Grady & Brunt Prospects

Grady & Brunt Prospects in the Everspace codex.

	“	Grady & Brunt Prospects - coporate behemoth and sole legitimate operator in the demilitarized zone. Their monopoly has ensured unchecked expansion.	„
		~ HIVE  upon encountering G&B

Grady & Brunt Prospects is a major interstellar mining corporation and one of five factions in the Everspace and Everspace 2 universe. Their operations and freighters are frequently found throughout the Demilitarized Zone. They are the only mining corporation allowed to operate in the DMZ as per the peace treaty between the Colonials and the Okkar. As such, Okkar and G&B ships will not attack each other unless otherwise provoked.

• Everspace 2
• Everspace

Everspace 2

Grady & Brunt Prospects in Everspace 2 are a neutral faction encountered in most locations and systems. G&B elements play a large part in the main story.

List of G&B units

• G&B Fighter
• G&B Fighter
• G&B Freighter
• Rail Turret

Everspace

Grady & Brunt Prospects in Everspace are a neutral faction encountered in almost every zone of each sector.

Appearances

A screenshot of a mining laser at a G&B mining operation, with the fuel tanks of another G&B structure visible.

G&B ships and structures can be found in almost every sector and zone, often being attacked by Outlaws. Many mining operations can be found, with mining in progress. You can stop by and pick up dropped Ore or Gas from the mining lasers before the mining drones pick it up, without negative repercussions from G&B. However, the large mining lasers (if accidentally flown into) will deal 400 hull and shield damage per second.

Service Stations are owned and operated by G&B. There are also large, unpowered G&B Factories. Once powered up, G&B freighters will start jumping in and out of the factory, and the factory's services will open up.

Hostility

All G&B ships and structure defenses are initially neutral (marked with yellow icons), but if attacked or their containers are broken by the player, nearby G&B ships and turrets will become aggressive. Any attack (but not container looting) can also be reported, which makes them aggressive throughout the entire sector. This attack report will not carry over between deaths and the likelihood of them reporting the attack to other sectors can be decreased with the Diplomacy Perk.

The last two levels of the Diplomacy perk also enable G&B assistance to jump in and assist the player in fights against Outlaws. They will jump out as soon as all nearby threats are gone, and will not pursue other enemies like the Ancients from the Ancient Friends Glyph. If an attack has been reported, G&B can still jump in but will be hostile to the player.

Random Missions

A G&B equipment transport with a trade prompt for a random mission.

Occasionally when jumping into a zone, HIVE will inform the player of a G&B freighter or ship in need of assistance. Completing a certain task for them will award credits. These missions can include:

• Searching an area to find containers with missing products within a large area (usually 'towels' or 'goods', not real in-game resources) and delivering them to the freighter
  • These containers will not show up on the radar unless in very close proximity - try looking for the containers visually.
• Clearing minefields around freighters
• Protecting freighters or a G&B ship against an Outlaw attack

G&B Ships

There are several types of G&B ships. G&B ships have a yellow trail.

Image	Type	Description	Equipment/Abilities	Can be Elite?
	Light Fighter
	Fighter
	Mining Drone	Small mining drones that collect resources (Ore or Gas) mined by mining lasers at G&B mining operations.	Drops whatever it's carrying	X
	Fuel Freighter	Medium-size freighter with several large spherical containers that drop fuel when destroyed.	-Comes with an escort of a few G&B ships -Jumps away when in danger	X
	Supplies Freighter	Medium-size freighter with eight large rectangular containers that drop various equipment and resources when destroyed.	Comes with an escort of a few G&B ships -Jumps away when in danger	X
	Credits Freighter	Medium-size freighter with several large containers that drop credits when destroyed	Comes with an escort of a few G&B ships -Jumps away when in danger	X
	Resource Freighter	Medium-size freighter with six large containers that drop various resources when destroyed	Comes with an escort of a few G&B ships -Jumps away when in danger	X
	Equipment Transport	Medium-size freighter with eight large containers that drop various resources & equipment when destroyed. Can show up as a freighter requeesting resources for repairs.		X

Gallery

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  Mining Drone concept art

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  Fighter concept art

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  Mining laser concept art

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  A small G&B station

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  Another typical station, with fuel and a freighter

Lore

Everspace Faction Codex Entry:

[[File:]] Grady & Brunt Prospects is the monolithic Colonial interstellar mining concern which holds several regional monopolies throughout the galaxy. As well as resource extraction and logistics, the corporation has invested heavily in drone, weapons, and jumpgates technologies to secure its supremacy in the industry sector. Close ties with the Colonial Fleet has drawn criticism of cronyism in the past, although there are few viable concerns capable of handling the vast task of Colonial ambitions. Formed in mid-19th Century Earth by Oswald Grady during a gold resource rush in an area then known as California, an early partnership with another prospector by the name of William Brunt established a two-family enterprise which operated on a small local scale until the mid-21st century. In 2046 the company was inherited by a direct-descendant Zeppo Grady, considered a visionary, who quickly expanded the business outwards with the invention of asteroid-hunting drones to bring resource-rich rocks into Earth's low orbit for dismantling. The concern has continued to grow exponentially since that time. interrupted only by periodic wars and the destruction of its home state. Grady & Brunt was the first Earth-based concern to attain the title "Inter-Stellar Corporation". Today, Grady & Brunt employs about 21 million workers in every end of Colonial claim and is vital to the continued restructuring and terraforming of the Colonial home system. Other mining operations offer some local, although trivial in reach, competition. These include Antares Deep Space Resources, Pluto Rare Metals, Astro Mining Group, and First Space Ventures Limited. Grady & Brunt, however, hold the sole contract for the Demilitarized Zone of Cluster 34, an arrangement tolerated by, although not protected by, the Okkar administration of the area. The concern utilizes private security to protect their interests in this case.

Everspace Corporation Codex Entry:

[[File:]] Grady & Brunt Prospects is a mining concern which holds several regional monopolies throughout the galaxy. In addition to resource extraction and logistics, the corporation has invested heavily in drone, weapons, and jumpgates technologies to secure its supremacy in the industry sector. Formed in mid-19th Century Earth as a family enterprise, it was the first corporation to begin asteroid harvesting and the first concern to attain the title "Inter-Stellar Corporation". Today, Grady & Brunt employs about 21 million workers and holds the sole contract for the demilitarized zone of Cluster 34.

See also

• Factions
• Category:Corporations