I'm in the process of writing a corporate write up for one of FL's lesser used corps. Cryer Pharmaceuticals. Now instead of just copying base rumours and the like I'm trying very hard to put some additional RP into the faction to stop it being just a pharma corp and making it something a lot more rounded and flavoursome. I'll post what I have so far in a bit, so you folks can take a gander and see if you like.
The main aim is to provide some material that folks can work with through Rp stories that doesn't affect what we see in game. So that whilst I've listed Cryer Pharmaceuticals as a Division of Cryer Corporation, I've not changed what it does or how it acts. It's still Cryer Pharmaceuticals, instead I'm adding extra fluff, like additional divisions, how the corp interacts with Rheinland due to the Liberty embargo, and also how it relates to the ultra isolationist elements in Kusari. My aim is to provide these work-ups for any palyer faction that asks for one, provided I can get enough inspsiration. I'll take pointers and information to work with so that the corporate write up fits with what is already established. But at the same time it'll give us so much more to work with.
When I do get round to finishing the Cryer one, it's 5 MS word pages already, I'll be charging for the others as they do take a significant amount of time to create.
Xeno Database
>>Fastjack here, sysop of the Alamo web, seems our planet side boys and girls are having a little issue figuring out who the bad guys are. So I figured Id put together a series of documents detailing a few of Sirius finest megacorporations. Im going to start with Cryer as they are probably the fuzziest corporation to figure out. Most of the document was written by an old girlfriend of mine, shes Bretonian but dont let that put you off, she knows her stuff.
Cryer Corporation
By Whisper.
Fastjack asked me to sort this out, not just for the Xeno cause but for any freelancer that finds him or herself in the business of corporate espionage for the big boys. Cryer Corporation is a Liberty based corporation, which much most of us know, but its not only the pharmaceutical business that Cryer has its fingers in. Cryer Pharmaceuticals is only the space based subsidiary of Cryer Corp. and its not the most interesting either. Cryer operates two space facilities, the Cambridge Research Institute and the Atka Research Centre. Neither of them in Liberty. However its Liberty based operations are extensive, almost all of it planet side. The Cryer Corporation itself is mostly the administration arm of the whole umbrella, bring all the subsidiary companies and divisions together and enabling them to work in an efficient manner.
Those In The Know:
Im going to detail the members of criers board, whilst you m ay not interact with them personally you might find yourself running jobs for them against their own colleagues. Its good to know what the megalomaniac in power might be thinking when they employ you.
Rodger Powell
CEO
Powell is the second cousin of President Powell, although that doesnt cut him any breaks politically speaking, hes a middle-aged man in his sixties and has been CEO of Cryer for nearly twenty years. As such hes experienced and effective at managing his board of directors. Most of who would be at each others throats if it wasnt 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 hasnt 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 shes 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 its 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, hes recently lost some interesting contracts to Samuras Pharmacy division and Powell isnt too happy about it. Of course Gardner suspects that Hong was involved but he hasnt got the proof he needs and Hong covered her tracks well enough to ensure he never will. The only jewel remaining in Gardners crown is the Atka centre. Still one of the best research centres in Sirius, it maintains its 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 Banthams 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; hes s not so stupid as to do anything with it, as he knows shell tear him apart.
Helen Carter
VP in charge of Research and Development
Helens division covers anything not related to pharmaceuticals, although shes been pushing to have the two divisions merged for some time. The old man doesnt 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 wont merge the two divisions its widely believed hell 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 theyre right. Rachel has no intentions of staying in charge of this division she wants Hongs and shell do anything to get it, including sabotage. However she isnt stupid, as yet she hasnt done anything overt against the Media division and is keeping her cards close to her chest.
Getting Things Done
This ones mainly for the Xeno guys and gals, a little guide to the subsidiary corps that Cryer owns, and theres quite a few, even for a tier 2 corp. They certainly run higher than Universal. Ill start out with the obvious ones, then onto some of the much less public companies.
Cryer Pharmaceuticals
Well this is the one all you space aces will know, this is Cryers spacebourne division. At the moment its Cryers biggest money spinner, bringing in trillions of credits a year. Pushing out various types of pharmaceuticals from simple nutrients to the highly illegal and never admitted, Kamikaze. Of course Cryer Pharm is best know for its current attempts at producing a synthetic version of the Outcasts favourite sniffle, but as yet theyve been unsuccessful. Recently Cryer has lost out on some very lucrative contracts; most notably the contract for producing combat drugs for Rheinland land based army, losing out to Daumanns up and coming pharmacom. Although this could have as much to do with the rising tensions between Rheinland and Liberty as to do with Daumann actually being better at producing combat drugs. Whatever the reasons Cryer Pharmaceuticals needs to get itself back in gear before the Media division takes its place.
Known Subsidiaries: None
Cryer Pharmaceuticals doesnt actually have any subsidiaries; everything it does is produced under its name.
Cryer Media
Cryer Media is the next largest division of Cryer Corp and operates multiple subsidiary companies throughout Sirius, whilst its not as big a player in the media business as Ageira or Samura, its still well known enough. Cryer Media also runs a number of propaganda features especially since losing out to Daumann in Rheinland.
