Cryogene wrote:Wow, I'm just full of questions...
Lots of people in Paragon consider the Crey Corporation a legitimate organization. How aware is SJS's staff of Crey's... not-so-honest activity, and how do they apply that knowledge to their interactions with the company? Would they, for instance:
- let a Crey representative into the school job fair?
- allow Crey employees to tour the campus? allow the Countess? allow either to study information about various students?
- purchase equipment from the Crey Corporation? generic and/or specially contracted?
- dismiss a student's claims of Crey wrongdoing as nonsense? or perhaps the unauthorized actions of a rogue group in the company?
- punish students if Crey complained that they interfered with "lawful" Crey activity? oblige a police warrant arresting a student for a Crey accusation?
Great questions, if a tad sigle-minded ;P
Well, I always like complication over simplicity any day. So okay, I shall complicate matters a bit.
The Crey Corporation was one of the major donors to SJS following the Rikti Invasion. Crey, along with Hero Corps, SERAPH, MAGI, the rest of the boys in the basement of City Hall, and the Goodwell Foundation (later discovered to be a dummy holding company for Arachnos), all chipped in very generously during a time of great need. There were lots of donors, and lots of money-- but that was okay, because there was also a lot of damage.
Call it stupid, but papers got signed. There were craters in the campus. There was subterranean damage to power supplies and generators. That wierd ooze that the one kid sleeps in was spilling out and killing the flowerbeds. One of the dorms had been almost completely demolished.
And that is how SJS got into an uncomfortable relationship with the Crey Corporation. And to your specific questions...
Yes, there are Crey recruiters at the job fair.
Yes, sometimes Crey science teams are present on campus. No, student records are not made available to them from the Office.
Yes, quite a few pieces of equipment have a big Crey sticker on the back. Strangely, students keep pulling them off, so they're getting harder to find. I heard Biff had one that he hot-ironed onto his backpack, though. As far as contracting Crey for specific needs today? Only as a last resort. However, a few times in the last couple years, I would imagine it
was the last resort.
No one is going to dismiss a student's claims. But there are larger issues going on. It's not that anyone is afraid Crey will withdraw its' support for the school, because SJS isn't hurting for donors these days. It's what might or might not happen if the Countess were to push a button she may or may not have on her desk marked "SJS Final Solution". They
did install some generators.
Crey very likely would not send police to SJS with a warrant. It's unlikely Crey would do anything at all. They know they have their claws in SJS, however shallowly. They would not upset the balance they've achieved. There might be heated conversations in hushed tones behind closed doors. As to the students themselves, I would imagine it's more like the mob-- you're on the Green Line and suddenly a guy you thought was a civilian turns to you and hands you an envelope, "courtesy of the Crey Corporation". Inside the envelope? Well, inside is whatever is going to make you think twice before you blow up another lab.
When all is said and done....everything is said and nothing is done.
