Mach10 Energy is the flagship—and only—product offered by the Gal-Con Consumables Corp. (GCCC) Headquartered on the planet Brahmanda (Lyra System), GCCC slowly became the number one energy supplement in the Milky Way by innovation, subterfuge, and a healthy amount of assassination.
Mach10 started as Mach1 Energy about 150 years ago but was nearly sued out of existence by an interplanetary comedian named Mock One. Mock One successfully argued that his comedy was a source of tangible energy and thus Mach1’s energy drink was causing confusion in the market and damage to his brand. Despite GCCC being a multi-billion credit earning conglomerate and pointing out that Mr. Mock One only had 74 interstellar media followers (dropping to 68 by the end of the trial), the court agreed with Mock One and awarded him 5 billion credits for each of the 8 planets he had performed on in the last 2 years.
Nearly bankrupt, GCCC reorganized and reduced its manufacturing and distribution footprint to a single planet and rebranded as “Mach10 Energy.” The galaxy responded well to their follow-up marketing campaign, boosted by the court of public opinion which universally loathed Mock One. Shortly after their relaunch, news broke of the untimely demise of Mock One during a shuttle crash on Corinth. The crash was blamed on an aging shuttle travelling between spaceports. This drew no extra attention or curiosity as Corinth is notorious for its religious sect (often regarded as a cult) and its disdain for technology. Considering GCCC had only made one of its eight 5 billion credit payments to One, plenty of open space existed for the public to speculate. Nevertheless, with Mock One out of the way and no immediate family to collect his judgement, GCCC was never required to make another payment.
Following their stroke of good fortune, Gal-Con returned bigger and stronger than ever—making sure Mach10 was in every commissary, employee breakroom, orbital station quick shop, and sporting event across the Milky Way. As GCCC’s energy drink market share ballooned to 92%, customers were encouraged to smile and remind everyone to “Keep your energy up, friend…with Mach10.”
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