Insta-Care Industries

Insta-Care Industries is a company specializing in medical products and rapid-response care. However, their products and services are also incredibly expensive, almost rivaling the pricing of Aurelian Skies. While the corporation argues their rapid response tactics justify their pricing, many citizens of the Cloud still consider the pricing outlandish at best, prompting the colloquialism of "In Sickness and in Wealth."

## Market

### Products

ICI has four main markets: Professional treatment, medical supplies, shields and armor, and warp-drive technology (to facilitate their rapid response).

**Professional Treatment:** ICI hires skilled doctors and medical specialists as soon as they are on the market: due to ICI's desire to have a corner on the market of medical treatment, almost every professional doctor in the Cloud has worked for ICI at some point.

**Medical Supplies:** From the simplest bandages to the most advanced biological modification, ICI focuses on sustaining and prolonging life. While their simple medical supplies are priced fairly, the more treatment products are fairly expensive, and the products that focus on modification rather than treating ailments are the most expensive out there.

**Shields and Armor:** As the old adage goes, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." ICI has taken this to heart, and makes some of the most effective shields and armor out there, almost matching the quality of military and industrial producers galaxywide.

**Warp-drive Tech:** By developing space-jump technology, Insta-Care Industries can make good on their promise of bringing care to every corner of the galaxy. By folding space to meet their needs, care is never more than a few minutes away.

## Influence

### Product Availability

While advanced care is usually restricted to the wealthy or well-employed, basic medical supplies and shields are stocked on every planet that can easily have cargo shipped to it. ICI builds well-equipped hospitals on every planet they can, though they typically only set up on developed planets, with untamed planets and extrasolar locations usually being at the mercy of ICI's travel time.

## Operations

### Headquarters

While ICI has major facilities all across the Cloud, their corporate headquarters is located on the Shumarian planet of Canteril.

### Corporate Structure

Insta-Care Industries has a corporate branch that dictates business structure and financial decisions, but many outreach endeavors are spearheaded by the ICI Galactic Consulate - a large group of planetary representatives that protect the specific medical needs of their planet's denizens. There is no chief executive officer, but rather a executive group made up of senior officers from both the Financial Division and the Consulate. The middle of the corporation is comprised of planetary and division managers, as well as most of the upper management of specific ICI facilities. Lowest in the structure is the vast majority of doctors, surgeons, pathologists, engineers, and teachers on ICI's payroll.

### Non-Commercial Endeavors

ICI, due to their position as the primary caregiving corporation in the galaxy, funds a vast majority of outreach and public service projects, including: development and overhaul of civilian medical opportunities, creation and broadcast of the latest news on disease outbreaks and public service announcements, and the sponsorship of medical divisions in universities and laboratories on several dozen high-profile planets.