Blitzkrieg AG

BlitzKrieg AG (formerly Völker Bergbau, Öl- und Umwelt Aktiengesellschaft[AG]) was one of the last Ark fleets to leave Earth. A German Oil, Natural Gas and Environmental Reclamation company, they chose to remain as long as possible in order to procure as much of Earths dwindling resources as possible. This was made both easier due to the mass exodus from the planet, but also difficult due to the suns effect upon electronics. At this time the corporation was still under the name of Völker Bergbau, Öl- und Umwelt AG.

During WWII the Nazi's had utilised one of the corporations’ deep mines to preserve the Military Geology Units and German Patent Offices libraries. These were eventually recovered by US forces, however, further libraries were kept hidden by the company which remained in their hands after the war ended. These libraries contained plans from a secret Nazi space exploration program for the production of large scale ships for transportation of both citizens and resources. Völker Bergbau, Öl- und Umwelt AG spent the next few centuries refining these plans and secretly building their Ark ships deep within several of their exploratory mines. The company had originally intended their use for interstellar Oil, Gas and Environmental exploration, but the Earths exodus resulted in a change of plans for their use and they were loaded with as much natural resources as possible, the corporations’ exploration and mining tech along with their ~2000 employees.

A destination planet (named Thule) thought to contain evidence of organic matter was chosen in order to continue with the corporations initial activities upon arrival. The planets environment was much like Earth and was found to be rich with natural resources. Völker Bergbau, Öl- und Umwelt AG began with initial trade agreements among the various Ark fleets considering their planets production capacity to last for at least a few centuries, however, resources were exhausted quickly due to both the corporations’ and other states expansions, and thus the corporation began further exploration of surrounding planets in the system, irrespective of their inhabitants. This has resulted in considerable conflicts and the formation of a new 'environmental exploration arm' involving military force. The company’s present directors, familiar with their corporations history, decided to name this branch 'BlitzKrieg' with its aim being the forceful evacuation of planets environments for exploration.

The military arm of the corporation involved the use of ATV based armour modified from earlier terrain exploration vehicles for fast deployment of firepower and infantry based forces. This further prompted other states to begun referring to the corporation as simply 'BlitzKrieg' in fear of their tactics. The board of directors eventually voted on a change in the company’s name to represent its newly formed aim as a military-industrial corporation and BlitzKrieg AG was chosen.