ARGO INDUSTRIES
Faction: ARGO Industries
Faction Leader: @darthbjorn (Bjorn)
Faction pseudonyms: ARGO, Ard Garlon Industries, ARGOcorp
Affiliation: Industrial Conglomerate
Headquarters/Capital: Arkanis (R17)
Region: Arkanis Sector
ARGO Industries was publicly known for its core business in food production and distribution, operating across multiple sectors with a reputation for reliability and scale. Beneath this seemingly harmless exterior, however, the corporation quietly maintained several secret operations, like its research and development division, backed by a sizable and well-equipped security force.
Description
ARGO Industries, a subsidiary of the ARGO-Rothana Corporation, had its roots in the production and transportation of critical goods, primarily centered around nutrition, food production, and resource shipping. Originally known for its low-profile presence in these sectors, it was a recent management shift that sparked the company’s rapid expansion into new fields, with particular emphasis on the growth of its security and industrial divisions. Despite this expansion, at its core, ARGO Industries still remained focused on its core businesses. However, a political shift and the growing neglect of Outer Rim worlds by the New Republic forced a change in leadership. With mounting instability and increasing threats across the frontier, ARGO’s new management began seeking a strategic partner to help consolidate their newfound ambitions. This search led to a partnership with Rothana Heavy Engineering, whose legacy expertise provided the foundation for what would become the ARGO-Rothana Corporation. Together, the two entities worked to secure the resources and capabilities necessary to thrive in an ever-evolving galaxy.
Organization & Operation
The shift away from direct family ownership marked a pivotal transformation in ARGO Industries’ history. Though the Garlon name still carried symbolic weight, practical control had moved into the hands of a strategic and tightly controlled board of directors—each member overseeing a key subsidiary or operational sector. This restructuring laid the groundwork for ARGO Industries to become a core subsidiary of the newly formed ARGO-Rothana Corporation. However, despite this formal merger, ARGO retained much of the real operational and strategic power within the partnership. Its executives managed vital commercial branches such as ARGO Transit, ArgoSec, and its vast nutrition enterprises, leveraging long-standing Outer Rim trade networks and logistical infrastructure. While the corporation’s registered headquarters remained on Arkanis, its true leadership operated across a decentralized structure, quietly steering the course of the entire ARGO-Rothana initiative from behind the scenes.
History
ARGO Industries, originally founded under the name Ard Garlon Industries, began as a modest, family-run enterprise rooted in food production and resource shipping. Its early years were defined by regional dominance in protein processing and distribution, supplying meat, seafood, and synthetic nutrition across multiple Outer Rim systems. Flagship subsidiaries like Exocorp Nutritech, Dargos Protein, and Aquadyne Seafood positioned ARGO as a dependable provider of vital consumables, particularly in frontier sectors underserved by core world supply chains. Over time, the company diversified into limited mining ventures and established its own freight network under ARGO Transit, allowing tighter control over logistics and delivery. Though humble in origin, ARGO steadily evolved into a key mid-tier corporate player, maintaining its familial roots while quietly building the infrastructure to support broader industrial ambitions.
ARGO Industries bore the weight of a complicated past, shaped by wartime annexation, veiled allegiances, and a legacy rooted in survival. During the Imperial era, the company was forcibly integrated into the Empire’s industrial machine—a move that tainted its history but granted it the infrastructure and connections to endure. In the chaotic years that followed the Empire’s fall, ARGO’s leadership, the shadowy ARGO Ministerium, quietly aligned with Centrist sympathizers in the Arkanis sector, seeking stability over revolution. The death of Lord Ard Garlon marked a turning point, ushering in a new chapter under Lady Hagathela Garlon, who, alongside her children and trusted executives, preserved the family’s legacy while guiding ARGO into a more assertive and independent role within the Outer Rim’s uncertain future.
THE BACKBONE OF ARGO INDUSTRIES
Fishermen & Sea-farmers
The majority of Argo Industries revenue came from farming and processing seafood. Rather than maintaining and operating a large industrialised fleet of fishing vessels and seaweed farms, Argo Industries relied on independent contractors. These contractors included fishermen and ocean farmers, who operated private fishing vessels and farms, ensuring a steady stream of fresh sea creatures and seaweed, shipped to food processing plants across the Arkanis sector. The processed seafood was packaged and shipped to all corners of the galaxy, but especially metropolitan worlds like Byblos, Commenor, and Coruscant imported large quantities of seafood.
