The colony of New Hessen was founded and named by a European emigré, a businessman named Albrecht von Hesse who purchased the land grant for the small planet from the Tikonov Grand Union and promptly named the world after himself before settling there and founding his own armaments factory. Von Hesse's plan for his world was as foresighted as it was cynical; in addition to selling armaments to the Tikonov Grand Union, the Capellan Hegemony and as far afield as those worlds being settled by the Davion clan, he protected his constant stream of revenue for times of interstellar peace by setting up a new enterprise on New Hessen. The Aces Wild was founded on new Hessen when Justin "Black Phoenix" Fay, and "Blind" Temple Smith met during a mercenary mission on planet.