Seegson

"Tomorrow, Together." ―Company slogan

Seegson, formerly known as Sieg and Son, was a European conglomerate and prominent synthetic manufacturer founded by Josiah Sieg.
Seegson was a smaller entity than the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, and aspired to imitate Weyland-Yutani's success. As such, some of its technology was more primitive.Conversely, Weyland-Yutani showed very little concern for Seegson's efforts of competition.
Julia Jones, resident reporter for The Colonial Times, described it as the "company we all forgot", and one of the "second-tier corporations", who were wasting investments in over-expansion during the race into the Outer Rim. While they maintain an impressive array of product lines, Seegon's wares are considered somewhat inferior to those produced by Weyland-Yutani. The Colonial Times has even referred to Seegson merchandise as "cheap knockoffs."
Despite Seegson's aspirations of matching Weyland-Yutani, the reality was that many of their products were inferior and more rudimentary in nature. For example, some of their synthetics sounded more 'robotic' and did not look properly human; instead, they resembled mannequins. However, Seegson's technology was similar to Weyland-Yutani's, and at least one of their space stations was equipped with a computer whose voice matched that of the USCSS Nostromo's MU/TH/UR 6000.
Still, an independent colony that couldn't afford a W-Y security system would do almost as well with one from Seegson, and their A.P.O.L.L.O mainframe system continues to be a popular and cost effective choice for starship and colony management on the frontier.
Seegson operated a variety of subsidiaries, including Seegson Communications, Seegson Synthetics, Seegson Credit Services, Seegson Security and Seegson Pharmaceuticals.
Like Weyland-Yutani, Seegson sought Xenomorph specimens to procure and study.

History

The company's willingness to share its FTL products with other corporations — a practice that set it apart from Weyland Corp — helped it to achieve huge success. By 2066, Sieg and Son was operating huge manufacturing plants in London, Buenos Aires, Nagasaki and on Luna. In 2071, the Sieg family sold their shares back into the company, which continued to expand at an exponential rate.
Sieg and Son became market leaders in the production of cars, chemicals, educational equipment and building materials. Towards the end of the century, the company formally changed its name to Seegson. In 2115, Josiah's descendant Sebastian Sieg created a series of articles that chronicled the company's history and development, under the title "Tomorrow, Together"; these were originally published in the book Eye on Seegson.
Among Seegson's more notable endeavors was its heavy investment in deep space orbital platforms, such as Sevastopol Station, which the company bought from previous owners GeoFund Investor in 2124. Seegson turned the dilapidated station into a bustling freeport and made it the primary off-planet site for the development, manufacture, sale and maintenance of their Working Joe androids. The station was also outfitted with an APOLLO mainframe that governed its day-to-day operation, the company winning awards for its advanced AI system.

Seegson

Founded: approx. 2034

Major Subsidiaries:

• Seegson Synthetics

• Seegson Credit Services

Primary Activities:

• Building materials

• Car manufacturing

• Chemicals

• Educational equipment

• Synthetics