Which fan company would make the most money?

[nilgravity]

There are several fan companies on the boards and I was wondering which would make the most money. Paladin Steel has a great variety of products available, but maybe so high that it's driven their overhead through the roof! I've allowed for revoting to encourage debate and to give the companies a chance to unveil new lines. I want to hear thoughts on this (and if the creators want to make organization sheets that'd be helpful too)


Paladin Steel
http://www.palladium-megaverse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=93286

Nova Markets
http://www.palladium-megaverse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=133590

Richard Operations
http://www.palladium-megaverse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=139081

Kera Tech
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=96631

Tungston Fabrication
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=138861

Bullhunter Arms
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=135151

Putus Caseus Armaments
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=134216

[Marrowlight]

Awesome idea. But before we vote, let's see what their advertising departments have for us.

[Icefalcon]

I love KC's Bullhunter Arms thread. It includes some of the best "extra gear" for the discerning soldier.

[drewkitty ~..~]

The organized BM in rifts would just be the distribution network most of the arms would flow through.

[glitterboy2098]

SkyKnight Industries
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=83905
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=87186
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=87725

[taalismn]

I, too, am flattered to be considered for this list.
I'm only sorry I haven't made my material better organized for folks...I think that turns a lot of people off who don't want to dig through 90 pages of material looking for that one goodie they never knew they needed before.
As tempted as I am to vote for myself, in all fairness(and excluding PS's extradimensional sales) I'll cast my vote to Killer Cyborg's Bullhunter Arms; the company is small, compact, and their products quite simple and inexpensive. With modern(i.e. Rifts) production technology and robot or cheap d-bee labor, their relative expense-to-profit ratio is low and their product sales should be high. Because they're not building strategic/world-changing weaponry, they're too small to smash by big nations, so they don't have to spend a lot on security and nation-building to secure their resources and livelihood. It's a realistic entrepreneur company that can fit right well into the gritty post-apocalyptic Rifts campaign without any changes to published canon or suspension of player disbelief.

[Killer Cyborg]

Awesome idea. But before we vote, let's see what their advertising departments have for us.

At Putus Caseus Armaments, we have created a perpetual motion machine* that can be used for anything from recharging E-Clips to powering a robot vehicle, or providing ammunition for your very own PCA-ATL7G Gatling Gun!

At Putus Caseus, we don't break the laws of physics... but when somebody else does, we use that to break the game!


*Only CR 20,000!!!!

[taalismn]

You wanted a fact-sheet?
Using my format for Random Interstellar Corporations(http://palladium-megaverse.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=134982 ), here's Paladin Seel outlined:

Paladin Steel/Aegis Stellar Industries ---(Just to be fair)
“The Right Gear, for the Right Purpose, in a Right Cause, at a Right Price.”

A newcomer to the Three Galaxies and the interdimensional stage, Paladin Steel is the mothership corporation of Aegis Stellar Industries, its wing in the Three Galaxies. Though generally a generation of technology behind the standard in the Three Galaxies, PS products often compensate by being multirole, multi-accessoried, or innovative in other ways, and by being less expensive than many of their contemporaries’ offerings in the Three Galaxies. Their home offices on Rifts Earth(or -A- Rifts Earth) gives them many options and opportunities larger galactic companies do not.
A. Product/Services----Known primarily as an arms manufacturer(though they have many divisions and interests), with a reputation for relatively low-tech, but durable and readily customizable, products.
B. Ownership----Shareholder-owned, with a strong nationalist sponsorship(Greater New England).
C. Size/Manpower---Massive, in the 100 million+ range(though its Rifts Earth home offices employ only about 10 million employees between its various enclaves)
D. Distribution--- Interdimensional
E. Communications---Private(bordering on Extreme) ----The company maintains its own private communications network, including wholly company-owned transmission facilities and its own in-house courier service.
F. Security---- Small Army, leavened with house mercenary units and national armed services personnel.
G. General Alignment----Scrupulous and Unprincipled
H. Business/Trade Connections---Liberal, with a ‘trust but verify’ attitude.
I. Illegal Activity---
-Knockoffs----The company is involved in producing illegal knockoffs of another company’s products. Or, at the very least, of reverse-engineering technologies from the Kittani, Naruni, Triax and the Coalition States.
- Corporate Espionage---The company has some truck in ‘gray ops’ in industry, ferreting out the secrets of rivals and conducting ‘proactive defense’ against their competition.
J. Pay---Good---Pay is 10-25% above the industry average
K. Benefits---
-Medical Clinic----Healthy workers are happy and productive workers, and PS means to be both happy and productive. That means free health and dental.
-Cybernetics/Bio-Augmentation----Based on their experience ‘growing up’ on Rifts Earth, where one can easily lose a limb or two(maybe even a whole body) to a bandit or supernatural predator, the company offers a cybernetics or genetic medicine clinic and will pay 1d10x10% towards elective cybernetic implants or biogenetic tweaking/augmentation, especially if the procedures are related to work. Since PS’s medical and biologicals divisions produce most of the necessary material in-house, they can afford this sort of largesse.
-Swag---The company gives employees considerable (40-60%) discounts on products and services it produces, and may even give examples away free.
L. Available Funds---Large Reserve----The company can extend loans in the triple credit range for dealing with situations and special circumstances.
M. Reputation---Known. Paladin Steel is working on a ‘slow but steady’ policy of building up their brand-name recognition and customer base.
N. Current Corporate Status---Modestly Successful in breaking into a large market.

