsburgh. The DSE mining operation was established in 660 and the corporate headquarters were also moved there from Baltimore Shipyard in 698.
THE MODERN ERA - TWO COMPANIES COMBINE
While Deep Space Engineering continues to reap profit from gate/lane construction in the ninth century, the corporation has largely stagnated in terms of development. With the emergence of the new Liberty corporation Duchess Industries with by a young and astute leadership, the DSE board saw a potential opportunity. They watched the corporation closely.
Lars Johansen entered the freight profession in 814 A.S. with a Universal Shipping contract. With the contract came a Mammoth transport, which he christened The Duchess Blue after his recently-deceased cat, Duchess. The contract also afforded him a lifestyle that suited him well; he settled down and performed above and beyond his contract. He did, however, have significantly higher ambitions, so later that year he took out a loan for a Whale in an attempt to boost his profits. It proved to be a highly worthwhile investment and his contract with Universal was soon upgraded and renewed. At this point, freelance freight contracting became the limitation to his ambitions.
Therefore, Lars sold his contract with Universal in 816 and used the profits to start a comparatively small freight business, Duchess Shipping. Within a few short weeks some freelancers took an interest in the company and were soon hired. Three large transports and an escort now made up the company fleet and earnings were soaring. Competition from Universal and other shipping corporations now became a pressing issue. Fortunately, this obstacle coincided with profits reaching a level capable of accommodating Lars's plans.
In early 817 A.S., it was decided to integrate and expand into the mining and construction sectors of Liberty industry. At this point, Deep Space Engineering made their move: Duchess Industries was absorbed into DSE and in return Lars Johansen was given a place on the Controlling Board. This greatly facilitated DSE expansion into the freight industry and reduced dependence on Universal Shipping to supply construction sites. As expected, this set in motion a series of events that led to an invigorated DSE in a new era of expansion and modernization.
A convenient venue of this corporate energy presented itself with the arrival of Survey Vessel Armstrong in Coronado. The order was given to closely appraise the IMG presence there and observe their movements in order to determine potential targets for, among other things, mining. Though the most obvious opportunity had already been claimed by IMG on Planet Pecos, Coronado was full of plenty more for the taking.
A NEW ERA FOR LIBERTY - THE GREAT TREMONT OPERATION
In the latter part of 817, DSE surveyors discovered Platinum Ore within the rings of the planet Tremont in the Pennsylvania system. There appeared to be massive, nearly limitless quantities contained within the sweeping rings of the planet. DSE quickly brought out some of its rusty mining ships, and within days was constructing more, the beginnings of the Tremont Mining Fleet. More independent contractors soon realised just how profitable this ore could be, and joined DSE in its endeavours to mine the rings of their riches. Pirates were a constant threat, as criminal bases of all sorts could be found within this part of the Pennsylvania system - but DSE managed to cleave its way into massive commerical success with the operations. Soon, a barge - The Radiance - was commissioned to provide a semi-permanent base near Tremont. The hauls were incredible, and DSE was prospering almost unbelievably. Whatever money it made was directed straight back into the mining fleet - more mining ships, more transports, more escorts. Another barge, The Brilliance, was created within the span of a few months by Deep Space Engineering. It was also moved out to the Tremont rings.
HOPES DASHED, FEARS REALISED - THE GREAT CRASH
But then, disaster struck.
The surveyors had been wrong - somehow, they had been incredibly wrong. The platinum within the was not nearly as dense as the surveyors had initially predicted - it came in pockets, true enough. It was hypothesised that the surveyors had somehow only sampled the most dense pockets of platinum. But this did not matter - the facts were plain. DSE was almost completely invested in mining. There was almost nothing left to mine, just platinum dust. The company crashed overnight, leaving the Brilliance and Radiance in the orbit of Tremont, the Brilliance recently crippled by a pirate raid. Another barge, the Incandescence, was left three-quarters completed in the shipyard. Mining ships were abandoned on sight, as were transports and freighters. It was nightmarish, and the company's losses were inconceivable. Trade operations, whatever had been going, died out almost overnight. A few miners stayed around Tremont for a few days after the Great Crash but it soon became apparent that mining operations out in the rings would be futile - whatever platinum dust was left was barely worth salvaging.
So it was that platinum ore became rare, a collector's item, something that was indeed truly rare. There was little left that hadn't been processed and alloyed and installed into machinery or ships. DSE's stores of platinum ore - many hundreds of tons - simply lay forgotted within the barges, within the transports moored to them. The ghost fleet of Tremont had riches within it, and riches abundant - but it was forgotten, run by a skeleton crew on the dark side of Tremont. There were no active operations near Tremont, and nobody ever went there any more - not even pirates. DSE had halted overnight, and had never restarted.
