A.R.G.O. - Advanced Research Group "Technology is the Golden Fleece of War"

[Burnside]

"Consilio, Innovo, Superare" - A.R.G.O.
For the best, to create the greater, and achieve the most.

At A.R.G.O. we don't just find simple solutions to simple problems, we look at the core issues causing the problem and innovate, test, and proof our work. As leaders in subsystem development and prefabrication, our goal at the Advanced Research Group is to solve problems before our customers encounter them. A.R.G.O. products can be used at multiple scales, both for custom jobs to fleet-wide solutions, you will find a breadth of remedies from logistics and industry, to operations and warfighting.

Among our many products you will find:
-Prefabricated Modules & Plug-and-Play Architecture for a Variety of Weight Classes & Operational Needs
-Armored Troop-Assault Bays & Anti-Personnel Support Systems
-Modular Strikecraft Upgrades & Other Bolt-On Packages
-Nested Data Networks & Custom Wiring Solutions
-Damage Control & Detection Systems
-Strikecraft Launch/Load Systems
-Multi-Crew Turret Gunhouses
-Experimental and Showcase Ship Designs, Ask About Our Test-Lease Associate Program
-NDA Contracts for Confidential Fabrication, Maintenance, and Repair Solutions
-Solar-Powered "Age of Sail" Styled Yachts and Ship for the Buccaneers' League
-At-Cost Prototyping for Competitive Bulk-Order Design Bids
-Custom Designs Fit to Your Specifications & Needs


The Test-Lease Associate Program
The Advanced Research Group prides itself on innovation and experimentation and YOU, the customer, can be a part of our iterative design process! The Test-Lease Program gives customers a way to gain access to early prototype systems and ships at a discount. By providing active and helpful feedback on the performance of our machines our associates ensure that we can improve performance features and enhance progress and development to showroom products at a faster pace than the traditional design process allows while also achieving a highly tailored result directly to our best users' personal specifications.

As a Test-Lease associate, YOU have a stake in our future products and prosperity! And it's not just for eager crash-dummies and aspiring daredevils. A.R.G.O. service contracts and in-house insurance programs also come with Test-Lease discounts as well as free upgrade rewards to newer models to thank you for helping us continually improve our products. Be sure to ask about our Test-Lease incentives so YOU can be the Spearhead of the Future!




As a constantly evolving company, we're always changing to keep our competitive edge, excellence in quality, and expand our market saturation. Please check our ad services periodically for new developments.




Out Current Flagship Design Ambitions
*Assault Landing Boat

*Twin Engine Interceptor, Replica & Production Models

*Advanced Carrier Systems, Revolving Lift

 

[Burnside]

If you want to push the limits of the known and redefine what's possible, the Advanced Research Group is where you ought to be.

Advance Vetting Initiative
Applying for Membership in the Advanced Research Group
It's important to remember that A.R.G.O. is a company that aims for top quality in both our product, personnel, and customer service. When submitting an application, ensure to keep your personal information private and use a private messaging system here or on the Starbase Discord and contact any listed active Human Resources Contacts. In preparation for your vetting it is important to sell your abilities, we want to know what YOU can achieve with our support and would love to see a portfolio of any projects you've worked on that showcase your exceptional talents. Jobs listings may be limited and openings few, but we will never turn away a prospective member that shows remarkable promise. If you are an expert in your field and believe in this company's mission, don't hesitate to apply. If you have multiple interests, don't fret, we here at A.R.G.O. believe in utilising our people to the best of their abilities and fostering growth of brilliant talents in multiple disciplines. Not only are existing members given preference to switch their positions in the company before bringing in new personnel, we also promote internal cross-training initiatives to ensure that everyone has the opportunity, incentive, and encouragement to grow from their time with us.
Note Regarding All Positions: we are looking for prospective members to fill formative head-of-staff positions in all branches (Engineering, Production, Media, Security, and Logistics). If you have any experience in the related fields as well as history in a position of leadership, please submit a portfolio to an Active Human Resource Contact.

Active Human Resources Contacts
Owner: @Burnside [Discord Contact: Burnside#9009]

ED-Engineering & Design
Branch: Engineering, Production
Need: Low
Positions Open: N/A
Exactly what it says on the tin, but you'd know that since you designed it! ED personnel are the backbone of A.R.G.O. Without engineers, we don't exist! Duties include implementing, troubleshooting, and correcting designs as well as performing assembly and maintenance on prototypes or field modifications. Excellence, exactness, and expertise is the name of our game, every engineer will aspire to achieve the very pinnacles of artisanal craftsmanship in their work and to see their prowess as designers and thinkers grow from the hands-on experience. Absolute professionalism must be melded with the maverick attitude required of prototyping and experimental design. You will be expected to keep company secrets as well as any private information entrusted to us by discerning customers that require our discretion. For you commitment, loyalty, and perseverance, you will be rewarded with increasing levels of autonomy, leeway, resources, and authority over personnel to pursue personal projects and the royalties should you choose to release your products to market under the A.R.G.O. namebrand, not only as an employee, but as a Peer.

