-Triax Corporation History, updated December 15th, 2021-
Triax Corporation found its origins during the end of the Boskone War when CEO and Founder Silus Markin and a group of displaced Fen enthusiasts for the RIFTS pen and paper RPG stumbled upon a cache of equipment, weaponry and supplies. [1]
1: Gotta love the fact that we found some boscoe gear and gold when we really needed food and water on that day. Fucking Boscoes.
Using this cache and several contacts back on Earth, the group managed to secure enough materials and supplies to build a small habitat in the Main Belt on a tiny, unremarkable asteroid that wasn't even named. This tiny habitat became the core of an equally small start-up business at first focusing on creating a full-body conversion cyborg body that could be maintained with extremely primitive tools and minimal supplies. While it found some niche appeal and netted a tiny profit, it was clear by the middle of 2015 that the company wasn't going to last the day until Silus Markin managed to make contact with the Material Defenders, who put him in touch with their Daneside client base. These clients required modifications done to Earth-based mining equipment and with a week of entering negotiations, Silus had netted the tiny group a contract modifying mining equipment for space operations and from the funds provided by this contract, the group began looking towards the future.
In 2016, the small company rebranded itself as the Triax Corporation, and using its profits from modifying mining equipment for space operations, purchased several aircraft frames from Russian and US boneyards and began work on creating a new aerospace-capable fighter for public sale. The result of this work are the S-14 Corsair Aerospace Fighter, built from the F-14 Tomcat frame, and the H-22 Starfire Aerospace Bomber, designed to act as part of a sales initiative by the new corporation to provide clients with affordable private armed security options that could be maintained for the fraction of the cost of hiring private security companies and mercenaries and maintaining that contract.
Part of that sales initiative was focusing on selling them as security options rather than part of a full weapons package, allowing clients to arm them as they saw fit and instead of providing weaponry options, Triax focused on selling all the maintenance equipment needed for even the smallest habitat to keep the Corsair and Starfire operational as anything from being actual fighters and bombers, to private conveyances and even high-speed courier craft. The second part was the declaration by the company that they would sell to anyone, regardless of history and affiliations, stating that the corporation had no place judging clients when there were others far more qualified to do so. This statement earned the corporation some ire as pockets of criminals took advantage of this, and some Fen immediately labelled Triax as an amoral corporation willing to sell to anyone with the cash.
Even so, the S-14 and H-22 found popularity amongst Cold War Fen and their Daneside clients, and with these further profits, Triax set down their motto of 'We Seek The Future!' and began working to establish themselves as a provider of affordable armed security options for habitats and individuals through the 2016 to 2017 period when they found a dead cyborg of unknown [2] origin floating in space. With no way to identify the body, the biological remains were cremated while the cybernetics were examined and reverse-engineered. From these remains, Triax was able to enter the cybernetics market with their V-10 line of Basicware replacement parts, designed to be easily maintained, repaired and modified by the client with the bare minimum of tools and materials.
2: I sent the tattoo that was on the corpse's neck to Miranda Petite, I'll attach her reply to the end of this section, but I think this relates to what happened in 2018.
Of course, no corporation can experience smooth-sailing forever, and in 2018 Triax was involved in a major military scandal between the United States and the Russian Federation, and while the details remain a secret due to agreements between the corporation and the two governments, Triax was able to secure a number of technologies that allowed them to expand their catalogue to a massive degree, ranging from the SB-70 Valkyrie and S-160 Blackjack-S Bombers to various experimental data related to cyborgs and AI's. While only some of this technology was suitable for public release, Triax kept it all in order to perfect their future ambitions as the company began investing in the Russian Federation's space programs, both military and civilian.
It was also during this time that Triax announced their Fenspace Singularity Project and Transhuman Evolution Initiative alongside other projects such as researching the possibility of creating the Minovsky Particle and Mega-Damage Capacity meta-materials for construction and defence and while detractors state that these projects are massive money sinks, Triax has earned some small praise for these ambitious but forward-thinking projects.
With a quiet period of continued expansion and development in 2019, Triax released a new product to Fenspace in the form of Smart Ammo; gryo-stabilised ammunition fitted with incredibly small ion thrusters capable of guiding themselves towards targets, offering a cheaper alternative to expensive missiles for taking on enemies with a high level of accuracy even with the noticeable difference in agility compared to modern missiles but the barely detectable firing of the ion thrusters means that Smart Ammo is often able to score surprise hits and proves popular for its ability to be precision-guided to targets.
While Triax will never match some of the Big Name Fen in advanced cybernetics technology, the company in 2020 announced as the first step of their Transhuman Evolution Initiative their intention on advancing hardtech nanotechnology and computer technology to allow for the digitisation and uploading of a human mind into a mimetic computer 'cyberbrain' and while Triax has not yet attained this goal, they have made great strides in cybernetic life-support systems for the human brain.
Now, in 2021, Triax Corporation continues to seek the future, as they now begin the Neo-Sapient Uplift Project to advance genetic engineering so that they can uplift an animal species to sapience, proving true to their motto.
We Seek The Future!
From: petitsnake@node1856184545.secure.fen
To: kdebeers@peopletriad.secure.fen
Subject: Music for the birds.
I saw that rad tattoo you sent me, and yeah it's from a genre of music that's real popular with birds.
What sort of music you ask? Raven Rock, real heavy metal sort of shit, with lots of fans.
Got their start like me and Silus did actually, in a sex-slave camp in Albania.
Funny how you remember these things.
