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'''Pyrotechnic Amalgamated''' is a company responsible for mining and terraforming operations in the [[26th century]] originally founded by [[Tromo Nivelin]].<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/17193-Galactic-Guide-Hadrian-System|text=Galactic Guide: Hadrian System|accessdate=2023-04-27}}</ref> They are known for discovering and pioneering [[Pyro system|Pyro]] and [[Hadrian system|Nivelin (Hadrian)]].

'''Pyrotechnic Amalgamated''' was founded in [[2409]] when [[Tromo Nivelin]] used his earlier profits from the sale of a data management company co-founded with a university friend to start a new mining venture.<ref name=":1">{{Cite Jump Point|title=Portfolio: Pyrotechnic Amalgamated|volume=11|month=2|startpage=35|endpage=39|accessdate=2023-05-15}}</ref>

With the discovery of [[Virgil system|Virgil]] in [[2412]] '''Pyrotechnic Amalgamated''' landed windfall profits with their unorthodox approach at scanning the system for mining bids. Unlike the majority of companies which used the systemic scan-grid technique, '''Pyrotechnic Amalgamated''' utilized a scanning method popular with explorers, which allowed them to cover a much wider area at a fraction of the time it took other companies. This speed allowed the company to underbid others and secure several lucrative locations within the system.<ref name=":1" />

Founder and CEO Tromo Nivelin's goal for the company however was to discover a system, something he believed would allow the company to sustain itself for centuries to come. With this goal in mind, an exploration division was created within the company. However, Nivelin would retire before realizing this dream.<ref name=":1" />

Twenty-four years after [[Pyro system|Pyro's]] initial discovery, '''Pyrotechnic Amalgamated''', seeking new mining territories began reviewing the scan records of systems not yet claimed. Upon further review of the original report from the [[Roustabout]] they sent an explorer to the region to formally discover [[Pyro system|Pyro]] and chart its planets.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13852-Galactic-Guide-Pyro-System|text=Galactic Guide: Pyro System|accessdate=2023-04-27}}</ref>

'''Pyrotechnic Amalgamated''' would register their discovery of the system with the [[United Nations of Earth]] and lobby for the UNE to claim the system. The government, however, decided that the systems sun was too unstable, leaving the system unclaimed.<ref name=":1" />

On January 15th, [[2494]], '''Pyrotechnic Amalgamated''' held an employee job fair, seeking qualified employees to explore and chart the Pyro system.<ref name="jp1010FTC">{{Cite Jump Point|title=Backpage:Explore the unknown!|volume=10|month=10|startpage=35|endpage=36|accessdate=2022-12-15}}</ref>

The governments reluctance to claim the system, however, did not deter the company from establishing mining sites on [[Pyro II]] and [[Bloom]], and from bolstering its security force to "discourage" others from developing their own sites in the system.<ref name=":1" />

'''Pyrotechnic Amalgamated''' would begin constructing the [[MacEwan Station]] in [[2506]], named in honor of the Roustabout watch officer who discovered the gravitational anomaly. With construction costs soaring, little profits from their mining operations, and a downturn within the mining industry, by [[2508]] CEO Cecile Uchiha slowed the construction of the station.<ref name=":1" />

In [[2510]] a security force associated with the company ran deep space scans that revealed the existence of a jump point into a new system. A promising asteroid belt was discovered, however no habitable planets were located within the system the company would name [[Hadrian system|Nivelin]]. The company would go on to register their discovery with the UNE and use the finder's fee in an attempt to fill the budget shortfall of the MacEwan station.<ref name=":1" />

The station was completed in [[2512]] and would go on to streamline mining and supply operations for the company. With the discovery of the [[Terra system|Terra System]] in [[2516]] and a jump point from it to Pyro, the station would see a significant increase in traffic. '''Pyrotechnic Amalgamated''' would attempt to capitalize on its close proximity with Terra by bidding on mining rights within the system, a venture that would lead them to overbidding on the Arroyo lode when data from a faulty data convinced executives within the company it was worth much more than it actually was.<ref name=":1" />