Orna Mining Group Limited

The **Orna Mining Group** is a **Mining Corporation** based on **Curnaris (Omega Xi IV)**, capital of the **Interstellar Alliance**. Created by the powerful **Orna Family**, the Orna Mining Group is controversial on Curnaris and is considered by many to be a simple front of the Orna Family's criminal empire.

## History

Founded in **2402**, the **Orna Mining Group Limited** is a large **Mining Consortium** created by the **Orna Family** of **Curnaris (Omega Xi IV)**. Originally created by **Salf Orna** as an expansion to the Orna's speciality of **Gold Mining** beneath Curnaris's surface, the Orna Mining Group was able to buy a number of various other **Mining** and **Refining Companies** on Curnaris, consolidating them under the Orna Mining Group.

By **2453**, Orna was one of the largest **Private Mining Consortiums** on Curnaris, with an estimated profit revenue of over **3 Trillion Consortium Credits**, created through private contracts and civilian projects. Interesting, Orna has been refused **United Systems Commonwealth** contracts on multiple occasions to inconsistencies in their account filings, coming under investigation by the **Commonwealth Revenue and Customs Authority (CRCA)** multiple times for suspected embezzlement. However as of **December** **2453**, none of these accusations have had sufficient evidence to go to court.

Orna remains one of the two largest mining and refinement private corporations on Curnaris and are rumoured to have a sufficient number of political connections on the planet. These political connections were brought into focus in **2417**, when the **Arkenraid Mine**, beneath **Ironown City** collapsed, killing 24 Curanites. An investigation was launched, with recommendations that Orna had failed key safety measures that should have been put in place but no charges for negligence were ever brought against the company, much to the ire of the families involved and leading many to suspect that Orna had paid off the Curnaris Government in a separate private deal.

Despite the outcome, Orna did improve both security and safety within their mines, recording no further major accidents since 2417. Under the ownership of Orna patriarch, **Urgon Orna**, Orna's profit margin has remained consistent since that point.

## Suspected Criminal Involvement and Governmental Corruption

Many Curanite citizens believe that the Orna Mining Group is simply a front for the Orna Family, as Urgon's children own multiple different businesses on Curnaris and other planets of the Interstellar Alliance. Some of these businesses have been known to traffic in illegal narcotics and weapons, such as the **Glittering Cove Bar** in the Curnaris city of **Argostan**. The bar was raided by **Curnaris Law Enforcement** multiple times but no evidence was ever found, leading some to believe that the Orna Family had a tip off from a bought law enforcement officer.

Most curiously, the leading officer in the investigation, **Justicaar Khukags Blankhand** suspiciously committed suicide just a month after his investigation was terminated by the **Chief Justicaar** in Curnaris Law Enforcement, leading many to suspect that he may have been murdered after failing to accept a bribe from the Orna Family.

Other hints at the true business of the Orna Family was documented in **2451**, when plans for a new type of **Phaser Drill**, created by rival mining company, **Olaf Industries**, ended up in the hands of the Orna Family, who then made a case to the Curnaris Government to reject the drill design based on "safety issues". This drill was rejected by the **Curnaris Supreme Court** later that year on the basis of those recommendations, referring to Orna as "Industry Experts". Curiously, a similar drill design was unveiled by Orna at **MineCon 2452**, the following year and was wholeheartedly endorsed and accepted by the **Curnaris Government**.