Tobia Commerce Guild

Human Sector-wide Corporation The Tobia Commerce Guide is a conglomerate built to profit from trade with the Aslan Hierate. It buys goods from across the Spinward Marches and Deneb, then ships them to the Hierate. Most of the shareholders are nobles from Tobia subsector, and the company has the nickname of the 'Duke's own', reflecting persistent rumor's that the Duke of Tobia is heavily (and illegally) invested in the company. 
Guild ships make up over a third of traffic across the Aslan trade route, and this proportion is growing. The Guild has recently put in orders for another four 50,000-ton mega freighters, doubling its capacity (diminished since the loss of the Yarrow in 1099 to misjump) Some observers fear the Guild is flooding the Aslan markets in an attempt to drive competitors out of business, and the Tobia navy has issued a warning the Guild is sending more trade ships than it has escorts to allocate.
The Guild is notoriously quick to make offence, and has in the past claimed GeDeCo is engaged in sabotage and that PRQ is using it naval connections to claim all the escort slots. The Duke of Tobia has intervened several times on the company's behalf, furthering speculation of his involvement behind the scenes. The Guild is the newest Megacorporation to open in the Trojan Reach, and is rapidly eclipsing all the other save the Company of Grandmotherly Kindness (technically, GeDeCo is still larger, but most count GeDeCo's Trojan directorate as separate to its Deneb and Reft branches).

Founding Date

50

Type

Corporation, Conglomerate

Alternative Names

TCG