System: Layover

[3067] The head offices of Salvatore Incorporated are based in the city of St.Edwards’s. Whilst Salvatore may be a may be a Star League-era corporation, the centuries have not been good to it. Its factories and yards on Layover used to cover more than five hundred square kilometers, not to mention thousands more square kilometers of proving grounds and test facilities. It also used to manufacture dozens of different types of DropShips, from cargo ships to luxury liners to factory ships to combat ships.

Today, thanks to centuries of raids and all-out assaults, the company barely keeps its Construction Facility Delta operational. The rest of the company’s St. Edwards facility lays completely dormant. Scores of massive construction buildings, long ago stripped of useful equipment, stand silently. Some are used by a handful of tri-vid production companies that came to the world looking for cheap studio space, while others are used by experimental farmers that have been attempting to engineer new food crops to grow in the planet’s vast deserts.

The company has a standing offer from the Federated Suns to come in and refurbish the company’s facilities, but the company’s officers have steadfastly refused, afraid that the government will come in and take over or force its sale to a larger competitor, like Federated-Boeing. Nevertheless, production capacity continues to dwindle, right along with profits. Layover, on the other hand, remains an ideal location for a DropShip manufacturer — natural resources are still readily available and fusion power is both cheap and plentiful. Sooner or later, the company will either have to accept outside assistance or fold operations altogether.