Rander Communications Equipment Incorporated
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Rander Communications Equipment Incorporated | |
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| Corporation Profile | |
| Affiliation | Federated Suns |
| Headquarters | Jacksonville (Schedar II)[1] |
| Leadership | CEO |
| Product(s) |
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| Division(s) | Tythis Computers and Electronics |
Rander Communications Equipment Inc. (RaCom) was a military and civilian electronics manufacturer within the Federated Suns.[2]
Overview[edit]
Rander Communications had been providing military communications equipment to the Federated Suns for the past 500 years by the mid-thirty-first century. Originally owned by the Rander family when it was a subsidiary of a larger Star League era company, the Tythis family had assumed ownership of the firm by 3025. By 3067, that ownership had been transferred to the DeFalco family. The DeFalcos took control after the Tythis family was replaced by Archon Katherine Steiner-Davion during the FedCom Civil War. The Lyran appointees who ran the company until 3067 were more interested in looting the company's coffers than producing quality goods and this nearly destroyed the firm.[1]
No matter the lineage of the family, all of the owners of the company had worked hard to ensure the companies' continued survival through the Succession Wars.[2] To that end, the main manufacturing plant on Schedar had been built completely underground while a permanent force of aerospace fighters maintained watch.[1][2]
While primarily a military contractor, Rander had a large civilian branch that made electronics for the public.[2] Products for the civilian market were released under the Tythis Computers and Electronics brand name.[1]
Manufacturing[edit]
Rander Communications Equipment Incorporated has manufacturing centers on the following planets:
Schedar[edit]
| Components produced on Schedar:[3] | |
|---|---|
| Component | Type |
| Communications System | |
| Rander Groundsider | Centurion[3] |
| Rander 100 | Trush and Cheetah[3] |
| Rander 100B | Corsair, Lightning, Sparrowhawk, Sabre and Transit[3] |
| Rander 200 | [citation needed] |
| Rander 300 | [citation needed] |
| Targeting-Tracking System | |
| Rander Crosshairs | Centurion[3] |
| Rander Pinpoint-XY | Axman & Caesar[3] |
| Rander TA2 | Sabre[3] |
| Rander TA4 | Thrush, Cheetah, Lightning and Sparrowhawk[3] |
| Rander TA5 | [citation needed] |
| Rander TAB00 | Corsair and Transit[3] |
| Rander TA900 | [citation needed] |
| BlazeFire Tracker w/RangeCheck | Goblin[3] |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Handbook: House Davion, p. 163: "Rander Communications Equipment, Inc. (RaCom)"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 172 (PDF p. 174): "Other Major Companies in the Federated Suns - [Rander Communications Equipment Inc.]"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Objective Raids, p. 101: "Produced Randar Communications Equipment Incorporated Components"