Nebulex Extraction and Refining Corporation

Nebulex was a major human corporation during the Domus Diaspora and Pax Humana.

History
Nebulex was founded by several small Martian mining firms, who merged together near the beginning of the Domus Diaspora to take advantage of new extrasolar mining opportunities. Initially the company focused on buying cheap claims that had been made by First Wave settlers but had been unable to exploit due to lack of equipment and capital. The most important world in these early days was Luyten, where they bought so many claims and were able to muscle out any competition, pioneer or diasporan. This fueled resentment among both populations and this anger was one of the reasons for the Luyten Conflict during the Inner Colony Wars.

Experience gained on Luyten and the resources the world provided allowed the company to begin expanding across the rest of the Cepheus-Auriga Quadrant. Often working with colonization groups to help fund the settling of resource rich worlds, such as Pharos and Levosia. The Pax Humana period was the height of Nebulex's wealth and influence, being able to dominate the mining industry throughout the Cepheus-Auriga Quadrant.

The company would start to see its fortunate turn however as new competitors rose on the backs of the Outer Colonies and Nebulex failed to adapt. This led to the company engaging in numerous illegal and unethical cost-cutting measures to remain competitive. This would spell the downfall of the company after Nouveau Montreal, a barely profitable world, revolted in 2471. The subsequent investigations would reveal these illegal actives and the enormous fines and legal fees would see the company go bankrupt and dissolve in 2475.

Locations

 * UV Ceti System
 * Luyten
 * 26 Draconis System
 * Levosia
 * Eta Cephei System
 * Pharos
 * Avalon System
 * Nouveau Montreal