Feel free to reach out to El's inbox whenever you'd like! Much of the connection is based around the idea that a cybernetic should work seamlessly with someone's body. That Cassian's does despite his otherwise blank neural implant would stand out! After all, his spine is now fairly incredible. (Insert spine of steel jokes right here.)
As for Riverstone: Riverstone started out as an entertainment company that eventually bankrolled a lot of early experiments with robotics and artificial intelligence. Rather than having a goal in AIs, they merely wanted to find a way to counteract them. They saw robotics - as well as technology around droids and drones - as a means of furthering humanity, instead of something that would live alongside it. This mission statement remains a part of their core belief system, especially in a world that widely denigrates AI.
Early on, Riverstone was behind some of the world's most beloved movies. These movies were family affairs, but they eventually started picking up steam, coming to own a lot of other entertainment companies. While they don't have a monopoly on the world's entertainment, they have a lot of control behind it. As they did, they started investing in a lot of various sciences - both environmental and biological - so that they could help improve the quality of life for the people of the world. Despite all their money, they were willing to do philanthropic work.
These days, Riverstone dabbles in a lot of things: they act as a rival car company for Pulsar, they develop applications for the neural implant and even ensured that the implants could handle any and all media sharing, and they're closely linked with the United Nations in New Beijing. As for what they did with cybernetics, they helped with the processing with the neural implants, as well as helped provide their cosmetic technology that they patented throughout the years of working in the entertainment industry to ensure that they looked real.
Most of the chatter online is about what their next blockbuster is going to be, as well as how they manage to remain environmentally sound while producing these otherwise bombastic films. Some people like to hate them for how many credits they can roll in, but they seem to be unstoppable. There are some minority groups that chatter about how they have a very sanitized message in all their movies, and they're unwilling to truly explore the uglier parts of humanity and the Earth's history (namely: despite bankrolling AI research, they don't touch any of the reasoning behind that in their films, and have notoriously turned down stories that breach that area).
The current CEO of Riverstone is Meredith Ling. The Ling family has been in charge of Riverstone for over half a millennia.
Finally, yes, that is the hint we mentioned! There was a significant power outage in September of 2510! An earthquake rocked the world at the same time. We covered a little bit about this here, so there will definitely be individuals who needed medical care from that time that he could possibly reach out to! Of course, HIPAA - or the 2511 equivalence of it - is in place, so he may have to do some digging to find someone who was in a medi-unit when this happened. We also have a plot in motion to send people to New Oslo, so he can jump on that if he'd like to widen his reach!
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Feel free to reach out to El's inbox whenever you'd like! Much of the connection is based around the idea that a cybernetic should work seamlessly with someone's body. That Cassian's does despite his otherwise blank neural implant would stand out! After all, his spine is now fairly incredible. (Insert spine of steel jokes right here.)
As for Riverstone: Riverstone started out as an entertainment company that eventually bankrolled a lot of early experiments with robotics and artificial intelligence. Rather than having a goal in AIs, they merely wanted to find a way to counteract them. They saw robotics - as well as technology around droids and drones - as a means of furthering humanity, instead of something that would live alongside it. This mission statement remains a part of their core belief system, especially in a world that widely denigrates AI.
Early on, Riverstone was behind some of the world's most beloved movies. These movies were family affairs, but they eventually started picking up steam, coming to own a lot of other entertainment companies. While they don't have a monopoly on the world's entertainment, they have a lot of control behind it. As they did, they started investing in a lot of various sciences - both environmental and biological - so that they could help improve the quality of life for the people of the world. Despite all their money, they were willing to do philanthropic work.
These days, Riverstone dabbles in a lot of things: they act as a rival car company for Pulsar, they develop applications for the neural implant and even ensured that the implants could handle any and all media sharing, and they're closely linked with the United Nations in New Beijing. As for what they did with cybernetics, they helped with the processing with the neural implants, as well as helped provide their cosmetic technology that they patented throughout the years of working in the entertainment industry to ensure that they looked real.
Most of the chatter online is about what their next blockbuster is going to be, as well as how they manage to remain environmentally sound while producing these otherwise bombastic films. Some people like to hate them for how many credits they can roll in, but they seem to be unstoppable. There are some minority groups that chatter about how they have a very sanitized message in all their movies, and they're unwilling to truly explore the uglier parts of humanity and the Earth's history (namely: despite bankrolling AI research, they don't touch any of the reasoning behind that in their films, and have notoriously turned down stories that breach that area).
The current CEO of Riverstone is Meredith Ling. The Ling family has been in charge of Riverstone for over half a millennia.
Finally, yes, that is the hint we mentioned! There was a significant power outage in September of 2510! An earthquake rocked the world at the same time. We covered a little bit about this here, so there will definitely be individuals who needed medical care from that time that he could possibly reach out to! Of course, HIPAA - or the 2511 equivalence of it - is in place, so he may have to do some digging to find someone who was in a medi-unit when this happened. We also have a plot in motion to send people to New Oslo, so he can jump on that if he'd like to widen his reach!