Astero Mining Corporation society is mandated by trade, with valuable resources mined within the vast asteroid belt controlled primarily by the most wealthy and influential oligarch families. The Corporation is led by the illusive Prime, a shadowy figure of such unbridled wealth and influence that no living person has ever seen their face. From their hollowed-out homeworld of Ceres, the largest asteroid in the belt, the Corporation negotiates and influences the vast majority of legal and illicit trade in the system. On its surface, the Corporation operates through organization, negotiation, and legally binding contracts, but behind the scenes, bribery, blackmail, sabotage, and assassination make and maintain fortunes. Everyone and everything has a price.