Fiction:Universal Trading Union

The Universal Trade Union, also called the Trader's Union, the Trading Consortium or the Trader's Guild, is an intergalactic committee that manages trade amongst different empires, maps all of the First Gigaquadrant's astrographical regions and trade routes, and records economic decisions.

Origin
The original Union was co-founded by the Core Federation and the. The Union was created along with the, as part of the Core Federation's attempts to improve the First Gigaquadrant by bringing it closer together.

Reformation
In the aftermath of the Annihilation, the Trade Union was once again established by two new members, the and the, both native to the.

Policies
One of the Union's most important attributes is that it merges any funds that member empires direct at it, allowing damaged, war-torn, and civil-war-engulfed Empires to recover quickly and allows them to purchase weapons by soliciting loans. Only the richest empires can afford to pay for the Union's expenses and needs, which aid struggling empires.

Wormhole Network
The Union's member states operate a network of wormholes to connect their territories together for fast transport of goods across intergalactic distances. This network links into realspace at several artificial black hole-based "nodes", which have orbiting facilities focused on trade. These nodes exist at the following locations:


 * territory
 * Ottzello Sector
 * Concordia
 * Coruannus System
 * Coru Sector
 * Orbispira
 * Coru Sector
 * Orbispira

Members and Major Products

 * - Technology, various resources, energy, weapons, weapons tech, exotic life forms, starships, slaves, mercenries.
 * - Business, tourism, starships, exotic material.
 * - Rares, Taldar artifacts, starships, weaponry, exotic foods.
 * - Business, tourism, weapons.
 * - Business, tourism, starships.
 * - Technology, starships, parts, hypermatter, toys, robotics, Asgord.
 * - Tourism, starships, hypermatter energy.
 * Human Republic - Technology, food, pets.
 * Other
 * - Anything they have the technology to create, any technology they have information to give; on request and within reason.
 * - Tourism, starships, hypermatter energy.
 * Human Republic - Technology, food, pets.
 * Other
 * - Anything they have the technology to create, any technology they have information to give; on request and within reason.
 * - Anything they have the technology to create, any technology they have information to give; on request and within reason.

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