Difference between revisions of "Treadstone Industries"
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| Purpose=Aerospace Engineering<br>Research & Development<br>Electronics, Consumer Goods<br>Counter (Mutant) Terrorism | | Purpose=Aerospace Engineering<br>Research & Development<br>Electronics, Consumer Goods<br>Counter (Mutant) Terrorism | ||
| Leader=[[Dahlia Ericsson]], CEO | | Leader=[[Dahlia Ericsson]], CEO | ||
| − | | Headquarter=Head Office, New Orleans<br>Treadstone Tower, L.A. | + | | Headquarter=Head Office, New Orleans<br>Treadstone Tower, L.A.<br>El Toro, Orange County |
| Branches=See Below | | Branches=See Below | ||
| Affiliation=Independent | | Affiliation=Independent | ||
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'''Treadstone Industries''' is a Louisiana-based company, whose primary focus is research and development in various engineering fields. Treadstone also boasts subsidiaries connected with weapons development, pharmaceuticals, biomedical research, consumer electronics, shipping, entertainment services, retail, and various other industry sectors. While primarily providing consumer goods, the company holds a modest number of government contracts in the US and abroad. | '''Treadstone Industries''' is a Louisiana-based company, whose primary focus is research and development in various engineering fields. Treadstone also boasts subsidiaries connected with weapons development, pharmaceuticals, biomedical research, consumer electronics, shipping, entertainment services, retail, and various other industry sectors. While primarily providing consumer goods, the company holds a modest number of government contracts in the US and abroad. | ||
| − | The Los Angeles offices are located in Treadstone Tower is a highly modern building in the downtown area, and a major hub for business along the West Coast of the United States, and in Asia and the Pacific. | + | The Los Angeles offices are located in [[Treadstone Tower]] is a highly modern building in the downtown area, and a major hub for business along the West Coast of the United States, and in Asia and the Pacific. Treadstone also owns [[El Toro]], a former Marine Corps Air Station located in Orange County. El Toro's runways are used as a private field for company aircraft, while it's hangars and other buildings have been converted into warehouses, and off-site laboratories for Applied Sciences. |
Off the books, the company has also invested in more proactive measures to prevent acts of mutant-powered terrorism, in the form of a paramilitary group nicknamed '''X-Force'''. A more covert and mutant-sympathetic alternative to the likes of [[Vanguard]] and [[Jericho]], X-Force pairs military veterans with heroic mutants; it also has unofficial ties through some members with a branch of British intelligence. | Off the books, the company has also invested in more proactive measures to prevent acts of mutant-powered terrorism, in the form of a paramilitary group nicknamed '''X-Force'''. A more covert and mutant-sympathetic alternative to the likes of [[Vanguard]] and [[Jericho]], X-Force pairs military veterans with heroic mutants; it also has unofficial ties through some members with a branch of British intelligence. | ||
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== Branches == | == Branches == | ||
| − | * '''Applied Sciences''' - based just outside of LA, Applied Sciences focuses on research into mutant abilities: not into the genetics that cause them, but instead into the science that makes those abilities possible. It is hoped that a working understanding will lead to the development of new technologies that will benefit society; or that will provide non-lethal countermeasures and containment for more dangerous individuals with the mutant gene. | + | * '''Applied Sciences''' - based just outside of LA, Applied Sciences focuses on research into mutant abilities: not into the genetics that cause them, but instead into the science that makes those abilities possible. It is hoped that a working understanding will lead to the development of new technologies that will benefit society; or that will provide non-lethal countermeasures and containment for more dangerous individuals with the mutant gene. Applied Sciences is based in Treadstone Tower, but makes extensive use of off-site facilities at [[El Toro]]. |
* '''Business Process''' - an illusive division within the company; no one seems to know what it's role is, but are content to simply ignore that fact in the interests of not seeming ignorant. In truth it exists only for audit purposes, providing a cover for employees and spending dedicated exclusively to X-Force. | * '''Business Process''' - an illusive division within the company; no one seems to know what it's role is, but are content to simply ignore that fact in the interests of not seeming ignorant. In truth it exists only for audit purposes, providing a cover for employees and spending dedicated exclusively to X-Force. | ||
Revision as of 02:06, 22 March 2012
Organisation
Name
Treadstone Industries
Purpose
Aerospace Engineering
Research & Development
Electronics, Consumer Goods
Counter (Mutant) Terrorism
Research & Development
Electronics, Consumer Goods
Counter (Mutant) Terrorism
Leader
Dahlia Ericsson, CEO
Headquarters
Head Office, New Orleans
Treadstone Tower, L.A.
El Toro, Orange County
Treadstone Tower, L.A.
El Toro, Orange County
Branches
See Below
Affiliation
Independent
Members
See Below
Treadstone Industries is a Louisiana-based company, whose primary focus is research and development in various engineering fields. Treadstone also boasts subsidiaries connected with weapons development, pharmaceuticals, biomedical research, consumer electronics, shipping, entertainment services, retail, and various other industry sectors. While primarily providing consumer goods, the company holds a modest number of government contracts in the US and abroad.
The Los Angeles offices are located in Treadstone Tower is a highly modern building in the downtown area, and a major hub for business along the West Coast of the United States, and in Asia and the Pacific. Treadstone also owns El Toro, a former Marine Corps Air Station located in Orange County. El Toro's runways are used as a private field for company aircraft, while it's hangars and other buildings have been converted into warehouses, and off-site laboratories for Applied Sciences.
Off the books, the company has also invested in more proactive measures to prevent acts of mutant-powered terrorism, in the form of a paramilitary group nicknamed X-Force. A more covert and mutant-sympathetic alternative to the likes of Vanguard and Jericho, X-Force pairs military veterans with heroic mutants; it also has unofficial ties through some members with a branch of British intelligence.
Branches
- Applied Sciences - based just outside of LA, Applied Sciences focuses on research into mutant abilities: not into the genetics that cause them, but instead into the science that makes those abilities possible. It is hoped that a working understanding will lead to the development of new technologies that will benefit society; or that will provide non-lethal countermeasures and containment for more dangerous individuals with the mutant gene. Applied Sciences is based in Treadstone Tower, but makes extensive use of off-site facilities at El Toro.
- Business Process - an illusive division within the company; no one seems to know what it's role is, but are content to simply ignore that fact in the interests of not seeming ignorant. In truth it exists only for audit purposes, providing a cover for employees and spending dedicated exclusively to X-Force.
Current Members
- Dahlia Ericcson - Chairman and CEO
- Katrina Harriman - Personal Assistant to the CEO
- Dr. Thomas Harriman - Applied Sciences
- Hamilton Hughes - Business Process Manager
- Hannalore Hughes - ICT Consultant
Other Associates
- Chelsea Wagner - a young mutant, whose is (voluntarily!) the subject of powers research at Applied Sciences
- José Luis Flores - another young mutant whose abilities are being studied by Applied Sciences, in exchange for monetary compensation
- Nathan Godfrey - a consultant from the Security Service in Britain: one of Treadstone's international clients
- Ordinary Joe - a military vet with the power of body duplication, whose duplicants make up the entire security staff at the X-Force facility
