[color=gray]Stocks require updating. Assets may recieve an update to include airspace capabilities - just know that TSDC has a few repurposed commercial cruisers for now.[/color] [i]TSDC, or the Talon Security Development Corporation, is the leading branch of the former Talon Industries and is presently a market leader for the research and production of military equipment. Based in Mars, It is known for creating popular equipment models and technologies that are in common use today, and is a very high profile arms dealer - one of the best to acquire items from short of the black market. However, access is limited to any entity not corporate; it takes some convincing for non-extremely wealthy individuals to get into the "loop" known as the Corporate Network, also known as CorpNet, over which TSDC sells its wares.[/i] [b]Dynamic Information[/b] [hider=Dynamic Hider] [i]Information here can change every so often over the course of the roleplay. It's a good idea to see what's changed specifically after I make a post, especially if big things are happening. Everything is presented in the style of "CorpNet", short for the Corporate Network - an entity of TSDC's ownership inherited from Talon Industries. It involves a community of corporations and people and is the main medium through which others access information about the company. Information here is provided via an administrative read-only access token. In character, one only has a member token; sometimes less. Relations and Security Assets aren't shown period, and only projects that have a (CorpNet) tag are actually supposed to be visible. The Stock is relatively honest and accurate both IC and OOC; you're only not supposed to see the stuff with Code 801 on the bottom IC. Message me if you feel like hacking CorpNet and having all this info IC. A specialized computer geek character can get at least limited access until the tech team catches something wrong, which will take a post or so IC on my end.[/i] [hider=Access CorpNet] [color=green]Loading CorpNet... Accessed with token 346:B... Accessing Internal Network Additional Data... [/color] [color=lightgreen]Loading Data via format 66B-T [b]Stock[/b] [Error Code 801:X:ACCESS_DENIED] <^creative way of saying I didn't make it yet> [hider=Security Assets] [b]Security Assets from TSDC Internal Network - Access Via CorpNet[/b] Headquarters -Defense Grid: 100% Capability -Errors:None- [12/12 Point Defense Towers] [GSS Unit: Functional] [Guards On Staff: 200] [Early Warning System: Offline] Production Site A -Defense Grid: 100% Capability -Errors:None- [14/14 Point Defense Towers] [GSS Unit: Functional] [Guards On Staff: 260] [Early Warning System: Offline] Production Site B -Defense Grid: 100% Capability -Errors:None- [14/14 Point Defense Towers] [GSS Unit: Functional] [Guards On Staff: 2040] [Early Warning System: Offline] Central Warehouses -Defense Grid: 100% Capability -Errors:None- [12/12 Point Defense Towers] [GSS Unit: Functional] [Guards On Staff: 150] [Early Warning System: Online] Dynamic Forces Harasser Divisions [1st: 6/6, Supplied, Central Warehouses] [2nd: 6/6, Supplied, Central Warehouses] [3rd: 6/6, Supplied, Central Warehouses] [4th: 6/6, Supplied, Central Warehouses] [5th: 6/6, Supplied, Central Warehouses] Jump Corps [12/12 Members] [Combat Effective] [Suits s4/4. c6/6. a4/4] Combat Division [200/200 Infantry - Ready] [7/7 BB55k's - Ready] [4/4 Siv's - Ready] [2/2 BD - Ready] [Location: Central Warehouses] Carriers [14/14] [Functional] Equipment Reports CorpNet [Status: Functional] [Online] [Invited Members:] -MAN(Limited Access Token) - Internal Network [Functional] [Access Token 346:B] [Read Permissions: Full Yes] [Write Permissions: None] [Content Accessed: Status Reports] GSShq [Functional] [No Alerts Detected] [Inner Core: Reported Clean] [Efficiency:97%] GSSs.a [Functional] [No Alerts Detected] [Inner Core: Reported Clean] [Efficiency:92%] GSSs.b [Functional] [(1)Error: Inner Core is not pure. Blackouts detected] [Inner Core: Code E4001-Level 1] [Efficiency:81%] [/hider] Loading CorpNet Data... [b]Relations[/b] [Archive Empty. Please add entities to the database] [Entities: Present to TSDC Network for evaluation] [b]Projects[/b] Operation Packet [Clearance: Internal Knowledge] [Nature: Development] [System Description: Development of dropship "Packer"] [Staff On Project: 237] [Project Site: Central Testing Fields] [Status: Test Phase Alpha] Operation Jupiter [Clearance: Semi-Public (CorpNet)] [Nature: Site Development] [System Description: Build offices and Production Site C] [Staff On Project:4] [Project Site:Jupiter Claim Zone] [Status:Delayed(Economic Considerations&Staff Power] [b]Transmission Format[/b] [Standard T63] [Encoding 66T-B] [Supported Colors: LightGreen Primary, Green Internal Color, Emergency Red] [Additional Features: Video HPG-y2100 Protocol, Decode T-class Protocols, 3 Version Forwards Support] [Holographic Compatibility:No] [Year of Production: 2096] [System Type:MicroBit Protocol 3] [Version 33.006] [Year of Production:2343] [/color] [/hider] [/hider] [b]General Info[/b] [indent] [b]Faction Name[/b]: Talon Security Development Corporation (TSDC) [b]Faction Type[/b]: Corporation / Political Entity [b]Prime Location[/b]:Mars; see assets for more particulars. [b]Leadership[/b]: CEO Argus Melengyavik is currently the most powerful man in TSDC; a few