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| Jupiter Mining Corporation | |
 Logo of the Jupiter Mining Corporation | |
| Home Base | Serenity Valley, Ganymede |
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| Population (2015 rough) | several dozen |
| Political Influence | Minor |
| Allies | Rockhounds, Hephaestus |
History
Technically formed October 14, 2008 when Jeph Antilles, Myk-El Miller, Nene Romanova and R2-G0 had a long, sit down discussion among themselves upon realizing that they needed to have something to do, or go stark raving mad. Jeph had already planned on running small cargo between the various places that were certain to crop up, Myk being an extra mouth that he'd not counted on made it an absolute certainty that they had to get to work helping the fledgling Fenspace move goods.
By the time of SOS-Con, they were busy enough, both with shipping larger and larger cargo back and forth, as well as Myk's well received 'Space Safety' and 'Safe Handwavium Handling' courses, that an expansion was called for. Jeph was already toying with the potential of a fleet of cargo vessels.
Operation Great Justice made it absolutely mandatory as demand for cargo services jumped through the roof to support the growing military complex that was developing to handle the Boskonians.
Organization
The name 'Jupiter Mining Corporation' is partly a misnomer, a placeholder of sorts that never got properly replaced. This doesn't mean that the company doesn't deal in mining; shipping raw materials and finished product from places like The Forge, Hephaestus and any place the Rockhounds have set up shop is a big part of the JMC docket on any given day. They will also bring in products, mostly food, from Earth itself, settled into an 'office' practically next door to Hermes Universal Deliveries. This office is only used for contract negotiations and sales meetings; most of the time operations are conducted directly from Starbug 1, both headquarters and flagship of the company.
The Fleet
Starbug 1
Full article: Starbug 1
Flagship and nominal headquarters when the company officers aren't sacked out in Melbourne, or in their relatively modest digs in Serenity Valley. The first ship of the fleet, and used for many years as the primary cargo hauler, Starbug 1 has basically been 'retired' from most active cargo service in lieu of the expanded fleet. Instead, it serves, as part of a sideline set of contracts, as catering and transport for crews of various documentary shows that come up from Earth, the most notable being the Fenspace special episode of Top Gear, and a 'Handwavium Myths' episode of The Mythbusters.
Starbug 2
Full article: Starbug 2
Bearing only an outward resemblance to her 'sister' craft Starbug 1, Starbug 2 is specifically designed and constructed to serve as a lodging vessel for television show crews on especially large contracts. However, there is sufficient cargo space and facilities available that she can be used when there are two separate but concurrent show contracts to be filled. Her first 'role' was bringing a crew along for a special series of 'Long Way' with Ewan MacGregor and Charley Boorman.
The Blue Midgets
Full article: Blue Midget
More or less mass produced vehicles, they don't bear any more than superficial resemblance to the Blue Midget designs from Red Dwarf, aside from being painted blue and boxy. As a single, each one is larger than either Starbug, encompassing four decks, although a fair amount of the space in each is dedicated to cargo and storage. Each has a crew of three, with more than adequate facilities to support six crew when necessary.
Due to it's large size, the Blue Midget class contains equipment for external umbilical docking with both smaller craft, and larger stations. It also carries a single auxiliary craft, typically a 'waved Honda Fit or equivalent.
All Blue Midgets are officially numbered rather than named, but each one has a name given it by the crew, the most prominently known being 'Eat And Run'.
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