Career at OBSIDYNE

You start as an intern at Valdora's most powerful megacorp and climb nine rungs. A different game is played on every floor of the tower.

The company

OBSIDYNE has a say in nearly every sector in Valdora. Its tower defines the skyline; more information moves through its cafeteria than through a ministry. The company's official values are “courage, transparency and synergy”. The unofficial ones are learned in the corridor.

Ranks and pay

There are nine ranks on the corporate path. Starting monthly salaries:

Intern: ₡2,200
Junior Associate: ₡3,800
Associate: ₡5,200
Senior Associate: ₡7,000
Team Lead: ₡9,500
Manager: ₡13,000
Director: ₡19,000
Vice President: ₡30,000
Board Member: ₡60,000

After enough time at a rank you can ask for a promotion. At the annual review, performance above 70 brings a two-month bonus and a raise; below 45 it brings a “room for improvement” note and a watchful boss.

Departments

You start in one of ten departments, each with its own events:

Sales: quotas, client dinners and “this quarter has to close” calls.
Software & Infrastructure: crashing servers, midnight patches and backdoor secrets.
Legal: NDAs, lawsuits and documents that should never be signed.
Corporate Security: camera footage, internal investigations and, sometimes, vanishing staff.
Human Resources: layoffs, complaints and “team alignment” workshops.
Finance & Treasury: forecasts, audits and creative accounting.
R&D Labs: experiments, patents and accidents nobody talks about.
Marketing & Communications: crises, slogans and apology statements.
Operations & Logistics: ports, warehouses and everything that arrives late.
Data & Analytics: spreadsheets that know everything about everyone, and who gets to see them.

The corporate calendar

At OBSIDYNE the year runs in quarters. In April, Q1 close: everyone's KPIs go up on the big screen. In July, mid-year calibration: managers place everyone on a bell curve behind closed doors. In October, the budget forecast: Finance wants a “realistic” number, your boss an “ambitious” one. January brings the annual review and the year's books close.

Intrigue

The corporate path's real game is played in the corridors. You can spread a rumour about your rival, form a secret alliance with a colleague, keep an anonymous envelope in your drawer. A meeting recording can resurface on the promotion list months later; the lunch table you sit at can decide whose box moves up in the reorganisation. Higher still, a succession war breaks out on the board, and neutrality isn't on the menu.

Every scheme has a price: suspicion piles up, conscience wears thin, enemies remember. When suspicion hits 100, the scandal is at the door.

Rival companies

If you leave OBSIDYNE or get fired, not every door closes:

Halcyon Systems: OBSIDYNE's arch-rival in tech. They love ex-OBSIDYNE staff.
Veridian Biotech: Gene therapy and secretive labs. Good pay, picky hiring.
Kestrel Lojistik: Ports, warehouses, trucks. Lower pay, easier to get in.

Last updated: 2026-11-09