Known Subsidiaries:
Konetsu Media Productions
Cryer recently procured this Kusari outfit and has since been using it to produce well made programs that attempt to highlight some of the social irregularities in Kusari. Making programmes with strong female leads bucking the system. Its not a popular brand amongst the conservatives but the youth population of Kusari is lapping it up. However this has made it a target of Hogosha shadow operations, so it always pays to see what the local yaks are offering as a prize for this weeks efforts against this upstart.
Aricent Productions
Cryers Bretonian media wing, Aricent holds a special place in Bretonias heart if only because of its most popular show. Whilst trid critics rubbish Aricents shows, the public love them, which just goes to show how much the critics know. Although having watched some of the shows, I reckon Bretonias policy on marijuana use may be having more of an impact than claimed.
Unknown Subsidiaries
Whilst this might seem like an oxymoron, Cryer Media does have one unknown subsidiary in Rheinland, its a pirate affair operating, some believe, off the Augsburg Orbital Colony, it produces inflammatory cartoons and satirical programmes designed to target the Gottkanzler and his various minions, displaying them as corrupt and inept.
So far attempts at shutting them down have proven to be less than effective as they just seem to rise elsewhere when found.
Cryer Public Relations
This is the actual corporate arm of Cryers marketing division; its a stand alone affair much like Cryer Pharm. Cryer P.R. handles the rest of Cryers marketing, putting the spin on anything the mega puts out. It has to work very hard to keep Cryers image from falling in light of recent bad news.
Known Subsidiaries: None
Cryer Research and Development
Cryer R&D is Cryers fastest growing division; its recent years have been studded with exceptional breakthroughs in Neural Net technologies and some truly epic cyber and bio mods. Headquartered in the research facility on Denver, Cryer R&D is probably the one division keeping Cryers flagging rep up.
Known Subsidiaries:
InfiniTech
InfiniTech is Cryers cyber and bio studios catering to all manner of the style conscious and those just in need of repair. They produce good quality cutting edge stuff, but its not a patch on what the big players put out, Ageira and Kishiro really take them to town. But the stuff that InfiniTech does put out is good quality and cheap to boot. Of course there are rumours that InfiniTech ahs some secret contracts with the Liberty government but nothing substantiated.
>>I can substantiate this claim; I know that InfiniTech has small holdings on both Willard and the Fairbanks Prison Station. Wheres Fairbanks, you ask? I like my brain so figure it out for yourselves
>>Hastur
>>A wise choice.
>> Lu-Si Fire
ChopperDoc
ChopperDoc is Cryer Researchs pride and joy, and as such a big target for any other medicorp worth a damn. Its the frequent target of extractions and extortion, ranging from the recent theft of serious medical data to losing its chief neurosurgeon three weeks before. ChopperDoc is however partially overseen by Gardners Pharm division and rumours abound as to Hongs involvement in the recent issues.
>>This is a watch folks; normally ChopperDoc ferries the folks who can afford it, but not the folks that cant, so that makes them a valid a target. Right? Wrong, unfortunately some bright spark has been handing ChopperDoc bracelets out to the very folks were trying to protect, so they are well out, you just dont know who they are going to be carrying. Got no objections with folks helping out the needy, but it does muddy the waters some.
>>Fastjack
Saint Del is considered a holy healer of diseases of children, but also as a protector of cattle.
That's Cryer so far, feel free to criticise me for over stepping my bounds, or simply praise me for epicness. I'd actually prefer quality feedback, but there you go.
Saint Del is considered a holy healer of diseases of children, but also as a protector of cattle.
'Doctor' Afonso Enriquez: Well, I'm a right reputable shipper for the eggheads at Cryer, and they've been comin' up with some awesome 'alternative medication', which they were based off of when Max Cryer, a Rheinland-flavoured gringo, founded the business, if you catch my drift, right?
Asides from that, amigo, they're quite the reputable research institute too, trying to cure the poor buggers that have hard drug habits, particularly those hooked on 'C', si?
Anyways, synthetic alternative meds as well as safe recreational depressants and stimulants whilst hammerin' down on the causes of crime... asides from hunger... but I'm a-plannin' on sortin' that out with profits from good ole munchy-inducin' Synth Mary J-...
Hey! What do you mean that's something I'm not meant to say into the microphone you stupid labcoat wearing...
The RoS have a fighter wing dedicated to stopping Cryer from coming up with a synthetic/non-addictive form of Cardimine. Might want to work that in a bit.
yes please do work on this as much as possible, even try and egg someone on to making a cryer faction the old Devil Wings ( [W] ) are in need of a cryer faction to bring theyre RP to life
Those ideas can be added to one fo the next sections I do want to do a section on balck ops both that Cryer corp does and that Cryer corp suffers, so the RoS thing can be added.
Adrain I'm adding that little bit into the post.
Oh and the completed post will be going up in the relevant section, this was just to see if it was worth doing.
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