Hephaestus Mining Company

The Hephaestus Mining Company is a mining conglomerate based on the volcanic planet Hephaestus, the closest planet to Halcyon's sun. 
==Background==
Hephaestus Mining Company ran a mining operation on Scylla around three years after the Hope was classified as missing. The outpost was abandoned after a yearMessage #2: Status Report - Day 127 and left behind some mining equipmentAbandoned Prospecting Drone's dialogue. because the venture proved to be less profitable than was expected.Message #4: Denial of Site Relocation
The company was the first to establish outposts on the planet Hephaestus, allowing it to claim the planet for itself.Halcyon map description of Hephaestus. Prior to establishment on Hephaestus to company also had a base of operations on Terra 1Message #1: Preliminary Survey Results Employees of Hephaestos Mining Company were not allowed to use company terminals for leisure activities (it was considered a "Time Theft") and personal messages could only be sent with a supervisors permission.Site Supervisor's TerminalLogs
Most of the makeshift armor worn by marauders across Halcyon was produced by the Hephaestus Mining Company.
==Known employees==
(all mentioned only in Abandoned Mining Outpost terminal entries)
* B. Thackery - Site supervisor
* Linda Evers - first JVP then VP Remote Extraction
* S. Needham - JVP Remote Extraction (after Linda got promoted)
* Harris - owner of Mandibular Rearranger
==References==
Category:Corporations