This is an unofficial player group. For the affiliated NPC faction, see Independent Miners Guild.

RDA - Resource Development and distribution Administration.

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Basic Info

Origin: Borderworlds
Alignment: Independent Miners Guild
Base of operations: RDA-Incorruptible
Foreign Offices:
Known for: Transport, Mining, Escorting, dealing with criminals for profit
Founding date: 798
Founder: Roger Young
Leader: Jim Young
Zone of Influence: Borderworlds
Primary Role: security escorts, mining, and transportation
Secondary Role: Keeping sirius safe from all but RDA's enemies.

Branches

Mining:
- Drones
- Manned Ore Extractors

Transportation:
- Short Range freight transports
- Long Range freight transports

Defence:
- Bombers
- Fighters
- Warships

What is RDA?

The RDA is a company which mines, transports, sells and buys, and the occasional Rent-a-cop RDA security escort is not uncommon. Beeing sympathetic towards Kusari, RDA is often seen flying Akegata's and Ryuujin Train's.

Although its employees are previous IMG employees the RDA is based off a highly corporate structure, with a CEO as "top command" and Department heads underneath.

The entire RDA is based off the carrier RDA-Incorruptible and another carrier which is until now still undergoing construction. These carriers are the homes of many of the employees although most of the RDA's miners, transports or defence force pilots actually live in their own ships.

Beeing based off their ships gives the RDA a much higher mobility and it may relocate alot of its resources and manpower to another system quite quickly, which gives the RDA a higher possible zone of operations. These carriers are ofcourse guarded 24/7 by a Fighter, Bomber, and gunboat screen.

How it all began

It all began in a hangar in the early days of 798 A.S. when Roger Young, which was just 34 at the time, bought the mining ship Roger.Young. He had been working for IMG until now, but decided the working standards were to low, so he decided to start he's own company.

After much deliberation and discussion with his friends, he started the company RDA, or the Resource Development and distribution Administration, to add a more proffesional edge to the then disorganized mining community.

After getting together some of his friends, Namely Dylan Hunt and a couple other aquiantances, they decided to start up their operations in Tau-23 mining niobium. It went slow in the start only getting a new employee every week or so, but after a while it grew larger, it is however still not large enough to rival any of the bigger mining companies like BMM and IMG.

Beeing killed by pirates in Tau-23, after repeated attempts to get him to give them millions of credits, Roger Young passed the company to his son, Jim Young.

In 814 A.S. the construction of the RDA-Incorruptible was complete, and it has become the RDA's base of operations until now. The construction of a second carrier has begun but it will not likely be complete until atleast a few months.

Ranks

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

The manager of RDA, this person has the final say in all matters involving RDA, but can't control without the help from his Department Heads.

Department head

These people each command their section of RDA, be it ore extraction, defence, or distribution.

Employee

The backbone of the RDA, they have no official say in matters involving the RDA, but it cant exist without them.

Applicant

Members still in training, this rank acts for a minimum of one week after joining RDA.

Ships

The RDA has many ships at their disposal but only a few are used, each ship is specialized, modified and optimized to run at prime efficiency, to maximize the Income to Cost ratio.

Defense Division

These crafts are the defenders of all the RDA's Operations, aswell as its allies. When something red is spotted on the scanners, these craft are at the frontlines.

Scouts

Ki
Primary scout

Griffin
Secondary scout

Heavy fighters

Kingfisher
Primary heavy fighter

Falcon
Secondary heavy fighter

Moldy Crow
Tertiary heavy fighter

Very heavy fighters

Nyx
Primary VHF

Raven's Talon
Secondary VHF

Eagle
Tertiary VHF

Bombers

Pytho
Primary Bomber

Roc
Secondary Bomber

Gunboats

Hydra
Primary Anti-fighter/bomber

Transport Division

These are the movers of the RDA. If something needs delivering or pickup, these ships are the ones doing it.

Freighter Ships

Light freighters, usually used for in-system transport.

Camara
Cargo freighter

Civilian Freighter
Personnel freighter

Anki
Combat freighter

Transport Ships

Used when you need to either take alot of cargo all at once or take those long trips with high enough pay.

Atlas
Main Transport

Akegata
Combat Transport

Ryuujin
Heavy Transport

Gull
Light Transport

Albatross
Medium transport

Stork
Heavy Transport

Mining Division

Diggers, drillers, miners all some of the most vital ships the RDA uses.

Hegemon
Heavy Excavator

Mafic
Super Heavy Miner

Spatial
Explorer

Command ships

These ships are the homes of the RDA command, all orders get sent and relayed off these ships. Usually drifting around in TAU-23 and its surroundings, these ships are called if the normal defence forces cant deal with it.