Artex Manufactures

Artex Manufactures is a Corperatism sub-empire, located inside an Anomaly.

Artex is, by far, the largest manufacturing and distribution company in the Galaxy. It creates weapons, alloys, metals, Antimatter, and space ships.

Artex Manufactures was created when James Artex, a struggling buisnessman, stumbled upon a Space Anomaly, which swallowed his expeditionary fleet. Inside was a massive star system, containing 50 Planets, as well as a destroyed colony with super-advanced manufacturing technologies. There was also a large reality generator, which kept the system from being devoured by the Space Anomaly. The alien technology was soon adapted to fit manufacturing needs, and Artex Manufactures was born. But what made the system truely special was the fact that each one of its 50 planets and 175 moons, and 2 asteroid belts were completly habitable, as well as having every known element in the Galaxy, with many undiscovered elements buried in the soil. This is the one system in the Galaxy where Singularium can be found.

The Empire once attempted to privatize the system, leading to one of the largest defense campaigns in history. Led by James Artex VII, Artex Manufactures held their position for 26 years with the ancient defense drones, the war continuing at a grinding stalemate. The Empire could not seize the invaluable system, while Artex's men could not push outwards. During the 27th year, however, Artex threatened to disable the reality generator, which would cause the system to be consumed and would be lost forever. The Empire quickly jumped to the decision of surrendering, but sending in covert ops to overthrow Artex. As the Imperial forces retreated, several agents were sent in, to hopefully spark a coup. After 3 years of scheming, a coup was initiated, and over 10,000 rebel employees, led by ten Imperial agents, attempted to overthrow the Artex Corperatism. After three months of fighting, the coup had pushed its way to the corporate headquarters on planet Steelworks. The final battle was a bloodbath; 17,943 KIA, 143,633 WIA, and 372,482 MIA. The rebellious workers had all been put down, and a single Imperial agent was left to confront Artex himself. Artex defeated the agent after two hours of shooting, where the agent was ended by Artex's custom weapon, an assault rifle loaded with .80 Caliber HEAPI rounds. This gun would later be manufactured as the Welder.