Schnee Dust Company

The **Schnee Dust Company (SDC)**is a major Atlesian corporation founded between the 70s BB and 60s BB shortly after the Great War centered in the processing and distribution of dust. The company has been criticized for its labor policies by the White Fang.

## History

### Founding

The SDC was founded in Mantle by Nicholas Schnee likely between the 70s and 60s BB shortly after the end of the Great War.

### Change in Leadership

Several years later, Nicholas transferred the leadership over to Jacques Gele, who later changed his last name to "Schnee" for branding purposes.

It is around this interval that Flynt Coal's family lost their dust business as a result of this executive change, leading to animosity developing by Flynt towards Weiss during the events of canon and *Not this Time, Fate.* It is not known if the SDC directly or indirectly caused Coal's family to go out of business..

### Clashes with White Fang

*See: Schnee Dust Company-White Fang Relations*

Eventually, the SDC and White Fang would clash with one another over the perceived intentions and malpractices of the other.

## Operations

### Regulations

As implied by Lie Ren, the SDC practices "canary culture" and has poorer conditions within the dust mines, death from diseases, and overworking. This is contested by Weiss Schnee, who states that the SDC has health and safety regulations, although it is not specified what those regulations are. Weiss's account of circumstances is unintentionally contested by Winter Schnee in *Relic of the Future*, who states that those conditions are present, but the workers only lived to experience those fates because of the "protection" that the SDC grants from the Grimm.

### Economics

It is unknown how many people or Faunus the SDC employs at any one interval. However, it is implied by Blake Belladonna that the Faunus are payed low wages to compensate for higher prices when shipping dust and providing security for the mines, among other expenses and factors such as racism.

Along with the processing and distribution of dust, the SDC has merchandise as well. One example is the SDC dust bandolier carried by Jaune Arc in *The Equalizer*.

### Security

According to Winter, prior to the events of Jaune Arc screwing up the timeline in *Relic of the Future*, the SDC had over 2,000 security units. These included men and women and were accompanied with APCs, Bullheads, armored vehicles, and a small battleship. It is not considered a military by technical standards, although it can be used in armed combat against the Faunus or Grimm at "the drop of a hat."

### Media

As implied by Blake Belladonna and Weiss in *Service with a Smile*, one of the weaknesses of the Schnee Dust Company is its public image. As the SDC is a major corporation on the face of Remnant, the executive heads desire the maintainment of a clean public image so that people continue buying their goods and services.

## links

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12289423/77/White-Sheep

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12289423/47/White-Sheep

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12863738/19/Relic-of-the-Future

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12289423/29/White-Sheep

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12289423/69/White-Sheep

## References

1. ↑ https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10898868/51/Professor-Arc
2. ↑ https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12289423/27/White-Sheep
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12863738/59/Relic-of-the-Future
4. ↑ https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12234224/1/The-Equalizer
5. ↑ https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12606073/28/Service-with-a-Smile