HIWG Document #: 3410 Date: 910324 FORTUNE 12: MAJOR CORPORATIONS OF GUSHEMEGE Author: David Burden, Gushemege Analyst Abstract: Twelve major corporations, and the activities of Megacorporations in Gushemege are described. Dateline 001-1116. "...... recent bouyancy of the Usdiki stock market has led to a public flotation emerging as the most likely disposal route for Exco, the money broking arm of Usdiki Federal, according to individuals close to the company. Meanwhile on the Urkigda Bourse trading......" - 103-1115 FinNet The following is a compusum of the Fortune 12 report issued on 001- 1116 by FinNet. FinNet is an independent monitor of financial and commercial activity in Gushemege and its newspinks are required breakfast reading for all Gushemege corporate suits. Alkat-Shideri LIC Gushirdiimi/Truax Turnover: 35 TCr Alkat-Shideri are a leading supplier of weapons and weapons platforms in Gushemege. The company was formed in 534 by Ruy Alkat, and made its name during the Civil War with the Koryo PGMP-13. Since then the company has produced a fine range of beam and particle weapons, both for personal and vehicular use. The merger in 879 with Shideri Industrial gave the joint company the facilities and expertise to move into the starship weapons market. Again particle and beam weapons are the main concern, although the company does offer a complete arming package. Alkat-Shideri maintains major yards on Gushirdiimi, 3223/Shire, and Dikaash/Vipach. Offices are maintained at most Class A starports in the rimward half of the sector. A test range is maintained on a satellite in the Gushirdiimi system. Stock Ownership: Noble families, 10 percent; LSP, 11 percent; Alkat family, 40 percent; Shideri family, 22 percent; private ownership, 17 percent. Cez Oy Liigash/Isi Ahto Turnover: 39 TCr In a culture of creativity it is hardly surprising that an entertainments company should rise to a position of great influence. Cez has its power base not only in Lancia but also across all of Gushemege, parts of Dagudashaag, and tentacles that spread to the furthest reaches of the Imperium. Cez makes programmes, commercials, tri-d and simstim for consumption by the Imperium's media hungry population. Studios and facilities are maintained on many worlds in Lancia, and not a few outside. StimCez, the simstim branch of Cez, funds an extensive research effort. Its research teams are at the forefront of work on simstim and pseudoreality entertainment. Stock Ownership: Noble families, 19 percent; Esgakii, 15 percent; Makhidkarun, 13 percent; investment trusts, 14 percent; private ownership, 39 percent. Eko Kamurinmur/Rure Turnover: 49(1) TCr Eko is one of the three giants of information in Gushemege. Its speciality is the obtaining of original information, and then reselling it, preferably to the highest bidder. It has been described as "part news agency, part intelligence agency, and wholely extortionate". The main parts of Eko are the companies like Ekoseek and Ekofacts. Ekoseek conducts field and laboratory research into any matter that may prove lucrative. Ekoseek can furnish exploration teams or robots for any environment. Ekofacts is a leading news and information agency in the sector. The covert side of Eko is its shady network of "special departments" spread throughout the sector. These agencies are tasked with the collection of information on any matter that may prove rewarding. Lore has it that Eko knows every skeleton, in every cupboard, in Gushemege. Stock Ownership: Private ownership, 100 percent. Note 1: Eko accounts show a turnover of only 28 TCr. This is generally considered to be well below the true figure and to only reflect those sales and contracts that Eko can own up to. A candid estimate of Eko's true turnover is that listed of 49 TCr. Esgakii LIC Trill/Dashinshaii Turnover: 73 TCr Of all the financial and banking companies in Gushemege it is Esgakii that is held in the greatest esteem. The company was one of the first to prosper in Gushemege after the Long Night. Esgakii financed much of the early trade recovery and underwrote many of the first cargo ships. Since that time shrewd management and careful planning has kept Esgakii at the top of corporate Gushemege. Esgakii has a reputation for caution and for keeping its hands clean. If you've got a sound and legal business proposition then an Esgakii suit can be relied upon for sound advice, a confidential ear, and a lot of money. Stock Ownership: Esgakii family, 33 percent; Miigkadgaa family, 27 percent; Noble families, 39 percent; private ownership, 1 percent. FloRaVee