Astor Cyber

Astor Cyber LLC is a large corporation of the Distant Fringe.

• It primarily operates within Uncharted Space.

Market Ticker Code

This business entity is traded under the following interstellar market code/s:

Market Ticker Code
Name	Code	Type	Charter	Remarks
Astor Cyber	AsCy	4 to 12 alphanumeric character	LLC	None

Description (Portfolio)

Astor Cyber is considered to be a part of the Defense, Electronics, Communications, and Robotics Business Sector. Its primary area of operations is the Bright Conclave and the rimward parts of Halcyon Sector. It is chiefly concerned in the production of robots and robotic brains: its products can be found all across the Distant Fringe.

Commercial Competencies

• CAD, practical design, and tooling.
• Primary logistics.
• Cutting, shaping, and joining materials.
• Precision construction and manufacturing.
• Electronics systems, advanced systems, integration and software.
• Upgrades, retrofitting, conversions and modifications.
• Storage of finished products.

Governance & Organization

Astor Cyber is governed by a Chairman and a Committee of Governors. It is run by a Executive Chairman, Senior Operating Officers and Department Directors. It has an extensive Records Department, an Internal Audit Department, a large Legal Department, a Sophont Resources Bureau, a very large Public Relations Office, a Finance Department, and an Internal Security Office.

Head Office

The head office is located on Rysos, an industrial center located within the Bright Conclave. As well as the main administrative complexes its headquarters includes a corporate retreat and spa complex, a number of executive villas, and large private estates with associated recreational facilities where business may be undertaken in complete privacy. The company controls a private spaceport facility on the world.

Major Divisions

• Research and Development
• Electronics Division
• Medical Division
• Industrial Robotics Division
• Commercial Robotics Division
• Consumer Devices Division
• Military Development Division
• Integrated Systems Group
• Logistics Division

Stockholders

Stock ownership:

• Astor family – 41%,
  • other "Fives" families – 18%
• Instelbank Prime – 16%,
• Private ownership – 13%,
• Younger Stock Investments – 12%.

Subsidiaries

• ThinkCo (manufacturing stand-alone robot brains)
• Xenon Industries (producing specialist industrial robots).

Notable Investments

• Paradyne Systems Ltd (based on Wolf): manufacturing components and electronics. 6% stock ownership.

Corporate Holdings

The company maintains Regional Head Offices, administrative centers, fabrication and production plants, assembly and maintenance facilities, commercial premises and private territory on worlds across the Bright Conclave and the surrounding region. It holds substantial amounts of machinery, tools, vehicles, supplies, and the supporting equipment and technology necessary to maintain operations. It has private storage and warehousing facilities at most starports within the Bright Conclave and along the Long Line Star Lane, and maintains showrooms and sales offices in many large urban centers. Its various assets and holdings are protected by corporate security.

• Astor Cyber holds extensive patents and copyrights and vigorously pursues those who infringe its rights.
• The company has a fleet of small personnel transport vessels.

History & Background (Dossier)

The corporation was founded by a consortium of business interests on Scybria during the early 50th century.

Trade Partners

• Paradyne Systems Ltd (based on Wolf): a major manufacturer of computer components and electronic subsystems.
• Samuel & Amsterdam Specialties (specializing in microelectronics).

Trade Competitors

• General Robotics Corporation (based at Tal Varisa)

Notes

Astor Cyber produce the extremely successful "Valet" series of androids, designed as personal assistants to the wealthy. They are noted for their bland personalities and development of pedantic habits.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This business is best known for frequenting the markets of the following worlds and systems:
Uncharted Space - Distant Fringe:

• Halcyon Sector
  • Alasim Subsector

Facilities Data: 1105

This business is known to host facilities in the following locations:

• Rysos

World Listing: 1105

This business can be found on the following worlds and systems:

No world articles for Astor Cyber

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