Independent Miners Guild

This is an NPC faction. For the affiliated player faction, see Independent Miners Guild (player faction). For the rules for this particular faction, see Independent Miners Guild ID.

Independent Miners Guild
Origin	Bretonia Rheinland
Alignment	Independent
Profile
Date of founding	654 A.S.
Founder(s)	Various
Base of operations	Various
Primary role
Natural resource speculation and mining
Secondary role
Space exploration

The Independent Mining Guild (IMG) is a loose confederation of miners who work those fields that have thus far remained undeveloped by the larger mining companies. Conflict between IMG and BMM in Tau space was one of the primary causes of the war between Bretonia and Kusari.

Synopsis

The Independant Miners Guild is a largely socialist organization which focuses on providing labor and income for it's guild members. Not as profit-oriented as the larger house corporations, the IMG frequently establishes mining operations that other corporations do not deem economically viable. This ranges from small-scale mining, to establishing operations under hostile conditions. Although the IMG has it's roots in Bretonia and Rheinland, it has attracted disgruntled and abandoned workers from all four houses, and is not specifically affiliated with any single house.

History

654AS/2834A.D. - The first Independent Miners Guild (IMG) base is established in the Tau-23 system, known as Java Station. Bretonia Mining and Metals(BMM) surveyors somehow missed the system Tau-23 during the great mapping period in 450AS. A couple of Cambridge geology professors on research sabbatical stumbled across it in 654AS. Lacking the practical experience to develop the resources of the system, they persuaded some BMM mining engineers to start a new company, known as the Independent Miners Guild.

702AS/2882A.D. - Unemployed Rheinland workers begin joining the Independent Miners Guild, following the collapse of the Rheinland economy after their defeat in the 80 year war against the GMG.

752AS/2932A.D. - The Founders' Day Revolt by miners in the Dublin system occurs; the first major loss is the gunboat "Storm". In the aftermath the Mollies establish themselves as a permanent faction in Dublin. Some disgruntled miners opting against violence leave BMM for IMG.

756AS/2936A.D - The Independant Miners Guild recovers the hulk of Battleship Hood, which was wrecked by a Molly trap, repressurising it and establishing a gold mining operation in an asteroid field in the no mans land between the Mollies and Armed Forces. A racing course through the asteroid field is established not soon thereafter.

760AS/2940A.D. - The independant miners on Freistadt join up with the Independant Miners Guild. IMG survey operations discover immense pockets of resources in the Walker nebula clouds. The IMG immediately begins mining and exporting the various minerals found.

Known Bases

• Aland Shipyard, Omega-3
• Battleship Hood, Dublin
• Cardiff Mining Facility, Cambridge
• Falkland Base, Omega-7
• Jakarta Orbital Colony, Tau-44
• Madeira Construction Side, Omega-47
• Pecos, Camp Lister, Coronado
• Singapore Shipyard, Tau-44
• South Shields Refinery, Newcastle

Diplomacy

Faction	Relationship
CR	Allied
ALG Waste Disposal	Friendly
Gateway Shipping	Friendly
The Council	Friendly
Mollies	Neutral
Hessians	Neutral
Lane Hackers	Neutral
Xenos	Neutral
Daumann	Unfriendly
Kruger Minerals	Unfriendly
Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing	Hostile
Outcasts	At War
Corsairs	At War

IMG Ship Line

Manaslu Light Fighter Lhotse Very Heavy Fighter Nanda Devi Bomber Gasherbrum Gunboat Sagarmatha Battlecruiser Annapurna Freighter Nanga Parbat Transporter Shishapangma Train

Sources:
http://freelancer.wikia.com/wiki/History_of_The_Colonies
http://www.moddb.com/mods/crossfire/features/crossfire-unofficial-storyline