Oberlindes Lines
Oberlindes provides extensive cargo service in the Regina and -- more recently -- Aramis subsectors of the Spinward Marches, based
out
of the home port of Regina.
It also trades with the vargr in
Gvurrdon
sector,
exchanging Imperial
goods, rare wines,
and technological jewelry for unusual materials, finished goods, and
processed
ores. Emissary,
a fully
armed Imperial cruiser converted to carry Oberlindes cargo, is well
recognized
throughout Gvurrdon. Oberlindes maintains a trading center at Pandrin
(2240 Gvurrdon), and commonly employs vargr to handle its interface
services.
Extensive trade is carried out across the Imperial border with
the
Vargr.
The company is a trade and transport corporation, based in the Spinward
Marches,
whose expanding activities have taken it into the Deneb sector and the Vargr Extents.
Founded
in 487, this regional line has prospered in the wake of the Domain of Deneb's recent economic
upswing.
It was established in 1084 with an Imperial charter specifying trade
and commerce
within the Spinward Marches and supporting distant trade with states
bordering
the Imperium. Oberlindes is one of the major shipping lines within the
Regina
subsector, with feeder routes to all major starports; Oberlindes expansion
into
neighboring subsectors has improved star service but alienated many of
the
older and more conservative lines.
The Oberlindes name is an old one in the trade and commerce business in
the
Marches. Roxanne Oberlindes established the first line to bear the name
in
487 and built a family business which thrived between each of the
several
wars which have wracked the
Marches
in the past millenium. The first major increase in Oberlindes'
size
came in 1049, with the acquisition of Emissary, a surplus
cruiser declared
excess by the Imperial Navy. This ship, armaments intact, served
as
the flagship for Oberlindes' excursions into the Vargr Extents on trade
expeditions;
the venture proved highly successful. A base for Oberlindes was
established
just beyond the Imperial border (some irregularities in the ship
transfer
made it impractical to bring the ship into the Imperium) and served as
a
clearing house for trade good shipments between Regina and the Vargr
worlds.
In the years following the False
War,
Oberlindes Lines obtained an Imperial charter and began operations with
a
large fleet composed almost entirely of navy surplus ships -- now
numbering
in the hundreds. The organization concentrates on the smaller
feeder
routes, but has recently expanded into main line service, in direct
competition
with Tukera Lines and other more
established
major shipping lines.
Sergei hault-Oberlindes, patriarch and controller of the line, was
awarded
a baronial patent, complete with estates on Feri (2005 Spinward
Marches
B384879-B), by direction of the Emperor in 1101 for his contribution to
the
economic recovery in the Marches following the Fourth Frontier War.
Oberlindes Lines is a family company with stock ownership divided
approximately
as follows: Oberlindes family, 78 percent; investment trusts, 10
percent;
corporate employees, 8 percent; Imperial family, 2 percent; public
individuals,
2 percent.
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