MISC CORP / MISCCORP

MISC is the only Human spacecraft corporation to sign a lendlease agreement with the Xi’an, agreed to in a closed-door conference in 2910. Although the actual specifics of the deal have remained a tightly-held trade secret, insiders suggest that Xi’an technology has played heavily into Freelancer development, while seemingly Xi’an-produced MISC Hull Ds are becoming an increasingly common site at border outposts. Wilder rumors claim that MISC’s next line of spacecraft will begin to incorporate Xi’an thruster technologies adapted for use in their Human craft.

In recent years, MISC has funneled profits from their corporate line into the development of two spacecraft that are nominally marked for personal use, the Freelancer and Starfarer. These spacecraft are aimed to compete in a crowded marketplace against heavyweights like Roberts Space Industries and Drake Interplanetary. Nevertheless, a carefully managed business plan and the one-two punch of a generalized private craft (the Freelancer) and a role-specific niche ship (the Starfarer) have found overwhelming success for the company in this arena.