Aslan
trading company associated with the Loakhtarl Clan.
Formed in 2620 (-835 Imperial), ostensibly to trade with the score or so inhabited
worlds in Eakoi and Ea subsectors despite the dangers and difficulties of such a
venture at that time and despite the fact that trade with the mostly pre-stellar
TL communities of the time simply weren’t profitable enough to be worthwhile.
In reality the corporation was a nearly self-supporting tool of the
Loakhtarl Clan Lords. They used it for keeping the area which was adjacent to the
main holdings of the clan, under surveillance, preempting choice pieces of land
for future use, and discouraging other Aslan clans from settling there.
Although
the Eakoi Corporation could not seal off the area completely, it did keep down
the number of such settlements considerably.
Historians note those non-Loakhtarl settlements in Eakoi and Ea tended to
fail due to Reaver attacks. Much of
the blame for this has been put on the Iltharan Empire and the
Celestial League,
but some historians speculate that the Eakoi Corporation may also have played a
part in these disasters.
By 4326 (-100 Imperial) the Loakhtarl Clan had consolidated its hold on its main territories and began moving into Eakoi and Ea in earnest. But the greedy, selfish policies of the clan got it accused of un-Aslan-like conduct during the Aslan Cultural Purge and it was attacked by a coalition of minor, land-poor Aslan clans and lost quite a lot of power. Simultaneously, a minor human polity centered on Soloman (Reavers' Deep 1538) started waging a trade war against the Eakoi Corporation.