Cluckus Industries

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Cluckus Industries was a company founded by Aurelia Cluckus and Nathaniel Honkus. As of late 2023, it was run by the Board of Directors.

#### History

##### Creation

When Nathaniel Honkus turned his brother Preston Honkus into GLaDES, he let all of the employees of Preston's company go. He did not know what to do, but he then learned that Aurelia Cluckus, his brother's secretary, lived in the garden above the coal mine where HSI was located. Feeling remorse for taking her job, Nathan gave Aurelia the deeds to the coal mine. She elected to build a bunker a mile higher in the mine than HSI had been, and start her own science company.

This bunker became Alpha Safehouse, and construction was dubbed as 'Project Safehouse'. At the same time, Nathan set up Randolph Safehouse, and began Operation Burglary. This kickstarted Cluckus Industries, and new employees were soon pouring in.

##### Early Years

From 2017 to 2019, Aurelia Cluckus ran the company. Under her leadership, Cluckus Industries became known as one of the four major science companies, filling the gap that HSI had left. Many deals were achieved, including a few minor ones with the Yellowbeak Corporation, although Project Featherlink did not happen until years later.

Many Cluckus Safehouses were established during this time, including Catamaran, Duxford, Hydra, and Quicksilver.

##### Hillary

In late 2019, Aurelia handed over control of the company to Hillary Cluckus. Hillary took her position seriously, establishing Yangtze Safehouse to keep an eye on Ignotus Yellowbeak, and green-lighting several other construction projects.

Hillary was a bit paranoid, however, going so far as to set up Brontobyte Safehouse to spy on Tristan because he went on holiday.

##### 2020

In early 2020, Velvet Safehouse finished construction and was filled with supplies. However, Nathan's father, Valkevail Honkus, stole from the Safehouse. Eventually, the goods were retrieved.

Cluckus Industries also pulled off a bank robbery of gold bullion, prompting Tristan to trace his great-uncle's footsteps and discover a massive amount of gold in the Australian Outback, which he then stored in Zircon Safehouse.

During the bank robbery, Nathan attempted to double-cross Cluckus Industries, intending to take their money and leave them to go bankrupt, while he restarted the well-known HSI. However, he was outsmarted and imprisoned. He did escape, but Tristan let him off with a warning to leave Cluckus Industries alone.

###### Lockdown

On the 1st of May, three chickens arrived from the future, causing a Bootstrap Paradox. Tristan locked down Safehouse Alpha, which had most of Cluckus Industries' current projects inside.

Without these projects, Cluckus Industries were unable to continue, and so registered a new company as the Cluckus Institute.

###### Reopening

On the 23rd of November, the three chickens went back in time, meaning that the Bootstrap Paradox had been fulfilled. Tristan, with the help of Preston and Nathan, accessed the lobby and reopened Safehouse Alpha, allowing for Cluckus Industries to formally restart.

Once Cluckus Industries reopened, the Cluckus Institute was registered as a subsidiary, meaning that Cluckus Industries acquired the Safehouses and other thing build during the lockdown period.

#### Assets

Safehouses:

* Alpha
* Brontobyte
* Catamaran
* Duxford
* Exeter
* Ferment
* Genesis
* Hydra
* Inuit
* Jeopardy
* Knight
* L'Cluckburg
* Mercer
* New Vegas
* Oceanic
* Pasteur
* Quicksilver
* Randolph
* Stanwix
* Ticonderoga
* Utopia
* Velvet
* Whittlesford
* X
* Yangtze
* Zircon

Other owned locations:

* Parsons State Insane Asylum
* Paradise Falls

Other assets:

* Cluckus Fleet