Ægir Communications

=• Publicly Available Information on Ægir Communications •=

"At Ægir Communications, We're Listening."

Formerly a privately owned start-up company founded by Icelandic immigrant Solveig Rystaad, Ægir Communications specializes in acting as a "middle man" in facilitating and meeting the needs of other agencies -- their clients include multinational conglomerates, small businesses, and federal governments. Solveig Rystaad passed away from illness in early 2012, leaving the company in the hands of his socialite daughter Seanne Rystaad. She decided to take Ægir public, trading a sizable IPO for capital to restructure the company and ensure it could meet the changing needs of today's economic climate. Ægir Communications officially re-opened on July 3rd, 2012.

CEO
''The fearless and vibrant leader of the company! Go me!''

Seanne "Shay" Rystaad

Personal Assistants
''These people do all the real work - ya know, scheduling meetings and going to them when I'm ...*ahem* busy. But don't tell them I said that. They might get a big head about it.''

Human Resources
''They... find humans? And spend them?''

Accounting/Legal
''They help us avoid the red tape! So! Much! Red! Tape! ''

Public Relations/Marketting
''My best friends. They make us ALL look good, and throw killer parties.''

Manager - Noel Green

The Solvall
The Solvall (or The Solvall Building, more properly Solveig Hall) is a 33-story, 433-foot (132 m) skyscraper in Brooklyn, New York. One of the tallest buildings in the borough, the Solvall has an equivalent measure of floor space by virtue of the "the boat," the horizontal extension at the crown of the building that encompasses the top nine stories and juts out over the East River. The name comes from Solveig Rystaad, the primary contributor to the project, and today the building serves as the headquarters for his-then private company AEgir Communications. The Solvall is built on the site of a 150 year old Domino Sugar refinery, which beat out attempts to preserve it as an historic landmark or turn it into a residential complex. Construction began in June 2005, and was delayed considerably by arguments with local unions. The building was officially opened on New Year's Day 2009, though it had been in use by AEgir employees since the previous September.

Architecture
The Solvall is most noted for its very irregular crown, which was the source of considerable initial disapproval from the city of New York when the design was first revealed. Even after addressing their concerns, Rystaad faced opposition from local construction companies by hiring a Swiss firm to engineer the top nine stories. Contrasted with his years of success as "diplomat between businessmen," Rystaad's sudden stubborness in his dealings and the bizarre fixation he had on the building's design were later identified as symptoms of his illness. After completion, it was hinted by daughter Seanne Rystaad that the building is a highly-sylized depiction of an old Norse stave church turned on its front, "like a giant kicked it over." Given his Icelandic heritage and philanthropic support of norse historical landmarks, the avant-garde reconstruction of such an architectural legacy soothed many tempers among area academics, which has helped the immediate blocks around the tower renovate and gentrify. The building itself was featured in the BBC documentary "Religion in Architecture" in 2010.

Building Layout
The three-story main floor of the building is a wide base, itself modelled after a Scandinavian Långhus, with a wide open space supported by tall, carved stone pillars. There are several smaller offices in the back and to the sides of this space, largely for support and supply functions. The slanted roof is glass, and looks directly down onto the main lobby, where a thin, long pool occupies the center space between the colonnades. Too much traffic in this space is frowned upon. The next twenty floors are divided up in sets of four, every fourth floor serving as a combination of security/visitor help hub, food court, Starbucks, and meeting/display room. The three intervening floors are given alternately to offices for AEgir or other companies, with the exception of the Hilton that provides rooms on floors sixteen to eighteen and is often used to host visiting members of other companies. The top nine floors of the building are the largest, as noted, and have an emphasis on glass and open space. A massive sunroof dominates the central space and even the front wall overlooking the East River, feeding a garden on its bottom floor that is carefully cultivated to look like an old Scandinavian forest (albeit a very small slice of one.) The rear wall even has a waterfall that feeds a stream through this forest. The water then is released back into pipes running from the crown to the basement, providing a constant loop for stability not unlike that proposed for some space elevators. Like the lobby, all the functional rooms are off to the sides of this center space. The first three floors of the Crown are open to visitors, and include the Rystaad Museum of Norse History and associated workshops. The six floors above this are given to AEgir itself, and its highest-level employees.

Recent History
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Following Solveig Rystaad's death in 2011, the company in its entirety was passed on to his only child, socialite daughter Seanne Rystaad. Quickly realizing that her business acumen was nonexistant and that few things are as tempting to the sharks of the business world like a leaderless up-and-coming multi-billion dollar company Scared out of her mind, she took the advice of several concerned family friends the Eye and took the company public.

The entire IPO was bought up by various wealthy investors Illuminati shell companies fewer than 24 hours following the announcement

Her new shareholders Sponsors quickly voted to restructure the company upon the completion of all existing contracts and bringing business to a halt for several months while several longtime staff members were quietly "let go" and new faces of questionable loyalty and experience applied with very strong recommendations Illuminati ties. Chief among these was consultant Jean Martinique, who advised that Seanne Rystaad be allowed to keep her position as CEO (and he now works as her personal assistant handler ). The restructuring was scheduled for exactly three months, ending June 29th 2012. At this time the company re-entered the business secret world with an updated business paradigm and competitive technologies a new agenda - clean the Illuminati's laundry.

=• Information on the Ægir Communications and it's mission •=

"We sell only one product: success."

Ægir Communications is dedicated to making the international business world a smaller, more connected environment. Their pool of talented, experienced employees assists other companies, governments, and agencies with setbacks as varied as "we're thirty years behind the times and need to update to the digital age" to "health inspectors have decided that our primary export violates several international treaties." Whether by helping directly with the vast and varied skillset their large workforce can bring to bear, or by contracting well-regarded specialists in the field of interest, Ægir provides solutions that a more traditional groups may not have been able to achieve on their own.

