Arcanus Military Industries

Arcanus Military Industries was founded on Mars in the latter years of the United Earth Government/United Nations Space Command by one Mary Silverman, an especially gifted Terran woman that headed at the time the venerable Highlander Arsenal, which specialized in small arms and body armor for civilians and security forces. Owing to strict licensing regulations of the time, as well as marketing limitations, it was determined that a separate company would be needed to enter the defense contractor industry. However, with the collapse of ONI and their questionable methods, AMI's research and development fields expanded aggressively into shipbuilding, terraforming and colonization technologies, and a host of other aspects of military technologies, which culminated in a project in part subsidized by the Terran Confederation that resulted in the Eye of Fire. Due to illicit bookkeeping methods, the reality of this project was not discovered until it was completed, a revelation that resulted in AMI being restructured to be in large part, nationalized, in an effort to prevent such an event from occurring again. As such, Arcanus Military Industries is both a company and, in its own way, a colony faction under Confederation law. Officially to outside factions, however, AMI is seen as simply a company with perhaps an unusually close relationship to the Terran Confederation.





While AMI's products are, as a rule, of exceptional quality, their specialization lies within magnetic acceleration weapons technologies, a fact that has landed them more than one contract with government defense agencies, though their shipbuilding technologies have increased in the wake of the Second Machine War, helped along greatly by salvage from the Machine Empire. Perhaps more unique within the Sol-Daiban Galaxy is their significant usage of magitech, blending magic with high technology in ways more commonly seen in the Andromeda Galaxy, where AMI also holds notable presence. In addition to their more martially focused endeavors, Arcanus Military Industries also possesses a modest number of colonies and mining installations scattered across the Orion Spur and portions of the Andromeda Galaxy, from which they draw much of the material resources needed to remain in operation.


The command structure of AMI begins with the CEO, who is by default also the Supreme Commander of Dragon Fleet. Currently, this position is held by Eliza Silvermantle. From there, the Head of Civil Affairs and Chief of Staff of Dragon Fleet hold joint power, with one managing the day to day aspects of civilian life of the Eye of Fire, and the other determining fleet policies and deployments. However, the CEO can still overrule either of these individuals on any particular matter if they see fit. Beneath the HCA and CoS, the chain of command is ordered in ranks, akin to a military. Aside from the absolute rulership of the CEO, however, AMI is governed largely by a meritocracy.




Alasdair MacUspaig- a Terran Æsir that was recruited by the current leader of AMI, Eliza Lockheed, for AMI's Titan Program, in an effort to recreate the Spartans of the UNSC. Ties are informal, as his allegiance remains to the Terran Confederation as a member of the Confed Army.

Eliza Lockheed- officially simply the latest CEO to run the company, she is in fact the same woman that founded AMI, and Highlander Arsenal before it. Little of her true nature is known to any but a precious few individuals.



A relatively minor player within the political landscape of the Alliance, Arcanus Military Industries nevertheless possesses a unique role within Confed space, as well as the more isolated regions of the near side of the Andromeda Galaxy. Ever eager for new knowledge, their martial nature and large population of Terrans has led to the company declaring an official policy of neutrality in order to placate voices within the Galactic Federation that continue to hold the view that humanity is a violent and primitive species. Perhaps another more unusual aspect of AMI is their policy of taking only hard currencies as payment for goods and services unless the payment is part of a government contract. Being a meritocracy, they recruit with little regard for species, gender, or any other aspect, provided that allegiance to AMI is given. Even so, there appears to be a heavy bias in favor of Terrans, even if nothing official supports this.