W-Y

Weston-Yamada

"Designing your Future."

Weston Yamada (A.K.A The Company) has a wide range of business such as; high-tech armaments, synthetic humanoids, spaceships, computer parts, terraforming equipment, and household appliances. It also offers shipping and receiving services, among other ventures.

Following an aggressive expansion into terraforming new colonial worlds, Weston-Yamada secured many rights and privileges from the United States government. One of those privileges is the close relationship with the USCM; the Colonial Marines use corporate-supplied equipment in exchange for protecting and monitoring border colonies. This, however, does not mean that the interests of the company are aligned with the USCM. It is more accurate to say that Weston-Yamada considers the USCM a valuable, but still disposable, asset.

Weston-Yamada also has enough wealth and influence to hire private military contractors. These are highly trained mercenaries, generally ex-military veterans, who do black site protection detail, undertake dangerous assignments, and otherwise supply Weston-Yamada with firepower in the absence of the USCM. They are compensated well for their services, and demand is always there. Rumors speak of even more well-equipped and well-selected military units within Weston-Yamada's employment, but that is not officially verified.

History

The formation of the mega-corporation Weston-Yamada came about as a result of a prosperous merger of the Weston Industries Company and the Yamada Bio-foundries Corporation in the early days of the formation of the Royal Empire of the Shining Sun (RESS). The two companies, specializing individually in varying sections, fields and industries, suddenly had an unprecedented amount of knowledge, workforce and the financial/political backing from several of Earths governments to attempt to stimulate their economic strength. With this start, the company flourished, rapidly expanding it's market shares in medicine, armaments, weaponry, rocketry and more. Growing more and more powerful in terms of technological progress and economic prosperity, W-Y was soon to become the most prominent and widespread corporation on the planet, starting to acquire contracts and deals with military and governments from all nations, though reserving their best and most valuable contracted services to the RESS.

Contracted Colonies

LV-624 - The Colony Known as Lazarus Landing is a W-Y Archaeological site, exploring rumored ancient temple likes structures sighted on the surface. The Colony falls under the purview of the Special Research Division and is closed for unauthorized visitors at this time. The lush tropical climate makes for some interesting local fauna and flora but is unfortunately the victim of an insect nuisance, the bugs making life sometimes hard on this colony.

PMCs

Weston-Yamada PMCs are military personnel owned and operated by the company. They are equipped with advanced modern military equipment and weaponry akin to the USCM and similar national militaries.

Following the defeat of the Dust Raiders and the withdrawal of the United Americas of the Tychon's Rift sector, a group of employees became skilled mercenaries. They are part of Weston-Yamada's Task Force Oberon that was stationed aboard the USCSS Royce, a powerful Weston-Yamada cruiser that patrols the outer edges of Tychon's Rift. Under the directive of Weston-Yamada's board member Johan Almric, they act as private security for company science teams. The USCSS Royce contains a crew of roughly two hundred PMCs, and one hundred scientists and support personnel.

Rumors say that a Weston-Yamada Special Task Force known as "Royal" of the USCSS Lunalorne are part of a different specialization, designed to capture anomalies associated with alien and supernatural life.

Ranks

Role	Description
Security Expert	???
Support Specialist	???
Medical Specialist	???
Elite Responder	???
Team Leader	???

Relations

Factions	Connections
UPP	Despite the tensions between the governments of the UPP, RESS and USCM, W-Y occasionally deals with the UPP, supplying terraforming equipment, surveyors and mining equipment. There are a few instances of UPP selling W-Y colonies that the UPP find to be too costly to maintain, or unworth the expense after they deplete natural resources. The rumour mill suggests that W-Y may be supplying the UPP with illegal combat synths, but no evidence has ever been found to support these rumours and are denied by W-Y Executives as merely a smear tactic.
CLF	Entirely hostile towards the W-Y Company, the CLF have taken to especially targeting W-Y owned/operated colonies in their crusade to liberate the downtrodden of the USCM. W-Y have employed several PMC divisions to patrol space near their colonies and assets in the Tychus rift in an effort to minimize asset loss and strike at the leadership of the CLF in an attempt to curb further insurrection.
USCM	The USCM is the second largest customer of the Company, one that has a "special" relationship with the Company, the USCM is largely funded and outfitted by W-Y designs and weaponry. In return, the USCM assigns various smaller units and divisions to deal with Company requests as a begrudging part of the many contracts and deals that the Company has wrangled the Government into signing over the years. This relationship is strained by occasional disappearances of Military personnel and assets.
File:RESS Patch.png RESS	The RESS and W-Y enjoy the closest relation that the Company has, being the birthplace of the Company and the fact that all Board Members and the CEO swear fealty to the Emperor. Although this relationship is strained at times, when the Company causes issues with the USCM, the RESS is also in the line of ire of the USCM and the Board have been summoned infront of the Emperor more than once to explain themselves and ordered to restore relations.