others, such as development head Logan Ferris, external relations dept. head Howard Oleman and the main security officer John Blackstaff have very high positions of power and influence, and are sometimes better choices to approach than the CEO. It's a good idea to talk to a mix of these characters, as things may change in the near future in the leadership, resulting in one of the more secondary leaders becoming very powerful, very fast. Info on specific characters is in a hider at the bottom of this NS. [hider=Command Structure Particulars] Organization Structure [i]Command[/i] TSDC is a corporation with a board consisting of all main department leaders, who in turn answer to the CEO that acts as basically dictator for everything short of the largest company-changing decisions. The CEO can do just about anything and is in office until stepping down or ending up dead. The board has an annual meeting that presents up-to-date information to the CEO and if the CEO dies or steps down, elects from its ranks a new leader by 75% majority vote. Each board member is generally left alone to his or her own affairs, with the CEO only getting involved in special matters. Individual board members have great power and can in some cases speak for the company (for some, it’s the job). They consist of Production Site commanders and department heads. [i]Department Level[/i] Department particulars vary based on type. Departments for things such as research and public relations maintain small ranks, but have dedicated facilities to themselves. Main corporate departments are almost exclusively located in the main Headquarters. The Department of Security and Staff Management are a little different. Staff Management has a host of agents, mostly to perform secret audits in the ranks of the ground level, and some to actually oversee hiring and promotions (candidates are presented to department heads on a case-by-case basis). Security maintains a massive force and accounts for a good 1/5 of the company’s spending. It includes everything from strike teams to the sub-Department for Mercenary Relations. [i]Sub-Department[/i] Sub-departments very rarely get in the spotlight and are often even more independently functioning than the departments they are part of. The most well known is the Department of Mercenary Relations. [i]Ground Level[/i] Supervisors make up the top ranks of the ground level workers, who consist of everyone from security guards to cheap labor - with massive pay and security clearance gaps. While the Department of Security actually provides a good fielding ground for advancement, it is possible hard workers of the production level may never see an improvement in quality of life. Which they know all too well... [i]Embassy[/i] These are small offices consisting of a few security guards and someone trusted from the External Relations department. They are afforded a decent pay grade... and are the front lines for anyone that wants to pick a bone with TSDC. It’s sometimes a dangerous job, and so it can often be seen as “being sent to the Eastern Front” so to speak. [/hider] [b]Assets[/b] [b][i]Locations[/i][/b] TSDC has its primary holdings on Mars; a number of locations critical to the corporation's survival, each in the general access sphere of the other and very heavily guarded. [i]Headquarters[/i] Following the destruction of the late Talon Industries headquarters, the branch headquarters on Mars became the primary center of operations, with most of Talon's surviving key assets being placed there. It is the location of the CEO and most high-ranking staff (apparently they didn't learn much in this regard from the past). It was remodeled when Argus became CEO and turned the headquarters into a futuristic fortress while putting an almost overkill amount of defenses on it that makes ground assaults from anything short of combined corporate arms or a strong government-backed army impractical. [i]Production Site A[/i] The majority of development and production happens here. It is almost historical, being a site that has been in place for hundreds of years and remodeled five times. An expensive business venture indeed... The site covers about a full acre, with a vast empty space surrounding it. Inside is a nuclear fusion reactor, a massive and heavily fortified production site, a large old-style Biodome structure (one of the few things that hasn't changed much since the site was first colonized), and most of the remaining space being warehouses above and a little ways below ground, along with various buildings in between. It is surrounded by a fortified perimeter of three levels of barbed wire fencing and checkpoints at various places along the way. It employs a massive security force... but in a focused assault on one section, most of it is static and won't end up being used, and it takes a while for unprepared security forces to go from one end of the place to the other. The creation of the site was a key factor in Talon Industries falling in the first place, and remains a mixed blessing to TSDC. While it cranks out several tons of ready equipment a day, it leaves the company itself rather lacking in funds to simply throw around. The result is quality of life at the lower levels being rather like working in a small-scale factory. While it's a step up from 19th century factories, it isn't that big of a step. Even