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{{Infobox Organization|title1 = Takanashi Antimatter|image1 = |caption_image1 = The logo of Takanashi Antimatter|founding_date = 20,310 CE|founders = Itsuki Takanashi|industry = Antimatter production |
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Exotic Matter|ceo = Masuyo Takanashi|cfo = Naoki Takanashi|parent_company = Takanashi Inc.|gross_revenue=|closing_date=|subsidiaries=Yohjan Antimatter}}'''Takanashi Antimatter''' (formerly '''Standard Antimatter'''), trading as '''TkAnti''', is a mostly state-owned corporation based on the planet [[Hikari]] in the [[Kanadett]] Star Cluster. Takanashi Antimatter specializes in the production of antimatter and exotic matter; however, it also has several subsidiaries dealing with security as well as subsidiaries dealing in shipment. With a near vertical monopoly on the production of this key resource, the company is a major supplier of antimatter and antimatter-related products. |
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This corporation was founded in 5,210 CE by '''Itsuki Takanashi''' and a large team of scientists and archeologists working to restore ancient antimatter facilities from the [[Triumvirate Civilization]]. The company can trace its roots to [[H. Aimer. Corporation]], an ancient corporation that, though great skill in diplomacy, managed to become one of the sole proprietors of antimatter within the expansive Triumvirate. With this impressive deal came huge amounts of infrastructure, especially within [[Ventemir]]. |
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As of the current year, the company has 1.2 trillion major distribution centers in eleven-hundred galaxies. It is the tenth largest company by revenue with 201 Octillion [[C-Unit|C-Units]]. The company is a publicly traded family-controlled company. 66% of the stocks are and forever will be owned by the [[Takanashi Family]]. The rest are owned by millions of individuals. The company is the largest antimatter producer in the [[Confederacy of Borealis]], and over 51% of it's revenue coming from the Confederacy. |
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As this staggering infrastructure came back into service this time under Takanashi Antimatter, Tenshi would grow in power and influence. Takanashi Antimatter was a crucial player in the Tenshin conquest of the Ventemir nebula. Additionally, the company's own security services and infrastructure worked directly with the Tenshin military in numerous conflicts such as the [[Ventemir Wars]] and the [[War of the Ancients]]. |
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Currently, Takanashi Antimatter is working to gain a larger influence throughout various nearby nations, especially the [[The Lewis Nations|Lewis Nations]]. The Family had a marital alliance of [[Megumi Takanashi]] and [[Ashalon II Tarnos]] made for this goal. |
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The company has developed hundreds of antimatter creation devices, storage devices, engines that utilize the substance, antimatter batteries, and several lines of personal craft that use antimatter as a fuel source. As of the current year, the company has 1.2 trillion major distribution centers in three galaxies. It is the tenth-largest company by revenue at 4.5 sextillion [[C-Unit|C-Units]]. By market capitalization it is at twelfth place at 131 sextillion C-Units. The company is a publicly-traded but mostly state-owned. 66% of stock are and forever will be owned by members of the Tenshin nobility while the rest are owned by millions of other individuals. |
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Currently, Takanashi Antimatter is working to gain a larger influence throughout various formerly closed off nations, especially the [[The Lewis Nations|Lewis Nations]]. The Tenshin nobility created a marital alliance of [[Megumi Takanashi]] and [[Ashalon II Tarnos]] made for this goal. Additionally, local distribution centers and facilities are also being created in these regions. While local competition is still fierce, the company is preparing to engage in hostile takeovers if need be. This is due to the [[Boreal Federacy]], once its largest market, banning all corporations from operating within their territory. |
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A team of human scientists based on [[Earth]] developed a highly compact particle accelerator in 2111. The device created antimatter efficiently and at a much faster rate than any other production method at the time. Takanashi took out a loan and founded his start-up company in 2121 called Standard Antimatter. The only buyers for antimatter were governments and large companies that needed it to power probes too small to house fusion reactors. |
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The company lived off of government subsidies until 2151, when antimatter batteries for domestic use were first developed. These small batteries use an array of electromagnets to maintain the position of the antimatter, and to have it annihilate when it needed to annihilate. These batteries ended up being a popular alternative to normal batteries, mostly do to their long lifespan. For things that had no access to the power grid or solar power, they became vital. This gave the company the funds to finally go public in 2157. |
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== Operating Divisions == |
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After going public, the company quickly expanded, creating dozens of production facilities in orbit around both the Earth and it's moon [[Luna]]. The company was not much of a family-owned company at this time, so only a handful of the descendants of Itsuki Taakanashi had stock in the company. After the death of Takanashi an associate of his named Hiroki Sakagami became the CEO in 2201. |
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=== Takanashi Distribution Center === |
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The company expanded and spread with humanity. Selling to colonists, governments, private citizens, weapons manufacturers, and energy production companies. Several alien states also began to purchase antimatter from the company. When the company first started selling to alien nations in 3309, they bought up most of the competition, eventually causing aliens to be admitted to the board of directors. |
