The Manticore Colony, Limited was a company based in Zurich on Earth that bought the rights to the Manticore System from the survey firm Franchot et Fils in 774 PD and launched the colony ship Jason. The Chief Executive Officer was Roger Winton, who went with the colonists to Manticore. After the Manticoran Plague, the Manticore Colony, LTD was transformed into the Star Kingdom of Manticore. (HH1, HH3)