Post by HighInquisitor on Jul 24, 2004 10:56:45 GMT -5
Kharga Corporation was found in 922M39 by Rafael Kharga. Rafael was born into a poor family on _______. Just like his father he became a mineworker. He was a modest man who believed that if you work hard enough, you can achieve anything. He stood by this principle through his entire life and worked hard to make sure that his children would have a better starting point to life than him.
After few years of working in one of the local mining companies on ______, he realised that a normal mineworker can't make enough money to invest in the future. So, he started to monitor how the mining industry works, taking mental notes and learning. Even though he hadn't had any formal education, he had very much natural talent. Few years later, he sold almost everything he owned, and started his own company.
He wanted that the workers in his company were treated properly. He wanted to make sure that if they worked hard enough, they could actually advance in their careers and make more money. So, the workers in his company had better salaries and more rights than usual, even though it was expensive for Rafel, the workers became very loyal to him. But Rafael was due to notice some hard facts of life. Even though admirable, his principles made his company lose a lot of money. It seemed that in few months he would have to stop his business.
But shortly before he would have to shut down his business, he accidentaly found a very rich deposit of minerals in a local asteroid field. Unfortunately his company didn't have the proper equipment to handle such a finding. It seemed that Rafael's dreams were to be crushed anyway. Desperately Rafael tried to find somebody with the funds to buy new equipment for his company. It seemed that nobody would listen, until he met Lucius Darien. Unlike the others, he seemed to believe in Rafael and was willing to take the chance. In exchange for the funding, Lucius demanded a full half of the companys shares. Rafael would remain as the chairman of the company and could still keep his principles. Rafael agreed, and together they started digging on the asteroid belt.
It was a gigantic succes. The company started growing fast. Soon they were hiring new personel, buying new equipment, starting new mining operations everywhere and most of all, making a lot of money. Rafael had made his dream come true. From practically nothing, he had created a very succesfull mining company in few years. But Rafael's luck wasn't going to last. Lucius was a clever man, and he had seen Rafael's true character soon, he was way too gullible for the business. Lucius had planned to betray Rafael right from the beginnig. It's not known just how Lucius managed to blackmail Rafael. But it is known, that without any warning Rafael announced that he is going to retire and sell his shares to Lucius. It was a lie, Rafael didn't sell the shares, he was forced to just hand them over. By that time Rafael's two sons were high ranking officials in the company. They both tried to stop this scheme. They both dissappered mysteriously.
Rafael was devastated. For the rest of his short life he remaind with his only remaining family member, his beloved daughter. Rafael's wife had died giving birth to her. Rafael died poor, he fell victim to some common fever and didn't have enough money to pay for the treatment. The man who had made Kharga Corporation rich and succesfull had died with almost no money.
Lucius wasn't about to keep Rafeael's idealistic principles. The workers of the company were stripped of their rights. Their salaries were cut. The money spend on work safety was cut too. And the company started making even more money. They expanded in all directions, they bought smaller companies and made them part of the Khargo Corporation. They bought spaceships and started new mining operations everywhere. Nowdays they even own a region of land in the icy mining world of Elina in the Archaios subsector.
Kharga Corporations policy was brutal. They paid no heed to their workers rights, fatal injuries were common. They gave absolutely no thought to the enviromental issues regarding their mining operations. They prefer to set their operations in places were the population is poor and uneducated, so they could exploit them, and the workers wouldn't complain about their miserable conditions. They regulary use means like bribery, threatening, hiring pirates and mercenaries and even "silencing" people who are too loud about their policy.
Even with their brutal policy, they are still pretty popular in the eyes of the public. Although none of Rafael's original principles are used anymore, they still make good commercials. Representatives of the corporation are always happy to point out how Rafael struggled to make his fortune from nothing. It is very ironic how the company has become a crude mockery of his original principles who are nowdays only pretty slogans to maintain the companys good reputation.
Kharga Corporation isn't one of the largest corporations in the Anargo Sector yet, but it's growing fast. It still maintains presence in ________. And it has few mining operations going on elsewhere, even a few in other subsectors like Archaios. It has a small fleet which even includew few warp capable ships.
[the end.]
For now...
So, what do you think? This is just a rough draft, and things could be changed. Please, all kinds of comments are welcome. I would like to point out that this corporation isn't as big as I may have made you think. They are just starting to be a inter-subsecor corporation, which only a few operations outside their home territory.
