The Manticore Colony Trust of Zurich, or MCT, was an investment trust established by Roger Winton, President and CEO of Manticore Colony, LTD, sometime before 775 PD. Its purpose was to invest all capital remaining on Earth after the launch of the colony ship Jason – just about one billion EuroDollars – and use the accrued interest to watch over the colonists' rights to the Manticore System. Winton foresaw that advances in technology over the hundreds of years to make the journey would be needed, both to safeguard the system and to help the initial colonization efforts. When Manticore was founded, the trust had six hundred years of interest. (HH1)