GALNET - 10 FEB 3307 - Takeover of Lakon Spaceways Declared Illegal

[Amata Lirein]

GALNET - 10 FEB 3307 - Takeover of Lakon Spaceways Declared Illegal

The acquisition of Lakon Spaceways by Core Dynamics has been revoked following revelations of illegal activity.

An inquiry by the Independent Commission for Market Equality stated that former Core Dynamics CEO Jupiter Rochester “exerted unduly influence on Lakon shareholders, including bribery and blackmail”. This led to new appointees to the board of directors, who were paid to approve the hostile takeover.

The inquiry also factored in the recent Federal High Court trial, which proved that Jupiter Rochester was directly responsible for the destruction of Starship One in 3301. In both cases, he set up shell companies to move enormous funds via unregistered banking systems.

Core Dynamics refused to comment on the allegations, but its legal team has terminated the transfer process. The entire corporation is currently in disarray due to several departments becoming an independent faction under the name Jupiter Division.

At Lakon Spaceways, Trent Delaney and several other directors have resigned. During an emergency meeting, a majority of stakeholders approved reinstating Naomi Landseer as chairperson.

With stock values plummeting and industry confidence low, the future of the company remains uncertain. However, Sirius Corporation confirmed that it has made preliminary offers with regards to acquiring Lakon as a subsidiary.

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[Northpin]

So now both Core Dynamics and Lakon are in disarray

 

[Amata Lirein]

Why would I not be surprised if Delaney and the others will try to run and hide with sugar daddy Rochester's Jupiter Division now?

 

[SCiARA]

However, Sirius Corporation confirmed that it has made preliminary offers with regards to acquiring Lakon as a subsidiary.

now the thargoid hybrid ships are looking more likely

 

[Trollymctrollerson]

And the thick plottens.

 

[Vetinari]

So now both Core Dynamics and Lakon are in disarray

and soon to be in Sirius

Someone is playing a long game..

 

[Sensei Jacksama]

Sooo... No Panther Clipper?.... Sad type 9 noises

 

[Rubbernuke]

LYR reading the news at breakfast:

 

[Danieros]

Go on Lakon, upgrade your T7 for medium pads and you'll be set for the next few centuries - just look at how the python did well.

 

[SCiARA]

Go on Lakon, upgrade your T7 for medium pads and you'll be set for the next few centuries - just look at how the python did well.

would be nice, drop the T7's height, add a few more cargo modules and your onto a winner

 

[Bigmaec]

I see it now. Zorgon Peterson takes over Lakon and Core Dynamics and finances this with the launch of the Panther Clipper.

 

[Northpin]

Imperial Explorer and Panther Clipper - hopefully those 2 ships will get into the game before the FD pulls the plug on the servers

 

[rrobes]

Wow, I’m glad I’ve got my Corvettes before all this, production is bound to suffer, the new Corvettes could be slower if QC takes a hit.

Buy the ones on the sales floor now!

As usual, personal greed and corporate intrigue are in the fore.

 

[Oytis57]

Damn...no hope for new up trendy "Hybrid" ships, we have to carry on with old Diesels and Petrol

 

[Darth Ender]

seriously, why does any of this matter? None of this instability would destabilize supply chains ...as it can basically run on autopilot just fine.

your ships are basically assembled on site it seems so as long as these corporations dont revoke the electronic license to produce xyz from the stations, nothing changes.

I've never seen a shipyard in the game ...never seen any transports carrying built ships to stations even once or convoys of parts from the manufacturers heading out across human space to resupply everyone from company sites. it would seem that by the game's time period, centralized manufacturing of vessels is gone for all but the largest (capital sized) ships. So the ability to keep producing more and more of everything currently purchasable relies on what can only be assumed to be a digital license the manufacturing robots require to read the blueprints (or uploading new blueprints) and produce the items on the various stations where the source materials are available for the stage of production (of the part or module or ship).

 

[Sysmon]

seriously, why does any of this matter? None of this instability would destabilize supply chains ...as it can basically run on autopilot just fine.

your ships are basically assembled on site it seems so as long as these corporations dont revoke the electronic license to produce xyz from the stations, nothing changes.

I've never seen a shipyard in the game ...never seen any transports carrying built ships to stations even once or convoys of parts from the manufacturers heading out across human space to resupply everyone from company sites. it would seem that by the game's time period, centralized manufacturing of vessels is gone for all but the largest (capital sized) ships. So the ability to keep producing more and more of everything currently purchasable relies on what can only be assumed to be a digital license the manufacturing robots require to read the blueprints (or uploading new blueprints) and produce the items on the various stations where the source materials are available for the stage of production (of the part or module or ship).

Well, think about it: With 3D printing available on demand at almost any station, ship building is basically a streaming service. This means the corporation can and will revoke or change licenses of use based on legal murk outside the users' control.

Perhaps, very soon, all our Lakon and Core Dynamics ships will cease to be accessible.

S

 

[myothershipisacobraiv]

Good. I do like CORE but I like Lakon more. #2 shipbuilder in the spaceways and the one I spent the most time on.

But also means no COREig machine standard on future Lakons. oh well.

 

[Darth Ender]

Well, think about it: With 3D printing available on demand at almost any station, ship building is basically a streaming service. This means the corporation can and will revoke or change licenses of use based on legal murk outside the users' control.

Perhaps, very soon, all our Lakon and Core Dynamics ships will cease to be accessible.

S

there would be no need or motive to do so though. Regardless of the ambiguity of ownership, you'd have to go out of your way to revoke such a license and it would be eliminating the business's revenue stream ..which would be collected by whoever ended up owning it even if that's a legal battle that takes years. So it's in nobody's interest to interrupt that revenue.

 

[Amata Lirein]

seriously, why does any of this matter? None of this instability would destabilize supply chains ...as it can basically run on autopilot just fine.

your ships are basically assembled on site it seems so as long as these corporations dont revoke the electronic license to produce xyz from the stations, nothing changes.

I've never seen a shipyard in the game ...never seen any transports carrying built ships to stations even once or convoys of parts from the manufacturers heading out across human space to resupply everyone from company sites. it would seem that by the game's time period, centralized manufacturing of vessels is gone for all but the largest (capital sized) ships. So the ability to keep producing more and more of everything currently purchasable relies on what can only be assumed to be a digital license the manufacturing robots require to read the blueprints (or uploading new blueprints) and produce the items on the various stations where the source materials are available for the stage of production (of the part or module or ship).

OOC:

Please remember that official lore had Core Dynamics cease production of the Eagle MkII by 3300, only still producing spare parts for it. This means that all Core Dynamic Eagles currently on sale ingame are actually from used ships dealerships.

 

[Darth Ender]

basically, the system is self-running ...the only thing humans really do is ride off the licenses and market and think of new things (which obviously doesn't happen often at the ship level).

if the company was abandoned tomorrow with nobody running it, as long as any bills were being automatically paid. the only thing the end users and customers would ever notice is that nothing new has been introduced in forever.

This drama over manufacturers would only matter if there was some centralized manufacturing setup in the game that we have to worry about being disrupted... but there isn't.