System: Ludwigshafen

[3067] Founded less than a decade after the fall of the Star League, Dobless Information Services grew out of the remains of DataCorp Industries of Chahar, an interplanetary library network geared toward scientists and other scholars. Over the decades and centuries since, Dobless rose to become the single most extensive network of commercially available data beyond those kept by the fanatically meticulous ComStar. With centers on nearly 200 worlds throughout Alliance territory (and another twenty or so scattered throughout FedSuns space, thanks to the short-lived Federated Commonwealth alliance), Dobless has become a household name synonymous with knowledge. Its line of electronic encyclopedias and computer data searching/archiving software is considered the cutting edge, preferred by scientists, historians and academics throughout Lyran space.

During the Succession Wars, rumors circulated that Dobless’ master computers on Chahar contained all known information in the universe. Though no one has verified the veracity of these claims, the fact remains that well over half the textbooks in Lyran schools—from elementary school through the college level—feature material researched and verified by Dobless.

Unfortunately, the recent seizure of the company’s former headquarters on Chahar by Jade Falcon forces has cut off the company from its largest data node and forced CEO Seth Tobiason to relocate to the city of Bayern on Ludwigshafen. Since then, Tobiason has suggested to his shareholders that Dobless may soon commission a mercenary expedition to Chahar to liberate the larger archives said to be buried deep beneath the captured company headquarters complex.

There are no functional factories located on this planet.