Kaalakiota Corporation is one of the "Big Eight" Caldari megacorporations. Their ships tend to favor missiles and thick shields. Kaalakiota ships are characteristically deep black with streaks of blood red.
In-Game Description
The largest of the Caldari mega corporations, the KK, as it is commonly known as, has its fingers in most everything. They are manufacturers, distributors, retailers and researchers, as well as being a formidable voice in Caldari politics. Their great rivals in both business and politics is the Sukuuvestaa Corporation.
Lore
Led by the revered business tycoon Haatakan Oiritsuu, Kaalakiota is the largest megacorporation in the State. Given its sheer size, Kaalakiota is the closest of the corporations to being a state within the State. Its humble beginnings date back to when the Caldari people were under the wing of the Gallente Federation. The corporation initially dabbled in trade with the Gallente, but soon became hugely successful in real estate, construction, and manufacturing. Kaalakiota was at the forefront of the Caldari opposition against the Gallente Federation, a fact that is still used to great political effect today.
After the rise to prominence of Tibus Heth during the Caldari Constructions riots of YC 110, and his subsequent usurping of Oiritsuu from the chief executive position that she had held for four decades, Kaalakiota suffered half a decade of heavy mismanagement and misappropriation of corporate funding that brought it close to filing for bankruptcy. After Heth was forcibly removed from office, a number of fire sales of assets from smaller corporations within its portfolio allowed the corporation to maintain solvency. Still the largest and most powerful of the Big Eight, Kaalakiota is now on the road to recovery after the reinstatement of Oiritsuu as chief executive, five years after she was forced to part ways with the corporation by the Caldari Providence Directorate.