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Great Reference. The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis(I can't spell) Part 2: Economy Boogaloo
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Governor's Gambit - Star Wars SI into Imperial Governor
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Great Reference. The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis(I can't spell) Part 2: Economy Boogaloo
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Ok, but you could have gone with a number bigger than 1 so why give them only a single frigate? Still Seems kinda small in comparison to the amount pirate bands fly around with?
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Omake: Branching Out into New Markets with Subsidiaries
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Omake: Branching Out into New Markets with Subsidiaries
POV: Mining Boss Xosana, Owner of Xosana Concern a RIII Corporation Mining Company with a Safety Officer specialty in the IGCCP, also Owner of Xosana Enterprise a RI Cooperative Mining Company with a Safety Officer specialty in the BGES, Guilder District, Borantha City, Velecose IV, Braxant Sector.
Stepping off his used Star Seeder-class Colony Ship, Xosana took his first breath on the second visit to his new District. Well a lot of it was officially owned by the Braxant Subsidiary of Xosana Concern, Xosana Enterprise, but given he was Xosana and he owned both companies it was basically semantics. Point is, no sentient was going get in the way of his appreciating this growing District before him if he could help it.
"All right lads! Fan out! Take in the sights a bit before your designated appointments. First Wave has set up the foundations. Head to the central office in time for your appointment and get your housing situated."
The Dowutin's heavy duty prosthetic leg gave a creak as it helped hold up his ton of weight. He took a quick stroll through the Guilder District. Most of the folks he saw were from the First Wave, but there were a couple of natives. Makes sense with Xosana Enterprise owning most of the land and being the main employer of the folks in the District. Guilder Districts were what happened when the Guild found something worth investing in on a planet, but the population wasn't ready or able to take advantage of the opportunity. Could be mining, farming, or some other particularly profitable resource. A company or companies wanting to get the first bite of that opportunity ships in their workers to set up the initial operation.
In exchange for being allowed to set up a District, the companies give a pledge to train and employ local workers to handle most of any expansions. In addition the companies must allow other competing companies to get a slice of the action or set up their own businesses inside the District if they wanted. Also they agree to make their best effort not to "disrupt any local communities". This basically means a Guilder District tends to be built just outside a settlement's limits on unincorporated land rather than buying out the locals's homes and infrastructure.
The practice had been getting more popular now that the "legally distinct and separate" Braxant Guild of Economic Stability had been founded. "Transferred personnel" from Myto companies would set up subsidiaries of their parent companies back home in order to use their institutional knowledge in this new market. A lot of worlds in the Braxant sector were too poor to do the initial development, so they saw a Guilder District being built as an economic opportunity for their planet. Some of these subsidiaries acted like de facto branches of the original company, but for legal purposes they were registered as subsidiaries with their own separate legal and financial identity. Bigger companies like CEC, BlasTech, and KDY use the same kind of loopholes to move into sectors at times, so the galactic Imperial government would have difficulty preventing the practice.
"Steady with those crates fellas! Can't risk those thinsuits and breath masks getting damaged. Mess up here and it's the miners that will suffer up top!"
To give an example, Velecose IV was a world littered with mountains and minimal vegetation. What drew the Concern to this place was the signs of rich mineral veins on the higher elevations. While the atmosphere was breathable enough up there, most of the natives refused to go up even when the Concern promised generous incentives and funding for founding up their own mining company. The mountain they would be mining wasn't a cultural icon or religious ground or anything, Xosana had checked per Guild regulations. Locals just didn't like to work in the thin and frigid air.
In response to these difficulties, Xosana had sunk a significant portion of the Concern's funds and his own savings into a new subsidiary, Xosana Enterprise, to set up a mining community just outside of Borantha City to extract resources from the planet. Valuable minerals would be exported to keep the Enterprise in the black while more practical minerals will be stored for future expansion of both the District and the rest of the planet. So far the foundation phase has gone well, and now it was time to get down to the mining.
"Everything progressing well, Mining Boss Xosana? I would hope my assistance would be sufficient lubrication for things to run smoothly."
Xosana hoped he wouldn't hear that nasally voice so sound after landing. Velecose IV's Imperial Liaison Krump was more than happy to assist in getting the land both near the city and up the mountains sold to Xosana Enterprise. Personally Xosana found the lanky human a bit of a wallflower, but he is absolutely loyal to the Empire. Probably how he was sent this posting in the first place after he transferred over from the Diplomatic Corps. Xosana could handle Krump buzzing around occasionally like an annoying fly if it means securing the Concern's first major venture outside the Myto sector.
"Yes we are on schedule, Krump. Once Xosana Enterprise is done building we'll lend our Z7 Series droids and make a voluntary contribution to help construct the ground facilities for those communication satellites. A deal's a deal. Just make sure to keep helping ensure things between the locals and the Guilders stay calm."