the corporate executives feel the strain in luxury items as a result of this site. [i]Production Site B[/i] Almost the same as site A, but smaller, funded much less (almost affordable), and a third the production. Nonetheless, it still cranks out a massive portion of the company's assets. [i]Auxiliary Warehouses[/i] Located in the middle of the triangle formed by the above three locations, slanted a little to the side, is a massive field of warehouses protected by mostly static defenses and a security minefield around the perimeter. It is from there most of the contents of the corporate stock are distributed, and additionally the location of various active branches of TSDC security. Directly to the left is a massive testing field, well secure in the perimeter and the site of advanced weapons testing. [i]Embassies[/i] TSDC has a newer office on Earth, old offices on Venus and Earth's moon, and has a site claimed on Jupiter; although construction has yet to begin due to a shortage of funds (not the official reason, of course). [hider=Map Data] [color=green]Loading Data...[/color] [/hider] [b][i]Troops and Stock[/i][/b] This information will be presented and updated in the Dynamic Information hider on top for simplicity, but here's the gist. TSDC has massive amounts of military equipment and enough firepower to arm several massive corporations to the teeth; that said, it lacks the manpower to put it all into effect - a small fraction can be used at any given time, and is used in designated units. The rest is put in warehouses. Most of the security assets of the corporation are static - turrets, mines, the like. Regular guards are skilled and pretty vast in number, but don't match up to fully trained soldiers and tend to be spread out across the sites. [i]More information will be put in the dynamic info hider. It is separate so I don't need to modify this lower part of the NS and put active information all in one place.[/i] [b]Jupiter Referendum Signatory?[/b]: Yes [b]Mission/Orthodoxy/Principles[/b]: What does your faction or faction Leadership believe in? List goals or primary missions/objectives. Just to give an idea where your headed with your faction. You can change this as you go along, just keep a log if you wish. [b]Additional Information[/b] -TSDC is known for being a politically charged atmosphere of competition and backstabbing at the top, and being a crappy place at the bottom. It specializes in cheap colonial labor and bringing in folks for mass production on the main lines of getting equipment out in places where automated labor simply isn’t effective enough. However, it is better for supervisors, live operators/testers and anyone in the security divisions. However, the above has caused TSDC to gain a very negative view in the eyes of the common folk, and make it an iconic dirtbag organization, often one of the first scapegoats even though it doesn’t actually do much outside of arms dealing. -Lasers/shielding are the weak spots of TSDC. It’s a little ways in the past when it comes to the top tiers of technology. It makes what works and sticks with it... and it does produce some very nice new items, and has good systems in place. However, the newest of the new - AI developments, effective laser weaponry, the like - are not things this company specializes in. -The infrastructure is rather like having Windows XP being the main OS used in a company today, and the oldest terminals are like running Windows 95. So things are dated, constantly hotfixed by a round-the-clock tech team and not the most secure around. -As an extension of the above - it uses the T63 Transmission Standard, which is about 300 years old. It works and just about everything supports it, but it’s old and some folks get tired of video transmissions that, to compare with today’s logic, look kind of like year 2000 video games. -TSDC is known to be aggressive and throw its weight behind things once in a while. Such things typically succeed... -Buying something from them and not being trusted, a corporation or a multi-millionare is hard. However, if you want to get their stuff, you might have a chance contacting External Relations Department Head Howard Oleman directly; he is known to be more lenient than others at the top of the command tree when it comes to selling to outsiders. -Changes will happen to the leadership over the roleplay, with two integral characters being old. It may be worthwhile to see that fact and buddy up with the likely candidates; although choose wisely - choosing the wrong contender might cost the backing of TSDC in the future. [/indent] [hider=Company History] Talon Industries, the predecessor of TSDC, was for some 200 years the undisputed leading producer of military weapons, and came up with various standards that TSDC has claim to today; they include various advancements of ammo usage for rapid fire, production of iconic vehicles and weaponry units, developing a modular system along with other leading corporations, and more things along those lines. However, some 35years ago, Talon Industries collapsed due to political infighting and debt. The command structure had spent far too much and operated too many facilities, in addition to a standard of weak leaders at the top with far too many powerful figures leading various branches. The result was the destruction of the main company