Argo Transit & Independant Cargo Pilots
Argo Transit was a transportation subsidiary of Argo Industries, employing independant cargo pilots to move processed seafood from factories to vendors across the galaxy. Although Argo Transit pilots were independent contractors, they were often indebted to the company which partially or completely owned the starships. Argo Transit was notorious for mistreating pilots, withholding pay as debt fees, maintenance fees, and union contribution fees. On top, Argo Transit blatantly insisted on starships being adorned with the official Argo Transit symbol and colors.
ARGOSec Security Officers & Rangers
Argo Industries Authorities or ARGOSec (also known as AIA or AGSEC), were the official authorities and security force of Argo Industries opperations. During the regin of the Empire, AIA had been annexed as supplementary law enforcement in the Arkanis sector. After the fall of the Empire most resources had been used at the ArgoSec headquarters on Arkanis which mean spending more time and resources as private security for Argo Industries executives, than actual security of Argo Industries activities. Argo Industries outposts rarely received security resources they requested, and those lucky enough to have officers stationed were often highly neglected. This in turn meant that some Argo operations opted for mercenaries and even ex-imperials.
Other professions in Argo Industries…
Many other professions in the ARGO corporation includes factory workers, mechanics, merchants, corporate bureaucrats, and scientists.
Subsidiary Management
Argo Industries operations ranged from seafood industry and shipping, to smaller more shady acquisitions. Among these were mining operations, mineral plants, and various R&D operations. Each subsidiary was run by an Argo Corp Manager who was responsible for day-to-day supervision and leadership of the operation. The executive leadership above the subsidiary management only interfered if an operation was bleeding money, or if an operation was very profitable. This meant that most middle managers were content with their operation breaking even, which meant they were left alone to rule their insignificant little worlds.
Executive Leadership
The executive branch of ARGO Industries was controlled by a powerful yet enigmatic board of directors, concealing a history of complex alliances to protect the corporation’s reputation. During the reign of the Galactic Empire, ARGO endured annexation, leading to a complicated legacy that the Ministerium carefully obscured. After the Empire’s fall, the Ministerium aligned itself quietly with Centrist factions across the Arkanis sector, seeking stability in the sector’s shifting political landscape. Following the death of ARGO’s former owner, Lord Ard Garlon, his wife, Lady Hagathela Garlon, assumed the leadership mantle, determined to carry on the family’s legacy. She led ARGO Industries with her son, Jerro Garlon, and daughter, Jula Garlon, both of whom held significant executive roles. Together, they oversaw strategic appointments, entrusting high-standing executives with various operations. ARGO’s CEO, Prex Yusai, personally appointed by the late Lord Ard, continued to serve as a meticulous and calculated leader, executing Garlon’s vision with unwavering precision. United, the Garlon family and the ARGO Ministerium guided ARGO’s future, balancing secrecy and pragmatism in an era still marked by the aftershocks of Imperial influence.
ARGO COLONIES
ARKANIS
Region: Outer Rim Territories
Sector: Arkanis sector
Grid: R17
Places of interest: ARGO Industries headquarters, ARGOpod worker’s district
ARGO Industries maintains a significant presence on Arkanis, serving as a crucial hub for many of the company’s operations. While the primary headquarters are located on Siskeen, the Arkanis hub functions as a secondary headquarters, overseeing much of ARGO’s logistics, production, and resource management. Key subsidiaries like Exocorp Nutritech and Dargos Protein operate large-scale facilities on the planet, with ARGO Transit managing a vast network of transportation routes from this strategic location. Arkanis’ proximity to important trade lanes makes it a vital center for ARGO’s business, ensuring smooth operations across the galaxy. The planet has become essential to the company’s overall stability, especially as uncertainties loom over the communications blackout from Siskeen.
SISKEEN
Region: Outer Rim Territories
Sector: Hunnoverrs sector
Grid: R17
Places of interest: ARGO Industries headquarters, ArgoSec headquarters, ARGO Industries research facility, The Siskeen Station
ARGO Industries’ presence on Siskeen is marked by its remote and somewhat secretive nature, making it an ideal location for the company’s primary headquarters and more discreet operations. Siskeen houses ARGO’s most confidential research facilities, where the development of experimental technologies, synthetic proteins, and advanced biotech is carried out away from prying eyes. The planet is also home to ARGOSec, the company’s private security division, which ensures that sensitive projects and assets remain well-protected. While other ARGO subsidiaries, such as Dargos Protein and Aquadyne Seafood, maintain decentralized headquarters elsewhere, Siskeen serves as the command center for high-level decision-making and strategic planning, providing the company with a controlled and isolated environment to pursue its more secretive ventures. This remoteness has also allowed ARGO to operate with a level of secrecy that has recently come into question due to the unexplained communication blackout from the planet.