THE OUROBOROS - NEW YEAR, NEW LEADERSHIP, NEW HOPES
On Christmas Day, 817, the worst that could happen did indeed happen. The DSE president - who had been Lars Johansen - disappeared. He had fallen out of contact for days beforehand, and when the vice-president Aliester Brown had gone in person to find Lars, he had vanished entirely. It remains a mystery to this day - Lar's fleet of ships was intact, his Yacht moored at Baltimore, his Mastodon lay within the silvery dust of Tremont. No one could fathom why he had left, or if he had left, or where had had been gone - or been taken to. Aliester suspected foul play, but never voiced his suspicions to anyone. And so it was that Aliester Brown became the President of Deep Space Engineering, Incorporated, on Christmas Day, 817 A.S. He inherited a rusted, crashed, desolate company; a fleet of rusting ships, a barge and two half-barges; some small capitol; and a few still-dedicated pilots. Things were bleak, but he was determined to lead DSE to new heights within the first months of 818. As it seemed DSE was not going to get off the ground again for some time, Aliester Brown sold the company for a tidy profit to Jess and John Doe, a wealthy couple based primarily on Planet Pittsburgh.
Jess and John took it upon themselves to start cleaning up the radiation and scrap fields caused by the Texas incident. After spending their entire life savings on obtaining a 'movable refinery' and preparing a fleet able to withstand the radiation, the project, named 'Project Dallas' became the main focus for DSE). This project received a lot of support from the Junkers Congress, as they had not started cleaning up these fields as such, and it was needed to be done. With the Junkers support, and a fast growing fleet the clean up project had a successful start, and everyone's hopes for Texas are high, despite the fact it is expected to be many years before the clean up effort will have any effect on the radiation levels.
Jess and John Doe decided one evening, many months into their rein of Deep Space Engineering to put into place a programme for new Pilots, working closely with Lincoln Research Institute with hopes of reducing Lawls syndrome in space, as well as providing a steady income for pilots in their first flights in space. This project has not yet been put into play, as they are waiting for the second mobile refinery to be produced for this project.
Current Projects
Project Dallas: At the turn of the century, in 500AS, the Texas incident. Valhalla Research scientists aboard the Dallas had begun the second phase of testing a new “Hyper-gate. “ A new, long-range jump gate. Although the project's goal was unclear, that would have allowed travel beyond the confines of the Sirius Sector and could have potentially opened the entire galaxy for exploration. The gate’s path, however, was obstructed by an undetected Dark Matter cloud - and when it was activated, the gate backfired and sucked the dark matter through, causing an explosion with the force of 10 nuclear bombs, annihilating the Dallas and expelling massive amounts of Dark Matter and radioactivity into the system. A quarantine was immediately erected across half the system - not for security, this time, but for the safety of anyone foolish enough to stray into the dangerous morass. The explosion left two massive dark matter clouds (Pequena Negra and Grande Negra, Spanish/Portuguese for Little Black and Large Black, respectively), where scanner function is reduced to zero and where radiation levels are so high they will destroy even the best ships within seconds. Deep Space Engineering has taken it upon themselves with support from The Junker Congress to clean up Texas, with the ultimate goal of making the system habitable again.
Penny Project:
DSE) will purchase a second barge, and have it situated in Pennsylvania, where we will primarily hire new pilots, teaching them how to get a basalt miner free of price (/restart command). From here, we will pay these pilots per unit to mine a decided amount towards the barge. DSE transports and the occasional independent transport will have the opportunity to buy the helium from the barge, and deliver it to where they see fit. If the independent transport is unsure of the selling location, DSE) staff may offer assistance, and an opportunity to join the convoy.
While doing this, we will strive to teach the new pilots about the laws in space, good public relations and communicational skills, as well as giving them a good footing and credits to get started in space. When they are ready to leave, we will direct them to other mining areas in Sirius, or trading routes to further assist their career.
Owned Bases
Other bases populated
- Ames Research Station, Kepler -- Research and observation crew concerned primarily with the local dark matter clouds
- Bonn Station, New Berlin -- House Rheinland inspection, warehouse, distribution, and way-point station.
- Freistadt Base, Omega-7 -- Maintenance crew concerned primarily with the station and local trade lanes.
- Holman Outpost, Tau-31 -- Supply station for DSE construction site in Tau-23.
- Norfolk Shipyard, New York -- Engineering and construction crews.
- Planet Houston, Texas -- Employees of factories, plants, constructions sites, etc. System headquarters and workers' union offices.
- Planet Manhattan, New York -- Employees of factories, plants, construction sites, etc. Federal advisory and liaison offices. New York general supplies gateway.
- Roppongi Station, New Tokyo -- House Kusari inspection, warehouse, distribution, and way-point station.
- Sapporo Station, Hokkaido -- Supply and waypoint station primarily for in-system construction site.
- Waterloo Station, New London -- House Bretonia inspection, warehouse, distribution, and way-point station.
Current Construction sites
- Chugoku Gate Construction Site, Hokkaido
- Tau-31 Gate Construction Site, Tau-23
- Sigma-19 Gate Construction Site, Okinawa
Diplomacy
Complete faction diplomacy of both NPC and player factions can be be found here.