LIC Fairbriar/Sallounn Turnover: 15 TCr Floceta-Rablata-Veeyena LIC, to give FloRaVee its full name, is a specialist in archival storage. The company was established in 962 by three information engineers from Reference. They set FloRaVee up as a private counterpart of Reference and it is now the home of the records of many companies and governments within Gushemege, and even from beyond the sector. Although Fairbriar is the declared home of the company it is known that it maintains a number of secret archive sites in Sallounn and neighbouring subsectors. A FloRaVee office can be found in all subsector capitals, and FloRaVee runs its own XBoat network to connect to prime customer areas. Stock Ownership: Floceta family, 20 percent; Rablata family, 20 percent; Veeyna family, 20 percent; Naasirka, 17 percent; TDM, 8 percent, noble families, 4 percent; investment trusts, 7 percent; private ownership, 4 percent. Glirse LIC Phaln/Shire Turnover: 51 TCr In an Imperium that relies on jump travel anybody who owns a zuchai or lanthanum mine is going to get rich. If you won both it's a licence to print your own money. Glirse is the major mining concern in Gushemege and is in the fortunate position of owning reserves of both the key elements in jump drive fabrication. The company made its fortune when it discovered a rich reserve of zuchai crystals in the Phaln belt, just before the Civil War. Luckily most of that war was fought away from Gushemege so Glirse could exploit its assets to the full. The company now has an interest in mines across the sector, and has recently been behind a research programme investigating the recovery of unusual materials from the cores of gas giants. Stock Ownership: Noble families, 18 percent; Esgakii, 19 percent; Hortalez et Cie, 9 percent; Sternmetal Horizons, 23 percent; investment trusts, 17 percent; private ownership, 14 percent. Hallji Oy Gudak/Isi Ahto Turnover: 24 TCr Hallji is one of the many Lancian companies to adopt the anachronistic Oy appelation. Hallji are the leading purveyors of food plants in the Lancian cultural region. Hallji maintain a number of company worlds in the Region, such as Raoh/Tansa, as well as large farms and production facilities on other agricultural worlds. The company does not only serve Lancia. It has a distribution network that covers half the sector, and has established a major enterprise on Beangub/Shire. Hallji also has an innovative research programme into bioneered plants and hydroponic systems for Lancian starships. Stock Ownership: Noble families, 34 percent; Makhidkarun, 26 percent; Esgakii, 8 percent; investment trusts, 11 percent; private ownership, 21 percent. Okean LIC Dawru/Dashinshaii Turnover: 19 TCr Okean is a technology, construction, and farming company which deals solely with the hydrographic environment. Okean submersibles, dwellings, and personal equipment are widely respected, and considered the best that money can buy. Okean has offices on every water world in the sector, and outlets on many hi-tech worlds with significant hydrographic percentages. The company maintians an aggressive research policy, and has done much work on bioneered life- forms for both harvesting and as underwater aides. This has led to accusations of genetic tampering in contravention of the Boustead Accords, and Okean has been the target of limited ecotage. Stock Ownership: Sternmetal Horizons LIC, 16 percent, noble families, 10 percent, Antares Holdings LIC, 19 percent; investment trusts, 20 percent; private ownership, 35 percent. SevSoft LIC Armec/Balech Turnover: 31 TCr SevSoft were responsible for the AVTA operating system that was adopted by the IISS for use in the XBoat network. SevSoft had a history of producing good quality office automation and archival software, software that can be found underpinning many planetary government networks. The AVTA operating system made its debut in 911 and was adopted by IISS for use in an upgrade to the XBoat network in 962. Over the last century SevSoft have worked hard to improve the security of the AVTA opsys. It suffered an embarrassing blow in 1039 when cyberjocks successfully hijacked the Shakhamash Xboat and released Imperial Top Secret documents from Depot/Gushemege. SevSoft has no intention of letting this happen again. Stock Ownership: Noble families, 7 percent; private ownership, 93 percent. Shishmadarshag LIC Loskuuatav/Khiira Turnover: 27 TCr ShMaSh is the main producer of drugs and pharmaceuticals in Gushemege. The companies product range from domestic pain killers to anagathics and combat