DFS-Design Fabrication Support
Branch: Production
Need: Moderate
Positions Open: N/A
Not just a blue-collar position, DFS personnel are expected to become experts in factory operations and the proper utilisation of automated processes. Within A.R.G.O. you will be at the forefront of our efforts to bring our products to ever-increasing markets with the aid of mass production. As keystone experts in your field, you will work with every other branch of personnel here on various projects and tasks both large and small to find complex repeatable solutions to problems both mundane and novel. Not only will you be held to the same expectations of excellence and forward-thinking as everyone else, but you will be relied upon to spot areas for improvement and ease-of-use in all of our products and processes. If it can be done better, faster, cheaper, and still be counted on to deliver the same quality result, you are the person to see it gets done. Meritorious service is rewarded with authority among your fellows, control and responsibility over critical production processes, increased input over company projects, and networking opportunities with our customers and staff should the time come that you decide to leave A.R.G.O. and start a manufacturing company of your very own.

CSC-Coding & Systems Coordination
Branch: Engineering
Need: Low
Positions Open: N/A
While there are simple solutions to every problem, the miracle of YOLOL programming can offer compact and sophisticated answers to everyday questions. as a Coding Specialist CSC personnel will be relied upon to leverage their expert knowledge of the YOLOL language to provide A.R.G.O. and its various employees with elegant solutions to numerous automative and computational needs. Not just a tech support job, your responsibilities will cover the gamut of IT, systems engineering, and coding tasks. You will not only push the boundaries of knowledge in YOLOL usage but become a multi-disciplinary expert in various ship systems and perform collaborative work with our Engineers and Fabricators to create better and more responsive controls and widgets, advancing the entire field of ship, factory, and station design with your accomplishments. In addition to the numerous incentives and rewards provided to our staff for exceeding expectations and service metrics, including the authority and initiative to pursue your goals with the aid of company resources, your time here will come with an invaluable self-made education path, promising networking opportunities among peers and customers, as well as the eternal gratitude of this company.

PRCS-Public Relations & Customer Support
Branch: Media
Need: High
Positions Open: 1
We need Engineers, Designers, and Coders, but A.R.G.O. cannot succeed without the charismatic skills of a good Public Relations Specialist. As PRCS personnel your primary responsibility will be to gather, share, and publicly promote data across various social platforms, both inside Starbase and out, to help our company reach a wider market audience and serve a larger customer base than we ever could without Your Help! In addition, most of your assigned tasks inside of the game will consist of meeting with customers, collating field reports for our Test-Lease Associates, and verifying any claims, making you the most important line of defense against temperamental prototypes and ensuring an excellence and quality of service to our valued customers. As we grow as a company and acquire greater supplies and assets your privileges will expand to include benefits like access to the company motor pool for travel needs, enhanced discounts, and free service vouchers for your personal vehicles. PRCS positions may also be asked to fill extra duty as small-items couriers or human resources tasks, including vetting new members, it's important that you get to know all the positions and personnel in this company as well as our various customers.

SI-Security & Investigation
Branch: Security
Need: Moderate
Positions Open: N/A
As utopian as our mission statement is, capital is dirty, and so are some of our more unscrupulous competitors. SI personnel will be expected to be aware of company and personnel activities that might threaten our prosperity, morals, and goals. You will be held to the highest ethical standards and hold the rest of us, even the owner, to those same standards. You will work closely with all department heads to ensure that any necessary shortcuts or exceptions do not become weaknesses in our protocol and remain abreast of our dealings with customers and other companies. As part of this austere responsibility, many resources will be made available for the express purpose of protecting company interests. You will understand the proper use and deployment of all tools at your disposal including those of an investigative nature and will be expected to demonstrate a keen mind and propensity for rational induction based upon demonstrable evidence. Not only are you insuring excellence in company integrity and image, but protecting all of us from external threats, whether that be infiltration, invasion, or finesse. The field of corporate security is an ever-evolving game upon which lie the highest stakes. You will be trusted to form networks both professional and covert without betraying your vested allegiance to your fellow employees and this company, the rewards of which need not be enumerated. For your steadfastness and ethical pursuit of excellence in defense, teamwork, and camaraderie you will become one of the most effective investigative teams in the Belt with a reputation for rapid, thorough response to a myriad of tireless threats.

 

[Burnside]

RL-Resources & Logistics
Branch: Logistics
Need: Low
Positions Open: 1
Nobody appreciates the dirt on a miner's gear but those who've seen the farthest depths of space and looked back on the lights of civilisation, tiny and indistinguishable amid the starlights. Your expertise in surveying and harvesting critical resources is what will keep A.R.G.O. on top of the competition. You will be relied upon to not only acquire new resources cheaply for the company but work with our design, fabrication, and coding teams to devleop new and better mining technology. In cooperation with elements of our security specialists, RL personnel will maintain and defend company assets from pirates and minor powers and may even have the opportunity to take part in joint fleet actions with various factions and militant groups in our custom. While primarily securing and delivering resources, you may also be tasked to make large deliveries to distant customer locations or move important supplies between our own company assets with all the attendant responsibilities and risks that entails. The experience of a veteran crew of mining and logistics experts cannot be discounted when the distances we face are far vaster the span of Mother Earth herself, and the skill and quality of an A.R.G.O. ship will never be doubted should it ever be called into question. After your stay with us you will be measured among the elite of any nation in humanity's history and your rewards will be compared to the hoards of legendary sailors long since past.