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Takanashi Distribution Centers (often branded as '''TenMaterie Depots''') are large shipyards capable of housing ships anywhere from several meters to several kilometers in length. While offering basic repair services, their major function is to resupply antimatter fuel to these ships. Usually as fuel for smaller ships, but as weapons for military or paramilitary craft. These Centers usually sell food as well and have a limited number of lodges. As [[SICTIRIAD]] technology becomes more prominent, an increasing number of these centers are appearing around them. |
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As of this year, there are 1.3 trillion of these centers. The largest market for the centers is currently the [[Greater Martial Consilium]] who possesses the lion's share of the centers at 400 billion. An equal number exist across nations such as the [[Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya]] and the rest of [[Martial Space]]. Over 250 billion of these depots were seized by the Boreal Federacy's government and converted into worker cooperatives. To abate an international incident, the depots pay a stipend to Takanashi Antimatter out of their profits that will eventually pay for the cost of the facilities. The rest are located within the Lewis Nations, often partnering with local firms to cut costs. |
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For several decades, the company was actually the number one largest on in the Milky Way. As time went on, the wealthy elite the company formed grew to disdain the "commoners." This is the earliest origins of nobility within the CoB. Board positions started to become hereditary, although the most competent child of the board member was voted into the position rather than just the oldest. This disdain was passed down through the generations, with fewer and fewer outsiders getting to own large numbers of stock. Only 22% of the stock was available for trade at the peak of this "noble" period. |
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=== Takanashi Contractors === |
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In 5076 the position of CEO was also made hereditary, or, when the CEO had no children competent enough to become the next CEO, by appointment. The first CEO was a direct descendant of Itsuki named Amatsuyu Takanashi. |
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Takanashi Contractors is the name of the division responsible for selling antimatter to governments. This division usually has little to do with the general populace, as buying antimatter in its pure form is strictly illegal for civilians. While civilians can buy fuel cells, governments and select private firms can buy the raw material wholesale. |
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The division is one of the more profitable divisions of the corporation, making up over 56% of their total revenue. This branch consistently does not disclose the customers of this branch; in fact, over half of this branch's revenue comes from unknown sources. Under-the-table deals, deals with criminal enterprises, or deals with secretive organizations are not past the owners of the company. It is very likely that whatever these deals are they are illegal or at least in a grey area. |
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=== Expansion to International Prevalence === |
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Prior to 6041, the company was mostly concentrated in the Milky Way, with little to few dealings with nations outside of the galaxy, but later in that same year, they started selling to various nations in the [[Large Magellanic Cloud]] such as the [[Virozic Republic]]. Later that decade, the company expanded into many other of the satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. |
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=== Takanashi Personal Craft === |
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As the company expanded, however, various governments grew worried about their elitism and virtual monopoly on the market. Many alien governments put sanctions on the company, preventing them from being able to sell there. Other governments required that the branches of Standard Antimatter in their nations were to become independent companies. |
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Takanashi Personal Craft is one of the smallest divisions. This division sells antimatter-powered personal craft branded simply as "Antis." These vehicles are usually yachts employing luxury interiors whose main purpose is as a status symbol over a practical means of transportation. The smallest models carry only one person with the longest models capable of housing hundreds. Capable of extreme speeds, Antis are a popular choice for races of the medium mass class. |
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=== Anti-Battery === |
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This forced the company to diversify to still have access to the market. This is when they started producing, engines, storage devices, and other objects related to antimatter. These services were not monopolies, and were therefore allowed into the other nations. |
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This is the second largest and second most profitable division. These batteries are commonly sold to power devices such as implants or androids that need to go long periods of time without recharging. In the event of a catastrophic failure, something very rare, the amount of energy released is often not enough to harm the device or person it is in, as the case of the battery is designed to absorb most of the blast. |
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With a high weight-to-output ratio, the batteries sold by this division are popular for small devices where weight is key. Over a fifth of individuals living in Tenshi have these batteries powering implants within them. Since the energy output is generated by only a few atoms per second, a trickle to be sure. This branch has the stiffest competition as dozens of other companies and cooperatives have their hands in the mostly civilian Anti-battery market. |
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In 7899, the company took an interest in the production of [[Exotic Matter|exotic matter]], because of its uses in artificial gravity and wormhole construction. They intentionally made sure not to create monopolies as those would paradoxically cause them to profit less. Several puppet companies rose and fell over the years, but they proved not to be as profitable as just simply existing as a single company. |
