Boston Corporation

The Boston Corporation started as a small mining corporation that went bankrupt and was saved many times by new leadership before again going bankrupt. Eventually the corporation fell into the hands of Philbert "Phil" O'Reily who recreated the corporation into what it is today; a sprawling empire that almost directly controls the planets and stations it resides on. Corporate branches of Boston are found primarily on industrial worlds where they sell their materials from Boston (named before the corporation) though a handful of travel branches provide information regarding Solace where mostly the rich and elite travel to for vacation.

On their own worlds, no one is truly considered a citizen though Boston has such a large amount of influence that they control these worlds even officially and have a position within the United Systems Senate. Instead, 'citizens' are shipped in from other worlds on contracts and are subject to the Boston Corporation policies rather than any particular nation's law. When their contract is up the individual is simply sent, along with others whose contracts expire, back to their home system.

Initially the Boston Corporation heavily relied on bunkrooms. Since then, with the inclusion of families in contracts, these bunkrooms have been remodeled and turned into somewhat sizeable living quarters for small families. Recreational rooms are often well stocked and kept up to date and families are expected to stay rent-free with a food allowance included in their pay while working for the Boston Corporation. Any individual born while under a Boston Corporate contract is given citizenship in the parent's home nation though the Boston Corporation will often send the parents a 'Welcome to the Galaxy' gift including baby wipes, diapers and other such newborn related gifts both as a measure of good faith to their employees as well as a way to broadcast the company's generosity and working conditions to future potential employees.

## Holidays and Events

### Liberation Day (2118)

Liberation Day is celebrated on January 6th each solar year primarily in the Sol System though many other star systems also celebrate this holiday. It is one of the few holidays that is recognized almost universally across the United Systems Confederacy as an official holiday. The celebration is about the liberation of Earth from its Nell invaders who took the planet by storm nearly a century before and laid waste to much of the world. Each year, on Liberation Day, the Sol Republic will fire the Canadian Defense Installation into a specialized target. In Europe, an old M1 Abrams main battle tank is driven through the streets which was once driven by the once Emperor of Virginia, Jaxon Henderson. The tank was used in one of the final battles of the war and was instrumental in the defeat of the Nell landing forces that managed to make it past the initial strike on their fleet. For the Sol Republic this holiday marks their hard-won freedom from Nell invaders during the Liberation war, a particularly important holiday in their culture.

### Unification Wars (2172 - 2188)

The Unification Wars were less war and more conflicts and skirmishes though many colloquially refer to them as the 'wars'. In this time period, a number of galatic powers such as the Sol Republic, the Virginian Empire and a handful of lesser nations waged war on one another in the beginning for the first four years. With casualties mounting well into the millions within the first month of the conflict the official war soon ended less than two years into the fighting with no borders redrawn and white peace declared. Afterwards, the powers that were began to engage in trade disputes, negotiations, alliances and so on that eventually culminated into the formation of the USC. Lost colonies were quickly added to its ranks, especially industrialized ones, a unified fleet was risen and together these worlds set out to bring others into their alliance.

During the Unification Wars, Boston Security Corporation sent many of its own officers to secure locations as contractors and earned a reputation for their psionic units which were fielded with incredible efficiency. Without the need to perform experimentation on their psionic units, many of whom were already quite experienced before coming to the corporation, Boston Corporate instead focused primarily on training and honing their ability further and enhancing what psionic potential existed at the time. Experimentation was gruesome... but voluntary and paved the way for dozens upon dozens of cybernetics that could be safely implanted into psions to make them far more effective.

## Local Laws

Boston as a corporation does not have authority under the USC to make any laws. However, corporate regulations do apply to their stations and their visitors to those stations. Effectively, since the USC has such a small presence on Boston Corporation affiliated worlds and stations (which are generally peaceful places) these do still count as laws to some degree. Most of them were made to ensure productivity in their workers and maximize profits while minimizing losses. Despite this, the Boston Corporation is one of the best companies to work for even with a lower overall payment in exchange for services. Workers are often offered extensive health benefits, life insurance, packages for their families to assist them in times of need and many other contractual agreements that make working for them more than a little tempting.

### Armor

Boston Corporation controlled stations do not regulate the wearing of armor aside from Power Armor which is forbidden. Doing so will result in a fine of 10,000 Credits.

### Ships

Boston Corporation reserves the right to search any vessel that docks with their station or ships. Additionally, these vessels are subject to random health and welfare inspections by Boston Corporate personnel and may be searched even when the occupants are not present. Boston Corporate security may search individuals in any manner they see fit that does not violate their personal rights as written by the USC.

### Weapons

Boston Corporation does not enforce a regulation against weaponry aside from those that would break USC law.