Cryer Pharmaceuticals (player faction)

This is a player faction. For the affiliated NPC faction, see Cryer Pharmaceuticals

Cryer Pharmaceuticals
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Origin	Liberty
Alignment	Lawful/Corporation
Profile
Date of founding	330 A.S.
Founder(s)	Maximillian Cryer
Current leader(s)	Miss Emily Jane Cryer
Base of operations	Planet Manhattan, New York
Primary role
To be the #1 Phamaceutical Copany in Sirus
Secondary role
Profit and Market Dominance

Cryer Pharmaceuticals is a corporation headquartered in Liberty, developing and marketing a wide array of both commercially avaliable and restricted-class drugs.

Synopsis

Cryer Pharmaceuticals has a monopoly on the medical market in Sirius, all houses and some pirates are dependent upon them for medicines. With intent to increase profits drastically they are now working on controversial research involving Cardamine, Nomads and Alien Organisms to create life-extending and recreational drugs.

History

Early History
Cryer Pharmaceuticals was founded by scientist Max Cryer in 330AS. The funding source of this is unknown, although rumoured to be from illegally placing addictive chemicals in medicines.

Max Cryer had developed a recreational drug from a combination of local plants and synthetic components; its effects were likened to those of an ancient drug from earth before the exodus, known only from old books and encyclopaedias. Two years later in 314AS Max Cryer started distributing it in pill form as an ordinary drug.

Shortly after this in 320AS Rheinland police found small quantities of this drug had been added to many medicines, after checking sales records it was found that in 316AS there was a 400-600% sales increase in many of these medicines over their records for 314AS. Max Cryer’s involvement was unproven, however because it showed an addictive nature of the synthetic drug it was outlawed in all Houses.

Denver Research Institute
In 332AS, the first Cryer research lab was built on planet Denver, because of a lack of large-scale pharmaceutical suppliers Max Cryer used his billions to build a large factory and enjoyed instant success. Smaller pharmaceutical developers were absorbed or destroyed. Cryer had gained a monopoly on the market. This station has grown larger since, and has become part of Denver University. Top-level students fight to come here for medical studies, as it is the most advanced medical educational centre in Sirius.

Despite having a monopoly Cryer has kept their pharmaceutical prices low to avoid competition and to keep high sales.

Cryer Research Station
In 642AS, because more people were traveling in space, many more pilots were working in zero gravity locations for long periods of time, where conventional medication wouldn’t work. In a joint program with the Cambridge Research Institute, Cryer Pharmaceuticals developed the Cryer Research Station. The zero gravity production environment has enabled Cryer to develop many exotic drugs not creatable or usable planetside.

Advanced pharmaceutical research has now yielded an entirely new class of custom tailored drugs. Using scanners and optronic computers, scientists can now determine the precise molecular structure required for drug to be most effective in treating a particular disease or affliction. The resulting drug is then assembled molecule by molecule from raw polymers; however, prototype drugs must be researched in zero-g to avoid the effects of gravitational pull, which could disturb the delicate process.

Also because of the Alien Import Prohibition Act of 500AS, in which importing Alien Organisms onto inhabited planets is illegal, this station enabled Cryer scientists to study the Organisms from the Edge Nebula.

Cryer often pays freelancers for Alien Organisms they have found on their travels. Also research into nomadic entities is being conducted. Because of their different chemical structure and abilities, also their infective nature, Cryer is highly interested, however has not the vessels to obtain large quantities of these themselves.

Cardamine and Alien Organisms
At this time another drug started spreading across Sirius, known as the “Orange Dream”, Cardamine was much more addictive than any drug Cryer had produced. The Outcasts had been exposed to Cardamine for centuries, if Cryer could make a less dangerous version, which didn’t affect worker productivity; they could then distribute a legal version to Sirius. If they could reproduce a less potent more socially acceptable version then Cardamine addicts can switch to their product.

Aside from the Narcotic powers of Cardamine, evidence shows it has anti-aging benefits. Cryer is trying to develop a drug that doubles the human lifespan two-fold; if they could manage it they would multiply their profits overnight. After research Cryer found that both Cardamine and Alien Organisms affect RNA and DNA in the same way, therefore the two must be linked.

Of course Cryer efforts to adapt Cardamine have not gone unnoticed by the Outcasts. After many of Cryer transports were destroyed in ‘smog alley’, the tradelane between Leeds and the New London jump gate, it has been contracted out to Bowex to bring the Research Station Alien Organisms from Glasgow Outpost in Leeds. Once received they head straight to a secret lab where the scientists verify if its particular DNA strain has been previously characterized before releasing it to general researchers.

In 727AS the Atka Research Station was opened, for several reasons. The first being the proximity to planet Kurile, where there was an abundance of Alien Organisms. Cryer claims to be studying these interested by their terraforming abilities. Samura generally collects these on the planet before transportation to Atka, It is a high-risk journey because of Outcast activity in the area. Robert Fitzgerald was attacked by Outcasts shortly after he left Kurile with a load of Alien Organisms. Atka picked up the distress signal but by the time fighters could scramble the vessel had vanished into the mists of the Kunashir Cloud. Because Atka is constantly being attacked by outcast forces Bounty Hunters are housed there to help protect, and also acquire outcast subjects for testing.

The second reason was to intercept passing Cardamine convoys, these fly close to Atka’s location, enabling bomber squadrons to be relayed for destruction or to obtain this cargo.

The third reason is that it is out of legal jurisdiction; therefore their synthetic ‘marijuana’ product can be produced and distributed from here, also in inhumane human testing can be applied. As on scientist states: “We have to do distasteful things at times to provide Sirius with the finest in medical research.”

Diplomacy

Allies

Liberty Navy

Liberty Security Force

Liberty Police Incorporated

Liberty Corporations

Enemies

Outcasts

Criminals

Owned Bases

• Atka Research Station, Sigma-17
• Cambridge Research Station, Cambridge
• Denver Research Institute, Planet Denver, Colorado, Liberty

Other bases occupied

• Freeport 9, Omnicron Theta