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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Setting for future Trade Federation
galactic dominationthreads - Image Credit: Blade Runner, dir: Ridley Scott, 1982
- Canon: N/A
- Permissions: REC, Technoid
- Links: Aargau, Trade Federation
SETTING INFORMATION
- Structure Name: Trade Federation Industropolis
- Classification: Megacorporation headquarters / industrial supercity
- Location: New Escrow, Aargau
- Affiliation: Trade Federation
- Accessibility: The Industropolis is located within the heart of New Escrow, close to key government buildings and the headquarters of the finance world’s largest corporations. Numerous public transport and landspeeder lanes connect the sprawling Trade Federation campus to the Aargauun transport grid and the planets main starport. A limited number of private landing pads provide direct access to the building for senior Trade Federation executives.
All visitors to the Industropolis undergo basic security screening upon entering, though public areas of the complex devoted to sales, showrooms and expos have limited security measures in place. Corporate areas where Trade Federation employees work are protected by additional layers of physical and information security to safeguard the commercially and legally sensitive work being undertaken. The highest levels of security are reserved for the executive wing of the Industropolis, and work areas undertaking projects deemed by the Board of Directors to be crucial to the future profits of the Trade Federation. - Description: The towering pyramidal megastructure is the newest addition to the Aargauun skyline. Lesser towers around the main structure form the wider Industropolis campus. The bronze structure is illuminated day and night by the lights of workspaces inhabited by office drones, tirelessly working to enrich the Trade Federation through ventures all across the galaxy.
POINTS OF INTEREST
- Showrooms: While hard to believe, there are some citizens of the galaxy unaware of the Trade Federation and its work. To help address this ignorance, the Trade Federation holds regular expos and tradeshows in massive conference centres spread throughout the Industropolis. At any given time half a dozen such events may be taking place, helping potential clients to realise that there is only one megacorporation in the galaxy with the skills and experience to meet their needs - the Trade Federation.
- Meeting rooms: A constant stream of clientele frequent the Industropolis to undertake business with the Trade Federation. Clients are received in meeting rooms tailored to their species biological needs to ensure they are comfortable when meeting with their account managers - the Board of Directors had found this makes them more agreeable to terms favourable to the Trade Federation. Privacy screens and aural dampeners ensure that the client’s business is kept secret from their competitors. Of course, the Trade Federation records all interactions for
future leverage and blackmailtraining and quality purposes. - Office space: Areas to draft and execute contracts, receive and pay invoices, and manage the corporate functions of the galaxy-spanning Trade Federation occupy the majority of the Industropolis. While droids and supercomputers deal with much of the administrative minutiae, the nature of the Trade Federation’s dubious business practices requires the creativity of sentients to devise unique deals, clauses and agreements which ensure the Trade Federation turns a profit in each and every deal.
- Executive wing: The accommodation offered to Trade Federation senior executives is consummate with their unimaginable salaries. Office space is maintained for each board member and chief executive regardless of where they reside or how often they visit Aargau. Luxury accommodation and dining facilities are made available to ensure the Trade Federation's finest are always at the top of their game.
- Vaults: While the majority of the Trade Federation's vast wealth is held on the Muun banking worlds, sums of credits beyond the GDPs of most planets are held in high-security vaults to pay contracts, buy out smaller companies, or to
bribe government officialspromote the Trade Federation's humanitarian work. The vaults are coded to grant access only to high ranking Trade Federation managers and guarded by a phalanx of security droids.
SECURITY: High
- Physical security:
- TF01 Fusillade and TF02 Ensilage roaming patrols
- TF03 Cavalier security checkpoints
- TF04 Paladin quick reaction force
- TF01 Riptide and TF01 Carrion aerial patrols
- Deflector shields
- TXA IDCS-60 01x Point Defense Driver
- SHAC-60 Mass Driver Autocannon
- Anti-personal blasters
- Blastdoors
- Information security:
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
A megacorporation as large and diverse as the galaxy-spanning Trade Federation finds itself dealing with an unimaginable clerical and administrative workload. Contracts need to be written and executed, legal advice provided, and invoices issued and paid. Time is credits, and any delays caused by waiting for paperwork adversely impact the Trade Federation’s bottom line.
As part of its latest expansion plan, the majority of the Trade Federation’s corporate functions have been brought together in a massive purpose-built complex on Aargau. The new Industropolis will ensure that the importance behind the scenes work of the Trade Federation is carried out quickly and efficiently, allowing the rest of the organisation to focus on massive profits.
When settling on a location, Aargau was the first and only option. The banking world has a pedigree of business administration unrivalled throughout the galaxy, and locals who cut their teeth with the Bank of Aargau Ltd were joined by experienced Trade Federation administrators brought in from around the galaxy. Trade Federation Board member
Aerarii Tithe
was appointed to oversee the construction of the Industropolis, which was completed in 868ABY, and has now taken up residence in the sprawling complex to oversee its operation.
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