Colonial Genetics

"Oh yeah, Colonial Genetics with their 'manifest destiny bit..." --Deirdre Dachshund, on Colonial GeneticsColonial Genetics (sometimes abbreviated "CG") is a biotech company that specializes in pantropic enhancement biomods, allowing creatures to survive in typically inhospitable regions.THS, p.94 Their company has a headquarters just outside Boston, Massachusetts, with branch offices across Earth and Mars. 
Its logo is a silhouette of a transhuman (with an obvious tail) with a shovel over their shoulders. Their subdivision, ShonTec, specializes in proteus viruses.
== Assets ==
* Like most major corporations working on Mars--such as Xiao Chu and Triplanetary Lines--they own a plot of land in Port Lowell.THS: In The Well, p.23
**This is also the headquarters of their shady subdivision, ShonTec/Mars.THS: In The Well, p.54
*Laboratory facilities in East Los AngelesTHS Broken Dreams, p.103
* They have a close relationship with the Mars Development Corporation and heavily support the American Mars program
*CG is partially subsidized by the Ares Pioneer programBio-Tech, p.55
== Products ==
* Mars Adapt "Red Bear" Biomod
*Andraste Mars-Tolerance Biomod
* Guardian Bear
* Yousheng subtype: Viking
*Respiratory mods (most likely Low-Pressure Lungs)
*High-Efficiency Water-Cycle Kidney (offering Reduced Consumption, Water Only [2])Bio-Tech, p.174
*Marathon-series Hyper-LungsBreath-Holding 1 [2] and FP +2 [6]. 8 points.
*High-Biotech FurFur (Switchable, +10%) [2] plus Chameleon (Infravision) [5] and Temperature Tolerance 1 [1] -- 8 pointsBio-Tech, p.185 -- produced by ShonTec/Mars
=== Point Costs ===
== HR and Customer Service ==
CG outwardly has cutting-edge customer service, with friendly and low-stress workplaces. They offer scholarships to potential geneticists, and their medical benefits are second to none.THS In The Well, p.53 Their counseling and product support is extensive.
Along with Xiao Chu, are some of the few corporations that can act as Patrons to their employees, mainly offering legal and economic advice.THS: In The Well, p.89
== Comparisons ==
CG and Xiao Chu seem to be rivals, and have made similar biomods, such as the Viking and Yousheng respectively. While not considered the cutting edge of human engineering like the infamous Biotech Euphrates, they've developed their niche in the Martian biotech market. Plus they make cool bears. 
== Buyer Beware ==
"Ship malcons and convicts to Mars, then modify the poor bastards’ kids so they can’t come back to Earth..." – Professor C. Eric Gideon, soc.culture.mars
*The writeup for CG is quite positive, but they're still a massive, faceless biotech corporation. The PCs should be careful when making deals with them, and always read the fine print. CG is less "big evil corporation" and more "the banality of evil, corporation", causing trouble through negligence and partial treatment of certain clients.
== See Also ==
* Transhuman Space
== References ==
Category:Organisations in GURPS