Corellian Discreet Shipping Industry Chamber of Commerce

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"Responsible citizens are encouraged to join in this effort and send a message that the disreputable shipping practices of offworld freighters are not welcome here."
―The Corellian Discreet Shipping Industry Chamber of Commerce[1]

The Corellian Discreet Shipping Industry Chamber of Commerce, abbreviated CDSICoC, was an organization charged with representing and protecting the commercial interests of Corellian freighter pilots during the Galactic Civil War. Rather conservative, the Corellian Discreet Shipping Industry Chamber of Commerce competed with the progressive Open Shipping Consortium (OSC). The CDSICoC was firmly opposed to the opening of Corellian shipping lanes to offworlders while the OSC was favorable to this measure. The Corellian Discreet Shipping Industry Chamber of Commerce argued that such reform would lead to shoddy work and a general lack of professionalism. After the Battle of Yavin, the rivalry between the two organizations escalated into conflict.[1] In 1 ABY,[2] when a freighter dumped several cargoes of dangerous animals into populated areas of Corellia, each organization blamed pilots affiliated with its concurrent to be responsible for the situation. Then, both the CDSICoC and the OSC recruited spacers to hunt the creatures.[1][3]

Behind the scenes

The Corellian Discreet Shipping Industry Chamber of Commerce was mentioned in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[4] The Corellian Discreet Shipping Industry Chamber of Commerce was mentioned in two missions called "Open Shipping Consortium Menace Again" and "Powermongers Throttle Free Commerce" available on mission terminals on Corellia.[1][3]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Terminal Mission: "Open Shipping Consortium Menace Again" on Corellia
  2. ↑ The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided dates the game to after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and additionally, Serji-X Arrogantus, who died in Star Wars (1977) 10—the events of which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 ABY—appears in the game. Therefore, at least a portion of Star Wars Galaxies must be set in that year. Furthermore, in the game Ruwan Tokai references the destruction of the Death Star as having occurred one year earlier, and Strongholds of Resistance also places the events of Galaxies' Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" in 1 ABY. Lastly, while Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" features the Battle of Hoth—dated to 3 ABY by The New Essential Chronology—the developers have stated that the portrayal of that battle in the game is intentionally anachronistic. Therefore, the events of Star Wars Galaxies must span from 0 ABY to around 1 ABY.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Terminal Mission: "Powermongers Throttle Free Commerce" on Corellia
  4. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)