Shinku University Research Directorate

The Shinku University Research Directorate (SURD) is one of the principal robot manufacturers in Core Sector.

• It primarily operates within Charted Space.

Market Ticker Code

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

Market Ticker Code
Name	Code	Type	Charter	Remarks
Shinku University Research Directorate	SURD-Robo-Mnfg	4 to 12 alphanumeric character	LIC	None

Description (Portfolio)

No research is actually conducted by SURD itself.

• Many university robotics departments, however, are patron members of SURD, which provides generous research grants in exchange for the right to commercially exploit useful discoveries.

Commercial Competencies

• Manufacturing
  • Robots
• Research
• Robotics

Governance & Organization

No information yet available.

• TBD division

Stockholders

Stock ownership: 1105

• No information yet available.

Subsidiaries

No information yet available.

Best Known Products & Services

This business is best known for:

1. AB-101 class Pseudobiological Robot
2. Etc., etc.

History & Background (Dossier)

SURD was founded about four hundred years ago by a group of academic roboticists who agreed to pool their patents together, to make robots and to make money at the same time.

Today, the marketing and fiscal management are left in the hands of corporate officers trained in business matters.

Trade Partners

No information yet available.

Trade Competitors

No information yet available.

Corporate Timeline

No information yet available.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This business is best known for frequenting the markets of the following worlds and systems:
Charted Space:

• Core Sector
  • TBD Subsector
• Dagudashaag Sector
  • Arnakhish Subsector
• Deneb Sector
  • Geniishir Subsector

World Listing

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

2 of 2 World articles in Shinku University Research Directorate

Maelstrom (De 2522)  •  Nukaush  •  

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References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Joe Fugate. Robots (Game Designers Workshop, 1986), TBD.