Deep Space Engineering

This is an NPC faction. For the affiliated player faction, see Deep Space Engineering (player faction). For the rules for this particular faction, see Deep Space Engineering ID.

Deep Space Engineering
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Origin	Liberty
Alignment	Lawful/Corporation
Profile
Date of founding	51 A.S.
Founder(s)	Several Companies
Base of operations	Planet Manhattan, New York
Primary role
Assembling trade lanes and jump gates
Secondary role
Ship construction, Space station building, and construction.

Description

Deep Space Engineering (often abbreviated as DSE) is the brawn of Liberty Industry. DSE constructs the space stations, the Military ships, the processing facilities, and -most importantly- the jump gates and trade lanes, under special contract from Ageira technologies. All gate and lane construction is done under close inspection of an Ageira supervisor, and all key components are delivered as "Black Boxes" that are simply plugged in at the appropriate places. These black box components are constructed to defeat scanning attempts, and will self-destruct if any attempt is made to open them.

DSE convoys can be found traveling through the four Houses, but are most commonly seen in Liberty space. Their Heavy Lifter ships are almost always seen around Liberty space stations. If there is heavy construction to be done, DSE will be there.

History

51 A.S. - Monument Engineering is formed from several Manhattan construction companies.

51 A.S. - Monument Engineering is awarded a contract to build the Roosevelt Shipyards.

58 A.S. - Monument Engineering completes the Roosevelt Shipyards and begins building larger ships using the Vahalla engines for colonization.

65 A.S. - Monument Engineering establishes a Boron processing plant on Planet Houston, thus colonizing it.

126 A.S. - Monument Engineering is awarded the contract to build a research facility in the Texas system for Vahalla Research company.

128 A.S. - Monument Engineering completes construction of the Dallas, an enourmous research and manufacturing facility in the Texas system.

142 A.S. - Monument Engineering is awarded the contract to purify the water on Planet Los Angeles, so turning Planet L.A. into the food basket of Liberty. This is done by bombarding the planet with Ice Asteroids. Bombardment begins three years later.

150 A.S. - Monument Engineering changes it's name to Deep Space Engineering.

155 A.S. - Vahalla research is now Agiera Technologies.

180 A.S. - The full scale jump gate test is a success. DSE and Agiera go into a partnership to mass produce them can start within five years.

185 A.S. - Universal Shipping is awarded the shipping contract to move jump gate parts from Agiera to the construction sites where DSE assembles them.

189 A.S. - The First jump Gates were constructed by DSE, in partnership with Agiera Technologies, linking the New York and Colorado systems.

202 A.S. - Jump gate linking New York and Texas are completed.

207 A.S. - Jump gate from New York to California is opened.

218 A.S. - Agiera and DSE form a partnership and fund a new company to stimulate jump gate construction in other Houses. This new company is named Interspace Commerce.

300 A.S. - Agiera Technologies invents the Trade lane. DSE starts building trade lanes throughout Liberty Space.

500 A.S. - The Texas Incident occurs.

Owned Bases

• Baltimore Shipyard, New York
• Planet Pittsburgh, New York
• Survey Vessel Armstrong, Coronado
• Ames Research Station, Kepler

Other bases populated

• Norfolk Shipyard, New York
• Roppongi Station, New Tokyo

Current Construction sites

• Chugoku Gate Construction Site, Hokkaido
• Tau-31 gate Construction Site, Tau-23
• Sigma-19 Gate Construction Site, Okinawa

Diplomacy

Allies

Liberty Navy

Liberty Security Force

Liberty Police Incorporated

Enemies

Lane Hackers

Outcasts

Player Factions

• Deep Space Engineering (player faction)