Automnicon

A multi-planetary hyper-corporation providing a wide range of services and products. One of the biggest companies in existence and the single biggest employer.

Beginning as a loan company, Automnicon has widely diversified, establishing the now-common ownership system in which customers borrow large sums of money in exchange for working for the company until the sum (plus interest) has been paid.

History
Automnicon is one of the oldest existing companies in the galaxy. As with any company originating in the 21st Century or beforehand, few details of its inception exist due to the 2027 Solar Flares, which wiped out much of Earth's digital data..

Automnicon was founded on Earth in the 21st Century, in the United Kingdom. They started by providing long-term loans, primarily in the education sector. It is commonly believed that Automnicon was one of many educational loan providers, which gradually rose further into power as more and more found themselves in debt.

Automnicon's solution to this was to begin a debt-based employment scheme, initially only offered to a few well-chosen clients but quickly becoming mandatory some time in the 22nd Century. This scheme, as outlined in their widely-known Debt Contracts, pushed its debtors into compulsory Automnicon employment.

While many initially rebelled, there was widespread poverty across the galaxy and many found themselves taking out lifelong loans with Automnicon in hopes of a better (or at least less imminently fatal) future.

Notable Products

 * Automnicon© Specialist Air Systems™
 * Automnicon© Regulation Personnel DNA Scanning System™
 * Automnicon©/Automni-Cryotics© CryoQwik chambers™
 * Automnicon©/Automni-Cryotics© CryoGel™