AstroDyne is the frontier engineer’s favorite contradiction: a supplier of rugged implants, patched drives, gray-market upload rigs, and repairable systems sold to people the formal economy considers too risky or too poor to serve properly.
Because AstroDyne designs for abuse and field maintenance rather than elegance, its products spread through mining crews, pirate routes, improvised habitats, and dissident networks. It never becomes the most prestigious firm in Sol. It becomes one of the hardest to kill.