And yes, Kharga needs a home. So, if any of you are willing to have it based on your planet, please, let me know. And of course, I would like to know if it's okay for the owner of that subsector too. I would prefer to not have the corporation based in Archaios since that's where their first inter-subsector operation is based, on the iceworld of Elina.
After few years of working in one of the local mining companies on ______, he realised that a normal mineworker can't make enough money to invest in the future. So, he started to monitor how the mining industry works, taking mental notes and learning. Even though he hadn't had any formal education, he had very much natural talent. Few years later, he sold almost everything he owned, and started his own company.
He wanted that the workers in his company were treated properly. He wanted to make sure that if they worked hard enough, they could actually advance in their careers and make more money. So, the workers in his company had better salaries and more rights than usual, even though it was expensive for Rafel, the workers became very loyal to him. But Rafael was due to notice some hard facts of life. Even though admirable, his principles made his company lose a lot of money. It seemed that in few months he would have to stop his business.
But shortly before he would have to shut down his business, he accidentaly found a very rich deposit of minerals in a local asteroid field. Unfortunately his company didn't have the proper equipment to handle such a finding. It seemed that Rafael's dreams were to be crushed anyway. Desperately Rafael tried to find somebody with the funds to buy new equipment for his company. It seemed that nobody would listen, until he met Lucius Darien. Unlike the others, he seemed to believe in Rafael and was willing to take the chance. In exchange for the funding, Lucius demanded a full half of the companys shares. Rafael would remain as the chairman of the company and could still keep his principles. Rafael agreed, and together they started digging on the asteroid belt.
It was a gigantic succes. The company started growing fast. Soon they were hiring new personel, buying new equipment, starting new mining operations everywhere and most of all, making a lot of money. Rafael had made his dream come true. From practically nothing, he had created a very succesfull mining company in few years. But Rafael's luck wasn't going to last. Lucius was a clever man, and he had seen Rafael's true character soon, he was way too gullible for the business. Lucius had planned to betray Rafael right from the beginnig. It's not known just how Lucius managed to blackmail Rafael. But it is known, that without any warning Rafael announced that he is going to retire and sell his shares to Lucius. It was a lie, Rafael didn't sell the shares, he was forced to just hand them over. By that time Rafael's two sons were high ranking officials in the company. They both tried to stop this scheme. They both dissappered mysteriously.
Rafael was devastated. For the rest of his short life he remaind with his only remaining family member, his beloved daughter. Rafael's wife had died giving birth to her. Rafael died poor, he fell victim to some common fever and didn't have enough money to pay for the treatment. The man who had made Kharga Corporation rich and succesfull had died with almost no money.
Lucius wasn't about to keep Rafeael's idealistic principles. The workers of the company were stripped of their rights. Their salaries were cut. The money spend on work safety was cut too. And the company started making even more money. They expanded in all directions, they bought smaller companies and made them part of the Khargo Corporation. They bought spaceships and started new mining operations everywhere. Nowdays they even own a region of land in the icy mining world of Elina in the Archaios subsector.
Kharga Corporations policy was brutal. They paid no heed to their workers rights, fatal injuries were common. They gave absolutely no thought to the enviromental issues regarding their mining operations. They prefer to set their operations in places were the population is poor and uneducated, so they could exploit them, and the workers wouldn't complain about their miserable conditions. They regulary use means like bribery, threatening, hiring pirates and mercenaries and even "silencing" people who are too loud about their policy.
Even with their brutal policy, they are still pretty popular in the eyes of the public. Although none of Rafael's original principles are used anymore, they still make good commercials. Representatives of the corporation are always happy to point out how Rafael struggled to make his fortune from nothing. It is very ironic how the company has become a crude mockery of his original principles who are nowdays only pretty slogans to maintain the companys good reputation.
Kharga Corporation isn't one of the largest corporations in the Anargo Sector yet, but it's growing fast. It still maintains presence in ________. And it has few mining operations going on elsewhere, even a few in other subsectors like Archaios. It has a small fleet which even includew few warp capable ships.
[the end.]
For now...
So, what do you think? This is just a rough draft, and things could be changed. Please, all kinds of comments are welcome. I would like to point out that this corporation isn't as big as I may have made you think. They are just starting to be a inter-subsecor corporation, which only a few operations outside their home territory.
And yes, Kharga needs a home. So, if any of you are willing to have it based on your planet, please, let me know. And of course, I would like to know if it's okay for the owner of that subsector too. I would prefer to not have the corporation based in Archaios since that's where their first inter-subsector operation is based, on the iceworld of Elina.