KAER
Type: Gas Giant
Places of interest: Kaer Station
Kaer was a massive gas giant in the Siskeen system of the Hunnoverrs sector, its swirling atmosphere a chaotic blend of dark yellow, green, and stormy grays. Towering storms churned endlessly across its surface, creating massive bands of turbulence visible from orbit. Rich in Tibanna gas, Kaer’s atmosphere was both a source of wealth and a dangerous frontier, with unpredictable winds and pressure zones that could tear apart unshielded vessels.
OLANET
Type: Terrestrial
Climate: Tundra, grassy hills, and rocky highlands
The planet Olanet, in the Siskeen system, was once a hub of industrial activity, home to one of the largest battle droid factories during the height of the Clone Wars. Its assembly lines churned out countless droids for the Confederacy of Independent Systems, making it a vital asset in the galaxy-spanning conflict. However, after the war, the factory fell into obsolescence, and scavengers quickly stripped it of anything of value, leaving behind only skeletal ruins as a testament to its former significance. With the departure of the CIS from the Siskeen system, Olanet gradually returned to its traditional ways, focusing once again on its agricultural roots, particularly the herding of Nerfs, which had sustained the planet’s economy for generations before the war.
GORNO
Region: Outer Rim Territories
Sector: Arkanis sector
Grid: R17
Places of interest: ArgoSec Prison Station
Gorno, a planet in the Outer Rim along the Corellian Run near Arkanis, was once home to a secret Imperial research facility where components for the second Death Star were designed. A local spaceport served as the embarkation point for the project shortly before the Battle of Yavin. Following the fall of the Empire, Gorno descended into anarchy, but order was eventually restored as corporations established city-states, transforming the planet into a patchwork of controlled industrial hubs. Above the planet, ArgoSec seized control of the former Imperial space station, repurposing it into a corporate authority prison and a waypoint to various labor camps scattered across the sector, further cementing the planet’s role in ARGO Industries’ operations.
ROTHANA
Region: Outer Rim Territories
Sub-region: The Slice
Grid: T15
Places of interest: ARGO-Rothana headquarters
Rothana, a cold, mountainous world located in the Outer Rim, had long been known for its legacy as a shipbuilding hub, particularly under Rothana Heavy Engineering, a subsidiary of Kuat Drive Yards during the Clone Wars. Its rugged terrain and natural resources had made it ideal for concealed military development, and much of its industry remained subterranean or semi-submerged within icy canyons and fortified valleys.
Following the formation of the ARGO-Rothana Corporation, Rothana became an industrial center of the new alliance. ARGO-Rothana had established its central manufacturing and retrofitting facilities on Rothana, repurposing old military complexes and expanding orbital infrastructure. These included defense shipyards, research installations, and logistics hubs essential for supporting the corporation’s growing security and transport operations across the Outer Rim territories. Rothana operated as a high-security stronghold for ARGO-Rothana’s strategic assets, blending legacy expertise with corporate pragmatism.
RHOMMAMOOL (Mining Colony)
Region: Expansion Region
Sector: Merthian sector
Grid: N13
Places of interest: ArgoCorp mining operation
ARGO Industries has recently expanded its presence to Rhommamool, where it established a new mining operation by taking over an abandoned yet highly promising site. This previously overlooked location harbors rich mineral deposits essential for advanced agricultural technologies and bioengineering processes. The newly acquired site is particularly valuable for its rare minerals, which can be used to enhance ARGO’s food production and protein synthesis capabilities, connecting the operation directly to the needs of subsidiaries like Exocorp Nutritech and Dargos Protein. These materials are vital for creating more efficient and sustainable synthetic proteins, which are key to the company’s long-term strategy of dominating the galactic nutrition market. Rhommamool’s mining operation promises to be a critical supply chain link, allowing ARGO to maintain a steady flow of raw materials for their high-tech food and biotechnology developments, while revitalizing an otherwise neglected region.
