Fear is the Mind Killer
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- Corporation Name: House Aquila
- Headquarters:
- Ryloth - Aquila Manor // Shipyards
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- Operations:
- Water Trade: The Aquilan Family has always made its primary income by trade of water along the Mara Corridor, selling dihydrogen monoxide in high enough quantities that the shipments were able to keep entire communities on Ryloth hydrated for weeks at a time through permits that had been gained through the likes of water worlds like Iskalon. The Aquilan Trade fleet expanded, and with it they were able to compete in water trade across the likes of Tatooine, Geonosis and the overly polluted Pi III.
- Ship Building: To supplement their trade fleet as well as corner the market on chemical freighters, house Aquila hired on new and inventive minds to come together in order to design a small fleet to both transport their goods as well as defend them. A thought process that allowed the house to begin commissioning ships to the open market, as well as lend itself to the defense industry.
- Security: Although private security had not been the original intention of the Noble Rylothian house, the expansions of their guarded convoys allowed them to open a service to those who wished to travel along the Mara Corridor in some additional security against the Hutts and other bandits which House Aquila had many deals and non aggression deals with at the time. Eventually, these transport convoys began operating independently, for a fee, capitalizing on their treaties and good name to safely move others.
- Weapons Manufacturing: Finally, with few manufacturers truly available in the outer rim without excessive transport fees, House Aquila endeavored to eliminate the Middle man, giving birth to the House Aquila Quartermasters Guild, a weapon and armoursmithing firm catering to both star-ships and personal equipment. Though similarly to their fleets defensive paradigm, the quatermasters' expertise resides in defensive equipment.
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- Subsidiaries:
- Aquila Trading Co: House Aquilas oldest and most profitable branch and its primary source of income. The Aquila trading co. deals in the compression, conversion, storage, transport and distribution of H2O to planets between Ryloth and Kamino.
- Aquila Shipyards: A more recent endeavor, Aquila Shipyards located on Ryloth is a small ship company capable of creating up to corvette class cruisers, heavy freighters and smaller starships for security purposes.
- The Avery: The PMC arm of House Aquila, reasonably well equipped with effective technology, many of its members are trained by or former members of other military organizations that House Aquila managed to poach with a high enough paycheck.
- Aquila Quartermasters Guild: A consortium of inventors, engineers and scientists who work in research and development for the other three arms of House Aquila.
Historically, House Aquila under the guidance of its founder Marius was a gangster of some repute several generations ago. Using a sordid treaty with the Hutt Cartels, Marius traded water up and down the Mara Corridor to people who would be going without it. Suspected by many to be saboteurs, extortion artists and blackmailers though seldom had the means to prove it House Aquila did not have a good name for itself in the early days and was generally considered a Hutt front or subsidiary. The house employed Hutt brigands, bounty hunters and bandits to put pressure on other moisture farmers across their quickly growing territories as well as occasionally openly attacked other traders that were in competition with themselves. The hostile tactics of the House allowed them to develop a stranglehold on the water market, forging themselves a monopoly on the deeply necessary H2O trade of these volitile that made them excessively wealthy, and led to the death of many communities due to thirst.
Since the fall of their treaty with the Hutts however, House Aquila, under the new ownership of Felix Aquila, has been attempting to redeem the Aquilan name across the galaxy. The Organization with a newly refurbished fleet engages in charity work and far less competitive tactics, working in tandem with the CIS government to aid in humanitarian efforts across their territory. All the while the young scion wields the family fortune as a means to uplift downtrodden communities of nations and worlds that are plagued by inhospitable environments. He's on record for saying that the dream of house Aquila is to see forests on Ryloth, Tatooine and Geonosis.
Although its true that the company benefits from the actions of its founders and the generations thereafter, the monopoly of the trade on these planets on a corporate level is still largely in place, due to the hostile shut down of other competitors. However, in recent years there have been small grass roots efforts of others to otherwise populate the field, yet none that could hope to compare to House Aquila in their area.
Finally, the expansion of the organization has seen a rapid increase in House Aquilas scope. After creating their own shipyard under Felix's fathers guidance and with the unification of the Quartermaster's guild under Felix, House Aquila, although spending more money than it has in most of the time it has existed, is set to have some of its largest net gains in the near future. The company is researching new technologies to better safeguard their assets as well as the assets of the CIS.
Since the fall of their treaty with the Hutts however, House Aquila, under the new ownership of Felix Aquila, has been attempting to redeem the Aquilan name across the galaxy. The Organization with a newly refurbished fleet engages in charity work and far less competitive tactics, working in tandem with the CIS government to aid in humanitarian efforts across their territory. All the while the young scion wields the family fortune as a means to uplift downtrodden communities of nations and worlds that are plagued by inhospitable environments. He's on record for saying that the dream of house Aquila is to see forests on Ryloth, Tatooine and Geonosis.
Although its true that the company benefits from the actions of its founders and the generations thereafter, the monopoly of the trade on these planets on a corporate level is still largely in place, due to the hostile shut down of other competitors. However, in recent years there have been small grass roots efforts of others to otherwise populate the field, yet none that could hope to compare to House Aquila in their area.
Finally, the expansion of the organization has seen a rapid increase in House Aquilas scope. After creating their own shipyard under Felix's fathers guidance and with the unification of the Quartermaster's guild under Felix, House Aquila, although spending more money than it has in most of the time it has existed, is set to have some of its largest net gains in the near future. The company is researching new technologies to better safeguard their assets as well as the assets of the CIS.
RATIONALE:
House Aquila has been around for some time, his family have developed a corporation in an area that is incredibly hostile to most corporations, it stands to reason that in one of the most crime-ridden sectors in the galaxy, it would take an almost gangster esque organization to gain a foot-hold in that area, making deals. Additionally, there is only so much water that can be gained through water vaporization on a desert planet, as arid worlds would largely absorb their moisture where it can lay in caves and undergrounds and tend to have little to no humidity in the wild.
Felix came into ownership of this organization through a ruthless take-over involving breaking down the relationships between the Hutts and his former family, staging a corporate coup that resulted in most of his family being sold into slavery. With those deals broken down, and the area now ruled by the CIS, he activated his familie's former assets and rebranded with the CIS as opposed to the Hutt Cartels.
Felix came into ownership of this organization through a ruthless take-over involving breaking down the relationships between the Hutts and his former family, staging a corporate coup that resulted in most of his family being sold into slavery. With those deals broken down, and the area now ruled by the CIS, he activated his familie's former assets and rebranded with the CIS as opposed to the Hutt Cartels.
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