Liberty Trade Shipping (player group)

This is an unofficial player group. For the affiliated NPC faction, see Interspace Commerce.

Liberty Trade Shipping
Origin	Republic of Liberty
Alignment	Lawful/Corporation
Recruitment	Join us TODAY!
Profile
Date of founding	819 A.S.
Founder(s)	David Leroy & Rick Tenda
Current leader(s)	David Leroy
Base of operations	Muroto Trade Center
Identification
Primary ID	Interspace Commerce ID
IFF	Interspace
Tag(s)	LTS-
Primary role
Providing trade and shipping services from Liberty to Bretonia and Kusari.
Secondary role
Determination of local authorities from all major houses of Sirius, to allow lawful trade and shipping activities between corporations, even in times of war.

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Overview

Description

Being affiliated to Interspace, one of the greatest Liberty corporations, Liberty Trade Shipping was founded in 819 A.S. by former employees of Interspace Commerce. In contrast with Interspace Commerce, Liberty Trade Shipping does not provide banking services, being more interested to become the main provider of shipping services from Liberty to Bretonia and Kusari. For this reason, the headquarter of Liberty Trade Shipping was settled in Kusari space and also, in near future, this corporation have intention to build a new trade center in Bretonia. With origins in Republic of Liberty, Liberty Trade Shipping trying constantly to avoid involvement in military conflicts between Bretonia and Kusari and to keep neutrality toward local authorities from these two houses. The president of Liberty Trade Shipping, David Leroy, is determined to convince local authorities from the main houses of Sirius, to give more freedom to all lawful traders, even in times of war. He knows there was a similar attempt but wich failed, initiated in the past, by a group of junkers which were acting under the name of Deep Trading Consortium. However, he really believes will succeed if will sign some lawful contracts with all major trade corporations.

Goals

Main

• To become the main provider of trade and shipping services from Liberty to Bretonia and Kusari.
• To convince local authorities from all major houses of Sirius, to allow trade and shipping activities between lawful corporations, even in times of war.

Secondary

• To sign profitable contracts with the biggest trade corporations from Liberty, Bretonia and Kusari.
• To build others trade centers in Liberty and Bretonia.
• To extend the area of activity in Bretonia and Border Worlds.
• To keep neutrality with all local authorities from Bretonia and Kusari.

History

Officially, Liberty Trade Shipping was founded at the middle of 819 A.S. by David Leroy and Rick Tenda (both of them former employees of Interspace Commerce). Previously, Rick Tenda has founded another company with the name Liberty Trade and Supply, along with the both sons of David Leroy. But later, with the involvement of David, resigned from Interspace Commerce, this company was dissolved, and a new one has born: Liberty Trade Shipping. Being newly created, this corporation does not have a too consistent history. Actually, the true history of this corporation is written nowadays.

Founders

Liberty Trade Shipping was founded by two traders: David Leroy and Rick Tenda.

• David Leroy (42 years)
  

Born on Planet Denver, in a poor family of miners, he doesn't had necesary financial resources to follow a military academy, as he father always wanted. At 18 years old, he decided to move on planet California Minor. There he met on his current wife, Diana, with whom he had two boys: Mark and Joe. For 10 years, has worked as freelancer trader. At 28 years old, he moved back on Denver Planet and was employed by Interspace Commerce corporation. Much later, at the insistence of his sons, he resigns from Interspace Commerce and decide to create, together with Rick Tenda, Liberty Trade Shipping, becoming the president of this corporation.

• Rick Tenda (24 years)
  

Born in 795 A.S. on a luxury boat, Rick Tenda comes from a very rich family. Until 22 years old, he worked as trader for Interspace Commerce. After an incident in which his parents died, he became very rich. Then he decide to invest some of his money in many expensive ships. After several failed attempts to create a new corporation, when meets with David Leroy, Rick felt that it was time to do something really useful with all that money. Now he is the main shareholder of Liberty Trade Shipping and also the Vice President of this corporation. Anyway, seen by others as a scorcher, Rick remain the same guy who was familiar with a very luxurious lifestyle.

Corporate Structure

Official Members

Leaders

David Leroy - President

• LTS-Amethyst.Princess - Private Ship ("Shukensha" Renzu Luxury Liner)

Rick Tenda - Vice President

• LTS-Sapphire.Princess - Private Ship ("Shukensha" Renzu Luxury Liner)

Employees

• Mark Leroy
• Joe Leroy
• Brian Ford
• Aaron Brecknock
• Jack Reacher
• Chris Winter
• Alan Shepard
• Saira Disuja
• Craig Whiteman

Divisions

Transportation Division

• LTS-Endeavour[TD] - Cpt. Brian Ford (CT-73 "Stork" Civilian Advanced Train)
• LTS-Atlantis[TD] - Cpt. Joe Leroy (CT-73 "Stork" Civilian Advanced Train)
• LTS-Soyuz[TD] - Cpt. Jack Reacher (CT-73 "Stork" Civilian Advanced Train)
• LTS-Discovery[TD] - Cpt. Aaron Brecknock (CT-73 "Stork" Civilian Advanced Train)
• LTS-Sputnik[TD] - Cpt. Mark Leroy (CT-73 "Stork" Civilian Advanced Train)
• LTS-Columbus[TD] - Cpt. Chris Winter (CT-73 "Stork" Civilian Advanced Train)
• LTS-Viking[TD] - Cpt. Rick Tenda (CT-73 "Stork" Civilian Advanced Train)
• LTS-Orion[TD] - Cpt. David Leroy (CT-73 "Stork" Civilian Advanced Train)
• LTS-Mercury[TD] - Cpt. Alan Shepard (CT-73 "Stork" Civilian Advanced Train)

