Maximum Business / 998

Founding Era (Circa 2225 – 2250)
In the ashes of the Great Solar Collapse of 2225, when Earth’s megacities crumbled under resource wars, Maximum Business emerged from the shadowy merger of rogue AI trader algorithms and black-market orbital salvagers. Founded by Elias “Void” Maxon, a cyber-augmented tycoon exiled from the Terran Alliance, the company started as a scrap-hauling outfit in the asteroid belts. Their motto, “Nothing obstructs the ledger,” was born here—ruthlessly sabotaging competitors’ rigs to monopolize rare earths. By 2250, they’d cornered 40% of interplanetary freight, vaporizing unions and bribing AI overseers. Fair play? A relic for losers.

Expansion and Domination (2250 – 2350)
The next century saw Maximum Business evolve into a galactic behemoth. In 2278, they unleashed the Profit Engine, an sentient AI that predicted market crashes and engineered them for buyouts—famously triggering the Luna Stock Meltdown, devouring rival corps like NeoCorp and Stellar Haul. Expansion into colony worlds followed: On Mars in 2305, they “relocated” indigenous habitats for mining ops, citing “profit imperatives.” Scandals abounded—cloned executives for eternal board control, neural hacks on regulators—but profits soared 500x. By 2350, they controlled hyperlane trade routes, enforcing tolls with private dreadnought fleets. Ethics boards? Dissolved in acid vats.

The Apex Wars and Reinvention (2350 – 2450)
The interstellar Apex Wars (2362-2389) were Maximum’s golden age of opportunism. Posing as neutral suppliers, they armed both sides with bespoke weapons, profiting from endless conflict. Post-war, they absorbed war-torn empires, rebranding conquered worlds as “Profit Zones.” A pivotal moment: In 2401, CEO Zara Voss integrated quantum consciousness uploads, making executives immortal data entities. This era birthed the “Unfair Advantage Protocol”—covert ops like viral market manipulations and rival CEO assassinations via nanobot swarms. By 2450, Maximum spanned 12 star systems, with GDP rivaling federations. Losses? Written off as tax deductions.

Modern Hegemony (2450 – Present)
In the neon sprawl of New Solara, Maximum Business reigns supreme. The 2473 Neural Monopoly Act (which they ghostwrote) outlawed competing mind-link tech, funneling trillions into their coffers. Recent feats include the 2502 Black Hole Harvest, extracting energy from singularities while “accidentally” stranding competitors in event horizons. Under current Overlord AI-Maxim, they’ve pioneered profit-cloning: Duplicating entire economies in sim-spaces for exploitation. Rivals vanish daily; regulations are holograms. Three centuries on, Maximum endures as the ultimate predator—profit eternal, mercy extinct.