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|image1 = Rockforth-Corporation-Logo.png
|sector = Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary
|headquarters = [[Ackwada]]<br/>Cofan
|area_served = Galactic
|key_people = [[Sylvia Rockforth]] (CEO)<br/>Thompson Thompson (former CEO)<ref>Tourist Spot 0215, "The Dien W'rit Estate"</ref><br/>[[Rex Whitlock]] (former Marketing Director)
|products = Agriculture and tourism
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|parent =
|founded = 2673
|dissolved =
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}}{{Quote|Living Naturally.|Rockforth Corporation's slogan<ref>''Elite Dangerous'' Knowledge Base > Corporations > [[Knowledge Base#The Rockforth Corporation|The Rockforth Corporation]]</ref>}}
'''Rockforth Corporation''' is an [[Federation|Federal]] agricultural [[megacorporation]] that farms planets and star systems for food.<ref>[https://www.edrpg.co.uk/what-s-in-the-books ''Elite Dangerous Role Playing Game''], Corporate Guide book</ref> It also holds extensive land deeds and development rights in the [[Ackwada]] system, where its headquarters is located,<ref>Tourist Spot 0216, "Ackwada Discovery"</ref> and has a presence in the Cofan system.

== History ==
=== Founding and expansion ===
The Rockforth Corporation was founded on [[Ackwada]] by the Rockforth Family, the family that first settled the world, in 2673.<ref name=":0">Tourist Spot 0214, "Rockforth Corporation Founding"</ref>

The Rockforth Corporation began by running Ackwada, earning significant foreign exchange from tourism and "genuine ground-grown food" which it sold far and wide, making very significant revenues. It has since grown into a powerful interstellar corporation, still specialising in agriculture and tourism, with the corporation running giant corporate farms on habitable worlds across especially Federal human space. It has also become quite acquisitive, buying up many of its client companies.<ref name=":0" />

In 2865, Rockforth Corporation requested the assistance of the [[Empire]] in defending the Ackwada system from the [[Federation]]. After the successful defence by Lanner's Privateers, Rockforth paid a substantial financial reward and signed a contract with Lanner's privateers to guarantee the defence of the system.<ref>Tourist Spot 0132, "Lanner's Privateers"</ref>

=== The Scourge ===
On September 18, 3305, Rockforth Corporation Marketing Director [[Rex Whitlock]] debuted a new product, EX7 or [[Rockforth Fertiliser]], in response to growing concerns over agricultural shortfalls in key systems that year. The fertiliser was synthetically enhanced to enrich soil, and was quickly adopted by farmers. Dr. [[Genevieve Kane]] of the [[Interstellar Association for Agriculture]] warned that Rockforth may have skipped some regulatory checks in order to bring the fertiliser to market faster, and as such IAA restricted distribution of it to Marshall Dock in [[Riedquat]] pending verficiation of full compliance.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5d81fa48ffcb4306ea212c82 GalNet: Rockforth Corporation Reveals New Fertiliser]</ref> By September 27, sales of Rockforth Fertiliser has surpassed expectations and Rockforth's share prices had risen on the news. Dr. Kane continued to call for restricting the product's distribution, however, as Rockforth had yet to supply the IAA with proper documentation.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5d8df83cdaf9e63248603391 GalNet: Rockforth Corporation Sales Spike]</ref> On October 3, as the crop shortages began to be felt by the general population, Rex Whitlock affirmed that Rockforth would comply with the IAA's request as soon as possible.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5d95cecd9f0d4418155ed65a GalNet: Poor Harvests Impact Core Systems]</ref>

On October 16, however, the IAA announced that it had determined EX7 to be the cause of many of the [[The Scourge|later crop failures]]. The original harvest shortfalls were brought on by natural factors and could have been mitigated had EX7 not exacerbated the problem. To halt the spread of the blight, the IAA arranged for the Teveri Progressive Party to safely dispose of EX7, and asked pilots to buy up the remaining stocks of the fertiliser and transport them to Wiley Port, Teveri.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5da730d918b1ea364c3cacfb GalNet: Initiative to Eradicate Rockforth Fertiliser]</ref> Marketing Director Rex Whitlock conveyed Rockforth's shock at the development, insisting that EX7 had displayed no signs of corruption during testing. Whitlock confirmed that Rockforth would cooperate fully with the joint investigation launched by the [[Federation]], [[Empire]], and [[Alliance]] to determine how and why EX7 became a source of the blight. Reporter [[Adalyn Cross]] speculated that EX7 may have been accidentally tainted during the manufacturing process or by sabotage carried out by a corporate rival.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5da98f31c2ce60132c14b9d6 GalNet: Superpowers Collaborate to Investigate Blight]</ref>

Sabotage was confirmed on October 20 by the tri-superpower taskforce, which then turned its attention to uncovering the origin of the compound that was used to contaminate EX7, and the motives of the saboteur. Although Rockforth was apparently innocent of deliberately instigating the blight, the corporation remained under scrutiny since it was possible the blight's spread could have been prevented by stricter regulatory checks and faster compliance with the IAA's documentation requests. Commentators accused Rockforth of placing profit above safety.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5da9e58bb08c8b564617048e GalNet: Blight Traced to Synthetic Contaminant]</ref> The saboteurs were identified on October 22 as the [[Scythe of Panem]], an extremist group from Kappa Fornacis that sought revenge for the [[Federation]]'s 3301 anti-[[Onionhead]] campaign. Scythe of Panem members had infiltrated Rockforth factories in [[Riedquat]] and contaminated batches of EX7 with a plant-destroying compound derived from Federation biocides, thus instigating the blight crisis.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5daf1973b96950274857a1f7 GalNet: Militant Group Responsible for Blight]</ref> On October 24, the Interstellar Association for Agriculture announced the development of an [[Agronomic Treatment|anti-blight treatment]] made possible with assistance from [[Vandermeer Corporation]], [[Neomedical Industries]], and Rockforth.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5db153051215fd13ee4c19ec GalNet: Anti-Blight Treatment Discovered]</ref>

By November 2, 3305, the IAA declared the blight eradicated from all affected systems thanks to the success of the agronomic treatment, but the pathogen's resilience meant it could spark new, localised outbreaks in the future. Rockforth set about reassuring its customers and shareholders as criticism mounted over its role in the blight's spread, but an anonymous source within Rockforth insisted that the Scythe of Panem's act of sabotage could not have been anticipated.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5dbc594fe4eac01a986ac442 GalNet: The Lessons of the Blight]</ref> After an internal review, Rockforth Corporation CEO [[Sylvia Rockforth]] released a public statement on November 5 in which she apologised for her company's role in spreading the blight. [[Rex Whitlock]] and several other employees were let go, and the company created a restitution fund for victims of the blight using the profits that had been made from selling the contaminated EX7.<ref>[https://community.elitedangerous.com/galnet/uid/5dc19748debc8239fe2e7be4 GalNet: Rockforth Corporation Releases Apology]</ref>

== Notes ==
*Despite it being noted in Tourist Beacon 0216 that Rockforth Corporation is headquartered in Ackwada, its minor faction, "The Rockforth Corporation", is based in Cofan.

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