Harrison Armory
The Corpro-State
Harrison Armory is one of the Triumvirate corpro-states, and the premier weapons and weapon-platform manufacturer in the galaxy.
Harrison Armory enjoys a galaxy-wide reputation for the quality of its weapons and defensive systems. The corpro-state previously specialized in ordnance and other armaments, making it reliant on competitors’ frames as mounts for its deluxe equipment; however, since the overthrow of Union’s Second Committee, Harrison Armory has broadened its product line to include an extensive range of peerless frontline frames. On the wave of this new success, the Armory has transformed into a burgeoning, imperial corpro-state, a mighty galactic power that directly administers a large number of Core worlds, orbitals, and colonial prospects – this is the Purview; all lands under the Armory’s command.
The Armory develops some of the most advanced conventional and paracausal tech that is legally distributed. Next to GMS, the Armory is the second most common supplier for state fleets, militaries, and police forces. It is a massive imperial power, with a population numbering in the billions and growing as colonies pledge themselves — voluntarily or otherwise — to Ras Shamra.
The Armory’s success can be credited in large part to their Special-Exception Persistent-Cultivation Legionspace Environment, SEPCLE or, colloquially, the Think Tank. Think Tank is a choir of near-cascade NHP that the Armory uses for research and development into paracausal technology, forecasting, and department management. Due to the Armory’s special relationship with Union, it is allowed to run a choir of NHP at critical levels of self-awareness; the Think Tank is a closely guarded secret in the Armory, known in rumor to its patrician citizens and competitors, but in specifics and particulars to a small portion of the population.
By necessity of Harrison Armory’s imperial aims, its frames tend to be sturdy. More than that, Armory mechs are built to ensure overwhelming performance, embodying dominance and power in their brutal, geometric aesthetics. This fulfillment of this desire requires tremendous power, skill, and material strength.
Harrison Armory licenses are perfect for pilots looking to field durable frontline mechs equipped with the most advanced weapons technology available.
In addition to their weaponry and weapon platforms, the Armory is known for its sturdy exploration gear, consumer and state-level logistics and infrastructure packages, personal groundcars, and spirits. Harrison Armory is a big player in galactic trade, as their Distal Development program cultivates and exports exotic alien spices, flora, fauna, and minerals for consumer use.
The general public on a Capital world — a good measure of what amounts to “public galactic knowledge” — would not have any knowledge of the particulars of Ras Shamra, Think Tank, or the particular operations of a Harrison Armory Acquisition Team. They would know Harrison Armory as a weapons manufacturer and defense contractor, whose name they hear in snippets of newscasts discussing Cradle politics, distal colonial affairs, and mentioned in contrast to IPS-N’s stranglehold on interstellar shipping. Some who have studied the history of Cradle and Union might know of the Armory’s ties to the anthrochauvinist Second Committee, but five hundred standard years after the fact, it certainly feels like old news.
Structure
Director-General
The ruler of Harrison Armory, the title of the chief executive. Inherited by the chosen child of the current Director-General. Their seat of power is on Ras Shamra, in the Temperate Throne estate. The Director General’s line is managed under special contract with SSC’s Exclusive Genomics division. Harrison Armory’s current Director General is John Creighton-Cruz Harrison III, the facsimile son of John Creighton Harrison I and the noble line of Miramar de la Cruz, a ranked noble whose family was granted Decimal Honors to the throne. High Nobility, Planetary Governors
Planetary Governors, Arcology Administrators, Fleet Masters, Global Architects, and Legion Commanders. The final attainable rank via the Armory’s Social. Nobility
The nobility of all Harrison Armory worlds, broken into the following sub-ranks for civilian/service nobility:
The first step into the noble classes. Attainable by any and all citizens of the Armory who break into the Nobility tier of Social through works and service — typically after exemplary military service augmented by civic engagement. Citizenry, Able Rank
To be an Able Citizen is to have a record of service, either civic or military, that places a citizen in the top echelon of the citizenry. Most retired or termed-out legionnaires and civic workers are of Able Rank. Citizenry, Purview Standard
The standard rank of citizen in the Armory. The vast majority of all citizens in the Armory Purview are some degree of Purview Standard. Citizenry, Provisional
A temporary but common rank, awarded to colonial subjects making their first forays into citizenship with the Armory Colonial Subject
A broad category, encompassing all colonial subjects of the Armory. Not a terminal category. Non-Purview (“Guests”)
Travelers, allies, diplomats, and populations on the move through the Purview for any long length of time are considered guests of the Armory. If they seek to settle in the Armory, they’ll need to meet with a Social minister and set up a ranking profile.