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In 9874, Riki Takanashi refused to become the next CEO of the company. The various aliens, acting because of [[Misanthropy]], decided to try to wrestle the company away from human control. They attempted to kill the human board members to seize power for themselves. Senku Takanashi I and Yukari Sakagami fled the Milky Way to escape. |
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The company war renamed to Standard Antimatter until 9901, when Senku I managed to bankrupt the company by bombing their ships, and bought up the company with intimidation and the money he got from piracy. |
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After this, the company would sell to any side in a conflict and would pledge a strict stance of neutrality. Any attempt to prevent the neutrality was met with strict antimatter sanctions on the offending entity. Takanashi Antimatter has a virtual monopoly on antimatter production, so if they were to stop selling antimatter to an entity, it would quickly run out and would have nowhere else to go for their antimatter needs. |
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In 12983, Takanashi Antimatter purchased the planet [[Jophtio]] and the system it was in. This planet became the main storage facility for Takanashi Antimatter's then legal [[Strange Matter]]. In 15003, an accident resulted in the entire planet being consumed by Strange Matter. This accident resulted in an international ban on the production of Strange matter, however this did little to stop Takanashi Antimatter's production. The company began selling it in secret to many individuals and even governments, with their largest customer being [[The Supreme]]. |
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== Philosophy == |
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Takanashi Antimatter has three main philosophies. One is to sell cheap antimatter, strange matter, and exotic matter. Two is to be the only company doing this. Three is to be neutral above all else. All of these philosophies are better described as goals and have been consistently achieved for thousands of years. |
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=== Former Divisions === |
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== Operations == |
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=== Revenue === |
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== Corporate Affairs == |
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Takanashi Antimatter is one of the largest companies in the [[The Local Universe|Local Universe]], and has consistently been in the top 15 largest companies since the year 3076. Currently, the company has a revenue of 201 Octillion C-Units. |
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== Regulations == |
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While having a virtual monopoly (95%) in the Local Group, the company only makes up 52% of all antimatter production in the [[Laniakea Supercluster]]. They are still the largest by far, however. With no other company even controlling a single percentage of the industry. |
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Much like most multi-sextillion-unit corporations, governments have to tie them down with hundreds of regulations, mandates, and laws to prevent them from gaining too much power. Most of these laws are anti-monopoly laws as well as anti-bribery laws. As a state-owned corporation, not only do governments need to worry about potential corruption, but also how much power they want Tenshi to have over them. |
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The company does everything in it's power to buy out smaller companies. In 199946, they had begun a hostile takeover of twenty smaller companies. At this point in time, the progress is ongoing, and the company is receiving stiff resistance from them. |
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=== Secret deals === |
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Just like any secretive organization, Takanashi Antimatter has many secretive deals with various entities. |
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==== [[The Supreme]] ==== |
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Takanashi Antimatter does not know that it is dealing with an Artifical Intelligence, the company thinks that it is dealing with the Tloinan Empire (a pseudonym for The Supreme). The deal is that the Supreme supplies cheap construction drones or satellites and in return receives large amounts of Strange matter from Takanashi Antimatter. The deal is a secret to prevent the public from knowing about the company's Strange matter. |
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=== Anti-monopoly Laws === |
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While Takanashi has a full monopoly over antimatter in many places in the Commonwealth, for example, it does not have a monopoly on weapons or energy. As such, anti-monopoly laws do not necessarily apply. The Tenshin government knows that their services, while vital during times of war, are not so vital as to be used as a bargaining chip during times of peace. This forces them to keep their prices down to compete with fusion power in the engine sector and rail guns and particle-based weapons in the weapons sector. |
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The inhabitants of this empire are so widely disgusted and hated, that Takanashi Antimatter had to sell to them in secret. Their business deals had to be secret, or the company would lose a large amount of credibility and have its reputation nearly destroyed. |
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"These Shinja are a disgrace to Japan. I would never speak to one, nor would I ever want to know one. However, they have money and are willing to give it to us. Therefore we will gladly sell to them, for a slightly increased price of course." |
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-Rikka Takanashi CEO |
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=== Antimatter Laws === |
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There are many regulations for the handling and distribution of antimatter. Most citizens are not allowed to own it in it's pure form outside of batteries. The shipment of the substance also proves expensive. Antimatter ships are not allowed to be fully automated, to be unarmed, or, in some parts of the galaxy, operate with escort from military vessels. While the Tenshin government handles security within Tenshi, the company has to invest large portions of its own revenue into the protection of its ships outside of Tenshi. Allowing pirates or terrorists to have access to pure antimatter would be disastrous. |