What Ægir does on paper
Ægir's mission statement is to help companies reach goals that they wouldn't be able to achieve with their own resources and expertise. Ægir's charge for this varies -- anything from a hefty premium to monthly percentage to a "owe us a favor later" handshake. Example:

A small hospital wants to update to the digital age and reap the payoffs given out for the conversion. While Ægir has the staff and ability to simply update their infrastructure directly, they choose instead to negotiate with the best available contractors and software companies. These companies in turn also sign a contract with them, giving them a cut of their own profits, and bring the hospital up to the cutting edge of electronic records. The hospital, upon completion of the work, then repays Ægir a portion of the tax credit, and small monthly retainer for a "consulting fee" in case more work is needed.

Total man hours for Ægir on this entire project? Less than twenty, and it's only that high because they have to have enough meetings to convince everyone they're actually doing something.

Other Sources of Income
Ægir has several "preferred companies" that they go to for contracts. In theory because they're the best available. Since Solveig's passing, several under-the-table "understandings" were renegotiated. Ægir now has a strong, strong preference in outsourcing work to other Illuminati-owned fronts.

On a completely unrelated note, there's a Starbucks on every floor.

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"We're not a service provider. We're a business partner."

The staff of Ægir Communications is very eager to forge long-term relations with other up-and-coming companies. If the client is attractive enough -- from a business point-of-view -- then services are often offered at a reduced fee, if not free for all practicaly purposes. FEMA and the Department of Defense, for example, have been the recipient of several "thinktank consultations", and Ægir has traditionally enjoyed a very lax level of government oversight. Current Chief Consultant and Personal Assistant to the CEO Jean Martinique also came to Ægir following strong recommendations from FEMA.

=• <font color="#00ccff">How to join Ægir Communications staff •=

"Employees are our most valuable resource!"

Ægir has several talent scouts trained for their sometimes very specific needs. Nonetheless, they have several job positions available online and through intermediary resume-forwarding sites. If one really wanted to get their attention, the most direct way would be to post an application here: http://aegir-communications.proboards.com/index.cgi

=• <font color="#0000ff">Not so public info, or Ægir Communications and The Secret World •=

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Once, a lifetime ago, Ægir Communications was a neutral territory for the three factions. Deals could be brokered. Information exchanged. Alliances, however temporary, formed. Then a lifetime ended, and all the neutral territory got blinked away by the Eye in the Sky.

It still watches us. But we're it, now. It watches itself, you see?

It holds the strings and it gave us the puppets to attach them to. It was all very neat. I'm still not sure how the Jenkins incident resolved so cleanly. I suppose secret societies would know a thing or two about that. Or, secret society. Singular.

We're owned by the Illuminati, now, in case the subtlety's lost on you.

We're still supposed to keep up relations. In case they ever need to feel diplomatic. And we're still supposed to run the business, in case they ever need to feel legitimate. But that's all on the backburner now. Dark Days Are Coming. And they want out there on the horizon line until they do.

Eyes in the Skies should avoid looking into direct sunlight. It can be harmful to one's pyramid scheme.

If the Illuminati have their hooks in you, my condolences. Maybe they'll send you to us. Maybe you'll find us on your own.

Maybe that's better than the alternative, working alone. Separated. Isolated.

Maybe that's why Ægir was founded.

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Field Investigation and Research
The research and intelligence branch of Ægir Communications - the spies, black mailers and scientists and "finders of secrets best unfound", as well as our more "covert" operatives.

The only hidden department to have existed before The Illuminati's acquisition of Ægir Communications using mostly the same methods, although its focus has changed quite a bit.

Solveig Rystaad realized that knowledge was power, especially when that knowledge was another man's (or company's) secrets, and when that power could be applied at the negotiation table. Seanne, on the other hand has it on very good authority that "knowing is half the battle", and so both in dealing with the Shadowy Organizations and the nightmare creatures of The Filth she likes to make sure her teams acquire, share and have access to as much information as possible.

She occasionally even reads their reports.

Security Contractors
''The Strong Arms of Ægir Communications - "Security Consultants", Body Guards, and fans of Ted Nuggent. But really, who isn't?''

Head of Security - Jean "Trankil" Martinique

Before the death of Solveig, most of Ægir's security force was contracted personnel used mainly to ensure deals went smoothly. (Naturally this was much more an issue when dealing with the Societies than normal business, but not exclusively so). With the new focus on more field work and direct intervention in the battle against The Darkness, Ægir has found itself employing its own full time security staff. Making up the majority of their ground force, it is probably their largest "secret" department, and the one that has to most be reminded of Ægir's official position of neutral party amongst Societies.

Arcane Specialists
'' Finger wagglers, ... crazy hippies Masters of the arcane and scholars of eldritch secrets, these are our crazies *sighs* valued seekers of the unexplainable.''

While all the departments can utilize magic users to some extent, those of the Arcane Specialist department are both Jacks (and Janes)of all Trade, and experts in the realm of magic. They are both who one calls when their knowledge is required or wards must be set up, and also when another department needs magical support in their own area of expertise.

Field Support
Field medics, healy mages and first rate "triage specialists", they have all the best drugs and spells to keep you going long after you've begun praying for death!

<U>''Internal Memo - It is requested all Crisis Management Teams do not deploy without first acquiring a Field Support member, as to avoid a repeat of the Kingsmouth fiasco with Jenkins. Also it is requested the PR team scans all bereavement packages and makes sure the flowers are not laced with toxins or hallucinogenics as to avoid a repeat of the Mrs. Jenkins fiasco.''