It was a win-win in Xosana's book. Velecose IV was close to a hyperlane route and Krump hoped connecting to the wider Imperial Network would raise the planet's standing and his own with it. Xosana Enterprise gets some good PR with the locals and the government by contributing to some public infrastructure, and Xosana and his subsidiary's workers get access to the ability to send quicker messages back home. He'd be able to get in touch with the Myto office way quicker once those satellites get set up.
Speaking of his subsidiary's workers, from the locals' perspective the settlers from Myto may have looked like one cohesive group. However, the Concern wasn't a big enough company for the personnel they transferred to be entirely internal. Instead they had hired from the myriad of communities around the Minda system to scrounge up the numbers they needed to populate the District. Everything from Alderaanians interested in Velecose IV's mountains, a few Muun looking for office jobs, a Sullustan Warren-clan hoping to get in on the ground floor, to a smattering of kids from the original Ugean settlers looking to emulate their parents by going offworld.
Despite their differences, the other Guilders had mostly circled the speeders with the Concern's more veteran employees when it came to interacting with the locals. Preferring to focus on their shared ties to the Myto sector and each other rather than try to integrate. It caused some tensions in the beginning. Nothing violent. Just some heckling and insults being exchanged and local institutions dragging their feet for things like licenses, permits, and correspondence.
However Krump was able to flit between any lines drawn and settle any issues that popped up. Some community events, a few dinners, and participation in a local festival and things calmed down a bit. For all his flaws, the man can be inoffensive and play the role of the neutral mediator when he tried. Why there were already some locals heading to the local Guild office in the District to apply to become Guilders themselves.
"Of that you can certainly trust me. Now I believe one of your employees wants a word with you. Talk to you again soon."
Hopefully not too soon. Something about Krump always put Xosana on edge. Maybe it was his instincts from when he was a Sector Ranger. Two centuries of service in the institution gave plenty of time to hone his ability to smell a pest. Still, Xosana wasn't in a position to arrest anyone anymore. Best he could do is keep a passive eye on the Krump and send act as a "concerned citizen" if anything turned up.
"Flibron! How are things? Noticed the prefab homes are up. With this wave of folks we are set to hit well over one thousand settlers. Spotted a few cantinas for recreation, and a general store for supplies."
When Xosana had promoted Filbron to senior manager in charge of setting up Xosana Enterprise, this place was just some empty fields. Now things were beginning to look like proper place to visit off the clock. The Guilder District was mainly designed for a place the miners to get some R&R. Course that meant hiring some mercs to keep order given talks about establishing a branch of local law enforcement in the District were still ongoing. It was needed with how rowdy his folks could get in the cantina.
"About as well as could be expected Boss. Hangars permits just came in for housing ore haulers. Landing pads are fully staffed with operators in the control towers to avoid accidents. The droid maintenance facilities just got the final adjustments on their tooling. Fusion smelter foundries might take some time yet, but they are at the end of our production line.
Up top we are just about ready to do the initial boring with 11-17-series mining droids. Afterwards organic miners will do the mineral extraction with beamdrills, primarily the GP-G9 Pulse Drills, in addition to blaststicks and repulsorcarts. Maybe we can ship in a few utility arms in the future to boost productivity. Specialists are also fully certified to use the Mechanized Autominer Mk IVs for extraction and collection."
It was a sound enough plan when they drew it up back on Ugea. Well within the restrictions they would be operating under. Due to this planet containing a native population, energy mining was forbidden in line with galactic Imperial law. Guild regulations meant thinsuits and breath masks are required both up the mountains and inside the shafts during exploratory mining in case of gas pockets and cave ins. Especially when using any amount of explosives like blaststicks. Might cost a bit more, but it was worth it to stay on the right side of the law and keep his folks safe.
"Right I am gonna head over to the central office and make sure things run smoothly. Finish up whatever offloading documents need approval. Maybe catch some shut eye before my real first day begins."
Yep this is exactly what Xosana wanted when he used his pension to found the Concern. A way to spend his retirement productively while heading new and interesting projects. Maybe after about five decades he could leave running the Concern to a successor and spend his later years wandering the remote wilderness regions of Velecose IV. Either way that was for future Xosana to deal with. For now current Xosana has to prepare to get his hands dirty assisting the build up of this community of folks under his watch.
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A look at how the Guild is spreading out across the new sector. Companies are going to take advantage of new markets, even if they have to put on a new coat of paint to do so. Apparently making separate businesses is pretty common for business owners, especially in the rental property industry.
Mining and trade operations tend to end up attracting other industries and further immigration. Even without government encouragement, I can see the these new "Guilders" migrating to new worlds and gradually becoming a distinct cultural group popping up on a bunch of worlds. Guilders are not quite Imperial High Human, but not in line with the local culture either. Think more an ancient Mediterranean colony with Minda as the first Mother City rather than a Colonial era colony with a Mother Country. This expanding cultural and economic network is probably going to be the bedrock of support for Las on a lot of worlds both in and out of his home sector.