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The Templars are a race of robots inhabiting the Andromeda I galaxy. Most corporations refuse to do business with them due to humanity's general distrust of artificial intelligence. This stigma does not stop Takanashi antimatter from selling to them, however. The Templars do not have much money, so instead, they trade things like drones and raw materials for the antimatter. Which Takanashi antimatter can then resell for a higher price. |
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Pure anti-matter, consequently, is quite rarely shipped by the company itself. Most shipments are expected to be handled by the customer by default. Exceptionally large orders come with complimentary security during shipping as well as security often being purchased at a premium for small yet important orders. |
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==== [[The Xa'Thin Commonwealth|The Commonwealth]] ==== |
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Surprisingly, Takanashi Antimatter has made countless deals with private companies in The Commonwealth. This has given them a large surplus of exotic matter, and makes them a high importer of antimatter. Strange matter is also being sold to the military, in order to gain more power in remote regions. |
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Antimatter is not allowed to be shipped via SICTIRIAD, forcing the shipments to be done via [[Warp Drive|Warp Drives]] or, sometimes, [[Thaumic Drive|Thaumic Drives]]. Most orders are placed decades in advance for this reason. |
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Antimatter is a very valuable substance, at about 500 C-Units per kilogram, so it is natural that pirates would want to steal it. When the company first started shipping antimatter, it had to hire private security forces to protect the valuable shipments. This went on for millennia, until the current CEO, [[Masuyo Takanashi]], purchased large amounts of surplus ships at the time of the[[ War of the Ancients]]. These ships defend the antimatter freighters from pirates and occasionally their competitors. |
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== Criticisms and Controversies == |
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The fleet currently is made up of this number of ships. |
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* 1.2 Billion Starfighters |
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* 1 Billion Corvettes |
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[[Category:Author:_Duodecillionaire]] |
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* 500 Million Frigates |
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[[Category:Scope: Local Universe - Via Aylathiya]][[Category:Scope: Local Universe]] |
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* 100 Thousand Destroyers |
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* 107 Cruisers |
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* 10 Battleships |
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* 40 Trillion Freighters |
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* 302 Billion Super Freighters |
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[[Category:Megacorporations]] |
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[[Category:Duodecillionaire]] |
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Latest revision as of 04:40, April 12, 2025
Takanashi Antimatter
Corporation
Itsuki Takanashi
Antimatter production
Exotic Matter mining
Antimatter
Exotic Matter
Yohjan Antimatter
Takanashi Inc.
Takanashi Antimatter (formerly Standard Antimatter), trading as TkAnti, is a mostly state-owned corporation based on the planet Hikari in the Kanadett Star Cluster. Takanashi Antimatter specializes in the production of antimatter and exotic matter; however, it also has several subsidiaries dealing with security as well as subsidiaries dealing in shipment. With a near vertical monopoly on the production of this key resource, the company is a major supplier of antimatter and antimatter-related products.
This corporation was founded in 5,210 CE by Itsuki Takanashi and a large team of scientists and archeologists working to restore ancient antimatter facilities from the Triumvirate Civilization. The company can trace its roots to H. Aimer. Corporation, an ancient corporation that, though great skill in diplomacy, managed to become one of the sole proprietors of antimatter within the expansive Triumvirate. With this impressive deal came huge amounts of infrastructure, especially within Ventemir.
As this staggering infrastructure came back into service this time under Takanashi Antimatter, Tenshi would grow in power and influence. Takanashi Antimatter was a crucial player in the Tenshin conquest of the Ventemir nebula. Additionally, the company's own security services and infrastructure worked directly with the Tenshin military in numerous conflicts such as the Ventemir Wars and the War of the Ancients.
The company has developed hundreds of antimatter creation devices, storage devices, engines that utilize the substance, antimatter batteries, and several lines of personal craft that use antimatter as a fuel source. As of the current year, the company has 1.2 trillion major distribution centers in three galaxies. It is the tenth-largest company by revenue at 4.5 sextillion C-Units. By market capitalization it is at twelfth place at 131 sextillion C-Units. The company is a publicly-traded but mostly state-owned. 66% of stock are and forever will be owned by members of the Tenshin nobility while the rest are owned by millions of other individuals.
Currently, Takanashi Antimatter is working to gain a larger influence throughout various formerly closed off nations, especially the Lewis Nations. The Tenshin nobility created a marital alliance of Megumi Takanashi and Ashalon II Tarnos made for this goal. Additionally, local distribution centers and facilities are also being created in these regions. While local competition is still fierce, the company is preparing to engage in hostile takeovers if need be. This is due to the Boreal Federacy, once its largest market, banning all corporations from operating within their territory.
