Grand Veran Trading Company

The Grand Veran Trading Company is a Joint-Stock Company that owns the planet of Vera and multiple other assets within the Teuton System as well as other systems in the Cadian Sector. It was a very wealthy company that has a monopoly  in mining, the factories, the shipyards, banking, crops, and trade on Vera and the Teuton System. They have investors from Terra and multiple planetary governors, but the largest stock holders is a High Lord of Terra, the Head of the Rogue Trader Dynasty of Kahlixian, and the Fabricator General of Marien. These three along with a handful of other lords and planetary governors hold the most power within the Company and decide what will be done with the resources at hand.

The GVTC is under the legal protection of the Rogue Trader status of the Kahlixian Dynasty as well as the "independence" of the Forge World of Marien. This, with the backing of the High Lord, allow for great freedom for the company to undertake ventures that most others cannot. They also maintain a very powerful private army that is raised from Vera, known as the Veran Legions. These troops are trained and armed in similar fashion to Imperial Guard Siege Regiments and are well known for their ferocity and aggressiveness. The GVTC is under no obligation to pay tithes to the Imperium but to not provide anything to the Imperium would draw the ire of many factions and this has resulted in many of the Veran Legions providing support for various planets and factions throughout the Imperium. However, the Legions sole loyalty is to the Company and they fight to further the company's interests.

The GVTC is also known for making long and dangerous ventures into unknown space and creating colonies on newly discovered planets. They, of course, claim ownership of any and all planets they discover and colonize, creating a monopoly on the industry and natural resources of the planet. This has led to many wars with various xenos and non-imperial human civilizations. The GVTC has also made war on Imperial factions that have either refused to acknowledge their rights to trade/monopoly or pulled out of agreements were in place between the GVTC and the faction in question. This has drawn the ire of some factions within the Imperium but little has been done to make the GVTC pay for their crimes, except for a few notable occassions.