The ruler of Harrison Armory, the title of the chief executive. Inherited by the chosen child of the current Director-General. Their seat of power is on Ras Shamra, in the Temperate Throne estate. The Director General’s line is managed under special contract with SSC’s Exclusive Genomics division. Harrison Armory’s current Director General is John Creighton-Cruz Harrison III, the facsimile son of John Creighton Harrison I and the noble line of Miramar de la Cruz, a ranked noble whose family was granted Decimal Honors to the throne. High Nobility, Planetary Governors
Planetary Governors, Arcology Administrators, Fleet Masters, Global Architects, and Legion Commanders. The final attainable rank via the Armory’s Social. Nobility
The nobility of all Harrison Armory worlds, broken into the following sub-ranks for civilian/service nobility:
- State Director
- County Commissioner
- Metro Councilmember
- District Manager
- Precinct Manager
- Block Leader
The first step into the noble classes. Attainable by any and all citizens of the Armory who break into the Nobility tier of Social through works and service — typically after exemplary military service augmented by civic engagement. Citizenry, Able Rank
To be an Able Citizen is to have a record of service, either civic or military, that places a citizen in the top echelon of the citizenry. Most retired or termed-out legionnaires and civic workers are of Able Rank. Citizenry, Purview Standard
The standard rank of citizen in the Armory. The vast majority of all citizens in the Armory Purview are some degree of Purview Standard. Citizenry, Provisional
A temporary but common rank, awarded to colonial subjects making their first forays into citizenship with the Armory Colonial Subject
A broad category, encompassing all colonial subjects of the Armory. Not a terminal category. Non-Purview (“Guests”)
Travelers, allies, diplomats, and populations on the move through the Purview for any long length of time are considered guests of the Armory. If they seek to settle in the Armory, they’ll need to meet with a Social minister and set up a ranking profile.
Public Agenda
Harrison Armory has a fervent pro-growth, pro-humanity (but very specific kinds of humanity) ideology, one that sees them competing with various expansionist powers for control over territory. Unlike the other notable corpro-states, Harrison Armory takes an active role in the administration of its territory and worlds inside of its sphere of influence. This is accomplished not only by monopolies on trade, military, and industrial goods, but through the use of colonial soldiers organized into Legion Missions.
Assets
Harrison Armory is the single largest supplier of consumer and state goods and materials next to Union’s General Massive Systems (GMS). Harrison Armory is responsible for the first adaptation of the military hardsuit — essentially, powered armor — to a purpose-built mech. They’ve since gone on to lead the galaxy in cutting-edge warfighting technology across all platforms — infantry, armored vehicles, mechanized chassis, and spaceships — while growing their imperial aims.
History
Harrison Armory was founded shortly after 4500u by John Creighton Harrison I, a leader in the Second Committee who fled the coup on Cradle. Founded initially as a GMS Special Project world, the Armory welcomed exiled Second Committee party members and their families, as well as tens of thousands of anthrochauv loyalists following the Third Committee’s successful revolution.
Harrison's family has continued to hold command over the Armory, ruling from the Temperate Throne on Ras Shamra — the Armory’s home world — over the Purview — the totality of worlds and lands they either directly control or have influence over. The current Director-General of the Armory is Harrison III, a facsimile clone of Harrison I; Harrison III is currently on a long-flight tour of all of the Armory’s worlds, and is due back on Ras Shamra in 5017u.
The Armory has had repeated conflicts with the Karrakin Trade Barons, whose borders and colonial interests brush up against theirs. The second most common military chassis in the galaxy is the HA Sherman.
Superior by design.
Founding Date
4500
Type
Corporation, Conglomerate
Capital
Alternative Names
HA, Harrison, the Armory, the Purview
Head of State
Government System
Corporatocracy
Power Structure
Unitary state
Economic System
Post-scarcity economy
Controlled Territories
Neighboring Nations
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