1874.Zann Consortium
Zann Consortium, a very mysterious consortium, so mysterious that not many people even know about it.
In fact, the original name of this consortium was Zann Corporation (Zann Remanufacturing), and its history was not long ago, about 40 years ago.
Originally, Zann Corporation's main business was to recycle and refurbish some of the equipment eliminated by Galactic Republic military and the police, and then sell it to the civilian market - yes, they would not even sell these items to the black market, although the black market was very interested in these military discarded products.
The main customers of this company are relatively backward planets, some formally registered mercenary groups and security companies.
The person who founded Zann Corporation is Old Zann, a dedicated businessman.
Zann Corporation's business gradually reached its peak with the outbreak of Clone Wars, and a lot of military equipment was recycled. Even due to the constant replacement of Galactic Republic, warships including Kallak-class light cruiser began to be acquired by Zann Corporation, which were downgraded and modified, and the weapons and shields were lowered to civilian standards before being sold.
Even as Hunter Class Battlecruiser's combat performance continued to receive criticism, Zann Corporation even recovered some damaged Hunter Class Battlecruiser! Of course, the recycling of this kind of capital ship must obtain official permission, and the flow of parts after disassembly must also be officially designated customers.
And this is a company that is not large in scale, but has a wide range of connections and connections, as well as a certain industrial foundation. It is currently prosperous, but it has undergone a 180-degree change because of one person.
Because of this person, Zann Consortium once grew into a being that gave Galactic Empire a headache. While maintaining a relationship with the Rebel Alliance as both enemies and friends, they even dared to directly compete with Galactic Empire's fleet!
After blooming with dazzling light, Zann Consortium was finally defeated, leaving behind this short history and disappearing into the long river of the universe.
Due to a series of changes caused by the rise of Tang Xiao, the development trajectory of Zann Consortium began to become different from the original plot.
However, the same as the original plot, the person who brought Zann Corporation to the turning point in history has not changed. He is still... Old Zann's son - Tiber-Zayne (Tyber Zann)!
Because Tiber-Zayne started two years before Galactic Empire was established, he became Das-Tenebrus's apprentice, together with Shen-Qiaoen!
Although Force talent of Tiber-Zayne is very bad, the reason why he is valued by Darth-Tenebrus is because of his other trait-the talent for crime!
Tiber-Zayne can be said to be a born criminal. When he was sent to college by his father as a child, he started gambling in groups and ran a gambling machine similar to a card flop machine. He made a lot of money and was expelled from school.
After being discovered by Das-Tenebrus, Tenebrus directly let Tiber-Zayne kill his parents with his own hands through constant hints and inducements! Then he inherited Zann Corporation and reorganized it into Zann Consortium.
During the initial period, Tiber-Zayne needed to study with Das-Tenebrus, so the management of Zann Consortium was carried out by Das-Tenebrus and Shen Qiaoen. Especially Darth-Tenebrus. When he was active in the Milky Way, his other identity was a famous spaceship designer. When he taught Darth-Pregas, he was also very proficient in the management of the company.
Therefore, Zann Consortium developed rapidly, and after acquiring some of Das-Tenebrus's hidden connections and resources, it quickly emerged as a huge industrial group in Outer Rim Territories's three-nothing zone.
Moreover, Das-Tenebrus hid Zann Consortium very well. Zann Consortium changed his previous practice of not getting involved in black market transactions at all. He kept the empty shell of Zann Corporation and continued to resell the scrapped warships handed over by Imperial military for dismantling.
Because after the Galactic Empire was established and large-scale military reforms were carried out, Hunter Class Battlecruiser was retired in large numbers. However, decommissioned warships naturally cannot be thrown away, and the warships need to be dismantled. The main purpose is to dismantle the engines on the battleships, drain the fuel, clean the reactors, and empty the ammunition depots to prevent these dangerous substances from leaking over time. In addition, the chips, databases, and control cores on the battleship's host computer that contain critical information, as well as military products such as the Turbolaser cannon that cannot be sold into the black market, also need to be removed.
Then some of the remaining parts, some of which were recycled by Kuat Drive Yards, were used to make Pursuer-class aircraft carrier.
These tasks are too tedious and very time- and manpower-consuming, so super large companies such as Kuat Drive Yards and Sith Fleet Systems don't bother to complete them. So it is basically outsourced to some other small companies. As for the remuneration, they are generally very low, but those small dismantling companies sell some of the less important parts after dismantling, and the relevant departments turn a blind eye, receive a red envelope and pretend that this has not happened.
After all, even if those small parts are taken back by those big companies and the military, they are of little use. It is better to make new ones. This is an accounting issue. Recycling an old part, refurbishing it and continuing to use it, and producing a new part are completely different things in accounting terms, and the latter is obviously more profitable.
Therefore, it is also a gray area to tell Galactic Empire officials which parts should be recycled, and which parts should be reported as damaged, and then produce new parts and ask Imperial military to pay for them.
Therefore, the profits of companies like Zann Corporation actually come from reselling these parts.
Due to the reputation and connections Old Zann had accumulated in the past, Zann Consortium got a lot of work dismantling military warships, which made their business grow bigger and bigger. Moreover, Das-Tenebrus is no better than the honest Old Zann. He is even more unscrupulous in bribing, buying, and even kidnapping and threatening regulatory officials to hide some more sensitive and advanced parts.
At worst, let these officials mention things like an explosion during disassembly, or that the part has been damaged by Separatists's ion cannon when reporting it. In short, there are too many gray areas that can be operated in the process of dismantling a warship!
As a result, Zann Consortium's strength has also skyrocketed, and it has begun to extend its tentacles to Hutt Space, secretly selling those renovated warships to the two major families of Hutt Besadi and Desilijic, which are experiencing large-scale conflicts.
Since Das-Tenebrus conducts most of its black market transactions through underground dark brokers, Zann Consortium is still unknown even if the business is very large.
This has become an important force in Darth-Tenebrus's layout of the galaxy!
After Das-Tenebrus died, Shen Qiaoen began to hand over some of Zann Consortium's business operations to Tiber-Zayne, letting him manage it directly, while he only assisted in secret.
And Tiber-Zayne, this young man who has just turned 20 years old, also immediately showed his talent. His methods are more extreme and cruel!