Orgotek
(a.k.a. electrokinetics, EKs, teks or zappers - textfile conversion, Arthur Bengall, Æon Trinity, Neptune Division)

We're supposed to relay detailed information on the orders. I've been working at Orgotek for almost four years and I've learned more than what is provided by corporate outlines and press releases. If you're looking for skeletons in closets and dirt under rugs, you won't find it here. I know it sounds strange, but Orgotek's squeaky clean - as much as any multbillion yuan metacorporation can be, anyway.

The story of Alex Cassel's transformation from unassuming et brilliant college student to powerful yet easygoing psion is will documented, especially in the FSA. It helps that he describes his life in a vague but entertaining fashion in Orgotek's corporate profile.

Heir to a family fortune and social connections, Cassel laid the groundwork for his order during his college years. He enlisted school friends to join him in creating World Enterprises, Inc., and in doing so founded a holding company that would grow to become Orgotek, "The EK Company," in less than 20 years. Once the order was financially secure, Cassel explored the other gift that the proxies had: biotechnological formulae and processes. The information he had and the experiments he conduct on organic material turned Orgotek into a bioware empire, and initiated the biotech revolution.

The electrokinetic order is funded and administered entirely by the Orgotek Corporation, the world leader in bioware manufacture and design. Orgotek, in turn, is wholly owned by Alexander Cassel and members of his personal circle - er, board of directors. Orgotek employs electrokinetics and ensures that all of their basic economic needs are met. In return, the corporation hires select teams of psions to outside interests as consultants.

The Orgotek corporate headquarters is currently in the FSA's New York arcology. However, I think Cassel's becoming frustrated with the Big Apple;s accelerating decay. He's taken steps to move the main offices to Orgotek's San Franciso regional headquarters. Other regional HQs include Montreal and Vancouver, with extranational headquarters in Bangtok, Cairo, Olympus, Rome, Sidney, Wanjing and Xianggang. Assorted Orgotek biofactories, auxiliary plants and branch offices are likewise scattered across the Earth and the permanent colonies, with a large number located in the FSA and Quebec.

The Prexy himself spends most of his time commuting among New York, San Franciso and the various Orgosoft Farms. In his absence, everyday corporate decisions are made by the board of directors, which is composed of Cassel's wife Ellayne and seven of the couple's closet private Gifted associates (not all of whom are electrokinetics).

Orogtek's public relations team is second to none. IT's been instrumental to making EKs universally respected and appreciated - except by the suits in the FSA, of course. Member of high profile Operations teams in Europe and Australia are even treated like celebrities. Europeans, in particular, still honor the teks who died trying to stop the Esperanza crash, and Australians admire Orgotek enthusiasm, which is considered akin to the energetic Legion spirit. Even the Nihonjin admire aspects of the EK philosophy (while deploring the gaijin lack of discipline).

On the other hand, despite being one of the most profitable corporations in the FSA, Orgotek is on extraordinarily poor terms with the North American military corporate establishment. Cassel appears to be concerned not only with his employees' quality of life, nut also with the squalid conditions of the urban communities that surround Orgotek installations. This concern make him an unwelcome figure in FSA corporate society. Furthermore, the Orgotek board's tendency to take controversial political stands - such as on the EK airlift to the Pueblo Nation in 2115 and 16 makes Orgotek even less popular with the FSA government.

Most Orgotek employees (especially those from the FSA) are bewildered by the way the American establishment treats them, but follow official corporate policy on the matter - that the FSA establishment is to be pitied rather than feared. Those Gifted who come to Orgotek from other parts of the world and from settled space often have its tolerance for such mistreatment, which can sometimes aggravate domestic relations.

Orgotek's security contracts are due for government review in just over a year. I've heard that Cassel is planning to declare the company an extranational corporation rather than submit to an order to disband the Orgotek private security division. If the company does of international, the FSA economy might be endangered. Meanwhile, federal and corporate propaganda campaigns against Cassel and his EK company continue.

Electrokinteics are surprisingly common, in relative terms, and are second only to psychokinetics in number. Some claim this is because Cassel is willing to take almost any latent, no matter how borderline. That sounds like more FSA propaganda to me. Sure, the various Orgotek divisions employ over 100,00 people, but only about 10% of them are EKs - and psions who have come over from other orders.

The majority of psions employed by Orgotek are the natives of the FSA and Quebec. A substantial number of Orgotek psions are also Nihonjin; Orgotek is friendly with a number of the Psi Nippon enclaves. Corporate recruiting brings in prospective EK candidates from all over the world.

After being triggered, new psions are given the choice to join the company on a contractual basis (the usual terms between renewals is four years). IF they choose not to join Orgotek, there are no hard feelings. In fact, I've heard that many of Cassel's best friends are "Freelance" teks.

Orgotek handles all education and training, both psi - specialized and professional, once a psion hires on. The company also assigns new operatives expense accounts good for room and board at any Orogtek residential buildings. Although psions aren't required to stay in employee residences, many consider the communal atmosphere one of the greatest rewards of belonging to the Orgotek "family."