Corporations
GLOBAL 33
Global 33 is the largest entertainment and news corporation both is size and distribution. They have facilities in 90% of the countries world wide and own dozens of channels. They deal with anything that is broadcasted on the net - news, documentaries, sitcoms, sales, movies, talk shows, entertainment shows, etc. But having this control over the media gives Global 33 power over everything – after all they have access to the minds of millions of viewers. Some even say that they have caused the political falldown of ’22 due to their political interest, but an investigation proved nothing.
INDIGO ARMS
Indigo Arms is the most powerful weapons corporation at 2031. It develops everything from handguns to surface missiles. Most of the world’s armies buy from Indigo and also small mercenaries groups and Mercs. It is at the front edge of weapon research and its weapons are top quality.
MEDICK INC.
Medick Inc. specializes in health facilities. Most of the private hospitals belong to Medick, and since there are very few governmental hospitals, one can claim that Medick has taken control of the health system. Medick does more than build hospitals though – it deals with anything that has a medical nature to it like qualifying doctors, nurses and pharmacists or funding medical research.
NEOPHARM
Neopharm, as opposed to Medick, deals only with medicine and drugs. Though Medick had tried to buy out Neopharm, it didn’t succeed. Neopharm had taken the science of medicine research into a new era. With top of the line scientists, backed up by the company’s financial stability, one can expect wonders. And they deliver – like cures for diseases that were incurable for years (Cancer, Aids), drugs that have no addictive behavior and leave no traces, etc. Lately they have entered the field of bioware and the world impatiently awaits their results.
OSEP
Osep - Orbitals and Space ExPloration – owns most of the satellites that orbit Earth at 2031. A descendant of NASA, they have became the most powerful out-of-Earth megacorp. The off-world colonies on the moon and on the space station Horizon are both projects that are funded and controlled by Osep. Osep has moved most of its facilities to the moon base and besides a dozen of launch sites, has nothing left on our planet.
RECON
One of the most feared corporations. They say that if it exist, it has have a file at Recon. Besides managing enormous warehouses of data on anything there is, they specialize in obtaining this data. They employ agents everywhere and know everything. Their database is the most challenging to netrunners all over the globe and many have lost their lives trying to break in. Rumors say that what actually runs their database is an AI, but no one can confirm it.
SEEDEK
The first company to introduce cyberspace interface to the world, and still the leading one. Most of the cyberspace presentation software are Seedek’s (besides some privately written software that has tendencies to crush at the most inconvenient times). They have recently entered the field of artificial intelligence and their new cyberspace products incorporate some AI technology into them.
SILKOM
If Seedek is the leading megacorp in software, then Silkom is the leading megacorp in hardware. The first neural computers were developed by Silkom. At first they intended them for human implants, but as it turned out the neural computers are used mostly as CyberDecks. But computers isn’t all what Silkom has to offer – if you need any hardware product you can rest assure you’ll find it at Silkom. Be it a walkman, tape, microwave, TV, alarm systems or whatever.
TECKA
Founded during the first decade of the 21st century, Tecka had brought the cybernetics science to what it is today. They manufacture the best cyberware that exist. Of course you can find cyberware that are close in performance to Tecka products at a lower price, but Tecka’s still the best there is.
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