Astor Cyber
Astor Cyber LLC is a large corporation of the Distant Fringe.
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
- Research and development.
- 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 holdings include 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.
- The company maintains Regional Head Offices on other important worlds in the region.
Major Divisions
- Research and Development
- Electronics Division
- Medical Division
- Industrial Robotics Division
- Commercial Robotics Division
- Consumer Devices Division
- Military Development Division
- Logistics Division
Stockholders
Stock ownership:
- Astor family – 41%,
- "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. 6% holding.
Corporate Holdings
Fabrication plants, assembly plants, factories and industrial complexes, along with the equipment, machinery, vehicles and technology necessary to maintain operations. It has a corporate fleet of small personnel transport vessels.
Astor Cyber holds extensive patents and vigorously pursues those who infringe its rights.
Astor Cyber has private storage and warehousing facilities at most starports within the Bright Conclave and along the trailing part of the Long Line Star Lane. It maintains showrooms and sales offices in many large urban centers.
History & Background
The corporation was founded by a consortium of business interests on Scybria during the early 50th century.
Trade Partners
- Paradyne Systems Ltd (a major manufacturer of computer components and electronic subsystems).
- Samuel & Amsterdam Specialties (specialising in microelectronics).
Trade Competitors
Notes
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References & Contributors / Sources
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science