General Appliances

General Appliances Group is the overarching corporate entity which incorporates Siems and Atlantis Corporation. It was born from the merger of the two in 2495. From its appearance, it has had the status of hypercorporation. It is the main supplier of all types of weapons and vessels for both the Terran Navy and Terran Army. GA is the largest defence contractor in the galaxy, with around half of all weapon, warship and ammo production in the galaxy coming from its facilities. With its 105 million employees, it is the second largest private employer in the galaxy after C2I. It is headquarted in Atlantis, on Earth, where nearly half the corporate sector is dedicated to it. GA is considered an Enterprise of Vital Interest, and as such benefits from many privileges granted by the Terran Federal Republic.
The Group is the corporation most regularly criticised about its involvement during the Great Galactic War. As virtually the sole supplier of all military equipment of the Terran Armed Forces, it played a key role in the Federation's success in the war. However it is accused to have played the most important role in the ALEPH Recommendation No. 06101, when the majority of Terran corporations demanded direct Federal involvement in the Great War so as to expand into new potential markets. GA had the additional benefit of receiving an exceptionally high amount of orders in the years before, during and since the war. The Federal military budget skyrocketed, with total military expenditure between 2630 and 2670 having been higher than between 2400 and 2600, with nearly half the budget going to procurement largely directed at GA.