Crossposted on SB and SV
POV: Mining Boss Xosana, Owner of Xosana Concern a RIII Corporation Mining Company with a Safety Officer specialty in the IGCCP, also Owner of Xosana Enterprise a RI Cooperative Mining Company with a Safety Officer specialty in the BGES, Guilder District, Borantha City, Velecose IV, Braxant Sector.
Stepping off his used Star Seeder-class Colony Ship, Xosana took his first breath on the second visit to his new District. Well a lot of it was officially owned by the Braxant Subsidiary of Xosana Concern, Xosana Enterprise, but given he was Xosana and he owned both companies it was basically semantics. Point is, no sentient was going get in the way of his appreciating this growing District before him if he could help it.
"All right lads! Fan out! Take in the sights a bit before your designated appointments. First Wave has set up the foundations. Head to the central office in time for your appointment and get your housing situated."
The Dowutin's heavy duty prosthetic leg gave a creak as it helped hold up his ton of weight. He took a quick stroll through the Guilder District. Most of the folks he saw were from the First Wave, but there were a couple of natives. Makes sense with Xosana Enterprise owning most of the land and being the main employer of the folks in the District. Guilder Districts were what happened when the Guild found something worth investing in on a planet, but the population wasn't ready or able to take advantage of the opportunity. Could be mining, farming, or some other particularly profitable resource. A company or companies wanting to get the first bite of that opportunity ships in their workers to set up the initial operation.
In exchange for being allowed to set up a District, the companies give a pledge to train and employ local workers to handle most of any expansions. In addition the companies must allow other competing companies to get a slice of the action or set up their own businesses inside the District if they wanted. Also they agree to make their best effort not to "disrupt any local communities". This basically means a Guilder District tends to be built just outside a settlement's limits on unincorporated land rather than buying out the locals's homes and infrastructure.
The practice had been getting more popular now that the "legally distinct and separate" Braxant Guild of Economic Stability had been founded. "Transferred personnel" from Myto companies would set up subsidiaries of their parent companies back home in order to use their institutional knowledge in this new market. A lot of worlds in the Braxant sector were too poor to do the initial development, so they saw a Guilder District being built as an economic opportunity for their planet. Some of these subsidiaries acted like de facto branches of the original company, but for legal purposes they were registered as subsidiaries with their own separate legal and financial identity. Bigger companies like CEC, BlasTech, and KDY use the same kind of loopholes to move into sectors at times, so the galactic Imperial government would have difficulty preventing the practice.
"Steady with those crates fellas! Can't risk those thinsuits and breath masks getting damaged. Mess up here and it's the miners that will suffer up top!"
To give an example, Velecose IV was a world littered with mountains and minimal vegetation. What drew the Concern to this place was the signs of rich mineral veins on the higher elevations. While the atmosphere was breathable enough up there, most of the natives refused to go up even when the Concern promised generous incentives and funding for founding up their own mining company. The mountain they would be mining wasn't a cultural icon or religious ground or anything, Xosana had checked per Guild regulations. Locals just didn't like to work in the thin and frigid air.
In response to these difficulties, Xosana had sunk a significant portion of the Concern's funds and his own savings into a new subsidiary, Xosana Enterprise, to set up a mining community just outside of Borantha City to extract resources from the planet. Valuable minerals would be exported to keep the Enterprise in the black while more practical minerals will be stored for future expansion of both the District and the rest of the planet. So far the foundation phase has gone well, and now it was time to get down to the mining.
"Everything progressing well, Mining Boss Xosana? I would hope my assistance would be sufficient lubrication for things to run smoothly."
Xosana hoped he wouldn't hear that nasally voice so sound after landing. Velecose IV's Imperial Liaison Krump was more than happy to assist in getting the land both near the city and up the mountains sold to Xosana Enterprise. Personally Xosana found the lanky human a bit of a wallflower, but he is absolutely loyal to the Empire. Probably how he was sent this posting in the first place after he transferred over from the Diplomatic Corps. Xosana could handle Krump buzzing around occasionally like an annoying fly if it means securing the Concern's first major venture outside the Myto sector.
"Yes we are on schedule, Krump. Once Xosana Enterprise is done building we'll lend our Z7 Series droids and make a voluntary contribution to help construct the ground facilities for those communication satellites. A deal's a deal. Just make sure to keep helping ensure things between the locals and the Guilders stay calm."
It was a win-win in Xosana's book. Velecose IV was close to a hyperlane route and Krump hoped connecting to the wider Imperial Network would raise the planet's standing and his own with it. Xosana Enterprise gets some good PR with the locals and the government by contributing to some public infrastructure, and Xosana and his subsidiary's workers get access to the ability to send quicker messages back home. He'd be able to get in touch with the Myto office way quicker once those satellites get set up.
