Terp Corporation

## Early History

The Terp Corporation was created in 2054 A.D. by a now unknown founder. It was a originally a startup company in NESA, selling cheap electric hovercars. Most of them would not fly much higher than a few feet off the ground but it was much better than the expensive vehicles only available to the elites of NESA and the NCSA, which had already been in decline. It saw rapid growth in the early years, and without much of a competition became the #1 General Use Hovercar manufacturer.

## End of the 2000s and Early 2100s

Near the end of the 21st century, the Terp Corporation would slide into the NESA government, putting members of it's own company into the government, and lobbying laws to bend the country to it's advantage. One of these things would be complete control over the food supply and electricity, monopolizing all resources for maximum profits. This would continue for a long time, and the Terp Corporation would even create their own private military to guard their mines and ships. With a force that large, talk of breaking away from the NCSA went around. In 2107 A.D. the Terp Corporation would buy up Inetine Industries which at the time was mainly a mining and production operation. They worked closely with the settlements on Mars to extract the precious ores there and ship them back to Earth, where the war-torn landscape limited what resources could be extracted. They also used these alien metals to produce short-range spacecraft, mainly for trips between Mars, Earth, and the Moon. More advanced craft to travel the Solar System was almost completely lost during WW3. The new name of this Resource and Production conglomerate was The Terp-Inetine Industrial Corporation.

As time went on, the company created branches to work on separate functions, as it was now practically a government-funded company. The first of these branches was the Exploration Department, used to explore more areas and look for more resources. This branch had many sub-branches though, like the Scientific Department, Defense Department, Engineering Department, and Astronaval Department.

## Mid 2100s and early 2200s

In 2147 A.D, in the attempt to make their company seem more unified, the name was yet again changed to Terpinetine Industries. And the new head of the Scientific Department, Jim Malor, being promoted in 2162 A.D. Terpintine Industries had also been building a permanent moonbase on the moon for several years that would speed up research on alien metals. Taking after his father, Tim Malor would join Terpintine Industries in 2189 A.D., with his first mission beginning in 2191, but his ship would be attacked by CB, with everyone else on the ship perishing. As the 22nd Century ended, the first colonies outside the solar system would be established, mainly on asteroid belts containing vast amounts of metal. All of this would change though in 2206 A.D. when the alien threat finally striked again, attacking the poorly armed Terpinetine ships, destroying two more. This however, would be noticed and soon all-out-war had been declared on these mysterious beings nobody knew much about. These new beings are identified solely as the ‘CB’. In 2208 A.D. more efforts were made to retaliate against this alien force but with so little known about it, this soon proved incredibly difficult. Many of these early battles against the CB were long and each one proving to be unsuccessful. People grew increasingly angry with NESA, who seemed incompetant against the threat. Around a year later in 2209 A.D., After a few scouting stealth ships happened upon a CB factory on an asteroid in the area, a small portion of the assault fleet flew into the area and a massive battle took place. The factory was destroyed and this huge victory for Terpinetine gave them the full trust of the NESA public, allowing a government takeover by the once peaceful company instating a nation run entirely by Terpinetine.