AbadarCorp

AbadarCorp

(Organization)

Type

Massive faith-based corporation

Leader

CEO and Executive Archdirector Gevrant Iseki-Okaibo

Headquarters

Golden Vault, Absalom Station

Goals

Spreading civilization
Fostering free trade
Accumulating profit

Scope

Pact Worlds system

Structure

Corporation

Images of AbadarCorp

Source: Core Rulebook, pg(s). 473

AbadarCorp is a conglomerate corporation run by priests of Abadar, god of civilization, trade, and wealth that is also the defacto church of Abadar. It is easily the largest and most dominant corporation on all the worlds under the control of the Pact Worlds government.

History

Considering that Abadar is the god of civilization, it is unsurprising that AbadarCorp helped promote the campaign that led the governments of the Pact Worlds system to the sign the Absalom Pact and the found the Pact Worlds government.

Structure

Even though most of AbadarCorp's employees are secular, its executive and corporate officers are all priests of Abadar. Its chief executive officer, currently Gevrant Iseki-Okaibo, also serves as the church's high priest, known as the executive archdirector. Planets and major operations (such as those on Absalom Station are led by an archdirector who also sits on the corporation's board of directors. Lower-ranking directors supervise large operations while managers and administrators oversee smaller businesses.

Employees

In addition to employing many full-time workers across many fields for its own manufacturing, finance, and retail operations, AbadarCorp also provides staffing, shipping, legal, and utility services throughout the Pact Worlds, and hires freelancers (including adventurers) for more specialized or expendable contract work.

Sites

AbadarCorp's home office on the Material Plane is the Golden Vault on Absalom Station, a huge cathedral and bank with the corporation's lighted logo 10 stories tall along its side. The Vault hosts free educational courses in finance and provides public services for loans, placing merchandise in its retail outlets, and blessing contracts. The corporation also sponsors and provides security for the station's Freemarkets in its Ring district.

In addition to their commercial functions, all corporate offices, factories, shops, and trading posts are also temples of Abadar. They maintain a set of common architectural touches, such as solid, pragmatic, secure construction, rich ornamentation, and yellow-tinted translucent-ceramic windows.

Products

AbadarCorp's products range from everyday items to construction and settlement assistance. It also acts as a distributor for the few products it does not produce, as long as they are legal.

Finance

AbadarCorp was instrumental in establishing the credit as the common unit of currency in the Pact Worlds system, and it controversially also serves as the Pact Worlds' financial regulatory arm and banking facilitator.

Manufacturing

When an inhabitant of the Pact Worlds systems buys a legal product — nearly any product — there's an excellent chance it was produced by AbadarCorp or one of its subsidiares such as the starship manufacturer ATech.

While a dominant force in scale, AbadarCorp products are not always superior in quality to those of its competitors. Their goods, though not flimsy or cheaply made, are usually less durable and effective than others, and are instead marketed as the ideal choice for the consumer on a budget. Customers can be assured to find an AbadarCorp product that suits their purpose well enough at a justifiable price.

Weapons

AbadarCorp manufactures and sells weapons, and is a leading supplier of arms and training to the Stewards and many smaller planetary police forces, a role they consider part of their holy mission of helping to secure and foster civilization.

Retail

Philt, a shirren representative of AbadarCorp, wears the corporation's signature travel suit.

AbadarCorp is the leading retailer of products in the Pact Worlds, whether those products were made by AbadarCorp or one of its competitors. Many products are sold through AbadarCorp-run hypermarkets.

Other

See also: Category:AbadarCorp/Products

• Security robots: AbadarCorp produces the security robots that patrol Absalom Station. Some employees note that the best-equipped robots patrol only the station's wealthiest neighborhoods, but the corporation's management is committed to its market projections for necessary security.
• AbadarCorp travel suits: AbadarCorp executives wear business suits with integrated armor and concealed rebreathers, making them effective (if limited) protection in hostile environments. More expensive labels offer more protection and signature designs.

Exploration

AbadarCorp sponsors exploration and environmental modification projects, including the cooperative development of Jedarat, a lifeless world in the Vose 303 system, with the Xenowardens and New Horizons Luxury Retreats. The corporation also sponsors colonization through financial aid for colony ships, supplies, prefabricated buildings, and AbadarCorp retail franchises.

Relationships

Despite its breadth and influence, AbadarCorp's leadership avoids abusing its resources, understanding that monopoly leads to a choke on growth and trade. Education in finance is provided for free and often inspires new competitors. Loans to business that allow poor people to rise from poverty carry no interest, as AbadarCorp believes that the created prosperity outweighs the credits obtained through usury.