Fokwospz

**Fökwospz**, or Wospz, is a semi-universal megacorporation within the Ombaverse which oversees the Wospian galaxy, explaining its name. Fökwospz operates a chain of consumer electronics stores, restaurants, department stores, and jewelry stores. Its headquarters are located at the galaxy's center. Fökwospz mainly produces technology such as computers in their name.

As of modern day, Fökwospz has operations set up in countless planets all around the Wospian galaxy. It was founded when the War Against Darkness was nearing its end—Fökwospz was the first to colonize the Wospian galaxy.

## History

### Pre-WAD Conclusion

The original owners of Fökwospz were a group of intelligent minds which arose during the War Against Darkness. They were involved in battles rarely, and favored no particular side. Instead, they opted to steal all materials they could scavenge. They stored their collected materials in a fleet of large spaceships, and then flew outwards, away from the Lightning Realms and towards what would now be called the Wospian Galaxy. Their goal was to start anew, ensuring that society would live on even if the Lightning Realms didn't.

Their flight ceased by a planet on the outer edge of the galaxy, where a temporary home was constructed. The planet chosen was one without life. However, it contained a plethora of useful minerals. A great underground mine was constructed, operated at first by Fökwospz's owners. Soon, Frongulous Crystals were discovered within the mines, and their potential was tapped into for the first time in the history of the Ombaverse. Fökwospz began by constructed flimsy robots using them, who mined for raw iron in the surface.

### Post-WAD Conclusion

After the War Against Darkness was declared to be concluded by word of Omba, Fökwospz had created a large mining operation which harvested fundamental materials efficiently. The crew of Fökwospz left their robots running endlessly and soon abandoned their mines, checking back with them rarely and only for resources. The new planet that Fökwospz migrated to had a thriving population of intelligent life. Thus, Fökwospz decided to open up a store to make a profit from them. They sold from the surplus of frongulous crystals they had found in their mining operation—a surplus which replenished itself regularly.

#### Expansion

Eventually, life on the planet found their way inside of Fökwospz's stores. They weren't anything too special, but stores were a new concept. The first store Fökwospz opened was operated by Wospian interaction. However, Wospz wanted to expand, and thus they employed residents of the planet. Fökwospz was able to open 40 stores around a small area in a short amount of time. They used their profits to expand their mining operations and open several more stores. During this expansion, Fökwospz tried several different approaches to business. They opened many different types of stores, seeing which ones worked and which ones failed. Finally, it linked many of its stores together to form a hypermarket before moving. Not too long afterwards, the stores ran out of materials to sell, and were turned into a museum.

#### Tapping Frongulous Energy

Wospz began moving inwards. They moved further into the center of the galaxy. In their travels, they hundreds of stores on each planet they found bearing both intelligent life and frongulous crystals. This allowed Fökwospz to gain enough profits for a surplus of fuel. Plus, Wospz needed materials to expand their spacecraft with. Eventually, Wospz tried incorporating frongulous crystals into their design. The strange interactions with electricity caused Wospz to experiment further with them.

Fökwospz still stood by their goal of restarting society anew. Though they knew the war had ended, they were certain that its presence would never fade from the Ombaverse. And with the Wospian galaxy being the only other location than the Lightning Realms in the Ombaverse, they wanted to simultaneously get as far from the War Against Darkness yet close enough to begin from scratch. On their way to the Wospian galaxy's center, Fökwospz stopped on several different planets, including Fenodia, to take frongulous crystals. In the case of Fenodia, Wospz stopped in the modern-day Jumbo-Basidiomycete Kingdom. They scorched a circular portion of ground until there was nothing but dry rock left. No stores were opened in Fenodia as the Sunnies were described as 'too bellicose'.

Once a great number of crystals were extracted, the ship was expanded. Wospz had begun experimenting with frongulous weaponry. On one planet in which Wospz had set up shop, an accident involving frongulous crystals had occured, causing them to vaporize into acid. Wospz studied the problem, and realized that it involved the acidic core of frongulous crystals; once frongulous crystals are put together in a bunch, the heat given off can be enough to melt them. To prevent this from occurring, Fökwospz devised a supercooled case which is still used in modern times.

