Satou Shipbuilding Corporation

The Satou Shipbuilding Corporation is an Imperial spacecraft construction company based on Horaisan. Producing both civilian and military starships, SSC is one of the main contractors of the Imperial Navy and has produced over 800 military ships since its founding in 173. One of the largest employers on Horaisan, SSC owns the sprawling Satou Kurezora Orbital Shipyard, the largest space station network in orbit around Horaisan and the second-largest orbital shipyard facility in the Empire.

SSC has been at the forefront of Imperial warship production and innovation and regularly competes for military contracts with its Niigata-based rival, the Shirada Imperial Shipyards. Experts at building large ships from their main civilian product of tankers and bulk freighters, SSC primarily builds aerospacecraft carriers and other large-sized transport ships for the Imperial Navy. The pride of the SSC product line are the gargantuan Dai Teikoku-class of supercarriers.

SSC was founded by renowned starship designer Satou Hidenori in 173, and quickly won the contract to produce the Empire's next generation of aerospacecraft carriers. Located on the southern frontier region, SSC was relatively safe from the turmoil following the fall of the Greater Empire in 175, and quickly became the key naval supplier of the Imperial Remnant as Shirada had been severely diminished during this period.