Jul 2, 2023 20:28:49 GMT
Post by facade on Jul 2, 2023 20:28:49 GMT
Unique Variant Solutions
UVS' logos.
Unique Variant Solutions Ltd. is an American quirk support, quirk research and medical equipment company founded in New York City in January 2092 by Dr. Markus Magnusson, Aiden Markusson and Dr. Matthew Brown.[1] The company produces tech geared towards Quirkers, especially Heroes or those studying Heroics, with the stated mission of "creating a world where all can live freely from the harm inflicted unwillingly by Quirks, most of all on their users"[2]. The company's motto is "Each person a unique variant, each item a unique solution."[2] While Unique Variant Solutions does produce some product lines which are more general (such as their 'UnderControl Collection' line, which is aimed at controlling Quirk-related outbursts and emotional symptoms and has received criticism from mutant and quirker rights activists for promoting 'anti-quirker rhetoric which paints us as needing to be controlled'[3]), the vast majority of its products are tailored to individual quirks or families via consultations in-person or online with one of the company's resident quirk scientists[4] (such as their 'ThermoSafe Band' line, initially created for the family of Crystal King[5] before being released in a new edition for mass-production due to popular demand[5]). Magnusson currently serves as the CEO, with Markusson as CTO and Brown as Head of Research.
Unique Variant Solutions (UVS) is a rising star in the support equipment industry: the product of Aiden's engineering & funding, and his father's quirk science pioneering efforts & contacts. While the company was founded and began research operations (with a private Quirk database) shortly before Aiden began his undergrad studies, they only began engineering and design services in 2096, and Aiden took over as CTO in 2098. The company's explicit efforts to improve Quirker quality-of-life and tendency to work with heroes has lead to not-insignificant popularity on UVS' part, opening branches in several countries either privately or in collaboration with local governments. With Aiden Markusson overseeing (given his move to Tokyo for business regardless), UVS are constructing 5 new labs/offices in the Tokyo area, 3f being currently operational. Their main HQ office space is shared with that of ProjectYou, in Akihabara.
- Lab 1: Known by employees as the 'Hazard Box', this lab serves as the main workshop for testing and construction of support equipment on behalf of Pro Heroes. While this is the smallest of the facilities, Lab 1 is also the most secure, with doubly-redundant and reinforced systems for dealing with almost any forseeable hazard that Quirks on the level of Heroes could produce. The researchers and technicians in this Lab are typically the company's most experienced, to deal with the higher level of quality assurance required for such important customers.
- Lab 2: The second Tokyo UVS laboratory is catered towards testing & design for support equipment on behalf of highschool and university Heroics students (mostly the latter). While not as reinforced as the Hazard Box, there are just as many security mechanisms, implemented with the understanding that 14-23 year-olds aren't usually the most sensible, nor the most restrained with usage of their Quirks (with the same going triple for the average Heroics student). This lab is where the more eccentric and innovative staff can usually be found, and where interns are usually stationed at first.
- Labs 3-5: These laboratories are (planned to be) much larger, and are dedicated to serving all of the civilian and government clients. They are much less over-protected than the two specialist Labs, though still with appropriate safety mechanisms, and have larger dedicated medical & research wings. Only the first of these 3 labs has been fully constructed as of April 2100, but the majority of UVS' current Japanese staff are stationed here.
UVS routinely offers paid internships to Support students, and will sometimes scout people with appropriate skills in quirk science, design or engineering to offer them full-time positions.