drugs. Less well popularised is the fact that ShMaSh is also involved on psi drug research, and, it is believed, production. ShMaSh maintains a large research centre on Loskuuatav. Other laboratories and production facilities are owned throughout the sector. A black facility specialising is psionic drugs is believed to exist in Tansa. Stock Ownership: SuSAG LIC, 20 percent; Noble families, 18 percent; investment trusts, 29 percent; private ownership, 33 percent. Staesk Robotics LIC Droun/Dashinshaii Turnover: 43 TCr Staesk Robotics produces a range of autonomous and slaved robots. It is though very much a traditional company where style and cybersense count for little. This has not, though, had a significant effect on the company sales figures. Staesk dominates the market in manufacturing dumbots and domestic autobots. It is also a large producer of security and military robots. Staesk is a member of the Shudusham Robotics Conference. The emphasis at Staesk is very much on good solid engineering using tried and tested designs. Stock Ownership: Naarsirka, 17 percent; Alkat-Shideri 4 percent; Mayhan Holdings 33 percent; Esgakii, 16 percent; private ownership, 30 percent. Tala Datametrics LIC Imaparlu/Rure Turnover: 20 TCr Tala Datametrics ( or TDM as it is usually known ) have made a fortune out of the minutiae of everyday life. TDM collects data, masses and masses of it, and then sells it on to companies to carry out the analysis. TDM are one of the leading sensor and telemetry companies in the Imperium. In a typical application TDM will provide a world with a complete environmental monitoring system, and then sell the real time data to weather controllers, and the bulk data to research institutions. TDM also carries out a large amount of collection for market research, and can provide a marketing company with data on likes and dislikes, buying and spending habits, and the number of speeders per dwelling for any planet in Gushemege. Stock Ownership: Noble families, 22 percent; Naasirka, 29 percent; Vasily Holdings, 15 percent; Troke LIC, 13 percent; investment trust, 14 percent; private ownership, 7 percent. The Megacorporations of the Imperium have an interest in every sector of the empire. In Gushemege there are 4 megacorporations that have a significant involvement in sector commerce. Two of these, the Vilani megacorporations, have had an historical impact on the sector. Naasirka Sector Office: Usdiki/Dashinshaii Naasirka was responsible for Gushemege's initial exploration and settlement before the Ziru Sirka. With its affinity for electronic and computing technology Naasirka was soon to move into the sector once Gushemege's expertise and aptitude for these areas was identified in the early centuries of the Third Imperium. Naasirka maintains close links with many information technology companies in Gushemege with much investment in leading edge technologies. Makhidkarun Sector Office: Kukhun/Tansa In contrast to Naasirka, Makhidkarun first moved into Gushemege only as a result of the Vilani Pacification Campaigns. Makhidkarun was tasked with occupying many of the main worlds of resistance to the rule of the Third Imperium. This naturally led to a certain amount of antipathy between the worlds of corewards Gushemege and Makhidkarun. Over the centuries, as Lancian culture grew and strengthened, a symbiotic relationship emerged. Lancia provided the creativity required for a media and entertainment superpower, and makhidkarun provided the technology and distribution network. As a result Lancian art and entertainment was seen courtesy of Makhidkarun throughout the Imperium. The arrangement was beneficial to both and has continued for many centuries. Although technological leakage has occured towards Lancia, creativity does not appear to have rubbed off on the Vilani. Sternmetal Horizons LIC Sector Office: Phaln/Shire Sternmetal Horizons, the mining and manufacturing megacorporation, has a major interest in the industrial concerns of the Gushemege Heartland. It also has undertaken several large joint projects with Hallji Oy in the food synthesis market. Sternmetal sees the vegetarian nature of the Lancians as an ideal opportunity to further its own expertise in this area for the wider Imperial market. Tukera Lines LIC Sector Office: Usdiki/Dashinshaii Tukera has a major stake in the transport and Xboat operations in Gushemege. Whilst it is far from holding a monopoly on the networks it does account for a majority percentage of tonnage, especially along the Gushemege Main, and its spurs to Ilelish and Dagudashaag.