OrionAeroWorks

Welcome to Orion AeroWorks — an extremely serious and highly respected aerospace company operating out of a half-collapsed hangar in the middle of nowhere. We specialize in jet-powered monstrosities, mid-century sci-fi aesthetics, and aircraft that technically count as flying because they left the ground for at least three seconds.

Our crown jewel, the OA-01 "Skysprinter", is a sleek 21-passenger jetliner that looks like it came straight out of a 1961 brochure from an alternate dimension. It was designed to revolutionize medium-range air travel — and to violently resist every attempt at smooth landings.

But let’s be honest. Most of our budget went into developing the “Big Boy” — a 375-meter-long, 318-meter-wide, 47-meter-tall slab of aerodynamic denial. It is less an aircraft and more a man-made continent with engines. It has been described as “not so much flying as politely suggesting gravity take a break.”

Our design philosophy is simple: if it looks cool and might fly, we build it. If it flies, great. If it doesn’t, we upload it anyway.

Expect lore-heavy jets, extremely wide airframes, and a complete lack of shame.

Client Nation Profile: The Technate of Velgrad

Officially known as the Technate of Velgrad, this frostbitten, steel-hearted nation sits somewhere between Eastern Europe and your worst engineering exam. With a population of 72 million (73 million if you count the androids), Velgrad is a rising technological power governed by scientists, engineers, and one guy named Yuri who once hotwired a space shuttle using a calculator and sheer spite.

Velgrad’s climate is a harsh continental stew of frozen forests, soot-stained skylines, and sunrises best viewed from behind triple-glazed reactor glass. Summers are brief and used mostly for construction. Winters are long and used mostly for research, industrial production, and minor border skirmishes.

Major Cities:

Novavelinsk – The capital. An endless cityscape of brutalist towers, neon-lit drone lanes, and statues of past inventors brooding in the snow.
Kargadov – Industrial heartland. Home to Velgrad’s largest aircraft assembly zone and the reason the skies are always “slightly on fire.”
Vystrana – The tech and AI innovation hub. Every building is connected to a central processing grid. Citizens joke that the city has its own mood swings.
Old Velgrad – Historic capital and a UNESCO site, assuming anyone asks UNESCO for permission. Known for ornate architecture and very confused tourists.

Economy:

Velgrad’s economy runs on aerospace, cybernetics, heavy industry, high-yield quantum farming, and a suspicious amount of tungsten. With a GDP valued at 1.9 trillion credits, it's one of the few nations where the defense budget is the economy. Their aerospace division alone employs 4.2 million people and two supercomputers that legally count as citizens.

The country’s primary exports include:

Jet engines that double as portable furnaces
AI-guided freight aircraft with unresolved emotional issues
Carbon-reinforced everything
And software updates that may or may not turn your fridge into a surveillance device
Culture & Politics:

Velgrad is ruled by the Central Directorate, a technocratic body where every official holds a PhD and owns at least one soldering iron. Citizens enjoy free education, mandatory coding lessons, and a national holiday called Flight Day, commemorating the time someone accidentally launched an office building into the upper stratosphere.

The national motto: “Предела нет” – "There is no limit."
The unofficial motto: “If it works, it flies. If it flies, it works.”

Velgrad is currently Orion AeroWorks’ largest international client, with ongoing orders for experimental passenger planes, wacky monstrosities that should not fly, and at least one aircraft described in the paperwork as “purely theoretical and mildly illegal.” Negotiations are conducted in Russian, technical schematics, and threatening gestures.

Do they always pay on time? No.
Do they wire you uranium instead of money? Sometimes.
Are they our favorite customer? Without question.