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Today, a cutting-edge manufacturer of a wide range of medical and surgical devices, [[BiotiCorp]] can trace its roots back to the famed ‘Decon’ lab at [[Scaliger School of Medicine]] in [[Rhetor system|Rhetor]]. The lab, so named due to the notorious sensitivity of its hazard detection system and the frequency with which students researching there would be trapped overnight for decontamination, has produced an overwhelming number of scientific advances in the last century, and was, in 2912, where doctoral students and future founders of BiotiCorp, [[Ted Santos]] and [[Diyo Nikolas]], first met.

Nikolas was studying the effects of quantum travel upon the precision of surgical assist robots when she found herself once again locked in the lab by the triggering of a decontamination alarm. Santo, who had only recently transferred to the school, was also in the lab at the time, and panicked when the alarms sealing the lab sounded.

Trying to calm the obviously agitated researcher, Nikolas asked Santo to explain his project to her. Having received a grant from the [[Navy]] to look into [[Targion disease]], a neurological disorder that had been appearing in starmen with long service records, Santo was studying genetic gravitational compression with the hopes of finding a cause. By the end of the lockdown, the two had realized that their research was connected.

Three years later, Doctors Nikolas and Santo released a paper in the Rhetor Journal of Medicine proving the connection between genetic gravitational compression that occurs in quantum travel and the increased fatality rates for transporting emergency patients while in surgery. The work was groundbreaking and immediately had an effect on Search and Rescue protocols. Seeking to capitalize on the valuable discovery, Scaliger School of Medicine eagerly invested in the foundation of a private research center that would be run by the pair, and BiotiCorp was born.

The company’s first commercial product was a software suite for surgical robots that allowed them to better compensate for the effects of quantum travel and greatly reduced transitory deaths of patients. The suite was almost universally adapted, and BiotiCorp reinvested all profits in additional research, solidifying what would become the company’s reputation for consistently pushing medicine forward.

Having recently moved into a massive, brand-new facility outside [[Candalor]] on [[Reisse]], BiotiCorp continues to take innovative strides with each new product release. For over three decades, they’ve been partnering with the top researchers and doctors from multiple disciplines to pioneer unique and advanced medical technologies to improve the quality of care for everyone in the Empire. Expanding from software into manufacturing, BiotiCorp created their own line of surgical assist robots, branded the [[Autodoc]]. While they may not be as feature-rich as some their competitors, the robots are known for their continuously reliable performance under less than ideal conditions. This robustness makes them a favorite for Navy corpsmen and doctors serving aboard mobile hospital platforms like the [[Endeavor]].

The Autodoc series found itself briefly in the spotlight after the recent attempted assassination of the Governors Council in [[New Castle]]. With most of the major [[Borea]] hospitals inaccessible in the aftermath of the attack, the injured members were rushed to a [[Cutlass Red]] that they were fortunate enough to find parked on a nearby landing pad. Equipped with BioticCorp’s Autodocs, the council members were stabilized on board as they were rushed to emergency care facilities. In a later speech, Governor [[Jesper Donovin]] specifically credited the Autodoc with saving his life and tried, unsuccessfully, to pass a bill that would require one to be installed in every government-operated building.

It was in trying to further improve their surgical assist robots that BiotiCorp first approached their next major product line, medical scanners. Addressing the 2935 Scaliger School of Medicine graduating class, Dr. Nikolas proclaimed that the most important tool that any medical practitioner can have is knowledge. By improving scan techniques, BiotiCorp hoped to increase the ability of both assist robots and Humans to accurately determine what is happening inside a patient, giving treatments an even higher likelihood of success. Upon its release, the [[Vitalus Pro MediScan]] was received by the medical community with much acclaim. Featuring advanced clinical parameters for rapid patient analysis and hosting an extensive feature set, the Vitalus Pro line of scanners provides monitoring solutions capable of meeting a wide range of acuity demands.

There has been some concern that because they are so highly portable, that Vitalus scanners might be considered an invasion of privacy, since anyone equipped with one could learn a vast amount of personal information from an unsuspecting person. Lobbyists at the [[Empire Civil Rights Association]] are pushing for the Senate to make it illegal to scan someone without their permission, but some counter that such a law would make it harder to provide people with emergency care. Though the debate is ongoing, use of the Vitalus continues to spread.