Andy’s biological father was Matthew "Cruncher" Walker. Cruncher had worked security for Telestrian East, Cyberdyne’s parent company, but he hadn’t been just a shuffle-along prowl guard. Telestrian didn’t demonstrate the prejudice of Cruncher’s previous employer, the sanctimonious and hypocritical UCAS government. The fact that Matthew Walker was an ork wasn’t a problem at the big T. Telestrian’s bosses knew that the bottom line was performance, and they rewarded whatever metatype delivered. Cruncher had been a site supervisor with numerous commendations and bonus citations. He’d been on his way up in the Telestrian security force. It had taken death in the line of duty to stop Cruncher.