Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 19:54:15 -0500
From: Armage Bedar <armagebedar@JUNO.COM>
Subject: [SW-RPG] STATS: The History of Imperial Military Spaceworks
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Imperial Military Spaceworks

   There was a time when space was endless, untouched by all except the
most advanced races, and peace was everlasting.
   Then came the Republic.
   The Republic was the government for all; nobody else was important.
They kept the peace, the Republican Senate, for 25,000 years, until law
and order broke down.  However, the Empire rose quickly to fill this
void, and rules today over all, for peace, law, and order beyond that of
the Republic.   A small rebellion has grown, however, from the ashes of
the Republic, and this corporation, a branch of the Imperial Armed
Forces, has been designated to assist in quenching this uprising of
disturbed citizens.  Led by CEO Armage Bedar, and assisted by the Trilead
Board, IMS will do as the Emperor wishes: to build more spacecraft until
we cannot build any more.

Organization:  IMS is headed by one CEO, a Board of Executives (who are
advisors/figureheads to the CEO), and a semi-ruling body, the Trilead
Board.  The Trilead Board takes the orders given it by the CEO and does
all of the dirty work, dispatching the orders in the best manner possible
to get the job done.  This form of organization has not been bested by
even some of the better known corporations like KDY, SFS, and CEC.  But
IMS has been directed by the Emperor to direct all of these
supercorporations, in essence becoming the parent corporation for the
biggest shipbuilders in the Empire.

Chain of Command Chart:

    CEO
       |
       | - - - - Board of Executives(figurehead role)
       |
+ - Trilead Board
+     |
+     |-------Subcorporations (KDY, SFS, CEC, etc.)
+     |
+     |-----------Departments----------------------
+     |        |                         |              |
+ - -| - - Shipbuilding      Accounting        Military Liason - - - - -
Imperial Armed Forces
       |
       |-----------Departments---------------------------------
       |    |             |                                  |
          |
       |   R&D     Project Testing       Contracting         Marketing
       |
       |-------Freight Running

Shipbuilding:  Actually constructs the first 25 or so models, and then
turns it over to Contracting, which finds shipyards that will build the
ships.  However, Shipbuilding also acts as a shipyard.  It is directly
connected to the Trilead Board because Shipbuilding is the primary
department of IMS.

Accounting:  Keeps track of expenses, profits, and IMS stock.

Military Liason:  As of now, CMDR Giaonatti Venici holds this position.
The liason is the link between IMS and the Imperial Armed Forces,
primarily the Navy & Customs.

R&D: Research and Delevopment.  These are the real brains behind the
ships here at IMS, and CEO Bedar is often seen down here in the "think
tank."

Project Testing:  Where newly constructed prototypes from Shipbuilding
and overhauled ships of the line are tested using computers, and to the
extremes of actual space - ion storms, novae and supernovae, and gravity
well fluctuations, to name a few.

Contracting: This department contacts shipyards and sells them their ship
to mass produce for the Empire, as the IMS shipyards are not yet up to
the task.

Marketing: The advertisers.  They actually produce the advertisements and
send them out on the HoloNet, and profits can be increased this way.
They also sell the ships made here for the public.

Freight Running: This department oversees the EXC-409 freighters, and
their use in the hands of freight runners.  They also sell the freighters
when needed.

The STATS Man,
CMDR Armage Bedar
armagebedar@juno.com (text only)
http://members.aol.com/armgebedar
FM/CM Bedar/Typhoon 3-2/Wing X/ISD Challenge