[drax]

Something's been bugging me about the way things wrapped up in S1.
What was the point of The Company and The Primatech Paper front ? They didn't achieve anything the Linderman group weren't already doing, or capable of doing, already. Given that HRG seemed to be the only employee that was unaware of Linderman's involvement, I'm scratching my head trying to work out what it was there for in the first place.
Linderman had a hell of lot of power and money, the Petrelli's had the political connections, the Nakamuras had the resources of a multinational corporation and the Deveaux Society was an established philanthropic global organisation which gave them an excellent cover story in just about every corner of the world.
So what did The Company / Primatech bring to the party ? Nothing that I can think of, in fact maintaining a bogus covert organisation along with a front company must've caused a pretty big drain on resources.

[Nicknack]

i think primatech were the company that Linderman was behind, it was called a paper company as a front to the rest of society. It was the half of the original company that 'went bad' or 'lost sight' as such. I think?

[drax]

Yeah, maybe I didn't make myself clear. Primatech and "The Company" were two parts of the same organisation, an organisation controlled by Linderman and his associates.
But why bother creating "the company" and primatech ? It didn't give them anything they didn't already have and only created complications and extra work for them.

[Nicknack]

Was "the company" the name of the organisation that searched for and caught' the heroes, because i definately know that Primatech Paper was the non-existent company that was used as a face. So unless Primatech was the outside name for the company, i'm not sure.

[Ikin]

^Yes, it was. Although Primatech did produce paper, because Claire went there to get some for a Homecoming banner.

[BaseballerX]

Originally Posted by drax

Something's been bugging me about the way things wrapped up in S1.
What was the point of The Company and The Primatech Paper front ? They didn't achieve anything the Linderman group weren't already doing, or capable of doing, already. Given that HRG seemed to be the only employee that was unaware of Linderman's involvement, I'm scratching my head trying to work out what it was there for in the first place.
Linderman had a hell of lot of power and money, the Petrelli's had the political connections, the Nakamuras had the resources of a multinational corporation and the Deveaux Society was an established philanthropic global organisation which gave them an excellent cover story in just about every corner of the world.
So what did The Company / Primatech bring to the party ? Nothing that I can think of, in fact maintaining a bogus covert organisation along with a front company must've caused a pretty big drain on resources.

You say that they all already had their power and what not, but you also have to remember that it was started well over 15 years ago. Perhaps back then they didn't have their own individual companies and high power status and used the paper company to get there (while using it as a front for their dirty work) and then each branched off into their own separate fields

[rook]

NBC actually created a phony web site of Primatech Paper that you can visit to find clues.

http://www.primatechpaper.com/

http://www.primatechpaper.com/career_form.shtml

The job form.

http://heroeswiki.com/Primatechpaper.com

[rook]

The Paper front company actually made a product and likely made money. It was in a small town away from prying eyes and ended up being a cover for both the medical laboratory and the agency operation center. Supposedly started in 1962, this front company had been around 40+ years and probably had loyalty from the community as a high paying employer in a relatively small city.

Odessa Texas was the brief home of Bush Sr and Bush Jr which I suppose gives a bit of CIA credentials although not much. Everything about the Primatech paper operation suggest a government and private partnership. The agency without initials strikes me as a large international conglomerate of companies of people with abilities whose main business is to track the "Heroes" and influence the future.

[drax]

Originally Posted by rook

The Paper front company actually made a product and likely made money. It was in a small town away from prying eyes and ended up being a cover for both the medical laboratory and the agency operation center.

And yet they maintained an equally well equipped facility that was just as secure despite being in the heart of NYC...

Originally Posted by rook

Supposedly started in 1962, this front company had been around 40+ years and probably had loyalty from the community as a high paying employer in a relatively small city.

I'm not sure but it seems your thinking here is that small town, down home values may have helped Primatech maintain its cover. In this day and age ?? Seriously ???
*cough*Roswell*cough*

Originally Posted by rook

Odessa Texas was the brief home of Bush Sr and Bush Jr which I suppose gives a bit of CIA credentials although not much.

Nahh, I'm pretty sure that was just an oversight on the part of the writers.

Originally Posted by rook

Everything about the Primatech paper operation suggest a government and private partnership. The agency without initials strikes me as a large international conglomerate of companies of people with abilities whose main business is to track the "Heroes" and influence the future.

If any governments were informed about the company's existence I don't think the word "partnership" would've been used except in the loosest possible terms. To be honest I think government interference was pretty low on the Linderman Group's list of priorities, they had much bigger fish to fry.

[Ikin]

Originally Posted by drax

And yet they maintained an equally well equipped facility that was just as secure despite being in the heart of NYC...

Just because they had a facility in New York doesn't mean that they didn't need Primatech. It's likely that the Company has several fronts.