Cybersynth Robotics

Cybersynth Robotics is incorporated in the Wolf System of the Centauri Republic, and maintains a fairly typical corporate structure. At the top of the corporation is the board of directors, a twelve person group responsible for setting the strategic vision of the company. Unusually, Cybersynth prefers to run the company by committee and does not have a single chief executive, with the usual responsibilities of that typical CEO being divided between the Chief Financial Officers, the Chief Business Officer, and the Chief of Staff. Responsibility is then delegated to a series of regional offices who can maintain a more flexible operation when confronted by the realities of interstellar communications lag. Underneath the Cybersynth umbrella there are a few major, and several smaller subsidiary corporations that are likewise present to create a more flexible structure.

Cybersynth Droid Forges

The “main body” of Cybersynth Robotics, the Droid Forges subsidiary, runs the manufacturing centers across most of the corporation, handling the bulk assembly of the more basic and ubiquitous robots they produce. Cybersynth Droid Forges operate major facilities on dozens of worlds across Civilized Space and the inner frontier, and produce billions of robots per year, with their repair drones and “crewbots” being especially popular.

Cybersynth Security Assembly

Cybersynth Security is responsible for the production of war bots, robotic tanks, and robotic fighters, really most of the combat focused machines produced by the company. They typically share joint custody of Droid Forge’s factories though individual production lines tend to be divided between the two. Though not as successful as they were in the years following The Great Cataclysm, Cybersynth Security still retains a relatively healthy profit.

Maputo Advanced Robotics

Originally an independent company before the Cataclysm, Maputo Advanced Robotics is a craftsman manufacturing subsidiary. It was purchased in a corporate merger during the Long Night, and carries on its legacy as the “boutique” wing of Cybersynth operating only a few of the factories under the Cybersynth umbrella that produce high tech robots. Maputo is also the chief designer of Cybersynth’s true androids.

Heather’s Consumer Robotics

An formerly independent company, Heather’s Consumer Robotics was bought out in the late 43rd century, and now serves as a subsidiary under the wider Cybersynth Umbrella. Heather’s Consumer Robotics originally was a designer of consumer grade robots, and still has some assembly lines dedicated to producing older Heather’s robots. However, in the modern era, Heather’s is increasingly utilized as a retail chain selling robots (primarily from other Cybersynth companies) to the general public.

Cybersynth Logistics

An oft underappreciated subsidiary organization, Cybersynth Logistics handles much of the critical logistical infrastructure that keep the droid factories running. They handle the transportation of raw materials and unassembled parts, trade in materials not produced in house, and, to a limited extent, deep space mining. Cybersynth logistics also maintains corporate security forces primarily to protect its own operations as attacks are most likely to occur along Cybersynth’s supply chain.

As one of the largest, and oldest megacorps in the world, Cybersynth maintains a vast network of assets including an extensive fleet of merchant ships, hundreds of robot factories, a robust security department (including top notch equipment and some light duty warships to maintain the integrity of their supply lines), and a truly staggering cash reserve to replace redundant assets. Cybersynth has steadily been conglomerating and merging with more and more businesses. In recent years however, the company has been focusing on vertical integration to better secure the vast supply chain necessary to keep their operations running, and so has begun sweeping up shipping and mining companies instead of rival robotic manufacturers.

As a corporation, Cybersynth’s primary goal is to maximize profits that it can deliver to owners and shareholders. In the name of achieving this goal, the company initially sought out the maximum market share, creating a niche as the leader in relatively affordable multipurpose robots. Over time, as the market began to stabilize, Cybersynth changed overall business strategy, expanding its overall operations to include logistics and direct sales, vertically integrating compatible businesses in order to increase the efficiency of its supply chain and drive down relative overhead. In the present day, the company has achieved a level of relative unimpeachability, and has begun to focus on maintaining its current trajectory rather than pursuing rapid, and risky, expansion at any cost.

Cybersynth Robotics was founded during the Age of Unity as a budget consumer robot factory that stood in contrast to the strictly functional, industrial robots that could be obtained via the systems of the Standard Build Template, and the highly advanced machines produced by various artisan laboratories of the time. Its first projects, the F-series repair drones, and the A-1 series of personnel robots were huge successes, and propelled the corporation to galactic prominence within a century, and enabled the company to expand its factory network across several sectors. With this influx of resources, the company began to roll out more and more designs, diversifying steadily throughout the end of the Age of Unity and into the early phase Jred Scourge.

Like many major corporations, Cybersynth was hit hard by the economic collapse brought about by the Scourge, as many of its facilities were overrun and much of its customer base was eaten. However, it had the good fortune to survive the Scourge intact, and emerge from the Great Cataclysm in a stronger position than most. Due to the corruption of SBT databases around the galaxy, Cybersynth found an opportunity to expand its operations even further, quickly buying up several ailing corporations, and establishing itself as the major robot manufacturer in the frontier, and a major provider of mid-range, affordable, consumer grade robotics in Civilized Space.

In recent years, as new markets have consolidated, Cybersynth has slowed its continued growth somewhat, with a focus instead on building a more economically sustainable, in-house supply chain. However, the company has invested some resources into the acquisition of intact SBT designs in order to use their economies of scale to mass produce SBT robot designs and SBT robot parts for export to far flung independent systems, dependent upon SBT robots, but lacking the ability to reproduce those designs themselves. In the modern day, the company is a juggernaut in the robotics market, with a wide roster of original designs as well as being a leading producer of cheaper SBT bots. Its only noteworthy competitors tend to specialize, either in advanced technology (like CECIR), or in narrower fields (Such as Centaurus Heavy Industry, or Stele Medibot).

Catalogue of Cybersynth Products

Original Cybersynth Bots (Normal Scale)