Speaking of his subsidiary's workers, from the locals' perspective the settlers from Myto may have looked like one cohesive group. However, the Concern wasn't a big enough company for the personnel they transferred to be entirely internal. Instead they had hired from the myriad of communities around the Minda system to scrounge up the numbers they needed to populate the District. Everything from Alderaanians interested in Velecose IV's mountains, a few Muun looking for office jobs, a Sullustan Warren-clan hoping to get in on the ground floor, to a smattering of kids from the original Ugean settlers looking to emulate their parents by going offworld.
Despite their differences, the other Guilders had mostly circled the speeders with the Concern's more veteran employees when it came to interacting with the locals. Preferring to focus on their shared ties to the Myto sector and each other rather than try to integrate. It caused some tensions in the beginning. Nothing violent. Just some heckling and insults being exchanged and local institutions dragging their feet for things like licenses, permits, and correspondence.
However Krump was able to flit between any lines drawn and settle any issues that popped up. Some community events, a few dinners, and participation in a local festival and things calmed down a bit. For all his flaws, the man can be inoffensive and play the role of the neutral mediator when he tried. Why there were already some locals heading to the local Guild office in the District to apply to become Guilders themselves.
"Of that you can certainly trust me. Now I believe one of your employees wants a word with you. Talk to you again soon."
Hopefully not too soon. Something about Krump always put Xosana on edge. Maybe it was his instincts from when he was a Sector Ranger. Two centuries of service in the institution gave plenty of time to hone his ability to smell a pest. Still, Xosana wasn't in a position to arrest anyone anymore. Best he could do is keep a passive eye on the Krump and send act as a "concerned citizen" if anything turned up.
"Flibron! How are things? Noticed the prefab homes are up. With this wave of folks we are set to hit well over one thousand settlers. Spotted a few cantinas for recreation, and a general store for supplies."
When Xosana had promoted Filbron to senior manager in charge of setting up Xosana Enterprise, this place was just some empty fields. Now things were beginning to look like proper place to visit off the clock. The Guilder District was mainly designed for a place the miners to get some R&R. Course that meant hiring some mercs to keep order given talks about establishing a branch of local law enforcement in the District were still ongoing. It was needed with how rowdy his folks could get in the cantina.
"About as well as could be expected Boss. Hangars permits just came in for housing ore haulers. Landing pads are fully staffed with operators in the control towers to avoid accidents. The droid maintenance facilities just got the final adjustments on their tooling. Fusion smelter foundries might take some time yet, but they are at the end of our production line.
Up top we are just about ready to do the initial boring with 11-17-series mining droids. Afterwards organic miners will do the mineral extraction with beamdrills, primarily the GP-G9 Pulse Drills, in addition to blaststicks and repulsorcarts. Maybe we can ship in a few utility arms in the future to boost productivity. Specialists are also fully certified to use the Mechanized Autominer Mk IVs for extraction and collection."
It was a sound enough plan when they drew it up back on Ugea. Well within the restrictions they would be operating under. Due to this planet containing a native population, energy mining was forbidden in line with galactic Imperial law. Guild regulations meant thinsuits and breath masks are required both up the mountains and inside the shafts during exploratory mining in case of gas pockets and cave ins. Especially when using any amount of explosives like blaststicks. Might cost a bit more, but it was worth it to stay on the right side of the law and keep his folks safe.
"Right I am gonna head over to the central office and make sure things run smoothly. Finish up whatever offloading documents need approval. Maybe catch some shut eye before my real first day begins."
Yep this is exactly what Xosana wanted when he used his pension to found the Concern. A way to spend his retirement productively while heading new and interesting projects. Maybe after about five decades he could leave running the Concern to a successor and spend his later years wandering the remote wilderness regions of Velecose IV. Either way that was for future Xosana to deal with. For now current Xosana has to prepare to get his hands dirty assisting the build up of this community of folks under his watch.
——
A look at how the Guild is spreading out across the new sector. Companies are going to take advantage of new markets, even if they have to put on a new coat of paint to do so. Apparently making separate businesses is pretty common for business owners, especially in the rental property industry.
Mining and trade operations tend to end up attracting other industries and further immigration. Even without government encouragement, I can see the these new "Guilders" migrating to new worlds and gradually becoming a distinct cultural group popping up on a bunch of worlds. Guilders are not quite Imperial High Human, but not in line with the local culture either. Think more an ancient Mediterranean colony with Minda as the first Mother City rather than a Colonial era colony with a Mother Country. This expanding cultural and economic network is probably going to be the bedrock of support for Las on a lot of worlds both in and out of his home sector.
Crossposted on SB and SV
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