Nautilus Galactic Concern / NGC

On October 2946, one year after a series of brutal attacks by Vanduul aggressors left the New Corvo colony devastated, the UEE launched the Militia Mobilization Initiative, a civilian combat readiness program designed “to ensure that civilian militias are properly equipped to defend the Empire in times of need”.

As part of the Initiative, the UEE made select military grade and specialty equipment available for sale to private military contractors for the first time in UEE history. Many private organizations, like Nautilus Galactic Concern, seized the opportunity to expand their fleet and improve their ability to protect their assets from pirates, hostile aliens, and other threats.

Prior to the Initiative, Nautilus Galactic Concern was a small company consisting mostly of militia fighter pilots and former military officers. The concern’s primary offerings were security and escort contract services for cargo haulers. Though they were quickly gaining a reputation for being able to stave off even the most threatening pirate attacks in the Stanton system, Nautilus would not obtain its intergalactic reputation until after the Militia Mobilization Initiative, where its purchases through the Initiative allowed the concern’s fleet size to drastically outgrow its employment at the time. The organization would later inadvertently gain public recognition after a video of a reckless merchant ship pilot nearly impacting the refueling NGS Ypsilanti, a Javelin-class destroyer, was shared hundreds of millions of times by users on the social media platform Spectrum. Today, the Nautilus fleet is well known in the galaxy for its mobility despite its now large size. It is often found travelling the galaxy — preparing for its next mission.