Roster
Minions
Unknown, but the full list probably includes armed guards and soldiers, specially-trained
operatives, and even captured superheroes or villains.
Current HQ: Unknown
Turf: Crey's Folly, Crey Cove
Levels: Unknown
Villain Finder
·At this time, nothing is known about how heroes will locate Crey villains.
Tactics
·Unknown
Combat Recommendations
·Unknown
Rewards
·Unknown, but possibly Inspirations and Enhancements in the Technology
(Invention, Cybernetics, Gadget) or Science (Invention, Accident, Genetic Alteration) categories.
History
Crey Industries grew from Crey Biotech, a successful pharmaceutical company
founded by Count Alphonse Crey and his young wife, Clarissa. When the Count fell into a mysterious coma, Countess Crey moved
the company from Switzerland
to her hometown of Paragon City. "She
publicly swore to devote her company's resources to finding a cure for her stricken husband, but proceeded to use her amazing
and daring business acumen to expand her company at an astonishing rate. Through a series of buyouts, hostile takeovers, and
key personnel acquisitions, the countess turned her small research firm into an economic juggernaut." The result was Crey
Industries, one of the most powerful and diverse companies in the world.
As with many mega-corporations, Crey Industries has had its share of scandals
and trouble. In fact, it "is an established fact that there have been several government investigations into Crey's sometimes
controversial drug testing techniques. However, no formal charges have ever been filed. There have also been widespread rumors
of blackmail, intimidation, and other unsavory business practices involved in the various takeovers and acquisitions of the
early nineties. More recently, reports indicate that Crey Industries might be operating it's own, secret cadre of super powered
security troops, allegedly using advanced and entirely illegal cloning processes."
In 1998, Paragon City
became a focal point for hero politics, and Crey Industries was in the thick of the controversy. The flap began when the organization
known as Hero Corps tried to build a franchise in Paragon City.
Despite at least one false start and stiff resistance to the idea from the local hero community, including the Statesman,
"Crey Industries made an offer to subsidize the new Hero Corps facility. The Countess Crey made
several public appearances lauding the corporation’s work over seas and stating that she had high expectations for HC
Paragon City. Everything seemed set for another attempt at building the facility when the city zoning board revoked Hero Corps
construction permits. A series of legal maneuverings proved costly but ineffective for Hero Corps, as every political door
suddenly seemed closed. The Countess Crey told anyone who would listen that the Freedom Phalanx, and Statesman in particular,
were using their influence to block Hero Corps’ efforts. Ultimately, Hero Corps had to withdraw from the city after
all, but the whole process left a bad taste in the mouths of many Paragon City
residents."
While the Rikti War proved a major disaster for most of the world, Crey Industries
actually benefited greatly from the alien invaders and the technology they introduced. Although many "private research and
development firms now operate under government contract to help unlock the potential in captured Rikti tech," Crey Industries
is perhaps the most significant of these companies. Crey Industries holds "the patent on the emergency teleportation system
that so many heroes use every day in their fight against evil. However, Crey recently lost all of its contracts and was forbidden
to work on Rikti research after the Vanguard discovered that the company possessed a number of Rikti weapons and rare suits
of advanced combat armor that the rest of the world knew nothing about. The Countess Crey maintained that it was simply a
clerical error, but the Vanguard remained unimpressed and seized all the alien artifacts known to be in Crey's possession.
Crey has assured the UN that it no longer has any interest in alien research and is pursuing its own projects from now on."
Illegal studies on Rikti technology is perhaps the least of Crey's offenses
since the end of the alien invasion. "Although no solid proof has yet surfaced, some have claimed that Crey Biotech employees
stole the corpses of many dead heroes who fell during the war. Over a hundred super powered heroes are missing and presumed
dead as a result of the alien attack. Whether the Rikti or Crey has the bodies remains a mystery. Towards the end of the war,
reports surfaced that uniformed and helmeted super soldiers were protecting Crey facilities from attack, and one member of
the Freedom Phalanx swears she recognized one of the mystery guards use the signature attacks of one of her fallen comrades.
Still, no undeniable evidence of wrongdoing has ever been found.
"Five months ago,
a team of heroes associated with the Dawn Patrol uncovered a secret laboratory right in the heart of Paragon
City. The facility was guarded by power armor clad soldiers and scientific personnel
using Crey Industries made equipment. Within the heart of the underground lab sat a pair of hibernation tanks, each with the
body of a MIA hero from the Rikti Invasion. The Dawn Patrol recovered the heroes, but both were long dead. When confronted
with this evidence the Countess Crey herself made a rare public appearance. She provided ample proof that the lab personnel
were rogue ex-Crey Industries employees who had used stolen scientific equipment for their own ends. Although many skeptics
remain, no one has yet been able to find any positive proof that the Countess or any of her employees knew about the operation.
For the moment Crey Industries remains the most influential and respected corporation in Paragon
City, but many of the city's heroes are keeping a watchful eye on the Countess
and her future plans." There is also suspicion that Crey has kidnapped homeless for use as experimental test subjects.
Crey Industries has also been
inadvertently involved in the creation of a number of supervillains. The Freakshow, for example, became super-powered thugs
after ingesting experimental drugs stolen from a hijacked Crey truck. Crey has even unwittingly contributed to poisoning part
of the city: during the Rikti War, "the alien invaders targeted a Crey facility in the [so-called "Venice"
industrial] area in their initial assault. The resulting explosion not only devastated the Crey labs, but also created a strange
element that poisoned the area. A greenish miasma now lies as a thick mist everywhere. The once clean waters that made the
area famous are now filled with brackish muck. During the war, the area was quickly abandoned; it no longer had any strategic
use." Since the war, the area has become known as Crey's Folly. The region is now home to the Freakshow and a host of bizarre
creatures described as being "made of rocks or plants." Unwilling to abandon its facilities, "Crey Industries, against all
recommendations, has launched several teams into the area to investigate their once great lab. No word yet on their findings."
