Sia Hidrali Corporation

*This article is about the Shroom Empire-subsidised corporation. For other uses, see Hidrali (disambiguation).*

**Sia Hidrali Corporation** was a large conglomerate operating from the early days of the Shroom Empire (UC 912) to the fallout that occurred afted the Battle of the Throne Worlds (UC 6312). It was one of the Imperial Special Provisions Conglomerates, and operated mainly in the northeastern territories of the Empire. Notable creations of the company include the HR7-SYS Ballistc System used by Imperial Navy ''Purifier''-class Bombers, VIM-828 Renthar Interceptor Missiles, the BISN- family of asteroid mining rigs as well as numerous component parts for much of the Imperial Navy's missile ordinance launchers. Being an Imperial government-subsidised Megacorporation, Sia Hidrali also spawned numerous subsidiaries, such as Hidrali Mining Systems, Hidrali Kinetics and Ishiura Holdings.

## History

#### Founding

Sia Hidrali Corporation was founded in UC 912 by Ehairon Usanthis with the backing of the Hidrali nobles, in response to the demand for domestic companies to support the burgeoning Empire economically and industrially. It was of the first companies to attain Special Provisions Conglomerates and quickly established itself as one of the premier corporations in ordinance and guidance technology production. In UC 954 Sia Hidrali signed an agreement with the Imperial Corporate Sector to gain Corporate Jurisdiction over the Kuretor sector, increasing its area of operations by more than 50%. With the rare minerals it managed to procure from the sector, like praseodymium and crystal mantine, the conglomerate's net revenue skyrocketed.

#### UC 2000-4000

Sia Hidrali peaked in the UC 2030s, when it managed to surpass Ruehfusiah Corporation and become the most successful company on the Throne Worlds Exchange from UC 2033 to 2036. During this time, Sia Hidrali established its most major subsidiary Ishiura Holdings, which served as the finance and investment arm of the main corporation. In the decades that followed Sia Hidrali held multiple weapons contracts with the Imperial military and several noble worlds. Most prominently, in UC 3400, Hidrali produced their halo ship, the *Purifier*-class: a state-of-the-art multi-purpose hybrid bomber unlike anything the galaxy had seen before. Showing great interest in the craft, the Imperial Navy quickly signed a deal with the corporation for a full-scale production of the model. The *Purifier* would be used extensively in the crusades that followed, and its design would be continuously updated and improved by Hidrali's engineers.

#### UC 4000-6000

At the height of the Shroom Recession following the failures of the crusades, Sia Hidrali (along with many of their rival conglomerates) suffered poor commercial performance and great revenue losses. As per the Special Provisions Conglomerate agreements, Hidrali had to sustain the supply of weapons and equipment to the Imperial Navy at a great cut-rate and were unable to make profits —just as was happening to so many of their competitors. At the same time, the company lost much of their areas of corporate jurisdiction in the north —systems like Oe Tal'vig and Xinxa— as the Empire also lost control of these territories. After the breakout of the Imperial Civil War, Hidrali faced a drastic manpower shortage. Located in the western reaches of the Empire, the conglomerate was spared much of the destruction that devestated the facilities of eastern companies like Ruehfusiah. Hidrali continued to manufacture their ships and weapons during the war, and while they were officially aligned with the Loyalists, their products consistently turned up on both sides of the conflict.

#### UC 6000-6312

When the Empire began the Twelfth Crusade, Sia Hidrali was once again called upon to help drive the industry behind the war effort. Their advanced ballistic systems were the Navy's frontline weapons of choice, given Hidrali's reputation of producing the best guidance systems in the Empire. The iconic Purifiers also made a comeback, wreaking havoc on the adversaries they were employed against. Unlike the detrimental effects the previous Crusades had on the company's performance, the Twelfth Crusade actually somehow boosted Hidrali's revenue, through the free expansion they were given alongside the northward advance of the Navy fleets. In UC 6312, that would all come crashing down as the Battle of the Throne Worlds put an end to millennia of Imperial rule. Following the dismantlement of the central Imperial government, Sia Hidrali also closed their doors, forseeing their imminent dissolution at the hands of the Galactic Federation and preferring to go out on their own terms. The subsidiaries left behind by the chaotic disband of the ancient conglomerate would go their own ways. Notably, Hidrali Associates and the company's private security forces would fall under the Imperial remnant in Aoraki led by Fleet Admiral Altha Akagaard. Recognising the financial value of Ishiura Holdings, the Galactic Federation appropriated the remains of the company into their own corporate spheres.

## Products and Patents

As of UC 6306, Sia Hidrali produced approximately 200,000 products for government and private contractors. Hidrali operates business groups focused on weapons technology, industrial and electrical appliances. Hidrali holds over 140.000 patents under Imperial corporate law.

## Operating Facilities

As of UC 6306, Sia Hidrali operated 13,601 resource extraction facilities, 4968 manufacturing facilities, and 190 research laboratories over 2,000 worlds in its five sectors of corporate jurisdiction. It also operates 4 head offices, including its corporate headquarters, and 3 research laboratories (2 of which are combined with the general offices) outside of its corporate jurisdiction, on highly urbanised, city worlds.

Selected facility detail information:

* Airahama, Ondemahn: the ice moon in the Sedohr sector extracts nearly one fifth of all Hidrali's Mantine production volume. One of Hidrali's oldest facilities.
* In UC 4053, Hidrali opened their largest research and weapons testing facility on Aoraki, part of a joint project with the Imperial Military and other conglomerates.
* MNK-mining worlds in the mining sector surrounding Mintaka are mostly operated by Sia Hidrali. Many of these worlds are located in Kuretor and were procured in its acquisition of Kuretor in UC 954.
* A major assembly plant producing armaments for Hidrali Kinetics in Uethea was dismantled following the Imperial secession of the system.
* IBR-SK worlds around Sohrakh and Ibhriri, which mine large quantities of iron magnetite, chromite and high-purity bertrandite.
* The mining plant on CTR-182-RON is a notable facility due to its large volume of cuprite, a high-yield copper ore, making the plant extremely valuable for efficient and substantial copper production.
* Hidrali's corporate headquarters in the corporate district of Etherrai, Tham Dokalla, also contains a research and risk management facility jointly run by Ishiura Holdings and Hidrali Engineering.
* In UC 2918, Hidrali opened an administrative office cum logistics port in Duaeyer. The port helped expedite transportation from Hidrali's facilities in the east to their destinations longitudally across the Empire.
* In Sahieth-VKH2, Hidrali operates their largest *Purifier* assembly plant, which produced over 400 units per month at the height of the Crusades.