Siv Corporation

A technology trading corporation. Currently WIP>

## Spatial Intelligence Division V Origins

Siv Corporation began not as a corporation, but as an intelligence division of their home system. The origin and name of their home planet has been lost, but it was known to be 2/3rds away from the core, and specialized in research and exploration. The oldest records held by Raven Corp, mention trades from back in the period of prosperity, around 2800 CE.

Upon the start of the Second Pan-Galactic War (2942), The Spatial Intelligence Division was set up with 7 divisions.  Three divisions went core ward, 3 went outward, and one stayed to conduct counterintelligence in the home system.  Division 5 specialized in salvage and reverse engineering, and was usually following battlegroups around in the core battles. They became adept at researching new methods and weapons to further their home fleet advantage.

As the wars raged on, many worlds and factions banded under one banner of a collective Empire. The new Imperium ended most of the warring factions, as any upstarts would be immediately quashed with superior numbers from the unified systems of the Imperium. This new faction marked the end of the Warring Factions Era and the beginning of the the Imperium Era. (3095)

### Loss of the Homeworld

One of those upstarts was the home system of SIV... As their beliefs in self governance clashed with the hierarchy authoritative demands of the Imperium. The home system was conquered and occupied in the spring of 3121C.E while most of the fleet was away on another front. The military and intelligence divisions where ordered to assimilate into the Imperium.  In defiance, the entirety of the SIV fleet, and most of the civilian ships left their home sectors and became a nomadic fleet.  The Imperium reacted by using the Arc Cannon superweapon on the Siv Corp homeworld, destroying most of the fleeing ships, and vaporizing the atmosphere of the planet. The Imperium occupied the remainder of it's worlds, and purged it's influence from all the webgate and historical records.

The newly nomadic SIV people regrouped with the remaining military divisions and traveled around with it's allies and aided other war torn worlds with it's specialized ships. With it's past focus on long distance exploration, many ships came equipped with synthesizer modules that could provide most of the needs of a ship. The Siv people, as they where known by most of the galaxy, settled in pockets of allied space that was available, and further out along the outer rim of the universe.  There they became very specialized in efficient designs of ships and stations.  Their elegant and large ships gave way to efficient, modular designs. The bright colors turned to muted browns and tans. But the Siv people retained their excellent building skills, and used them to aid many of their allies.  Aegis Inc worked with SivCorp to build it's Aurora ARK ship, after Aegis admired the nomadic SIV fleet when it came through their territory.  SivCorp gained more allies, even though it had lost it's home sectors to the Imperium.

### The Imperium Era

SivCorp and Raven Corp became close allies during the Imperium era (3095-3337) as the Imperium became more authoritarian in it's quest for power.  The propaganda war began in 3325, drawing other systems and corporations into their respective sides.  Tankium Syndicate and Retrograde Solutions GmbH joined SivCorp and Raven Corp to form the Conglomerate a year after the start of the propaganda war (3326). The Imperium began fear propaganda about superweapons capable of destroying planets, drawing many systems under their influence.  Even more systems joined the Imperium after they used an Arc Cannon on the homeworld of Siv Corp. The Conglomerate searched for 2 1/2 years to find these weapons, knowing they where all at risk.  SivCorp finally caught a break, and happened upon one that was badly damaged when it misfired during an Imperial test.  The scrappers that found it brought it back to SivCorp space, where it's systems where analyzed, and the location of the superweapon testing grounds was discovered.  The Conglomerate disagreed with how to proceed... but the leaders of Siv Corp wanted revenge for their fallen homeworld. So they went against the Conglomerate and stole 3 of the weapons.

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### End of the Empire

With the Empire fighting on so many fronts during the war, SIV fleet managed to sabotage many of the early warning beacons surrounding their core production facilities, opening the door for a decisive attack on the main shipyards. SIV fleet aided the attack by taking on some of the smaller facilities while the assault fleets took out the main shipyards.  What they found at one was a prototype ship that appeared normal upon first inspection. Needing to grow their fleet, and under the agreements during the war, SIV commandeered 3 ships from the research facility, salvaged the facility, and scuttled everything else.

With the defeat of the Imperium the galaxy was left to deal with the aftermath. In the wake of centralized power the United Coalition took charge until a more permanent solution could be had. That solution came to be in 3342C.E. when the Pan-Galactic Council was founded, Securing peace for the majority of the galaxy.  SIV fleet settled out in their old territory, and began to research again. Siv Corp was formed as a research corporation, and they began with the commandeered ships they had acquired from the Imperium's research facility. The first two had advanced weaponry and hyperdrives, and were flyable. But one ship stood out from the others, as it was as dense as a heavy cruiser, yet was not any larger than a frigate. It had been flyable, but systems would soon fail while out in space... and it had to be towed in and stored at a shipyard. The shipyard had to keep a constant hull repair beam on it to keep it from deteriorating further. As the research team combed over the ship, fixing systems and trying to find what was causing the issues, they found what appeared to be a connection hub in engineering.  The connection design was unique, and matched with one of the looted modules found at the research facility.  This system had been inert from its initial founding, and the scientist couldn't get it to take power or activate it at all.  So in true scientific form, they decided to plug it in and power up the ship reactor.  The ship came online, but once again needed the repair beams to keep it operational. As testing commenced, readings where taken, and with the new module, the reactor appeared to generate 8x's more power than any powerplant they had studied before.  Perplexed, they looked into how the power relays tied into the module, and happened upon a dialed interface. Selecting a different number sequence between the given 1-8 options and activating the interface, our science team in the room, and in several other sectors disappeared!  Alarmed, the remaining scientists evacuated and ran sensor sweeps to try and figure out what happened.  Just as suddenly as they disappeared, the science team reappeared, this time all in the module room. In the briefings we had with them, it was discovered that the ship had multiple "layers" built into it.  The module controlled what level the personnel where on.  Now dubbed a Phase Module, the ship was fully investigated, and we found why it required repair beams to keep it operational... there where 7 other ships built into the same space, only out of phase with the others by .2 degrees. The exterior hull, and several other systems where the primary layer, but other sectors of the ship had up to 8 phased layers built into the space. Thrusters, Crew quarters, cargo bays, engines, even the powerplant had layers upon layers that would be connected with phasic couplings to the rest of the primary ship.

Recognizing the monumental advantage this would give anyone with the ability to build ships in this manner, the technology was classified, and moved offsite to a secret facility dubbed Sector 5.

### The Calamity

SivCorp utilized this technology in a secretive manor to expand it's trading and smuggling operations.  SivCorp became incredibly rich and powerful, all while evading suspicions due to the Phasic Building module. Most ships and stations where designed with a high level of luxury and style, heralding back to their original history. Then the events of Calamity began. Tears in spacetime tore across the galaxy and the ripples left rifts, swallowing entire systems and isolating many worlds. Sector 5 was lost into one of these rifts. The galactic was thrown into chaos and the Pan-Galactic Council fell apart as many members were missing or out of contact. Some factions lost contact entirely while others lost important systems, some even losing homeworlds. Looking for answers, many fleets went core ward, only to find unusual aliens, and an impassible barrier.  The aliens never communicated, and would attack any energy signature on sight. SivCorp being a scientific and exploratory corporation, used this opportunity to begin a new campaign of discovery.

## Fleet Composition

#### SivCorp Territory - Pre Imperium

Core world, South west Quadrant.

Systems controlled - 120

Fleet composition - ???

#### SivCorp Territory - Current

Naonite Trinium area, South west Quadrant.

Systems controlled - 30

Fleet composition - 78 military, 45 support, 170 civilian