Minor Faction Internal Report - N&Z Umbrella Corporation Correspondance

While the collapse of the Dark Empire had been largely unfelt by the N&Z due to the former's trade restrictions effectively making it a 'faction non grata' for most of the industry leaders, their sudden and rather unexpected retraction and retreat from their key locations within the galaxy proper had brought on a vacuum, where many a planetary government suddenly was allowed to choose for themselves in whether or not they'd open up their markets to the galaxy's trading and industrial companies. this change has seen a sudden revitalization of the Mygeeto industrial complex despite the damages it had suffered under the most recent raid conducted by a collaboration of Hutt cartel members, mercenaries and assumed Dark Empire aligned revolutionaries.

With the production output in the region rising with 6.2% in the first two weeks after the collapse of the Dark Empire, the N&Z is planning to expand its number of production facilities in the region.

The collapse of the Empire of the Lost on the other hand did have a significant impact on the company's production capacity and overall sales, as with the Empire in decline, a massive market with unified regulations and collective bargaining has crumbled and most contracts are now on a much smaller scale, resulting in a much higher overhead and much smaller returns on overall investments in the region. According to the latest numbers, production and sales have gone down by 18.6% and 23.9% respectively, which would be a devastating blow to any company. As such, the N&Z has been forced to reorganise within the region for the time being, hoping to stimy a further decline by stimulating the local governments into sector agreements and contracts on a larger scale.

While the Diarchy failed to meet the projected growth, it has nevertheless increased its contractual options with the N&Z Umbrella Corporation, which has translated in an increased production of 17.4% within Diarchy territory and a 16.8% sales increase. However, these growth rates are on the back of an already substantial debt the Diarchy has to the N&Z, with major investments draining the company's coffers at an alarming rate. To combat this growing debt, the Chancellorate of the Diarchy has recently approved the plan to allow for the N&Z to exploit Entralla as a semi-autonomous industrial headquarters within the territory, which would boost overall industry within the Diarchy, as well as lowering the cost of production in general within the region.

Another point of contention was the agreement between the Diarchy and the Trade Federation on the use and further exploitation of Muunilist, which saw the Trade Federation effectively retaining control over the homeworld of the Banking Clan. This move has effectively scuttled the N&Z's intended move into the open financial market, where it could potentially offload the Diarchy's debt. Talks with the Trade Federation are on the table, but for now the focus has been put on Entralla's development.

The two largest factions within the galaxy each have been subject to widespread criticism for their hard to navigate financial and industrial structures. Where the Galactic Alliance has a policy of nepotism and favoritism, sprinkled with a bureaucratic maze which makes entering the market near impossible without having sustained severe losses and costs just to get beyond the red tape, the Sith Order is a nightmare for any non-aligned corporation, as it heavily promotes its own companies to such a degree that it only allows foreign companies to do any business if they are in a joint venture with an approved SIBC company. The Former has led to the N&Z largely ignoring the supposedly largest market of the galaxy, while the latter has recently forced the N&Z to move official production and research out of the Sith Order Territory, though it retains its nominal operations within the region at a harshly reduced scale.

The Royal Naboo Republic has so far not been approached for any business proposals, mainly due to the fact it seems to fall back on the same principles of the Galactic Alliance and therefore does not initially seem to be a market where growth can be achieved at a reasonable level. Costs would be expected to be much greater than with comparable factions, with expected output to be a pittance in the grand galactic scale. The Foundation in the meantime is at best a loose coalition of worlds and at worst yet another Galactic Alliance sattelite state, thus again relying more on galactic alliance products than that of non aligned companies. The CIS or Confederacy of Independent Systems in the meantime has been quite open to potential trading partners, though its most lucrative market I.E. that of defense and military security has so far been hampered by a rather slow moving process, while the N&Z believes this market has great potential for growth, their recently sunk energy deal has given pause to look at a different corporate approach to this faction.

With the slow growth of the Diarchy and thus its current key market, the N&Z has decided to expand its influence within the faction, while also cooperating with the Lilaste Order to spread and increase production and mining within the region, the open market for materials and minerals is still a thriving market in which the company hopes to increase its share over the coming fiscal year. Costs will be substantial and with a marketshare most likely shrinking further, the N&Z has revised its internal policies and directorial positions, having split off the Directors from both the board and the division chiefs, allowing for greater operational authority and autonomy for Directors. One of its most recent direct results was a reorganization within the EnSol division, leading to the founding of StarWorks, which has consolidated all shipbuilding in a single subdivision, increasing oversight and lowering overall cost.