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The other outcome of Adam's survival was that he had inherited the [[Optican]] corporate empire, originally founded by his parents. This pushed him into an academic career, in which he went to university while at the same time learning how to manage a company. Around [[2541]] he had an interest in an undefined sport, though not for a particular team - his interest was fueled by the engineering work done by the people behind the scenes to advance the health and safety of the sport, and realized that an Optican sponsorship deal would be appropriate. By the age of 22, he still faced pushback from the Optican board of directors - who were reluctant to have to work for someone so much younger than them - though his majority stake in the company meant that they could put up little actual resistance. The loneliness that he experienced as a result of having to balance university studies with managing an interstellar corporation eventually saw him establish a romantic relationship with his then-roommate [[Dan]],{{Ref/Reuse|Hippocratica}} who he would later go on to marry.{{Ref/Reuse|TwitterHarupisDanAdam}}

After the end of the [[Human-Covenant War]] in [[2552]], Adam continued to use Optican as a tool to help in the rebuilding of humanity. With a new [[Unified Earth Government]] initiative pioneered by [[President of the Unified Earth Government|President]] [[Ruth Charet]] to rebuild the UEG's infrastructure and a health plan for the survivors of the war, Optican (and Adam) was front-and-center. This saw him dealing with subjects as varied as [[artificial limb]]s, advanced wheelchairs, instant-application [[medigel]], physical therapy, mental health, and the study and treatment of diseases from dozens of worlds - all of which had been spread thanks to the immense movement of refugee populations in the war. Unusually however, one of the very first partnerships Adam invested in following the war's conclusion was a partnership with [[Misriah Armory]] - a military-industrial corporation usually known for building weapons for the [[United Nations Space Command]]. The Optican-Misriah partnership had resulted in the creation of the [[EV-44 Nightingale]] - a tiltrotor aircraft and brainchild of Adam Andrews, originally intended as a purely medical support aircraft though eventually turned into a highly customisable airframe that could support "the best of both worlds."{{Ref/Reuse|Hippocratica}}