RobCo Industries

One of the most powerful computer and robotics corporations of the pre-War world, RobCo Industries was the brainchild of wunderkind Robert House. Although their key products were robots, the firm got their initial market share and massive capital from the Unified Operating System. These became the industry standard across global militaries and the industrial sector, pouring vast sums into the research and development that would eventually drive the engine of their robotics divisions.

Those robots included numerous military and security models, like the Protectron, Sentry Bot, Assaultron, and a variety of automated weapons turrets. Coupled with advanced iterations of their operating systems, and computers ranging from enormous mainframes to personal data pads, they dominated markets with a bewildering array of daughter companies, disguised divisions, and a labyrinthine corporate structure.

RobCo also routinely cooperated with rival companies including Vault-Tec, Nuka-Cola, and Atomic Mining Services. Their most infamous collaboration was the production of the Liberty Prime project with General Atomics International. This 40-foot-tall death machine got fast-tracked to liberate the Alaskan Front during the Sino-American War, delivering lethal force, and stirring propaganda with equal speed and effectiveness.

These joint ventures did not reflect a “live and let live” attitude from House and other leaders within the company. They were simply the most profitable option in that theater of business. When that wasn’t the case, hostile takeovers, or the simple destruction of rival companies (or in one case, a company that personally annoyed Robert House) secured RobCo’s position. At no time did considerations like fair play, honest competition, transparency, or sentiment play a part in their business strategy.

History

Robert House saw all his competition scrambling to fight tooth and nail for government dollars and saw opportunity. Instead of trying to "suck from the government teat" as he put it to his board, he decided the real money was from all the corporations moving in and spending their federal money on construction and raw materials.

So, RobCo purchased the Wando Welch Terminal and turned it into a fully-automated shipping facility, capable of moving millions of dollars worth materials in and out of the port on a daily basis.

RobCo also purchased to large construction firms in the area, merging them into AutoStruct Corp., an automated construction firm that helped build many of the new facilities being opened in the area. Not only was AutoStruct successful, it gave House valuable intel about his competitions plans.

AutoStruct Corp.

Many of the corporations moving into the area needed to purchase and re-purpose existing facilities, or build new ones from the ground up. The competition over building materials and construction companied became fierce, and the fully automated AutoStruct Corp. was just the solution. Not only did they seem to have an endless supply of robotic workers, they also had priority on materials coming through the Wando Welch Terminal.

The company's headquarters is located right next door to the Wando Welch Terminal.