Miranda Petite
Triax Corporation found its origins during the end of the Boskone War when CEO and Founder Silus Markin and a group of displaced Fen enthusiasts for the RIFTS pen and paper RPG stumbled upon a cache of equipment, weaponry and supplies. [1]
1: Gotta love the fact that we found some boscoe gear and gold when we really needed food and water on that day. Fucking Boscoes.
Using this cache and several contacts back on Earth, the group managed to secure enough materials and supplies to build a small habitat in the Main Belt on a tiny, unremarkable asteroid that wasn't even named. This tiny habitat became the core of an equally small start-up business at first focusing on creating a full-body conversion cyborg body that could be maintained with extremely primitive tools and minimal supplies. While it found some niche appeal and netted a tiny profit, it was clear by the middle of 2015 that the company wasn't going to last the day until Silus Markin managed to make contact with the Material Defenders, who put him in touch with their Daneside client base. These clients required modifications done to Earth-based mining equipment and with a week of entering negotiations, Silus had netted the tiny group a contract modifying mining equipment for space operations and from the funds provided by this contract, the group began looking towards the future.
In 2016, the small company rebranded itself as the Triax Corporation, and using its profits from modifying mining equipment for space operations, purchased several aircraft frames from Russian and US boneyards and began work on creating a new aerospace-capable fighter for public sale. The result of this work are the S-14 Corsair Aerospace Fighter, built from the F-14 Tomcat frame, and the H-22 Starfire Aerospace Bomber, designed to act as part of a sales initiative by the new corporation to provide clients with affordable private armed security options that could be maintained for the fraction of the cost of hiring private security companies and mercenaries and maintaining that contract.
Part of that sales initiative was focusing on selling them as security options rather than part of a full weapons package, allowing clients to arm them as they saw fit and instead of providing weaponry options, Triax focused on selling all the maintenance equipment needed for even the smallest habitat to keep the Corsair and Starfire operational as anything from being actual fighters and bombers, to private conveyances and even high-speed courier craft. The second part was the declaration by the company that they would sell to anyone, regardless of history and affiliations, stating that the corporation had no place judging clients when there were others far more qualified to do so. This statement earned the corporation some ire as pockets of criminals took advantage of this, and some Fen immediately labelled Triax as an amoral corporation willing to sell to anyone with the cash.
Even so, the S-14 and H-22 found popularity amongst Cold War Fen and their Daneside clients, and with these further profits, Triax set down their motto of 'We Seek The Future!' and began working to establish themselves as a provider of affordable armed security options for habitats and individuals through the 2016 to 2017 period when they found a dead cyborg of unknown [2] origin floating in space. With no way to identify the body, the biological remains were cremated while the cybernetics were examined and reverse-engineered. From these remains, Triax was able to enter the cybernetics market with their V-10 line of Basicware replacement parts, designed to be easily maintained, repaired and modified by the client with the bare minimum of tools and materials.
2: I sent the tattoo that was on the corpse's neck to Miranda Petite, I'll attach her reply to the end of this section, but I think this relates to what happened in 2018.
Of course, no corporation can experience smooth-sailing forever, and in 2018 Triax was involved in a major military scandal between the United States and the Russian Federation, and while the details remain a secret due to agreements between the corporation and the two governments, Triax was able to secure a number of technologies that allowed them to expand their catalogue to a massive degree, ranging from the SB-70 Valkyrie and S-160 Blackjack-S Bombers to various experimental data related to cyborgs and AI's. While only some of this technology was suitable for public release, Triax kept it all in order to perfect their future ambitions as the company began investing in the Russian Federation's space programs, both military and civilian.
It was also during this time that Triax announced their Fenspace Singularity Project and Transhuman Evolution Initiative alongside other projects such as researching the possibility of creating the Minovsky Particle and Mega-Damage Capacity meta-materials for construction and defence and while detractors state that these projects are massive money sinks, Triax has earned some small praise for these ambitious but forward-thinking projects.
With a quiet period of continued expansion and development in 2019, Triax released a new product to Fenspace in the form of Smart Ammo; gryo-stabilised ammunition fitted with incredibly small ion thrusters capable of guiding themselves towards targets, offering a cheaper alternative to expensive missiles for taking on enemies with a high level of accuracy even with the noticeable difference in agility compared to modern missiles but the barely detectable firing of the ion thrusters means that Smart Ammo is often able to score surprise hits and proves popular for its ability to be precision-guided to targets.
While Triax will never match some of the Big Name Fen in advanced cybernetics technology, the company in 2020 announced as the first step of their Transhuman Evolution Initiative their intention on advancing hardtech nanotechnology and computer technology to allow for the digitisation and uploading of a human mind into a mimetic computer 'cyberbrain' and while Triax has not yet attained this goal, they have made great strides in cybernetic life-support systems for the human brain.
Now, in 2021, Triax Corporation continues to seek the future, as they now begin the Neo-Sapient Uplift Project to advance genetic engineering so that they can uplift an animal species to sapience, proving true to their motto.
We Seek The Future!
From: petitsnake@node1856184545.secure.fen
To: kdebeers@peopletriad.secure.fen
Subject: Music for the birds.
I saw that rad tattoo you sent me, and yeah it's from a genre of music that's real popular with birds.
What sort of music you ask? Raven Rock, real heavy metal sort of shit, with lots of fans.
Got their start like me and Silus did actually, in a sex-slave camp in Albania.
Funny how you remember these things.
Miranda Petite