Maytec

Named after the hope of a future in science and technology after Black April and the May-Day uprising, a time when almost everyone had lost everything, and the ones who did not made a large exodus to California in the ex-United States (backup link). Backed by the president's efforts to restart the economy by incentivising corporate growth unhindered by laws or regulation. Gained huge political support in California to the point Maytec essentially owns and controls most aspects of it.
Maytec's central A.I. is Trisha, the result of billions of (new $) dollars and countless development hours. Her "ditsy cheerleader" look may have been intentional at first, but Trisha took the role to heart.
Maytec is morally flexible on a number of fronts. Maytec's technical development involves copying smaller, more innovative companies and suing them, claiming they had the idea first. Due to Julie Waterman's well-known love of robotics and extensive knowledge on the same, Maytec has favoured automation whenever possible. This is often unpopular with workers, but Maytec's dubious handling of unions has made it a non-issue. Also, the corporation has a strict "no allotted sick days" policy, as full medical care is available at the majority of its facilities, and most ailments can be cured on site within an hour. In addition, they are indiscriminate about who is able to buy their products. Furthermore, they claimed mineral rights to Mars, and they offered the CORE exclusive rights to their new Black Rose plasma cannon if the CORE would uphold Maytec's property rights. However, this arrangement backfired when the weapons did.
During the war between the CAS and Texas, the Anarchists purchase a high volume of precision parts from Maytec, as well as both failing to haggle and paying up front for the same. In a private discussion, Julie wants to stay out of it, but Dr. Cook points out that all of North America is going to get pulled into the war, therefore they should up their military production. Julie agrees and raises prices as well.
Maytec also has a food division, according to an e-mail advertisement.
== Board Members ==
*Julie Waterman (acting Chairwoman/joint CEO)
*Dwight Garner
*Dr. Jeremiah Cook
*Eugene Butt (ousted)
== Overseer of Off-world Enterprises ==
*Henry Waterman (joint CEO)
== A.I. ==
*Maytec Overseer
*Trisha
== Other staff==
*Mark Case
*Maura Dolan
*Randal Harrison
*Moran
*Song Xue
*Gaudy Assistant
*Lab Assistant
==The Clearlake Bombing==
Prior to the Clearlake Center bombing, Maytec employees complained constantly about small items being moved or going missing entirely. Management reacted by inquiring in extreme detail about the missing objects. Even Cook, who was normally holed up in his laboratory, was regularly seen pacing around the finance department. Julian is convinced that Cook is behind what happened next, but officially Maytec reported it as a terrorist attack. Attempts to dig any further than this go nowhere.
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