Isthar Mining Corporation

Isthar Mining Corporation is a mining company that formerly controlled the bulk of the mining interests on Venus. It is headquartered on Port Hesperus, the space station in orbit around the planet. Its present status is unknown, as its former CEO, Sondra Sylvester, became embroiled in scandal after investing heavily in the troubled space freighter called Star Queen. Though Space Board Inspector Ellen Troy ultimately cleared her in the sabotage of the freighter, she subsequently ended up in a fight with former lover Vincent Darlington, which resulted in her shooting Darlington and nearly shooting a hole in Port Hesperus itself.