Aerfel Industries
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Aerfel Industries
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| Industry | Advanced Technologies
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| Headquaters | Aerfel, Sarconia | ||||
Aerfel Industries was a Sarconian aerospace, arms and defense corporation active in two periods from 2031-2060 and 2081-present. During both it's periods of operation it would rise to economic prominence in the local region. Plagued by funding, infrastructure and employment issues for much of its existence through multiple periods of Sarconian strife and recession, the company would nevertheless persist in various forms throughout the majority of the 21st century. Responsible for supplying many insurgent factions of the turbulent nation, and briefly the Combined Provinces of Doren, it would eventually become the state of North Sarconia’s largest military contractor.
Following a massive data breach in 2128 in which several private internal databases were exposed to the public, it was revealed that sections of the company had engaged in clandestine paramilitary activities for much of its history.
History
2128 Data Breach and Controversy
In the summer of 2128, Aerfel Industries was the victim of a large scale cyberattack. Amongst the data compromised was evidence incriminating the company in dealings with terrorist Davedhrein Kerman and providing proof that assets of the company had been involved in skirmishes during the unification of the CPD, anti-counterinsurgency operations in Saracon, Plumland and Esperi, and played a significant role in the Fall of Aquaria. Despite one ex-General describing the past actions of the corporation as an ‘open secret’ within the higher ranks of the military, the public reaction was largely that of outrage. In an investors conference held after the breach, CEO Lisockmew Oneatt Kerman did not refute the reported military activity, but categorically denied allegations regarding the corporation answering to those other than official powers of Sarconia during this timeframe. Nevertheless, the revelations contributed to a poor fiscal year for Aerfel Industries, which did not reverse itself in the following decades. As of 2153, its market share has shrunken considerably since the formation of the United Doren Front.
Paramilitary Activities
As revealed by [] Throughout the 2070s and until as late as 2116, the company deployed several test pilots and aircraft into combat across Doren for both research and later strategic purposes, ostensibly solely in collaboration with the Sarconian state. By the turn of the century this practice had attained a high level of integration alongside official national Armed Forces, but never formally operated under their command, resulting in the corporation’s branding as a paramilitary organisation.