### Mortal Realm Established

After the Mortal Realm was established, veterans of the War Against Darkness sought to destroy Fökwospz, as there was no need for them anymore. Plus, the rising influence of Fökwospz across the previously untouched Wospian galaxy infuriated residents of the Lightning Realms as a whole. However, affluent consumers of Wospian products, now equipped with higher frongulous technology, became aware of the plan, and consequently alerted Wospz.

In retaliation, Wospz experimented thoroughly with frongulous weaponry. Guns firing acidic bullets were constructed, and corrosive grenades were built. Fökwospz stocked up on weapons with the help of some allies picked up from some advanced planets where Wospian shops had been constructed. Fökwospz also constructed insect-size drones for espionage. These drones, modeled after the flight patterns of a wasp, are detectable only by the flash of a small red light. Despite their small size, they contain high-quality cameras.

Despite knowing that Fökwospz had been stockpiling weapons, residents of the Mortal Realm still came towards Wospz with the intent to destroy. At this point in time, Wospz had traveled extremely far from the Lightning Realms, giving Wospz more time to gain allies and support. To keep their profits up, Wospz also opened stores which sold frongulous weaponry.

Far fewer ships came to battle Wospz that were intended. Thus, the Wospian fleet was able to easily cause damage to the opposing side. Not only that, but the great amount of weapons that Fökwospz had constructed was enough to intimidate the fleet from the Mortal Realm. Wospz was left with surplus of weapons which they sold across several different stores. As a result, they made a substantial profit which greatly boosted their status as a corporation in the Ombaverse.

### Rising

Fökwospz established their logo soon after the battle. Their logo became made up of three orange hexagons with insect antennae. The addition of the logo marked the beginning of Wospz's rise to its status as a megacorporation. Wospz became more profitable than The Whole Package. Wospz then publicly released blueprints for several of their buildings, allowing their stores to be built across the Wospian galaxy with no interaction from Wospz.

Briefy, Wospz tried to open a store in the Lightning Realms. However, they were forced out by those not in favor of their ideas and beliefs.

Fökwospz began a design change to make them 'fit in'. This design change forced all Wospian stores to fit in with their surroundings and change their appearance depending on how technologically advanced a civilization is. The previous design of their stores was large and intimidating compared to the typically smaller stores scattered all around. Because of this, a negative impact was observed on the surrounding smaller businesses.

### Arrival

After Fökwospz arrived to the center of the galaxy, they set up their base. They constructed their home out of the spaceship they landed with, expanding it slowly outwards. Fökwospz's headquarters has a distinct style—their home is made up of geometric obsidian pillars. In modern times, Wospz's headquarters has an expansive library, a mine, a great museum, and plenty of places for the production of goods.

#### The Wospian Control

As a symbol of the ever-growing power of Wospz, Fökwospz's crew began construction on a project known as the Wospian Control. The Wospian Control is a gigantic television, visible from the edge of the Wospian Galaxy. The television itself is over ten times as large as the Centerplan Mothership. Despite its towering size, its materials were not a hassle to obtain. Unlike the Mothership, the Wospian Control television is thin. Despite its lack of depth, it is resistant to strikes from meteors.

The Wospian Control, among other parts of Fökwospz's headquarters, are made from a planet now known as the Rusty Cog. The original Rusty Cog was a mineral-rich planet with plenty of necessary ores. By Fökwospz's demand, nearly the entire planet was excavated. The only traces that remain are two giant cogs connected together and a small message of remembrance.

The finished Wospian Control has a massive wire which stretches towards Fökwospz's headquarters, similar to Omba's Eye. Originally, Wospian Control's screen displayed its logo and nothing else. Nowadays, the contents of the screen shift often. Soon after the logo was put up, text was added to the screen, declaring Wospian ownership of the galaxy. This sudden declaration allowed Fökwospz to name the galaxy after it—the Wospian Galaxy—and expand their presence all across the universe.

In modern times, the Wospian Control, as its name suggests, is a symbol of power and control over the Wospian Galaxy.

(tbc)