Luxury Division

• LTS-Atlas[LD] - Cpt. Mark Leroy (L-584 "Enterprise" Luxury Liner)
• LTS-Enterprise[LD] - Cpt. Brian Ford (L-584 "Enterprise" Luxury Liner)
• LTS-Arctic[LD] - Cpt. Saira Disuja (L-584 "Enterprise" Luxury Liner)

Security Division

• LTS-Freedom[SD] - Cpt. Joe Leroy (XB-2 "Havoc Mk II" Civilian Bomber)
• LTS-Challenger[SD] - Cpt. Brian Ford (CTE-19000 "Roc" Civilian Bomber)
• LTS-Pioneer[SD] - Cpt. Alan Shepard (CTE-6000 "Eagle" Civilian Very Heavy Fighter)
• LTS-Saeqeh[SD] - Cpt. Mark Leroy (CTE-6000 "Eagle" Civilian Very Heavy Fighter)

Ships and Equipment

Ships

All ships must to be registered before being used. Private ships are permitted only to the leaders of Liberty Trade Shipping corporation, in order to going at business meetings.

Transportation Division [TD]

CT-73 Stork
Civilian Advanced Train

CT-69 Crane
Civilian Large Train

CT-53 Heron
Civilian Train

CT-39X Albatross
Civilian Transport

CT-49X Gull
Civilian Transport

Luxury Division [LD]

L-584 Enterprise
Luxury Liner

Security Division [SD]

CTE-19000 Roc
Civilian Bomber

XB-2 Havoc MkII
Civilian Bomber

CTE-6000 Eagle
Civilian Very Heavy Fighter

IR-7 "Raven's Talon"
Civilian Very Heavy Fighter

Private Ships

Shukensha
Renzu Luxury Liner

Equipment

Usually, our vessels from Transportation Division and Luxury Division, use the following standard equipment:

• ID: Interspace Commerce ID
• Cargo Pods: Red Cargo Pod, Blue Cargo Pod or Yellow Cargo Pod (only for those ships which have Cargo Pods)
• Transport Turrets: Transport Turret Type 4 or Transport Turret Type 2
• Shields: Adv. Transport Graviton Shield, Adv. Transport Molecular Shield or Adv. Transport Positron Shield
• Armor: Heavy Armor Upgrade Mk IV or Armor Upgrade Mk VIII
• Thruster: Capital Ship Thruster or Enhanced Thruster
• Scanner: Discovery Scanner or Advanced Cargo Scanner
• Countermeasures: Enh. Countermeasure or Hvy. Countermeasure (only for those ships which have CM)

Equipment used by vessels from Security Division and by Private Ships is not a standard one.

Trade and Shipping

Centers of Operations

Headquarter

Muroto Trade Center

Muroto Trade Center is located in Honshu system (Kusari Empire), at 10k distance from Planet Honshu.

Originally constructed at the middle of 819 A.S. by a group of freelancers, named Coalition of Independent Traders, Muroto Trade Center was purchased by Liberty Trade and Supply. The value of this transaction was never made ​​public. Later, this company has been dissolved and Rick Tenda (former employee) together with David Leroy (ex-member of Interspace Commerce) have founded Liberty Trade Shipping. Also, David Leroy has become the president of this new corporation. Currently, Muroto Trade Center is the headquarter of Liberty Trade Shipping corporation. It's good to know that station, according to a previous agreement, was constructed with the consent of Kusari Naval Forces and they have reserved the right to dock there, anytime and in any conditions, in order to perform some periodic inspections. Also, Kusari Naval Forces ensure the security of this center against various hostile forces, as long the owners of this station do business only with obeying the Kusari laws.

Other Centers

One of the goals of Liberty Trade Shipping is to build new trade centers, especially in Liberty and Bretonia. Until then, this corporation is trying to get rights for docking on stations belonging to other factions or groups, which are located in areas where it intends to do trade and provide shipping services.

Friendly Stations

These are private stations for which Liberty Trade Shipping corporation has obtained the right to dock, for all her vessels:

• Falster Station
• Malaclypse Freeport
• King's Cross Station
• Xuanming Trade Centre

These are private stations for which Liberty Trade Shipping corporation is in negotiations to obtain the right to dock, for all her vessels:

• Otemachi Trade Annexe
• Shiojiri Storage Depot

Contracts Signed

These are official contracts signed so far by Liberty Trade Shipping corporation:

• Kishiro Technologies - for acquiring 40.000 units of munitions, required to complete the construction of the Muroto Trade Center.

Diplomacy

The following diplomatic relations are determined by the interactions that occurring over time between Liberty Trade Shipping and other groups or factions.
Note: These could be modified, depending on how is changing attitudes of this groups and factions towards Liberty Trade Shipping vessels.

Liberty

Faction Relationship Liberty Corporations Allied Liberty Lawful Friendly Liberty Unlawful At War

Bretonia

Faction Relationship Bretonia Corporations Friendly Bretonia Lawful Neutral Bretonia Unlawful Hostile

Kusari

Faction Relationship Kusari Corporations Friendly Kusari Lawful Neutral Kusari Quasi-legal Neutral Kusari Unlawful Hostile

Gallia

Faction Relationship Gallia Corporations Unfriendly Gallia Unlawful Unfriendly Gallia Lawful Hostile Gallia Quasi-legal Hostile

Rheinland

Faction Relationship Rheinland Corporations Unfriendly Rheinland Unlawful Hostile Rheinland Lawful At War

Others

Faction Relationship Independent Lawful Neutral Colonial Republic Neutral Freelancers Neutral Zoners Neutral Junkers Unfriendly The Order Unfriendly Hispania Unlawful Hostile Sirius Coalition Hostile Hellfire Legion Hostile The Phantom Empire Hostile Alien At War

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