ArmorEx, originally known as Armored Expeditions, was created by the merging of an armored transport service with a small explorers guild which had the mutual dream of creating a self sufficient and self funded expeditionary team. Cross training all employees has always been a fundamental of ArmorEx. In order to raise funds for expeditions, the entire company would switch focus to the armored transport side of the business and take contracts from various UEE corporations and military units requiring the shipment of goods into less civilized space. When financially possible, the transport operation would be halted and all staff would prepare for an expedition into uncharted space, or unknown locations on a planet or moon. Using information from frontier outpost and UEE patrols, ArmorEx was able to make a number of discoveries that put its name in the public eye.

The nature of ArmorEx’s operation made it appealing to both UEE veterans and civilians looking to step into a thriving business that would take them back out into space. Combat veterans were employed to teach fundamental courses in order to establish skill sets in civilians that would be required on deep space expeditions, while scientists and researchers were recruited from the best universities in the UEE. Over several years, ArmorEx built up its reputation by building small outposts at locations it discovered and selling them to the UEE, while including the rights to all cargo shipping to that location in the agreement. This system allowed for a constant source of income and enabled ArmorEx to expand its fleet and take on more serious expeditions into Vanduul space.

In 2948, ArmorEx officially purchased an existing UEE company, the Citizen’s Coffee Company, in order to create a network for lawful organizations and corporations that would be mutually beneficial for all involved.