headquarters on Earth and the rest of the branches erupting in a small civil war over assets. TSDC managed to gain the largest portions of the corporate empire, but even today it still lacks the power of its predecessor. TSDC itself was founded on Mars as one of the most profitable holdings of Talon Industries. The majority of production indeed ultimately came from Mars. The division leader Charles Fafnir lead the Martian assets and in his lifetime became more powerful than the executives themselves. Nobody really knows if he was behind the collapse, but some folks do have ideas. When the corporation did fall apart, he participated in a brutal game to control assets on Earth, Mars, Venus and the new openings in Jupiter. He ultimately gained control of the majority, though he was unable to eliminate all the splits; the wise ones aligned themselves with other corporations and in effect became untouchable. These events allowed for a great deal to be exposed in the Talon development structure and lead to the integrity of their previous proprietary systems being compromised. Still, he was able to pull enough together to reclaim a position in advanced corporate politics. However, neither he nor his successor Argus Melengyavik have yet been able to claim a top position in the corporate pyramid. It certainly wasn't from a lack of trying, and Argus has pulled his corporation into a very strong position. It is well respected in the arms industry and by most other corporations. But it is going to take fresh blood to put it over the edge... which may need to come through more aggressive means, considering Argus is old, stubborn and has no intent to step down. But then again, the fellow has life in him yet. If he's managed to survive the schemes of his underlings this long... [b]Other Talon Industries Split-offs[/b] Talon Industries split off in various locations on Venus, Earth and Earth's moon - the primary planets of production outside of Mars. Attempts at reuniting the assets were somewhat successful; but a good number of locations on the planets took the protection of other corporations in the meantime. The result was a leak of TSDC intelligence and an almost catastrophic result for the Martian Talon branch in keeping items proprietary; although it has managed to keep itself afloat and has indeed built a reputation as the one true successor company of the legacy, others still half-heartily go for the title and in some cases have tried to shove TSDC out of the business; however, due to the most important projects and network information being on Mars and having been destroyed in part on Earth, they haven't been able to reproduce what TSDC has built up. Some labs owned by the former Talon may still be in operation under other companies today, much to the ire of TSDC [Feel free to integrate this into your own writings if you like]. [/hider] [hider=Influential Characters] Appearances are somewhat abstract so you can imagine the characters for yourself. [s]And because I am a bit lazy with descriptions.[/s] ^And yes, I took liberties by at some points slapping a little extra info into Appearance that I felt [s]too lazy to[/s] did not require another section just for it. Due to the fact I use multiple characters and that they are not completely central and are ultimately expendable, and serve to be the eyes through which I conduct RP, (nothing to do with being lazy), char bio's are short and in line with other sections. [hider=Argus Melengyavik] [b]Name[/b]: Argus Melengyavik [b]Affiliation[/b]: TSDC [b]Position[/b]: CEO [b]Appearance[/b]: Short, bald, and a good layer of muscle. Some of his artificial enhancements are visible through his skin, but not too much. He has a very grim and what many consider to be an intimidating face. He's not overly short, but he is a head shorter than most of his collegues. [b]Notoriety[/b]: Second leader of TSDC, and well known for helping make the name "Talon" known to pretty much every corporation around. His nature is reputedly cold and heartless - and in practice he's not that much better. Also known for being shorter than most of his collegues and being bald, leading to some... pretty creative jokes about him. He's probably the most artificially augumented human around; most of his limbs are replacements and his heart is an electrical system. [b]Background[/b]: Argus was 55 when Talon Industries fell apart. Prior to that point, he was second in command to Charles Fafnir; a strong corporate mind who had more powerful than executives on Earth. It is suspected Argus worked with him to secure the fall of the corporate overlord and secure independence as a martian corporation, while gaining Talon's former assets in the process. Such rumors have not been proven... yet. Argus was recruited at the tender age of 21 as a fill-in supervisor and managed to battle his way in a politically charged atmosphere to the side of Charles, who had the same history more or less, but with 20 years seniority and more time at the top. Charles trained Argus in the ways of top society corporations and after Charles died, was the obvious succeeding candidate. Argus has since then built up a powerful corporation and reputation, but has always been stuck in "the old ways". He's old and many have waited for him to drop dead at some point. However, there is no clear successor - and nobody at TSDC has