If you read up on Frontier history, Pan Galactixon is the earliest of the current manufacturers of ground and hover cycles, dating back to before the first Sathar War. Pan Galactic acquired the Galactixon Motor Company (GMC) when they were going through some financial woes resulting from troublesome quality control and reliability issues stemming from their Duracell-head motor (noted by the copper top on the electric motor cover), a motor that derived from prior generations such as the Eveready-head and Rayovac-head motors. PGC, in essence, saved the Galtixon Motor Company from bankruptcy and they continued to offer Duracell-head powered bikes during the transition.
The inherrent beauty of the old Galatixon engines was their simplicity, they were very easy to work on and a proficient technician could perform a full rebuild in a short time, resorting to a healthy variety of both manufacturer and aftermarket parts availability (not to mention the wide array of "canibalized parts", such as the infamous motor coil from the Gord flathead six motor or the brush housings from a Galactic Motors ventral-eight).
As such, PGC footed the R&D funding for the design of their next engine: the GENeration (aka the stockhead), and just before production the 13 company heads of Galactixon purchased the company back from PGC, and thus renamed their products under the new badge of "Pan Galactixon". The PGC era bikes had a mixed review, the older riders resent the newer product blaming PGC for ruining the designs while the newer riders talk smack about the older designs, but the truth is that the Galactixon Motor Company products were faulty before PGC acquired them.
Anyways, the GENeration motor proved to be a gamble that the 13 investor/owners didn't mind rolling the dice for. The motor ended up being everything it had been promised to be: a reliable engine based on the original timeless design. Their latest engine is the TG-880B (aka the Twin Generator aka the "twinjee") and has replaced the GENeration across the entire line-up.
Meanwhile, during the PGC transition there were some serious competitors from four distinct Streel-sibling companies that challenged Galactic Motor Company during all three phases of their business tenure. Marks like Hyondow, Kyawaskai, Sushuzi, and Yamihai were belting out some high perfomance low cost machines that proved themselves both on the track and on the roads. They sported newer technology and bulletproof reliability, and when Streel sensed that the Galactic Motor Company was in trouble they pulled a fast one and began dumping their products into the market at below-wholesale pricing. This illegal trade practice was quickly noticed by both the local economist leaders and the legal team of Galactic Motor Company, hence it was brought before the Council of Worlds and it was decided that a tarriff would be placed on all ground and hover cycles produced under the various Streel marks.
Several subsidiaries of Cassidine Development Corporation entered and left the market during the GMC/Streel competition era. Manufacturers like CSA, Dorton, and Triamf began to lose ground to Streel's screamers, and only Triamf survived (and barely at that). And other marks like Buckerton Motor Works (of Kdikit) and Danati (named after Pale's moon) silently soldiered on while providing their niche market products.
The modern ground and hover cycle market is thriving and competition is fierce. Pan Galatixon continues to duke it out with Hyondow for top market share each year, while Kyawaskai, Sushuzi, & Yamihai consistently slug it out for third place. Triamf is belting out some incredible products for all the niche markets, and Buckerton Motor Works continues to offer luxury comfort and decent performance. Danati is still the leader in handling despite the breakthroughs from Streel's subordinates, but they are fully aware of this and continue to pour funding into superior suspension and braking technology, with their most recent (and most expensive) 999 model leading the way. And finally, Herik Fuell (former design engineer and current subsidiary of Pan Galatixon) has challenged Danati by offering some street sensible alternatives.
