Ærolith Dynamics

Ærolith Dynamics considers itself to be humanity's future. It is the organisation behind all activities on Typhon, which was created by Ærolith by salvaging the asteroid that hit Earth's Pacific Northwest and launching it into geosynchronous orbit. It operates outside of any terrestrial government, and is famously secret about its internal operations.

Ærolith has recruitment facilities all over Earth, where people come to apply to work towards what the company calls "a better life among the stars."

Little is known about Ærolith's activities before the asteroid hit Earth, however it is known that development of artificial living spaces on a large scale was pioneered by Ærolith long before Typhon was launched into orbit.

Known Company Policies and Practices

 * Ærolith places several restrictions on its artificial employees, known collectively as the IA3 Protocol.
 * Following "The Event", this also includes that AI initiating a remote broadcast must identify the resident they are broadcasting to.
 * Ærolith employees are scheduled mandatory recreation breaks.
 * Employees on Typhon are not compensated with money, but with rations. Ration theft and sharing are met with dire consequences.
 * The standard of death applied to residents on Typhon is "complete and irreversible loss of brain function."
 * Robotic entities whose behavior is dictated by scans of an organic brain are considered just as valuable as the source entity.
 * Ærolith does not like to make risky investments, and does not appreciate heroism because of its unpredictability.
 * The requisition of a new hazmat suit requires extensive paperwork, a psychological evaluation, and a two-day waiting period. During said waiting period, lab testing is expected to continue.
 * Clones are considered "human-like sentient creatures." Residents have the right to know when they have been cloned, and murder between clone and clonee is not against company policy.
 * Residents who are on probation because of a serious infraction lose their status as humans, and several protections that come with that status. This includes no longer being under SAYER's management, and instead being put under the supervision of WATCHER, who SAYER describes as "not nearly as polite and patient" as itself. Due to the resident no longer being considered human, WATCHER is able to execute the resident via causing a nanite blood clot upon further infraction.