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'''Corey Chang''' was the CEO of [[Highpoint Traders]] from [[3020]] to at least [[3071]].<ref name=HMTWL-131>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 131 "Socioeconomics - Other Major Industries - HighPoint Traders"</ref> <ref name=HMTWL-151>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 151 "Personalities - Corey Chang"</ref> <ref name=HHM-139>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 139 "Economics - Services - Highpoint Traders"</ref><ref name=celebrity_gossip>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (ScandalVids section), news item published [22/09/3071] "Your Celebrity Gossip!"''</ref>

==History==
Born on the so-called Gambler's World of [[Kyeinnisan]], Corey Chang spent twenty years from [[3000]] on operating as an independent trader, scraping out a hand-to-mouth existence as a contract cargo carrier along the [[Oriente]]-[[Regulus]] trade route, suffering increasing financial woes due to both his heavy addiction to the depressant [[KZ]] and a compulsive gambling habit. This changed in [[3020]] when Chang won control of the large but economically unhealthy Highpoint Traders after its president [[Hugo Schmatz]] placed its ownership on the table during a high-stakes game of [[Four-Card Drax]] at the infamous Cave on Kyeinnisan.<ref name=HMTWL-120>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 120 "Culture and Arts - Crime and Punishment - Four-Card Drax"</ref> <ref name=HMTWL-151/>

Despite observers believing his dual addictions and previous temptation to always seek a bigger "score" would doom his new acquisition, thanks to a combination of hard work, a few called-in favors, and some underworld contacts, Chang was quickly able to put Highpoint Traders back on its feet. A large reason for the dramatically improvement in the company's fortunes was the signing of [[Concord of Kapteyn]] which opened up substantial avenues of trade with the both [[Draconis Combine]] and [[Capellan Confederation]], with the company deemed reliable enough to secure government contracts with [[House Marik]], [[House Orloff]] and the Confederation's [[Sarna Commonality]] to carry passengers and freight on a contract basis. One notable example of this was in [[3025]] when Highpoint acted on behalf of [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] to purchase fifty new heavy [[BattleMech]]s including ''[[Marauder]]''s and ''[[Dragon]]''s from the Combine. <ref name=HMTWL-131/> <ref name=HMTWL-132>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', pp. 132-133 "Socioeconomics - Trade with Other Successor States The Draconis Combine"</ref>

Despite this, the company's renewed success under Chang's stewardship is also reportedly due to its more shadier operations, with accusations of smuggling, operating unsafe vessels and even claims of outright piracy practiced by Highpoint vessels operating in the [[Periphery]] and [[Chaos March]]. While never convicted, perhaps a testament to Chang's cunning and ruthlessness, it was an open secret that the company constantly skirted the fringes of the law, with much of its post–[[Fourth Succession War]] expansion funded by smuggling goods into and out of the newly formed [[Federated Commonwealth]]. Reportedly part of the unwillingness of the League authorities to crackdown more harshly on Highpoint's operations was because [[SAFE]] used the company's vessels as a means of clandestinely entering foreign territory. <ref name=HMTWL-131/> <ref name=HHM-139/>

By 3071, still leading the company and entering his ninety years he was still a world-class ladies' man! and was spotted out on Kyeinnisan with rising young starlet [[Anissa Flora]] at swanky Club Credo, or so was reported by the [[Weekend Intrepid]].<ref name=celebrity_gossip/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[List of ScandalVids articles#Your Celebrity Gossip.21|BattleCorps ScandalVids, 22/09/3071: "Your Celebrity Gossip!"]]''
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
* ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]''

[[Category:Free Worlds League Characters|Chang, Corey]]

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