[Subjugator]

I'd say the ones that made the most efficient and durable fans at the best price.

[taalismn]

I'd say the ones that made the most efficient and durable fans at the best price.

Damnit! Now you have me thinking of all the various permutations of fans in Rifts....electric, nuclear-powered. techno-wizardry(windrush spell), Elemental.....vibrobladed so you don't have critters trying to sneak in through your ventilation system(or open window)...
I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!

[The Oh So Amazing Nate]

The most lucrative would be Uncle Remus' Emporium of the Arcane. For the simple fact that it exists in every single location across the megaverse at all points in time simultaneously. The only drawback is the inconsistent service and the fact that it is now out of business*.

*By out of business I mean the OP (original proprietor) will no longer be adding merchandise or taking on custom jobs.

[nilgravity]

SkyKnight Industries
http://palladium-megaverse.com/forums/v ... =8&t=83905
http://palladium-megaverse.com/forums/v ... =8&t=87186
http://palladium-megaverse.com/forums/v ... =8&t=87725

It's in the poll (though not formatted right I'll fix it later)

[random_username]

Tekhammer:
However it tends to be unheard of except by good/honorable: local citizens, adventures, mercs, armor wearing casters, and the occasional Cyber-Knight or Operator. Also indirectly affiliated with many advanced tech R&D companies/empires/organizations. Tends to have minimal cost and maximum profitability for its endeavors.

Location:
North America.

Actual Products:

Tekhammer Light/Medium Armor: Designed for those less familiar with wearing armor: casters, etc.

Other minor items mainly for local citizens: Tek Town Wood Sword, Tek Town Vibro-Sword, modified light power armors for use by Mechanics/Operators/Explorers, etc. All of which are mainly just for the appropriate local citizens.

Mainly:
A Tech Repair and Modification Center/Mechanic Shop. So may not quite fit with the precise theme for this posting.

Special Items:
Ongoing Purchasing options for perfect condition alien and possibly other advanced technology with Research and Development value to large tech empires/companies. Fair prices. Listed lower value in credits/BMI or upper value in Shop credit including rare technology. Corresponding appraisal skills. Further details upon providing relevant R&D value tech.

Some Triax Tech Available:
Limited selection.

Ultimately:
Probably not enough to merit a voting slot mostly just an interesting way of presenting this otherwise appropriate info.

[glitterboy2098]

Here at SkyKnight Industries we may not build the most cutting edge weapons or bend reality to our whim, but we stand by our products. you will never find a better aircraft for this value. why slog across dangerous wilderness when you can fly, in a capable and affordable skyknight brand aircraft? our products are available through a number of retailers, and we have partnered with companies across the domain of man and the new west to ensure customer support. custom orders are available. fly SkyKnight today!

[taalismn]

Tekhammer:
Probably not enough to merit a voting slot mostly just an interesting way of presenting this otherwise appropriate info.

Hey...if any of the companies listed like your stuff, we may just pick you up as a subcontractor.
Lots of small companies contribute to the well-being of larger corporations and their products, since those bigger companies can't control EVERYTHING that goes into their merchandise. GM has to buy its switches, upholstery, and company t-shirts from SOMEBODY. Same for Northern Gun, Triax, Paladin Steel, and others.
Feel free to post your company and its products.

[random_username]

Tekhammer:
Probably not enough to merit a voting slot mostly just an interesting way of presenting this otherwise appropriate info.

Hey...if any of the companies listed like your stuff, we may just pick you up as a subcontractor.
Lots of small companies contribute to the well-being of larger corporations and their products, since those bigger companies can't control EVERYTHING that goes into their merchandise. GM has to buy its switches, upholstery, and company t-shirts from SOMEBODY. Same for Northern Gun, Triax, Paladin Steel, and others.
Feel free to post your company and its products.

lol

Ironically it is posted though in a covert GM's discretion kind of way.

Underestimating them = perfect PR for those they don't do business with hehe.

[taalismn]

I voted Paladin Steel. Based solely on the product testimonials. lol

Thank you!
Writing the 'fluff' is the greater portion of the fun of coming up with stuff, from my own experiences reading about technology and the development and deployment of various devices and designs. Some (historical) innovations come seemingly out of nowhere, while others are the result of refinements, offshoots of older designs, or the result of various company and engineer shennanigans. There are some incredible stories out there about what went into various inventions, even mundane ones.