Allied Security⌗

Allied Security — also known simply as “Allied” — is a large, multinational security contractor. It has many divisions throughout the Atlantic Ocean, most of which specilise in corporate and public security or military services. One of its subsidiaries is Northstar Policing Services.

Benthos Industries⌗

Benthos Industries is a huge multinational corporation with many subsidiaries all over the five oceans. It is currently one of the ten most profitable companies in the world and derives most of its income from mining, construction, boat building, food processing, breathing gas production and its cutting edge technological products.

People: Leonard Dijkstra

Dock Workers' Union⌗

The dock workers' and longshoremen’s union throughout the Devil’s Hole. Because shipping is an important part of local industry and necessary to the survival of almost all stations, the union is very powerful. This is doubly true for places like Humboldt Station, where a large part of the jobs on the station are in shipping.

People: Harcourt Winston

Hughes & Stoddard⌗

A large law firm in Humboldt Station, specialising in administrative law. The labour affairs department has a high-value contract with the station’s Council of Governors.

People: Hans Reichenbacher

Humboldt Station Council of Governors⌗

The Council, as it is colloquially known, is the governing body of Humboldt Station. It holds a high-value corporate contract with the law firm Hughes & Stoddard concerning all labour matters.

Northstar Policing Services⌗

NPS provides police services all over the North Sea. It is a division of Allied Security, a large, multinational security contractor. NPS currently holds the policing contract for the entire Devil’s Hole municipality and has done so for over a decade.

People: Josephus “Joe” Faulkner, Lydia Winters, Tricia Martinez, Jack De Graaf, Frank Johnson, James Bridger, Dan Courier