House Agris

1703965 - Patrick Bryson

House Agris

“If it breathes, we can grow it.” – Anonymous House Agris researcher

An Empire expands on its stomach or so they say and without House Agris most of them would be empty. Formed centuries ago during the 40 year famine, House Agris is led by a triumvirate consisting of the heads of agriculture, medicine and research. Largely looked down on by the other major Houses for their humble trade, Agris is responsible for producing most of the galaxy’s food supply. They convert arable worlds into vast mycoprotein “swamps” tended to by bots and drones as the gases emitted by the “Mypro” producing organisms render worlds uninhabitable.

Farming is not their only trade. Their unrivalled expertise in bio and chemical sciences means they are at the cutting edge of the medical and bio-enhancement fields. Capable of curing almost anything (for the right price) and supposedly even extending lifetimes by decades. Agris works closely with House Ferrus refining all the organic and synthetic chemicals required for industries, research and public consumption.

Little is known of Agris’ secretive research division. Most of it takes place on remote, often uninhabited worlds far from prying eyes. Some hear tales of recovery teams sent to worlds “lost to Mypro gas” despite there being no record of farms ever existing there. Some colonies unfortunate enough to share a world with an Agris research institute sometimes disappear overnight and some hear monstrous roars in the quiet of the night. But those are just stories. Like the one where you might be talking to an Agris clone and you’d never know.

As if…