The Company

The Company, as it is referred to by its employees and management, is a shipping corporation owned and operated by Katrylle Morghan and Benjamin Stinel. The company provides cargo transport services to clients and conducts independent import/export and salvage operations. Although never proven by any law enforcement agency, it is rumored that the company has its fingers in several below the board enterprises.

Management
Controlling interest in the company is maintained by Stinel and Morghan. Shares of the corporation have been set aside for employees and family members, however the business is not traded on any stock exchange. Early on a business manager named Tarin Méran was hired by Katrylle to relieve Ben of the day to day minutia of managing the company's activities. Tarin proved extremely capable and was named CEO by Katrylle shortly after Ben's disappearance.

Holdings
The company maintains business offices in Galiese's star port and conducts day-to-day operations from there. Several small field offices have been established in star ports across the sector but Galiese remains the hub of the company's operations.

The company has invested in a large area of land on Galiese near the city of Windfall which is home to The Island and the Mech Bay Bar'n'Grill. The company maintains a maintenance facility in the area to perform ground maintenance on any ship capable of making landfall. Crews that are on hiatus due to extended maintenance are encouraged to make use of the nearby mountain island as a way to relax and unwind.

Originally the company operated based on the capabilities of the Colorado and the Krita and a small number of light freighters. Over time the company has grown and now maintains a small fleet of vessels, although the Krita remains the largest of them. The company maintains hefty insurance policies on its vessels and received a substantial payment after the loss of the Colorado. That money was reinvested with the purchase of several smaller vessels, including the Darwin.

Legal and Illegal Activities
The company maintains several off the books businesses. Ben has jokingly referred these businesses as Katrylle's “Department of Clandestine Acquisitions and Covert Transportation”. The Krita tends to serve as the nexus of these activities but great care is taken to ensure no link is made between the two sides of the business. Tarin has crafted a clever system of dual book keeping to keep these activities secret, and substantial bribes have been paid where necessary to ensure local governments turn a blind eye.