18 members
Starflare Shipworks / SFSW
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Engineering -
Smuggling
Hi! Welcome, welcome, what can we do for you today? Looking to buy or sell? Do you need something moved, or disposed of? Maybe you got skills in these departments, look for the small Recruitment sign in the back, and we’ll take care of you.
History
Founded: 2935
Operating Base: Mobile, known to shift between Nyx, Cathcart, and the fringes of Stanton
Headcount: 20–30 core members
Primary Focus: Salvage, Deep-Core Mining, Asset Recovery
Secondary Reputation: “Problem Solving,” for clients who prefer discretion over documentation
In the shadow of fading UEE interest in fringe systems during the mid-29th century, a weathered Reclaimer called The Cinder Queen docked at a half-operational refinery orbiting a forgotten moon in the Taranis system. Aboard were a group of ex-Navy mechanics, frontier freelancers, and one disgraced mining engineer named Furrychan48
Together, they founded Starflare Shipworks in 2935—not as a corporation, but as a tight-knit crew of independents bound by pragmatism, profit, and a mutual dislike of red tape.
What began as small-scale hull stripping and asteroid hopping turned into a semi-nomadic operation. By 2940, Starflare had built a reputation for showing up where others wouldn’t—and finding value where others didn’t.
Though no direct accusations have ever stuck, persistent rumors follow Starflare like reactor smoke.
Whispers in the back halls of Levski and the neon-lit lounges of Grim HEX suggest that, for the right price, Starflare’s crews have “disappeared” inconvenient ships before salvage crews could arrive—often finding just enough wreckage to justify payment.
They’ve allegedly helped obscure crash sites before advocacy ships could arrive, and there are hints of Starflare miners “discovering” high-value ore fields in zones others had already staked but mysteriously abandoned.
The truth is buried in layers of subcontractors, shell corporations, and scrambled beacon logs. Even the Advocacy has struggled to nail down concrete evidence, though a few former employees—who tried to speak too loudly—were never seen again.
Manifesto
We Find What Others Leave Behind.
We Are Salvagers. Miners. Survivors.
When the dust settles and the big corps pull out, we move in. We take what others abandon—wrecks, ore, secrets—and make it valuable.
No red tape. No permission. Just results.
Starflare isn’t some corporate ladder—it’s a circle. Twenty-something hands, each with a stake. You earn your place, you keep your share. Votes decide direction. Loyalty decides everything. We market ourselves as a “frontier-first” enterprise—an enabler of human expansion into the unknown. Our fleet includes a heavily modified CNOU Pioneer, Prospector class mining ships, and an increasing number of other customized vessels for precise extraction and salvage.
The Frontier Has No Rules. Neither Do We. If you’ve got a ship that needs vanishing, a box no one should find, a claim someone needs to lose—we don’t ask questions.
If the credits are good and the silence is better, we’ll take care of it.
Charter
Charter of Starflare Shipworks
Established 2935 | Operate Quiet. Fly Free.
Article I – Purpose
Starflare Shipworks exists to recover, extract, and repurpose resources in unregulated, contested, or abandoned sectors of space. We are independent operators specializing in salvage, mining, and discreet asset recovery.
Article II – Structure
We are a crew-first collective. No owners. No titles. No hierarchy beyond what the job demands.
Major decisions are made by crew vote.
Shares are split by contribution and seniority.
Every member is expected to work, speak, and bleed when needed.
Article III – Operations
We take contracts on our own terms. No questions unless safety demands it. We don’t work for free, and we don’t work loud.
Salvage: If it’s floating and no one claims it, it’s fair game.
Mining: Untouched rock is ours to break.
Special Recovery: For the right price, we clean up messes.
Article IV – Code of Conduct
Protect the Crew – Loyalty is everything.
Silence is Survival – We speak only what must be said.
Respect the Split – Greed kills faster than gunfire.
No Unpaid Risks – If there’s no cut, there’s no cause.
Handle Problems Internally – Outside help invites outside heat.