proven worthy of continuing the legacy. [b]Goals[/b]: Advance corporate interests as far as possible. He's pretty much content, for now, to maintain things as they are; he'd like to get his hands in as much as he can. [b]Other[/b]: He's very blunt and is typically considered honest when it comes to corporate entities - although that doesn't do much to help his reputation with the lower classes, who know well of his disregard for them. He's very old (unless you live in a world where 90 is young), and still lives only from a combination of surgery and a backbone of steel. Folks have been waiting for him to die for years, and he still stays alive. The primary disadvantage of this is that he isn't very receptive to revolutionary technology such as practical shielding or laser weapons. He also doesn't see a need to fix what isn't broken, such as CorpNet that was initially created in the early days of Talon Industries. [/hider] [hider=Logan Ferris] [b]Name[/b]: Logan Ferris [b]Affiliation[/b]: TSDC [b]Position[/b]: Projects Development Coordinator [b]Appearance[/b]: Tall, thin, an iconic businessman with a bit of a smirk and an almost inviting face. Anyone who knows him sees a cold gleam in his eyes that tell them exactly what he thinks of them, more distinctly if the thoughts are negative. He's one of my only folks here that actually looks young. [b]Notoriety[/b]: Logan's probably the second most well known figure at the company and is best known for pioneering the development of several well known technologies at TSDC, including the Bulldog II and GSS advancements. He's sometimes more ruthless than Argus, and is in a position to make anyone he doesn't like have a difficult time. He's known to be quite friendly with Argus, although inside the company he actually has a somewhat precarious position. He's known for being on the more subtle side of things, not as willing to throw weight around unnecessarily as some of his collegues. [b]Background[/b]: Logan was recruited as part of Ragnok Karondale straight from the Planetary Institute of Elysium, and immediately began climbing the ladder. His strategy was developing noteworthy enhancements while disposing of corporate opponents. He grew close to Argus and is said to have taken some role in Karondale's "accident". Not proven, of course. However, he's drifted recently as Argus gets more stubborn and a little paranoid. [b]Goals[/b]: He's of the opinion that the corporation has advanced pretty well as it is, and intends to pretty much iron out the rough edges and maximize any spare profit for his other projects/hobbies. Also ultimately looking at becoming the next CEO and taking out Oleman, who stands in his way of getting into the full confidence of Argus. [b]Other[/b]: He's a prime candidate for future CEO and generally well regarded in the corporate community. He was one of the first in the Karondale Inititive; a project initiated by former corporate VP Ragnok Karondale, who went on a spree of hiring the best candidates of Martian and some of Earth's primere corporate universities. He is from the Planetary Institute of Elysium, a very highly regarded university in all colonized human space for producing corporate minds. [/hider] [hider=Howard Oleman] [b]Name[/b]: Howard Oleman [b]Affiliation[/b]: TSDC [b]Position[/b]: External Relations Lead [b]Appearance[/b]: Relatively tall, somewhat boney, sunken eyes, slight stoop, has a distinct cane he uses. Walks slowly as well. [b]Notoriety[/b]: A former politician on Earth turned corporate executive, dispite being a corporate executive - he's known to be the only one with at least something resembling a heart and is the first pick for anyone who wants to get "in" to talk to that usually wouldn't stand a chance. He initially had a poor reputation, but in more recent years is known to be quite honest as far as corporate folks go - more so than Argus. Folks that hate the company usually have at least some degree of grudging respect for him. Considered the one true friend of Argus (which is a strange combination... making it all the more noted) [b]Background[/b]: Oleman's been around forever and was in charge of External Relations since the age of 45 after flopping in politics for a turmulous 7 year career; he got in only from having the estate of a billionare (in his youth). His greatest success was befriending Charles and Argus and for a short time becoming a third in their little loop. Not to say he had anything to do with Talon Industries falling, of course. His career has been somwhat successful, although early on he got a bad reputation from politics and tanked in the public view after the whole Talon Industries bit, after which it became known the new leadership wasn't much nicer. He's worked in the background and "acquired" MAN; his true personal success. He's gotten a bizarre reputation for being more "open" to external groups trading with TSDC, although his morals are still in question. Minor acts in the past 20 years have improved his image though, and he's generally more liked than the other executives even by those that flat out hate TSDC. [b]Goals[/b]: He's not really ambitious, but he wouldn't mind taking out Logan before he comes down to age. The two don't get along much... at all. [b]Other[/b]: He's older than Argus at a whooping 118. He's the oldest company employee on record by over 20 