History
Operating Divisions
Takanashi Distribution Center
Takanashi Distribution Centers (often branded as TenMaterie Depots) are large shipyards capable of housing ships anywhere from several meters to several kilometers in length. While offering basic repair services, their major function is to resupply antimatter fuel to these ships. Usually as fuel for smaller ships, but as weapons for military or paramilitary craft. These Centers usually sell food as well and have a limited number of lodges. As SICTIRIAD technology becomes more prominent, an increasing number of these centers are appearing around them.
As of this year, there are 1.3 trillion of these centers. The largest market for the centers is currently the Greater Martial Consilium who possesses the lion's share of the centers at 400 billion. An equal number exist across nations such as the Commonwealth of Aggregate Aylathiya and the rest of Martial Space. Over 250 billion of these depots were seized by the Boreal Federacy's government and converted into worker cooperatives. To abate an international incident, the depots pay a stipend to Takanashi Antimatter out of their profits that will eventually pay for the cost of the facilities. The rest are located within the Lewis Nations, often partnering with local firms to cut costs.
Takanashi Contractors
Takanashi Contractors is the name of the division responsible for selling antimatter to governments. This division usually has little to do with the general populace, as buying antimatter in its pure form is strictly illegal for civilians. While civilians can buy fuel cells, governments and select private firms can buy the raw material wholesale.
The division is one of the more profitable divisions of the corporation, making up over 56% of their total revenue. This branch consistently does not disclose the customers of this branch; in fact, over half of this branch's revenue comes from unknown sources. Under-the-table deals, deals with criminal enterprises, or deals with secretive organizations are not past the owners of the company. It is very likely that whatever these deals are they are illegal or at least in a grey area.
Takanashi Personal Craft
Takanashi Personal Craft is one of the smallest divisions. This division sells antimatter-powered personal craft branded simply as "Antis." These vehicles are usually yachts employing luxury interiors whose main purpose is as a status symbol over a practical means of transportation. The smallest models carry only one person with the longest models capable of housing hundreds. Capable of extreme speeds, Antis are a popular choice for races of the medium mass class.
Anti-Battery
This is the second largest and second most profitable division. These batteries are commonly sold to power devices such as implants or androids that need to go long periods of time without recharging. In the event of a catastrophic failure, something very rare, the amount of energy released is often not enough to harm the device or person it is in, as the case of the battery is designed to absorb most of the blast.
With a high weight-to-output ratio, the batteries sold by this division are popular for small devices where weight is key. Over a fifth of individuals living in Tenshi have these batteries powering implants within them. Since the energy output is generated by only a few atoms per second, a trickle to be sure. This branch has the stiffest competition as dozens of other companies and cooperatives have their hands in the mostly civilian Anti-battery market.
Security Division
Former Divisions
Operations
Revenue
Corporate Affairs
The Boards
Regulations
Much like most multi-sextillion-unit corporations, governments have to tie them down with hundreds of regulations, mandates, and laws to prevent them from gaining too much power. Most of these laws are anti-monopoly laws as well as anti-bribery laws. As a state-owned corporation, not only do governments need to worry about potential corruption, but also how much power they want Tenshi to have over them.
Anti-monopoly Laws
While Takanashi has a full monopoly over antimatter in many places in the Commonwealth, for example, it does not have a monopoly on weapons or energy. As such, anti-monopoly laws do not necessarily apply. The Tenshin government knows that their services, while vital during times of war, are not so vital as to be used as a bargaining chip during times of peace. This forces them to keep their prices down to compete with fusion power in the engine sector and rail guns and particle-based weapons in the weapons sector.
Antimatter Laws
There are many regulations for the handling and distribution of antimatter. Most citizens are not allowed to own it in it's pure form outside of batteries. The shipment of the substance also proves expensive. Antimatter ships are not allowed to be fully automated, to be unarmed, or, in some parts of the galaxy, operate with escort from military vessels. While the Tenshin government handles security within Tenshi, the company has to invest large portions of its own revenue into the protection of its ships outside of Tenshi. Allowing pirates or terrorists to have access to pure antimatter would be disastrous.
Pure anti-matter, consequently, is quite rarely shipped by the company itself. Most shipments are expected to be handled by the customer by default. Exceptionally large orders come with complimentary security during shipping as well as security often being purchased at a premium for small yet important orders.
Antimatter is not allowed to be shipped via SICTIRIAD, forcing the shipments to be done via Warp Drives or, sometimes, Thaumic Drives. Most orders are placed decades in advance for this reason.