Subgroup - Merchant Consortium
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| Leader(s): | Director Kilpulyr |
| Members: | 300 +/- |
| Headquarters: | Fleet HQ, Talus - Chimaera |
| Locations: | Player Cities |
| History Information | |
| Founding: | November 12, 2003 |
| Fleet Information | |
| Fleet Role: | Craftsmen & Merchants |
| Affiliation | Galactic Empire / Neutral |
| Oversector | Civilian Authority |
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Friendly Service. Outstanding Quality.
The Merchant Conglomerate handles all crafts, trading and commerce within the entire Black Sword Fleet's populace. With almost 300 combined craftsmen from various servers united under Conglomerate policy, it is one of the largest trading and commerce bodies in Star Wars Galaxies. The Conglomerate, like the Entetainers Union, is one of the few Fleet subgroups that are not a single guild or a collection of guilds. Instead, the Conglomerate operates as an umbrella organization with multiple guilds, trading groups and individuals working together to pool resources, set trading policies and galactic prices.
Leadership and Politics
The management of the Merchant Conglomerate is made up of several powerful corporations. Representatives of the most corporations sit on a leadership council called the Corporate Authority, all of whom are ranking business executives or the most profitable businessmen in the Conglomerate. The Authority is led by an Executive Director, and other posts included Operations Director, Auditor-General and the Imperial Advisor that represented the interests of the Galactic Empire and the Black Sword Fleet. The monetary authority of the Merchant Conglomerate and the Black Sword Fleet is the Commerce Guild. All tax revenues, gambling events, and other funds from the Fleet all cross through the commerce guild. The Banking Guild handles shares and assets for the Galactic Stock Market Exchange.
Organization & Culture
There are several branches, divisions and coalition corporations within the Merchant Conglomerate.
Baktoid Industries
This coalition of dozens of armorsmith's across the galaxy is a leading corporation within the Merchant Conglomerate, and one of the wealthiest.
Black Market Enterprises
Secretive but wealthy merchants of the Black Market provide gear, weapons and ships to various neutral criminal organizations including the Privatus Syndicate. It is believed they also sell to both sides of the Galactic Civil War at incredibly high prices.
Commerce Guild
Acting as the monetary authority of the Merchant Conglomerate and the Black Sword Fleet, the Commerce Guild handles all Fleet funding, tax revenues, stock market winnings and other finances. Several checks and balances in the system prevent fraud and abuse.
Corellian Clothers & Partners
A large conglomerate of tailors with artistic tastes and a role-playing flare, Corellian Clothers is prehaps the most fun experience you will have shopping at a Star Wars Galaxy mall.
Grand Imperial Shipworks
A massive corporation that spans several galaxies, the Imperial Shipworks provides discounted ships to our starfighter and naval forces fighting for the Galactic Empire. It is also rumored they provide ships on the black market to the Syndicate.
Cybot Galactica
Several droid production companies formed the Cybot Galactica conglomerate to take over much of the droid market on several servers. The company is now one of the wealthiest in the game.
Overwatch Engineering
A number of droid works and bioengineering corporations unite under the Overwatch Engineering coalition banner. The coalition only provides the highest quality battle droids, war beasts and pets, mounts, and vehicles.
S.1 Corporation
S.1 Corporation is the largest military supplier and contractor to the Black Sword Fleet, providing the highest quality equipment and armor at reasonable bulk prices. It is no stranger that the military has made S.1 Corporation executives and craftsmen extremely wealthy.
Stark Commercial
Providing merchant supplies in bulk orders, Stark Commercial has become wealthy by catering to small corporations that don't have time to manufacture their own components.
Ultor Mining Corporation
The largest and wealthiest of the Merchant Conglomerate corporations, Ultor spans several servers and produces millions of units of ore a day for craftsmen everywhere.
Xucphra Corporation
The auction house of the Merchant Conglomerate, Xucphra Corporation sells rare goods across several servers. With providers all over the galaxy, Xucphra is able to collect billions of credits worth of rares a month.