years, but for nearly the opposite reason as Argus - his physical constitution in its day was extremely strong. That said, he walks with a cane (he has rejected most artificial enhancements) and does have a few mental problems that come with age. He's pretty sharp, but not as much as Argus, and he isn't going to last long. Not popular with the new-comers in the company (as he sees them) and is only still around because he knew Argus since literally 70 years ago. [/hider] [hider=John Blackstaff] [b]Name[/b]: John Blackstaff [b]Affiliation[/b]: TSDC [b]Position[/b]: Dept. of Security Senior Officer [b]Appearance[/b]: A little taller than Argus, very skinny, serious looking, on business downright unsettling in a way nobody can really point out. Middle aged looking, athough he has a feel of being older than he looks. [b]Notoriety[/b]: Although there are plenty of folks in higher positions than him, he's known for the one to do the "taking care of it" in pretty much anything that needs to happen behind the scenes, a duty for which he has largely free reign. He's rather extreme when it comes to corporate opinions, and if he advances, he is almost certain to be a "doer" as compared to a talker. [b]Background[/b]: Blackstaff was a security officer that helped the First Harasser Squad become known for ruthless efficiency in dealing with brigands and raiders. His actions have been both effective and criticized. Of the characters here, he has the most legends and rumors. It's a wonder he hasn't been destroyed by controversy yet. He picked up a senior officer position 10 years ago and now works on the more clandestine side of TSDC, though folks still insist he gets his hands dirty once in a while. Little more about him outside of these minor details is known. [b]Goals[/b]: Looking for advancement and running up the ranks, which he is doing fairly well so far. If his plans come together he'll get on the corporation's main council and possibly get in the running for the next CEO, after which he has an agressive set of plans in mind for expansion. [b]Other[/b]: Blackstaff is an interesting figure to watch for his ability to get his fingers in many places that even some of the Board can't reach, and his connections to the lower class of employees as well as higher. He's not as old as the most senior company members, but he has been there a while, and he has the connections to move up if need be. [/hider] [hider=Minor Characters] [i]Minor Characters are generally pretty high in position, and possibly have the ability to become more influential characters as things happen over the roleplay. That said, for now, they are very unlikely to have a central role and don't warrant much more than a description. Keep an eye out for some, though.[/i] None relevant at this time. They will be added as the RP commences. [/hider] [hider=NPC Factions] MAN - A news organization based on Mars that covers corporate news almost exclusively, which has as of late expanded to include multiple planets. It's fairly well regarded in the corporate community and is generally free of censorship. Of course, that doesn't include the censorship that comes from it being managed and paid for by TSDC... [i]More in mind in the future - will be added as necessary.[/i] [/hider] [hider=Clarification Bits] [i]If you don't get something in the CS, ask and it will be responded to on the spot and probably put in here.[/i] Ragnok Karondale was a senior VP of the corporation for many years and most notably put together the Jump Corps and hired tons of new workers that are in various positions in the corporation today, from the ground level to being a Board member. He eventually was killed in an "accident" with a dropship that involved a suspicious amount of explosive content. The motives for killing him were not strong enough to pin blame on anyone specifically, and the mystery was never solved. Charles Fafnir was the first CEO of TSDC and did most of the things that make it notable today, including rebuilding what was left of Talon Industries into TSDC. Argus did plenty of things in his prime, many alongside Charles, and the two have always been seen as the "fathers of TSDC". However, he will always be known in history for being the lesser of the two. Anyone who's old enough (40+ years in the corporate environment) remembers the days of the enigmatic Charles Fafnir and would typically agree he was the stronger man and CEO. [/hider] [/hider] Some more OOC bits -CorpNet is old. It's had enough hotfixes and tech-team added updates to at least work on newer hardware and blend in fairly well, but it's lacking in any graphic appeal. Not necessarily a problem considering all it is designed to do is present information and manage trade, although some would still complain. -Don't be too put off by the corporate aim of the company. Although getting on the wrong side of an executive is a bad idea, getting on the right side of one can open up some quite productive trade. -The corporation is steadily becoming more aggressive and will ultimately, depending on the next company successor, attempt to throw its weight around. Successfully or not remains to be seen, but the point is - life may be easier by befriending the "up and coming" executives of a younger age. Although it's possible that the winds of change may blow them away altogether... so caution is advised.