IDB

IDBs, or Imperial Design Bureaus, are government-sponsored design offices that have been commissioned by the Imperial Government for the development of advanced technology, especially for military application. Initially created on an ad-hoc basis to systematize the remaining design, testing, and manufacturing capacity that had otherwise been lost by the Kalirion Fracture, this practice became systematized in the 1690s AN, as similar schemes that had been implemented by the Guttuli Protectorate and Drak-Modan were integrated into the Shirerithian economy. Many IDBs are simply redesignations of existing companies that have been otherwise contracted to provide work to the Imperial Government.

List

Number	Common Name	Design Prefix	Focus
IDB-1	Royal Ordnance Factory Lichkeep	OL	Munitions, Small Arms
IDB-2	Gaelen Technologies Corporation	GT	RADAR and ECM
IDB-3	Setec Kezan Ltd	SK	Telecommunications, Sensor equipment
IDB-4	Kezan Floating Cargo Manufacturers	FC	Gravimetric Drives, Gravimetric Vehicles
IDB-5	Ly'Mortem Engineering	LE	Heavy machinery
IDB-6	Maltenstein Group	MG	Precision Engineering equipment
IDB-7	Isenbery Group	IG	Chemical Engineering equipment
IDB-8	Foley Group	FG	Aircraft engines
IDB-9	Solaris-Gibarian (formerly UAK-3 and -5)	SG	Armored military vehicles
IDB-10	IrenEnt	IE	Armored military vehicles
IDB-11	Musica Naval Arsenal	MN	Submarines
IDB-12	Lichport Naval Arsenal	LN	Surface Warfare vessels
IDB-13	Lighthouse Association	LA	Mobile nuclear power
IDB-14	Diamond Concern	DC	SAM, AAM, and aircraft armaments
IDB-15	M.A.S.C.	MS	Organic Research and Applications
IDB-16	Tosko Aeroengineering	TA	Aircraft
IDB-17	Drakorda Scientific Institute	DI	Aircraft electronics