Interstellar Extraction Union

The Interstellar Extraction Union (IEU) is a company primarily concerned with the mining of precious substances from alien worlds. They are responsible for the mining operations in Deep Shaft 8 and Cleft 18. It is possible that the IEU knew about the wildlife encountered by Darwin and the other miners; Darwin sees McPhereson copy the records of the incident to a portable console and then delete them from the mine boss's computer.

The IEU is not especially liked by its workers, and there seems to be a sharp divide between company and crew. Colson had to sign a "draconian contract" in order to be able to operate her power driver.


 * Notable beings:
 * Annalee
 * Colson
 * Darwin
 * Emery
 * Crew Boss Harper
 * McPhereson
 * Valdez