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New Earth Trading Company | |
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Corporation Profile | |
Affiliation | |
Headquarters | Meredith (New Earth)[1] |
Leadership | CEO |
Product(s) | |
Manufacturing Plant(s) |
The New Earth Trading Company is considered one of the first ever interstellar trading companies, having been founded in the chaotic exploration days of the twenty-second century.
Overview[edit]
Originally engaged in transportation and trade, New Earth Trading Company's commercial success led to its expansion into other areas, such as robotics. Competition between NETC and the other robotic corporations was fierce, with the former often bending the rules in order to get ahead of Ulsop and Nirasaki. It was NETC that won the contract to design the artificial intelligence of the Space Defense System's Caspar drone ships, which was accomplished by the first neural mapping of the human brain, that of Admiral Kinru Dvarahal.[1][2]
Unfortunately, that same tactical genius would be turned against the Star League Defense Force during the Amaris Civil War. While NETC would survive the civil war and the resulting Succession Wars, much of its high-tech facilities were destroyed in the fighting, forcing the company back into the trading business. It also retained the ability to produce a limited number of military vehicles, supplied mostly to ComStar and the Lyran Commonwealth. The Truce of Tukayyid provided the company a financial windfall as the various realms raced to rearm their military forces post–Clan Invasion.[1][2]
NETC is the original producer of the Vedette tank, and the only company to use ComStar equipment in their vehicles. This has given them a reputation as being a front for ComStar.[1][3] They maintain fairly cordial relationships with all the Successor States except the Draconis Combine, some events in the War of 3039 have cooled relations between the Combine and NETC.[4]
New Earth Trading Company prefers to work within a 200 light year radius of their corporate headquarters on New Earth. New Earth division's president Donald Witherspoon oversaw the construction of two new warehousing and transportation facilities on Bharat.[4]
The campaign to liberate New Earth during Operation SCOUR was particularly destructive, both in the ground battles and as a result of orbital bombardments. The defending Word of Blake forces ensured that little industry remained after their defeat, making it extremely likely that the NETC facility on New Earth was destroyed.[5]
In the mid-3080s, the Maxwell Planetary Defense Consortium approached NETC about licensing the Myrmidon tank design. Maxwell hoped that the destruction of NETC's Myrmidon production line would make this a deal worth taking.[6]
At some point in the early parts of the thirty-second century, the company ended up secretly producing combat units for a splinter ComStar group which was rebuilding the Com Guards for their own purposes. Among the assets NETC were producing at their New Earth factory were BattleMechs. However, during the Fortress Republic era, elements of the Republic of the Sphere seized the factory and nationalized it for use for the struggling nation.[7]
Early in the Succession Wars Comstar apparently invested heavily in the company, and operated it as a front company. This explains how NETC was able to create new BattleMechs and other military supplies for the Com Guards of the early thirty-second century.[8]
Manufacturing[edit]
New Earth Trading Company has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
New Earth[edit]
It is believed that this facility was destroyed in 3078 during the liberation of New Earth.[5]
Terra[edit]
Components produced on Terra:[18][19] | |
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Component | Type |
VTOL | |
Karnov UR[18][19] | VTOLs |
Internal Combustion Engine | |
DAV 190 | Karnov[18][19] |
Armor (BattleMechs & Combat Vehicles) | |
Star Slab 1.5 Standard | Karnov[18][19] |
Communications System | |
Johnston Q-Rotor | Karnov[18][19] |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 145: "New Earth Trading Company (NETC)"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 165: "Top Ten Hegemony Companies - [New Earth Trading Company]"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 84: "New Earth Trading Company"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 219: "Corporations of the Word of Blake - [New Earth Trading Company]"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 107: "Blake/Terran Protectorate"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 78
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere, p. 34 Kheper - Background info on the 'Mech includes brief history of NETC and its nationalization to Republic control.
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 137
- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 Objective Raids, p. 84: "Produced New Earth Trading Company Components"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 54: "Produced Engineering Vehicle Components"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 Technical Readout: 3060, p. 24: "Produced Myrmidon Components"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade, p. 202: "Produced Alacorn Mk VI Components"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 66: "Produced Vedette Vehicle Components"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental, p. 36: "Produced Fwltur Components
- ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 Technical Readout: 3145, p. 34: "Produced Kheper Components
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Technical Readout: 3145, p. 38: "Produced Uraeus Components
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 BattleSpace, p. 27: "Ship Construction - JumpShips and WarShips"
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Technical Readout: 3026 Revised, p. 30: "Produced Karnov UR Components"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 Technical Readout: 3039, p. 40: "Produced Karnov Components"
Bibliography[edit]
- Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Handbook: House Steiner
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers
- Objective Raids
- The Star League
- Technical Readout: 3026 Revised
- Technical Readout: 3039
- Technical Readout: 3058 Upgrade
- Technical Readout: 3060
- Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental
- Technical Readout: 3145 Republic of the Sphere