A4 Industries — The Droid Who Owns Tomorrow
Registered ~82 BBY. Vanished for decades. Re-registered NI -6 / ABY 4 above Coruscant. Now most important logistics contractor in NGE space — automated manufacturing, mining, HoloNet infrastructure, terraforming support.
What The HoloNet Says
- Automated manufacturing & mining — droid crews, no life-support waste, optimized routes no organic would fly.
- HoloNet infrastructure — best in galaxy. A4 nodes survived the Civil War when others failed. NGE contract.
- Terraforming support — equipment, atmospheric processors, water seeding for New Legacy project.
- Clear Kyber Crystals rumored — Exclusive Contract to the NGE.
Flagship Unforeseen Consequence: 1,830m automated capital, registered "automated mining vessel." Operates a few days off Galactic Star, cloaked. Crew never seen. Vanished ~70 BBY, returned NI -6 and broadcast "A4 Industries returns."
CEO Kyle Teldaris
Kyle Teldaris: CEO, public face. Handles Senate relations, Imperial Bank meetings, press. Very reasonable, very helpful, unsettlingly well-informed.
History before ABY 4: Corporate legend — shipping schemes, medical arbitrage, facility stripping, etc. Full records sealed under Imperial corporate privacy act. Spacer stories vary.
What Spacers Know
- A4 never stays near Galactic Star — "listening post" a few days out, dead system A4-1.
- If you need clear kyber, planetary shields, stealth coating, or HoloNet gear — A4 has it, if you have credits or Imperial writ.
- Zero-G shuttle story: old A4 shuttles had no gravity — droid mistake. Must retrofit for organics. Now a dockyard joke.
Public records only. Internal capabilities, other hulls, contracts, and pre-ABY 4 history are classified. If it's not on the HoloNet, it's not here.