Baktoid Armour Workshop
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| Name: | Baktoid Armour Workshop |
| Classification: | Production, Items |
| Date Founded: | Year 8 Day 59 |
| Owner: | Trade Federation |
| Leader: | Takhisis |
| Second-in-Command: | Rik Noiz |
| Notable Members: | Arturius Hall Metyl Onyx Jeeva Ob |
| Territory: | Thrakia System |
| Population: | 500,000,000+ Inhabitant(s) |
| Capital: | Belephor |
| Most Populated World: | N/A |
Baktoid Armour Workshop is a nationalized faction that serves as the Department of Manufacturing creating items for the Trade Federation.
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History
The Clone Wars Era
The Baktoid brand first appears in the Galactic Corporate Registry more than ten years before the beginning of the Clone Wars. At that time, Baktoid served as the vehicle manufacturing subsidiary for the Trade Federation, and Baktoid engineers were decisive influences in the development of heavy armor vehicles such as the Armoured Attack Tank and the STAP.
In the Trade Federation's Expansionist Era, Baktoid Armour Workshop enjoyed great success. As the Federation agressively pursued an expansionist policy, demand for quality combat vehicles swelled and the fledgling vehicle faction grew rapidly. However, the success did not last. The Trade Federation deployed an unprecedented nubmer of troops and vehicles at the battle for the planet Naboo, but lost the battle. As part of the ensuing effort to mollify the Senate and to prevent political rivalry on Neimoidia, the Trade Federation closed Baktoid Armour Workshop, merging its resources and employees into Haor Chall Engineering. As the Trade Federation took its place in the separatist side of the Clone Wars, the Baktoid brand was left unused. It became all but forgotten in the Federation's fall from prominence after the Clone Wars ended.
The Rise of SDF
After the rise of the Galactic Empire and beginning of the galactic civil war, many small factions were founded to supply the warring sides. One faction, called the Sons & Daughters of Freedom, was founded to promote political neutrality. To fund and front their operations, SDF went into business to maufacture and sell items. SDF became a fairly successful operation headquartered on Belephor in the Thrakia System. As SDF became the most prominent and pervasive employer and corporate power in the system, it quickly rose to political leadership. Using its new-found governmental power, SDF realized its goal of creating a completely neutral system as a haven from the ravages of the galactic civil war.
During this time period, the Glythe Sector came under control of the Trade Federation. The Federation had undergone substantial change since the end of the Clone Wars, and moved its headquarters from Neimoidia to Vinsoth. SDF welcomed a strong sectoral government professing galactic neutrality, and SDF peacefully coexisted with the Federation for several years. Over those years, SDF's business platform had begun to erode as faction leadership became more concerned with galactic politics than with the production business that funded their operations. As a result of the negligent policies of the SDF governing board, the faction was in serious financial trouble by the time the Trade Federation had ended its conflict with the Galactic Empire.
A New Baktoid
Under the direction of Viceroy Jacob Jansen, the Trade Federation purchased SDF and the Thrakia System. Resurrecting the old Baktoid Armour Workshop brand, SDF was rechristened and continued production of items as a member of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Arturius Hall was named the first leader of the new Baktoid Armour Workshop. Hall was charged with making Baktoid a viaable production faction and returning it to the galactic prominence it had once enjoyed as SDF.
Now, under the guidance of CEO Metyl Onyx, the famous company has risen from the ashes with numerous personal item designs to ensure the future success and prosperity of the company.
Acquisitions
- Under Viceroy Jacob Jansen, item production faction Zone Supplies Limited was purchased from Seth Shepard and merged into Baktoid Armour Workshop. The purchase was backed by the entire Imperial Union, and the Galactic Empire donated capital ships to the deal offering. The final purchase price was listed at 1.5 billion credits with Mandalore, Hapes Consortium and the Trade Federation each offering Shepard 500 million credits to complete the deal.
- On Year 11 Day 202, item production faction Creshaldyne Industries was purchased from mogul Elm Aran by Viceroy Jacob Jansen. The final purchase price was listed at 1.5 billion credits. The resources of the company were immediately merged into Baktoid Armour Workshop, including production schematics for the creation of Battle Armour, Tents, Portable Power Fission Generators, Masks, Macro Binoculars, Handled Shields, Combat Armour, Camouflaged Tents, Biological Sensor Packs, and Toolkits.
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