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{{Infobox Company
|Name = Drake Interplanetary
|Image = DrakeInterplanetary.svg
|Headquarters = [[Odyssa]], [[Borea]], [[Magnus]]
|Type = Spaceship Manufacturing
|Manufacturer Code = DRAK
|Manufacturer = yes
|Founded = 2845
|Founder = [[Jan Dredge]], along with other Cutlass designers
|CEO = [[Anden Arden]]
|Demographic = Civillians, Commercial, Militia, Pirates
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The '''Drake Interplanetary''' corporation is a company that designs, manufacturers and sells spaceships in the [[Star Citizen]] universe. Their ships have a characteristically robust and geometrical design that utilizes many low-tech materials. Drake's target group also includes militias and pirates. The formers CEOs [[Jan Dredge|Jan]] and [[Jon Dredge]] cultivated the outlaw image from the beginning of the company, which raised controversies about Drake's responsibility for pirate-related crimes.{{RSI|ref=yes|url=comm-link/transmission/15821-Around-The-Verse|text=Around the Verse - Trouble at Drake|trx=around-the-verse-trouble-at-drake}}<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/d7szye/a_summary_of_star_citizen_live_all_things_lore/ A Summary of Star Citizen Live "All Things Lore"] - reddit.com, 09.2019, acc. 2019-10-03, source: [https://youtu.be/uuwOy8IslqU Star Citizen Live: All Things Lore (Youtube)]
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== History ==

=== Cutlass Development ===

Drake Interplanetary incorporated re-appropriated the [[Cutlass (series)|Cutlass]] as a civilian craft soon after having lost a [[UEE]] "contest" in 2845. The purpose of the contest was to create a ship that could be constructed rapidly, to outfit distant home defense squadrons in times of need.

[[Jan Dredge]] became CEO, along with a seven-member board which consisted mainly of designers that had worked on the Cutlass. Drake was not the surname of anyone involved in the project; it was selected as an acceptable “smooth-sounding” name, chosen specifically in the hopes that it would make their spacecraft more appealing. This was the first of a series of money-over-all decisions that would quickly come to define the company.

The second decision was also telling: rather than incorporate on one of the UEE’s traditional “homeworlds” like [[Earth]] or [[Terra (planet)|Terra]], Drake based itself in the economically embattled system of [[Magnus]]. Basing both corporate governance and key factories on [[Borea|Borea (Magnus II)]], Drake’s outlaw image became well established before the first production model Cutlass left the factory floor.

The initial pitch was to provide ships to private militia groups. The plan was that private squadrons in more distant areas of the galaxy would welcome a low-cost spacecraft solution. Regions specifically classified high insurance risks, the Drake board reasoned, would especially welcome an easier way to replenish lost spacecraft.

Sales were phenomenal: within nine months, Drake had opened six offworld factories and had licensed dealerships in nine systems. In the year following, the company had quadrupled again. Within five years they were the fifth largest spacecraft manufacturing concern and couldn’t license subsystems manufacturers quickly enough. The successful company was credited in financial magazines as the little engine that could — finally a competitor that would change how companies like [[Roberts Space Industries (manufacturer)|Roberts Space Industries]] and [[Musashi Industrial and Starflight Concern|Musashi Industrial]] ran their businesses. From the numbers alone, it looked like everyone would be flying a Cutlass in ten years.{{RSI|ref=yes|text=Galactic Guide: Drake Interplanetary|int=Comm-Link:Galactic Guide - Drake Interplanetary|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13441-Drake-Interplanetary}}

=== Pirate Scandal ===
{{Quote|The [[Travel Safety Advisory]] System estimates that 15,000 people die annually in outlaw raids and the Cutlass Black accounts for two thirds of all ships by known piracy groups.|[[Terra Gazette]] {{RSI|ref=yes|url=comm-link/transmission/15821-Around-The-Verse|text=Around the Verse - Trouble at Drake|trx=around-the-verse-trouble-at-drake}}}}

In an undercover job interview, the company CEO Jan Dredge was recorded making a controversial statement about selling the [[Cutlass Black]] to known [[piracy]] groups. After which family members of piracy victims expressed their outrage by calling for a ban on the Drake Cutlass. On April 6, 2947 Drake Interplanetary released a press statement in which they apologize for the comments made by Jan Dredge and are announcing that she is retiring as CEO of the company to spend more time with her family. Her son [[Jon Dredge]] would fullfill her duties as acting-CEO until a replacement can be found.{{RSI|ref=yes|url=comm-link/transmission/15821-Around-The-Verse|text=Around the Verse - Trouble at Drake|trx=around-the-verse-trouble-at-drake}} In early 2948, Drake called a press conference in [[Odyssa]] to introduce [[Anden Arden]] as new CEO, possibly against the will of Jan and Jon Dredge. Arden condemned the use of the ships by Outlaws and instituted ''a policy that all sales associates attend a mandatory training session every year that reviews our company policy alongside local and Empire-wide law''.{{RSI|ref=yes|text=Kaizen - Pushing Metal|int=Comm-Link:Kaizen - Pushing Metal|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/16626-KAIZEN-Pushing-Metal}}

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