Corporations
ARES
| Corporation | Advanced Research and Experimental Systems |
| Branches | AI systems; Arms and Tech Manufacturing; Military |
| Years Founded | Early 2440s |
| Headquarters | Mars |
| Branch Offices | Deimos, Phobos, IO, Europa |
| Key People | Sakura Kaneda, Aaron Skell, Robert Aldon, Cassandra Areia |
| Value | 1.4 Trillion Solcred |
A.R.E.S is a megacorporation that deals in Artificial Intelligence, Cybertech, Nanotech, Weapons Development, and Military Contracts. They have seen success on Mars, Deimos, Phobos, Luna, Io, Europa, and a few space stations and floating cities. Their headquarters are located on Mars. A.R.E.S also has a seat in the New Geneva Council, providing military aid and support, as well as being one of the main providers with weaponry, ships, and vehicles. Although the mega-corporation has a CEO, its identity is...
Armitech
| Corporation | Armitech Defense |
| Branches | Corporate Security; AI Systems; Arms and Vehicle Manufacturing |
| Years Founded | Early 2430s |
| Founder | Adelheid Stromm |
| Headquarters | Neu Berlin |
| Branch Offices | Neo London, Nya Stockholm, Nouveau Paris, French Populace of Utopia, Cocoon Station |
| Value | 1.1 Trillion Solcred |
Armitech, an active weapons manufacturer from Neu Berlin, has been active since the 2430's. Born in their industrial sector, Armitech was just one more out of many weapon manufacturers that were just a bleep on Neu Berlin's industrial complex, until one of their engineers, Adelheid Stromm, found blueprints belonging to the weaponry used during the Transcendence War era, including prototype weaponry that was never released on the field. That, in addition to salvaged weapons and samples obtained from Earth, combined with current power cells and hydrogen batteries, with that knowledge in hand, Armitech focused entirely on energy weapons, assuring a highly destructive output from plasma and laser-based weapons at half the energy cost from their power cells.
Over the next ten years, Armitech would expand aggressively on Neu Berlin, the Dusseldorf Industrial Platform, and even Utopia. Rivaling with Matsumoto Zaibatsu, they would get involved in an Industrial Espionage scandal, when Harada Matsumoto, who had worked for Armitech, got close enough to the corporation to embezzle and negotiate deals that would take assets and profits from Armitech and would catapult Matsumoto Zaibatsu into the Megacorporation Status.
Meanwhile, the humble engineer that was responsible for the change in Armitech's status, Adelheid Stromm, had climbed the corporate ladder and became the new CEO, after ten years of preparation.
Today, Armitech reigns as one of the most important Euro-based Megacorporations that produce, manufacture, and distribute weaponry and cyber tech to both Security Corporations and Military Corporations.
GTT
| Corporation | Genetectic |
| Branches | Biotech; Medical |
| Year Founded | 2488 |
| Founded | Ophelia Faith |
| Headquarters | Luna Colony |
| Branch Offices | Cocoon Station, CP11: New Texas Sea |
| Value | 650 Billion Solcred |
GTT is a mega corporation primarily involved in the biotech and medical industries. It is one of the mega-corps on cocoon, owning and managing the GTT Medical Pavilion it is a company that offers medical and cloning services, develops and produces Replicants, As well as manages and deploys Trauma Team first responder services.
Matsumoto
| Corporation | Matsumoto Zaibatsu |
| Branches | Corporate Security; Mercenary Contracting; Arms and Tech Manufacturing |
| Year Founded | 2435 |
| Founded | Kei Matsumoto |
| Headquarters | New Edo |
| Branch Offices | Luna Colony, Shin Tokyo, Se Seoul, Xin Beijing, Mega-LA |
| Key People | Harada Matsumoto |
| Value | 990 Billion Solcred |
The prestigious Matsumoto Zaibatsu is a New-Edo based megacorporation dealing in corporate security, cyberwar, and weapon manufacturing. Started in 2435 by Kei Matsumoto as a small organization that dealt with cybertech repairs. By 2437, Matsuda would start producing its own line of cyber tech and cybernetics in general (Optics, Neural Implants Surveillance, and Security systems, et cetera), Kei Matsumoto's philosophy would drive himself to work harder than his competitors and hoped to inspire others by his devotion. Matsumoto would play to win. In mid-2440's, Matsumoto would give a leap of faith and attempt their hand in nanotech, however, the still humble organization lacked the proper personnel and means to maintain nanotech afloat and suffered their first blow, that, added to other companies rising up and even catching up with them, forced Kei Matsumoto to consider other methods, in his mind, he had to win at all costs and one more failure wasn't an option.
Kei Matsumoto was always trying to keep ahead of the game and had a small network of spies, through this network, he caught wind that Armitech was salvaging working technology from Earth, the mythical Transcendence War-era tech could be a game-changer if done right, his son, Harada Matsumoto, would eventually work for Armitech and climb the corporate ladder until reaching a middle management position, not high enough to get him noticed, but high enough to get access to the secrets his father and his company desperately needed, the information Harada Matsumoto would obtain resulted in one of the biggest Corporate Espionage scandals in history, as Armitech and Matsumoto would face each other in Corporate Law Courthouses for several months until the case was handled privately and settled. However, the constant pressure would prove too much for Kei Matsumoto, and he would pass away due to cardiac complications, allowing for Harada Matsumoto to assume control of the corporation, and renaming it Matsumoto Zaibatsu, to reflect its new status.
With what Harada Matsumoto considered a victory over Armitech, his new vision was to also control Security Corporations in New Edo, putting himself at odds against Rising Sun Technologies, a Corporate Security Corporation that was rumored to be financed by the Asakura Gumi, a powerful criminal syndicate led by Asakura Shinnosuke. Eventually, Matsumoto Zaibatsu and Rising Sun Technologies would agree on territory distribution, as well as weaponry distribution from Matsumoto Zaibatsu. Today, the corporation remains an important weapons manufacturer and is one of the main pillars that sustain New Edo, with shady practices and even shadier management.
New Geneva
| Corporation | New Geneva |
| Branches | Governing; Law; Banking; Arms Manufacturing |
| Year Founded | Early 2200s |
| Headquarters | New Geneva |
| Key People | Unknown |
| Value | 3-5 Trillion Solcred |
As the flames of the Transcendence War died out, the fledgling remnants of humanity started to rebuild. As they began strategizing for the future it was obvious that a forum for governing the scattered habitats was necessary. Habitat-0419 was a small, but a centralized hub for traffic during this rebuilding and colonization phase. It became a neutral meeting place for several corporate leaders. They all pitched in to expand this platform and build a permanent meeting space, changing the name to New Geneva. The name became synonymous with the new governing corp.
Thanks to mutual support by its member organizations, NG boasts a large standing military. This is used to step in if corporate conflicts get out of hand. The New Geneva council may vote to impose and enforce economic sanctions against a wayward corp, enforced with the aid of SolBank. SolBank backs a common currency, and NG makes and enforces the regulations that govern interactions between the corps. The ban on Omega AIs, limits on the number of troops and types of weapons corps can have/use, and other prescriptions all come from the NG. The megacorps send delegates to the NG to represent them and vote on new regulations.