Orbital Geosynchronous Assembly and Manufacture, Incorporated started as a satellite assembly factory in New South Wales in the early 21st Century. From the construction of unmanned probes and system craft they expanded into orbital stations, outposts and habitats. The first great windfall to strike the company was when their design was selected to be the first permanent structure on the lunar surface. From then on, the first colonial and orbital settlements in humanity’s lunge for the stars would increasingly be constructed by OGAM, Inc.

The second great windfall burst onto the scene shortly after the company relocated to the frontier to be closer to their market. Stumbling into a pocket of dead space (stars without planetary systems), the corporate nation happily expanded into the region, building massive stations and beginning an aggressive program to achieve a greater degree of self-sufficiency. As they further explored the sectors they claimed, they found untouched planets that were quickly adapted to massive industrial agriculture endeavors.

The third great windfall stemmed from their isolation. OGAM sat out GW1, helping other nations deal with sudden floods of refugees and the need for satellite defense networks and military stations. And these efforts continued even after the war; OGAM was the only stellar nation not to consider colonization in the Interbellum. They were too busy with projects all over human space. Ironically, their complete lack of restraint in developing projects with other nations is what put them in the Diocese’s cross-hairs in Galactic War 2.

Fiercely denouncing OGAM’s tendency to build ever more complex and advanced technological orbital habitats instead of encouraging the purity of planetary living, the Hatire proclaimed a holy war against OGAM, a war that almost failed to materialize. The OGAMites merely fired up the stardrives on their habitats and moved away from the Hatire-leaving behind webs of combat satellites, drone stations and warbots. The few ground campaigns showed that the “Diggers” (a term of indeterminate origin) were tough and determined troops, if not flamboyantly stylish or inventive. The engagement on the Kokoda farm world between the Diggers and the Mind Knights was something of a legend during the early years of the war.

OGAM eventually decided it was easier to surrender their status as a stellar nation than to continue a pointless war. The corporation dissolved its national status and sat out the rest of the war in their desolate wastes out back of beyond. The corporation has since relocated further into Concord Sagittarius and has resumed building orbital structures for anyone willing to pay (particularly the Galactic Concord, their new “landlord”). Profit, they’ve found, is more important than running a country.

What StarMechs are to ship design, OGAM is to satellite and space station construction. The constant immersion of OGAM technicians in the details of the business from the cradle on has led them to an almost mystic union with technology. OGAMites have also demonstrated an amazing capacity for making the most out any available space. It is said an OGAM technician can turn a packing crate into a four room apartment in about an hour. Concord Intelligence has found this knack for squeezing the most equipment into a given space very useful…