Cryer Corporation

[Reverend Del]

Those In The Know:

I’m going to detail the members of Cryers board; whilst you may not interact with them personally you might find yourself running jobs for them against their own colleagues. It’s good to know what the megalomaniac in power might be thinking when they employ you.

>>Frankly the Xenos can ignore this bit unless you happen to come face to face with one, then feel free to terminate with extreme prejudice, there’s not a one of these people that is moral.
>>Fastjack

Rodger Powell

CEO

Powell is the second cousin of President Powell, although that doesn’t cut him any breaks politically speaking, he’s a middle-aged man in his sixties and has been CEO of Cryer for nearly twenty years. As such he’s experienced and effective at managing his board of directors. Most of who would be at each other’s throats if it wasn’t for his diplomatic skills. Publicly Powell is discreet, preferring to keep quiet and less visible than most corporate CEOs.

Vanessa Hong

VP in charge of Media

Vanessa is of Kusari origin, although that hasn’t stopped her rising to the second most coveted seat on the board. Under her auspices the Media arm of Cryer has gone from strength to strength, although her efforts have made her some enemies along the way. She covets the top spot, but knows she’s never going to get it; old man Powell is too shrewd to even contemplate nominating her as his successor. So she reserves all her venom for the most coveted seat on the board, Pharmaceuticals. She has put a lot of effort into making Gardner look bad, and it’s only a matter of time before she gets her way.

Alfred Gardner

VP in Charge of Pharmaceuticals

The top spot beneath the CEO position is currently held by the oldest member of the board, Gardner is getting on a bit and it shows, he’s recently lost some interesting contracts to Samura’s Pharmacy division and Powell isn’t too happy about it. Of course Gardner suspects that Hong was involved but he hasn’t got the proof he needs and Hong covered her tracks well enough to ensure he never will. The only jewel remaining in Gardner’s crown is the Atka centre. Still one of the best research centres in Sirius, it maintains it’s position by publishing quality research.

Frederick Bantham

VP in charge of Marketing

The one man none of the other board members can afford to get on the wrong side of. Whatever the other divisions put out, its Bantham’s division that puts the spin on it. Not the best in Sirius, that honour goes to Interspace Commerce who can sell a Bretonian his own cup of tea, its still one of the best. Bantham maintains a strict neutrality with the other board members never playing favours, however if any of them get on the wrong side of him, he can make their products fail with a few choice words. He does, however, harbour a long term grudge toward Hong, who slighted him in the past; he’s s not so stupid as to do anything with it, as he knows she’ll tear him apart.

Helen Carter

VP in charge of Research and Development

Helens division covers anything not related to pharmaceuticals, although she’s been pushing to have the two divisions merged for some time. The old man doesn’t think the same way. Carter deals with most of the corporations’ extensive cyber and bio mod research, always managing to come out ahead of the curve. Her success has not gone unnoticed by Powell either, whilst he won’t merge the two divisions it’s widely believed he’ll pick Carter as his successor when the time comes for him to step down. Whether or not she gets a sense of tradition in the mean time will decide the fate of the two divisions as separate entities.

Patrick Thornley

VP in charge of Military Technologies

The second smallest division of Cryer, Thornley has his work cut out for him. With Cryer trying to play in much bigger boys playing fields Thornley walks a tightrope between failure and success that he can never truly balance. A quiet man, he simply trudges on with his workload and tries not to attract the attentions of any of the other board members. It seems to be working for him so far and despite an endless stream of mediocre performances he looks set to retain his position for another year.

Rachel Jones

VP in charge of Heavy Industries

Rachel has the distinction of running the corporations’ smallest division, despite this she attacks the job with a ferocity that scares a lot of the board, they worry she might be after their jobs, and they’re right. Rachel has no intentions of staying in charge of this division she wants Hong’s and she’ll do anything to get it, including sabotage. However she isn’t stupid, as yet she hasn’t done anything overt against the Media division and is keeping her cards close to her chest.

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Saint Del is considered a holy healer of diseases of children, but also as a protector of cattle.