“Better than nature
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Auntie Cleo's is a subsidiary of Kolway Pharmaceuticals, a partner of the Halcyon Holdings Corporation.
Background[]
Auntie Cleo's is a large corporation based on Terra 2 with various facilities located in the area of Roseway, as well as on the colony of Numa. Primarily a manufacturer of various pharmaceuticals, they are known both for their unethical experiments done in the name of producing high-quality cosmetics and drugs, ranging from rubbing extremely corrosive acid on test subsects, feeding test subjects' arms to live raptidons to test pain resilience, and suffocating test subects in tanks of water to test breathlessness, as well as their rivalry with Spacer's Choice. At some point in time they decided to scale down their testing program, selling untested and highly dangerous products on the market in order to maximize profits despite the ostensible loss of human life. They are also known to run a Tossball team known as the Auntie Cleo's Darlings.
According to Clarence Mostly, the family name behind Auntie Cleo's is the Skylers.[1] Eventually, tensions between Spacer's Choice and Auntie Cleo's boiled over and the former initiated a hostile takeover of the corporation. This backfired spectacularly as Auntie Cleo's then bought out and absorbed Spacer's Choice, merging into the Auntie's Choice Corporation.
Parent[]
Structure[]
Auntie Cleo as a corporation is ostensibly run by the aforementioned "Auntie Cleo"; however, the public figure of Auntie Cleo is actually a marketing ploy various women take up upon promotion while running the company. To achieve this, facial and cosmetic surgeries are applied to prospective Auntie Cleo candidates who are selected from the best female scientists and researchers within the corporation. One such Auntie Cleo candidate who later achieved the position was Felicity Karo, who hailed from the junkyard Argos colony and was stationed at an Auntie Cleo research facility on the colony of Numa.
Company divisions[]
| Type | Name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Special Committee for Auditing and Management | Auntie Cleo's Corporate Headquarters, unknown |
| Research Team | Anthrocillin+ Team[2] | Olympus Orbital Pharmaceutical Station |
| Sports team | Auntie Cleo's Darlings Tossball Team |
Hierarchy[]
| Rank | Holder | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Efficiency Inspector | Doctor Elanora Mora | Auntie Cleo's Corporate Headquarters |
Holdings[]
| Type | Name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate Headquarters | Auntie Cleo's Corporate Headquarters | unknown |
| Region | Roseway Gardens | Terra 2 |
| Company Town | Roseway | Roseway Gardens, Terra 2 |
| Building | Roseway Communication Room | Roseway, Roseway Gardens, Terra 2 |
| Building | Roseway Luxury Apartments | Roseway, Roseway Gardens, Terra 2 |
| Building | 17th Bar | Roseway, Roseway Gardens, Terra 2 |
| Building | Auntie-Biotics Lab 0013 | Roseway Gardens, Terra 2 |
| Building | Auntie-Biotics secret lab 0027 | Roseway Gardens, Terra 2 |
| Building | Storage Facility | Roseway Gardens, Terra 2 |
| Building | Auntie Cleo research facility | colony of Numa |
| Building | Auntie's Kitchen | Groundbreaker |
| Spaceport | Roseway Landing Pad | Roseway Gardens, Terra 2 |
| Space Station | Olympus Orbital Pharmaceutical Station (OOPS) (formerly) | Orbiting Olympus |
| Spaceship | Cleo freighter[3] |
Other Employees[]
Generic Employees[]
| Rank | Holder | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate Recruit | Roseway Gardens, Terra 2 | |
| Corporate Trooper | Roseway Gardens, Terra 2 | |
| Corporate Guard | Roseway Gardens, Terra 2 | |
| Scientist | Roseway Gardens, Terra 2 |
Automechanicals[]
Equipment[]
Products[]
| Type | Name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Vending Machine | Auntie Cleo's Auto-Vend | |
| Mechanical | Food Service Automechanical ACSR-F900 | |
| Manual | Auntie Cleo Food Service Automechanical Repair Manual | |
| Comic Book series | The Exhilarating Adventures of Archibald Excelsior, Ace Exterminator Issue 1 of 4: The Plague of Manti-Men! | |
| Comic Book series | The Exhilarating Adventures of Archibald Excelsior, Ace Exterminator Issue 2 of 4: The Attack of the Crystal Canids! | |
| Comic Book series | The Exhilarating Adventures of Archibald Excelsior, Ace Exterminator Issue 3 of 4: The Invasion of the Flesh-Eating Sprats! | |
| Comic Book series | The Exhilarating Adventures of Archibald Excelsior, Ace Exterminator Issue 4 of 4: The Colossus Beneath Tartarus! |
Projects[]
| Type | Name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Prototype Weapon (Unique) | Ulti-Nature (FORCE Prototype by Orson Shaw, rejected and declared Illegal by the Corporation) | given by Orson Shaw after Vulcan's Hammer |
| Weapon (Science) | Employee Benefits | Olympus Orbital Pharmaceutical Station |
Consumables[]
- Auntie-Biotics Creme
- Bag of Tobaccorn Ears
- Auntie's Blinding White PasteTM[4]
- Catch-Up
- Citrus Squirt Air Freshener[5]
- Energizing Ointment
- Facial Masque Skin Crème
- Immunosol
- Level Head
- Lubrinesine Spray
- Metallisys Gel
- Nar-Choc-LecticTM bar[6]
- Oxy-Comp Aromatic
- Pipe Patch
- Tripicale Pasta Pack
- Verity's Breath Inhalant
- Auntie's Anthrocillin
- Anthrocillin+ (Anthrocillin plus mint flavor)
Relations with others[]
- Auntie Cleo is not interested in research and development of firearms and doesn't want to compete against other corporations.[7]
- Publicly removing posters belonging to Auntie Cleo is considered an act of vandalism and trademark infringement by the corporation, and as such can be fined approximately 75 bits, at least on the backwater colony of Argos.
- Auntie Cleo employees openly talk about Spacer's Choice poor quality with their products.
Slogans[]
- "The contractually obligated only choice."
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ The Stranger: "Why? What happened?"
Clarence Mostly: "A family's name is only as strong as its enterprise. The Musgraves have Rizzo's and the Skylers have Auntie Cleo, and so we show those names the respect they deserve. The Ambrose name was associated with Project Gorgon. The Project died and so the Ambrose name died with it. That's just the way the game is played." - ↑ OOPS Terminal Entries
- ↑ Arrivals
- ↑ Armory Terminal, Storage Facility (Roseway Gardens)
- ↑ The Stranger: "They did what?"
Parcel Runner: "They dispensed three complimentary spritzes of Auntie Cleo's Citrus Squirt Air Freshener. That's the HPS touch for you, Captain Hawthorne. On behalf of HPS, I'd like to remind you that HPS is not responsible for any damage, defacement, or unseemliness to your parcel. Thank you for your patience, and please remember HPS for all of your future parcel-related needs." - ↑ Reception Terminal, Auntie-Biotics Lab (Roseway Gardens)
- ↑ Orson Shaw, when presenting the Stranger with Ulti-Nature.