Galactic Horizon

Established in YE 40, Galactic Horizon started as a small independent business that specialised in creating designs for technologies including weapons, vehicles, digital systems and suits and is not limited to military tech. Being small, Horizon had relied on corporate giants for manufacturing prototypes and demo models for its clients and in return had offered its designs and services for a trade price discount.

By late YE 40 the business had grown substantially and was able to produce some of its own products for special orders, in doing this the company also moved beyond simply designing technology in blueprints and now manufactures and tests these designs.

Galactic Horizon created in YE 40 was designed to be an outlet for creative minds by CEO Riccard Black, he wished to gather a group of people as passionate about technological design as he is and have them work on projects together. The business operates primarily on the design and sale of technological blueprints for many areas, this includes both militaristic and civilian uses which helps to increase their capacity for work, as well as providing employees with a variety of options not solely limited to one area of technology.

In late YE 40 Horizon began the long process of migrating their entire operation, the first step of this migration was helped along by the cooperation and hospitality of Iemochi Innovations & Sales who housed them for several months. During this time IIS took over construction of all Horizon products while the employees of it worked within the IIS station Avalon.

“With a new day comes a new idea, and with that a new horizon.”

Art done by Quinditty

Original HQ

A small 4 floor office building with pentagonal shape, ground floor consists of reception and relation services, second floor consists of initial design team and system code team, third floor consists of secondary design team and post design team, fourth floor consists of the management offices and conference room.

It’s run by CEO Riccard Black and was purchased after the business was approved independent operation from within S6 space, on the condition they are transparent with Section 6 and cooperate with any of their requests and have restrictions imposed on security personnel.

It's Located within Section 6 territory, 20mi west of Osman city and 1mi south of the S6 complex on the planet 188604.

New HQ

After moving to Kingdom of Neshaten the Horizon HQ was reinvented from the ground up to allow for easier expansion in the future, a compound was built near the North Pole of Jui'varen II which housed the entire corp. The complex wall is hexagonal in shape and is 500m from one end to the other with the new sprawling mess of buildings easily contained inside, the central building acts as the official HQ standing at 10 floors tall also hexagonal in shape which is connected via protected walkways at ground level to the rest of the complex.

Within the compound walls there is also the residential area outfitted for comfort, the security building for detaining trespassers or attackers as well as housing the majority of defensive weaponry for the compound, several research buildings including a biomedical facility and the indoor environment simulation chamber. All the production facilities are located below ground with personnel access via several elevators and stairwells around the compound and supply and vehicle access via cargo elevators outside the compound walls concealed in the floor, these can also be used to deploy combat vehicles or supplies in the unlikely case of an attack.

The wall of the compound itself is made up of small, removable sections which can be disconnected and moved, allowing for easy expansion of the wall should the need for further expansion above ground arise. Art by TomTC.

A list of the current Horizon facilities located within or below their new HQ

Minor Production Facility: Funded and built in early YE 40 to accommodate the newly created Sonic Suppression Rifle and provide independent production ability for Horizon. The facility consists of one building and is lightly staffed without having to function 24/7, the staff consists of some new fabrication specialists and various old employees. This facility was mimicked in the new HQ location.

Macro/Micro Production Facility: Built by Horizon in mid YE 40 in preparation for a specific project as well as setting up the corporation for the future, the Macro/Micro facility specialises in developing the biggest and smallest tech Horizon offers with large fabrication bays for vehicles such as the Redback. In the second wing however many small labs house the precision equipment used to make the tiny internal components and for future development of nano technology. This facility was mimicked in the new HQ location.

Indoor Environmental Simulation Chamber: Built by Horizon in mid YE 40 to accompany its new production facilities, the advanced simulation chamber acts as the first test zone before live outdoor tests of weapons, vehicles and utility equipment alike. It contains the means to simulate space, deep sea and various atmospheric pressures as well as being outfitted with several of the Horizon weapons to test munition resistance on items expected to be used in combat situations. This facility was mimicked in the new HQ location.

Personnel Recreational and Residence Village: Built by Horizon in mid YE 40 to accommodate for the extra staff hired on with the recent announcement of the Horizon Expeditionary Force and the construction of the new production and testing buildings which require more security and manpower to run the equipment. This facility was mimicked in the new HQ location.

Biomedical Research: A new addition to the standard Horizon complex which was added after the company moved to Neshaten territory. Built to allow further research and development of technology in the biotech and biomedical field, the makeshift medical bay was also replaced by these better equipped facilities. This facility was mimicked in the new HQ location.

Underground Hangar: Built during construction of the new HQ in YE41, the underground hangar lies just below the surface of the ice and stone. The floor of the hangar acts as huge cargo lift and can be raised up to ground level when the main hangar doors are opened, doubling as a landing pad.

An extensive guide to the internal structure of Horizon can be found here at the Galactic Horizon Personnel Structure

List of the current products offered by Horizon including their type, name, description and price for ease of access when browsing the stock.

Basic table describing the type, name, basic use and price of each publicly available weapon and ammunition types sold by Horizon.

Basic table describing the type, name, basic use and price of each publicly available utility items sold by Horizon.

Basic table describing the type, name, basic use and price of each publicly available armour or defense product sold by Horizon.

Basic table describing the type, name, basic use and price of each publicly available vehicle and component sold by Horizon.

Basic table describing the type, name, basic use and price of each publicly available lasertag item sold by Horizon.

Basic table describing the type, name, basic use and price of each private commission or special product made by Horizon. These items are not for sale and cannot be acquired by a character unless they work for a commissioning entity or contacting SirSkully directly.

In the closing weeks of YE 39 Riccard and his two children, Kryss and Donvan, along with a small group of his associates created a basic analytical AI they named Project Dawn. Having heard of S6 through various technology developers such as himself, Riccard and his group moved from their homes in Yamatai to 188604 to pursue the group. After several meetings to discuss the advantages of a partnership to provide S6 with a new independent design group and Horizon with the opportunity of a start-up alongside an advanced research group an agreement was reached.

Together Riccard and his group designed and built the company while further developing Project Dawn to assist them in running a business with the limited staff they had. On the day of the new year, Galactic Horizon became an officially recognised entity after the group was approved purchase of an unused office building in Section 6 territory after they were evaluated and approved by S6. In exchange for permission to purchase land and the building and operate their business out of S6 territory, they agreed to be transparent about major digital system breakthroughs including their own AI and other systems, along with cooperating with all S6 requests and having restrictions placed on security personnel numbers.

During the first half of YE 40 Horizon underwent several major expansion efforts to increase their ability as an independent and intergalactic producer as well as physical expansion of the HQ and surrounding complex, the new personnel buildings contain recreational and living spaces to ensure staff are comfortable when on site.

In late YE 40 (Aug-Sept) Galactic Horizon followed the lead of Section 6 and decided to leave the USO in search of better opportunities. When searching for a new home they could setup in, the idea to contact the Kingdom of Neshaten came from Horizon's own fox Anaska which provided the company with a new home and allowed the girl to visit her family again after months away from home with no contact. Using a ship borrowed from S6, Horizon was able to both attend a meeting graciously hosted by the Neshaten as well as move their small operation to its new home on Jui'varen II.

club24 created this article on 2018/01/15 21:04.

SirSkully now runs this company, direct any queries his way.

this article was approved on 27/1/18 here