AstroCorp

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AstroCorp
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CEO/FounderConric005
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AstroCorp is a holdings company owned by Conric005. The global HQ of this company is located in Seoland. The company owns companies, also started by Conric005.

History

Origins in Svobodny

AstroCorp started out as AstroOil, an oil company started by Conric005 the day he reached member status. While trying to find somewhere to build his headquarters, RLcrafters reached out to him asking if Conric005 could put the HQ in his town of Svobodny. RLcrafters set out an area for Conric to build, and the global HQ for AstroOil was created. The building still stands today, and is still used as the headquarters for the AstroOil department.

Small Expansions

After the first HQ was made, AstroOil started to expand. The first ever regional HQ was made in the town of Frostbite. Sometime later, the regional HQ in Mega Motion City was built. Mega Motion City has an MRT Line connection, so that was the first time anything AstroCorp related was close to an MRT station. The regional HQs are still used by AstroCorp, but the signage hasn't been changed for any HQ. These beginnings paved the way for a name change...

Changes in the company

This point in AstroCorp history marks the point where the parent company for AstroOil was created, called AstroCorp. With this parent company in place, AstroCorp could expand into new industries, and a new franchise was born. This was the creation of AstroSlurp. AstroSlurp started out as a small franchise in the town of Frostbite, where the first regional HQ was founded. From there, AstroSlurp expanded to the town of Kevtropolis. After that, more and more locations were built, serving the classic soda, Thicc Juice. During this period, AstroOil was declared as defunct.

A Fresh Start

It was at this time that the current AstroCorp HQ was built in the town of Seoland. A new regional HQ was made in Sunshine Coast, and it's still being worked on today. That was the first part of what we'll call the "Fresh Start" time in the company. The next part was the great AstroSlurp re-numbering project, where every known AstroSlurp location was visited, and all locations were counted, including ones in towns that had multiple AstroSlurps. During the project, a list was created in book form so that the number of AstroSlurps would never be forgotten.

Growth Period

During this period, which started in 2019 and lasted until late 2020, AstroSlurp went under a major growth period, opening most of it's 200 locations during this time. AstroSlurp branched out into a major partnership with BluRail, along with new locations in some IntraRail and RaiLinQ stations. Astroslurp also created promotional material that appeared in several MBS broadcasts. This period also marks the creation of the Neptune Transit division, beginning with Neptune Buses in 2019 and Neptune Heli Shuttles in 2020.

Unforeseen Consequences

Due to some "Unforeseen Consequences", along with some budget cuts and declining popularity, AstroCorp's growth period began to fail during the last months of 2020. As the company's profits began to sink lower and lower, the Neptune Transit division attempted to create a new transit section of the company, named Neptune Ferries, at the end of 2020. As Neptune Ferries failed to collect the profits needed to keep the company afloat, it was sold off to new ownership in the middle of 2021. Along with Neptune Ferries, Neptune Buses was sold off to LeafTransit and the Neptune Transit division was dissolved. In August of 2021, the company almost met it's end after it was forced to give up AstroSlurp to Hut Holdings, along with laying off a lot of executives and long time employees.

Revival

After the decline of AstroCorp had run it's course completely in 2021, AstroCorp had collected enough income from the other odd jobs and small, local franchises it owns to re-aquire AstroSlurp from Hut Holdings, which had gone under a new phase of growth just before being bought back. After re-aquiring Neptune Heli Shuttles, AstroCorp began to slowly gain back the momentum it had lost almost exactly a year after it began to decline. The future of AstroCorp is looking brighter, and it is predicted that AstroSlurp will continue to grow through at least the end of 2021.

List of Companies

AstroSlurp

AstroSlurp is a custom soda shop where customers choose a soda, an infusement, and a dessert. AstroSlurp is one of the biggest franchises on the server, with over 200 locations recorded and an unknown amount of unrecorded locations located in BluRail stations across the server. It has notable locations in places such as Central City, Starbase One, and locations in BluRail, IntraRail, and RaiLinQ stations. It has been around since 2018.

Thicc Juice

Neptune Heli Shuttles

Neptune Heli Shuttles is a helicopter airline, operating helicopter lines throughout the MRT. This is the only remaining asset of the Neptune Transit division, which created this company along with Neptune Buses and Neptune Ferries. More info coming soon!

AstroOil

AstroOil is a former oil company with regional headquarters in towns such as Svobodny, Frostbite, and Mega Motion City. It was started as the original company owned by AstroCorp, however due to budget cuts and other setbacks it was declared defunct in late 2018. The regional HQs of AstroOil are now used by AstroCorp.