Sothvec Industries was a business conglomerate that formed soon after the production of the first stardrive! Following the examples of VoidCorp and the Rigunmor Star Consortium, this collection of agriculture and livestock business interests funded colonies on a number of worlds. As the 23rd century saw the expansion of humanity and human governments in space, Sothvec Industries profited from a power vacuum within its areas of interest and became a potent force. Its business leaders made steady profits and never saw a need to change. Yet nothing bound Sothvec's diverse peoples together in any significant way; without some unifying ideal or vision, they had no reason to stand together, and it was easier for many to accept the Thuldans rather than resist and be destroyed. The last Sothvec systems formally surrendered to the Imperial navy on September 19, 2356. The Empire would accept only unconditional surrender, so on that day Sothvec joined three stellar nations in Thuldan oblivion.

Former Sothvec citizens still live today, but under the flag of the Empire. Occupation troops ensure loyalty to the Emperor, and slowly the Sothvec culture has disappeared. Unlike the lingering memory of other stellar nations, such as the Dreth Commonwealth and the Sultanate of Fomalhaut, the Sothvec way of life seemed to dry up and blow away like so many dead leaves. About all that Sothvecs are remembered for now are some of the original company's advances in adapting Earth-based animal species to life in space and on alien worlds.