RW Company Names that could work in Traveller

[aramis]

Smurfit-Stone - http://www.smurfit.com/content/

TOTE: Totem Ocean Trailer Express - Alaska - http://www.totemocean.com/
They used to own a subsidiary - a moving company - TOTE Movers... TOTEM

 

[E.D.Quibell]

It should be noted that UC is under investigation for use of prohibited methods of research of restricted biologicals and has required the IN to declare several Interdiction Zones (Red).

Also, D'Beers is like wise under investigation for violations of Imperial Law regarding Slavery and Exploitation of Native Species and unlawful Price Fixing and other financial irregularities.

Investors are hereby warned.

Yours,
M.T.
Deputy Assistant Inspector-General
Imperial Commerce Commission.

Here come the auditors! In Battledress with TL15 breifcases!

Best regards,

Ewan

 

[FreeTrav]

The building is no longer marked as such, and looks like it was "rehabbed abandoned" a few years ago (windows bricked up and the whole building painted to look "nice", but there's nobody home), but at one time there was, just south of the tracks of NYC's Metro-North Railroad a short distance east of Mount Vernon East station, a turn-of-the-century-factory-looking building that named itself as belonging to "Stern Metals Corp". There is actually a business shown by that name in current business directories, and at that location, but the building is no longer marked as such.

 

[ThunderChilde]

Custom Captive, no Idea what they do, the name been hijacked for 2 CyberPunk campaigns already.

GOD Guaranteed Overnight Delivery
Sunforce solar power company
Executive Solutions
Martian Metals
Long Drop Ammunition used to use period shot tower method lead shot for black powder weapons.

 

[karakris]

From my NON Traveller "Krissyverse"

The WEPTECH Consortium - making Weapons of course.

The NUPOTEC Consortium - non-war Nuclear Applications, including Power.

 

[kafka47]

IBM - Interplanetary Business Machines
Apple - come on there will always be an Apple so long as there is Jobs
Burger King - so generic it has to exist in some form
KFC - here's a hint, it ain't chicken maybe it tastes like it or horse meat...
Taflemusik - plays classical music from the 21st century on original music
Mars Inc. - ain't chocolate bars, that's for sure.
Jiggles - usually in the seedier part of Startown.

 

[Mysterion]

Genentech (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genentech)

 

[saundby]

Custom Captive, no Idea what they do, the name been hijacked for 2 CyberPunk campaigns already.

I would expect either captive wifi portals or captive fasteners. I haven't seen a reference to the specific company on the web.

-Mark G.

 

[Selandia]

Shipping

Guys how could you have left the "Stars" out of it

Red Star Lines
White Star Lines
Blue Star lines

Entering the realm of the prospective:

The star with the Dwarf and Nova qualifiers?

What will replace the "Funnel" branding on starships?

Blue Wing Lines? Blue Landers Line? Blue Tail Lines?

By the way, may a japanese speaking contributor tell me what we should use to replace the Shosen, Yusen, Kisen that generate the NYK ( Nippon Yusen) OSK (Osaka Shosen) KKKK (the Kawasaki Kisen K.K. line) acronyms. I suppose you only change the prefix for Star or Interstellar and keep the sen (ship)?

Selandia

 

[hdan]

"Diversitech" always amused me. Not quite "Omni-Consumer Products", but still delightfully vague.

 

[saundby]

By the way, may a japanese speaking contributor tell me what we should use to replace the Shosen, Yusen, Kisen that generate the NYK ( Nippon Yusen) OSK (Osaka Shosen) KKKK (the Kawasaki Kisen K.K. line) acronyms. I suppose you only change the prefix for Star or Interstellar and keep the sen (ship)?

My Japanese is poor, but it depends on what you're saying with the term. Kisen means steamship literally, but also refers to the service it's in, "steaming" from port to port, IOW working a trade route. So the kisen term is still used, even with diesel fuelled ships.

Likewise yusen can be a mailship or a yacht, depending on usage. Again, it refers to service. So a company name based on the service wouldn't change.

Shosen--merchant ship. Service designation again. So even if the craft is uchuusen (starship or spaceship), it'd still be shosen if it's a merchant vessel.

Gunsen and kansen won't change, either.

--checked with my daughters, their Japanese is better than mine...they agree.

 

[Hotfoot Jackson]

"Norbert Dentressangle" as a Hiver haulage company.