Money makes the world go 'round.

As the world rebuilt itself following N-Day, power concentrated in the hands of those who took advantage of the situation fastest. These people weren't bound to the laws or regulations of the collapsed former nations of the world, nor were they bound by the growing new states rising out of the rubble. These groups of powerful individuals were the genesis of the new megacorporations; who bought, stole, and hoarded the technological advances brought about by the harnessing of nexus energy and used them to extract wealth and loyalty from the common people.

Now, though new nation-states claim sovereignty and independence, everyone knows the true masters of the world are the corps. They control private armies, conduct espionage and raids, order assassinations, and operate with impunity to serve their own ends. Yet they also control the media, brainwash the populace with bread and circuses, and offer the average citizen their only real shot at a stable life. Sign your life away as a corpo employee, get company housing, company transit, see the company doctor. All it costs you is your freedom - and, if you try to leave, maybe even your life.

LIST OF CORPORATIONS

Gordian-Allod International

Global Headquarters: Midnight City Free State

Industry: Energy, utilities, genetics, robotics, cybernetics, microchips, finance

CEO: Lugh MacLir

Traded As: GAI

Gordian-Allod International is a massive conglomerate with the full backing of the Unseelie Court. They rose to prominence in the early days post-N-Day with their control over the technology needed to turn Nexite into a power source. Since then, they have expanded into any industry they see fit, using the money from their energy business to finance purchases of other companies - or to finance wars against them. They are the de facto leaders of Midnight City.

Junon Arms

Global Headquarters: New Angeles, Western Sprawl

Industry: Arms

CEO: Scarlet Heidegger

Traded As: JUN

Junon Arms was founded by Cid Junon, an eccentric but genius engineer who built weapons in his garage. The company grew rapidly in the 2340s to meet the demands of the SeaTac and Midnight City military forces.

Vulcan Armory

Global Headquarters: Rome, Aurelian Empire

Industry: Arms

CEO: Julius Antonius

Traded As: VLCN

Vulcan Armory gained notoriety for the arms it provided to the Aurelian Empire. As the Legion's forces fought further and further afield, Vulcan Armory's name spread. International demand led the company to grow and export its wares. With a reputation for simple but quality builds, Vulcan Armory has become one of the top 5 weapons manufacturers worldwide.

Blacksmith Company

Global Headquarters: Xin Beijing, Shenzhou

Industry: Arms, vehicles, heavy machinery

CEO: Wong Jiahao

Traded As: BSC

One of Shenzhou's oldest companies, Blacksmith got its start building construction equipment and heavy duty vehicles. With direct backing from Shenzhou's government they expanded into military vehicles and weapons. Supplying all of Shenzhou's military forces with standard issue equipment means Blacksmith is the largest weapons manufacturer in the world.

Kusanagi Technologies

Global Headquarters: Midnight City Free State

Industry: Military, security

CEO: Sakurai Nobuo

Traded As: KST

Kusanagi Technologies is a powerful organization with a focus on the research and development of military and private security equipment. KT also operates a Security Contractor Division, hiring out hundreds of its highly trained operatives for "special projects".

Case-Jensen Incorporated

Global Headquarters: Halcyon City, HMA

Industry: Pharmaceuticals, genetics, biologicals

CEO: Sally Shears

Traded As: CJI

Case-Jensen was born from the merger of H. D. Case Ltd, a pharmaceutical researcher specializing in fast-acting analgesics and combat enhancers for military use, and Jensen Biologicals, in 2313. Case-Jensen is now the largest producer of over-the-counter medications, synthetic biological agents such as hormones and steroids, vatgrown organs, and is the second-largest provider globally of genetic engineering services.

Orange Microsystems

Global Headquarters: Halcyon City, HMA

Industry: Consumer electronics, microchips

CEO: Jonas Krug

Traded As: ORNG

Orange Microsystems got its start as a manufacturer of chips and boards for satellite navigation systems. 40 years ago, they launched their first Personal Cortex Device to great acclaim and have focused their attention on that market ever since. Notable for their sleek, minimalistic designs and trendy marketing, Orange branded devices carry a premium price tag for their name recognition alone.

Pacific Entertainment Group

Global Headquarters: Midnight City Free State

Industry: Entertainment, Communications, Advertising

CEO: Slim Barkwell

Traded As: PEG

PEG is a massive influence on North American popular culture, controlling most publicly available entertainment media, and maintains its hold on Midcity's regional communications networks. Continuing to expand their cultural influence, they have recently come into conflict with Shenzhou Harmony Media Corporation. The largest minor controller of the Cortex, controlling approximately 2% of network activity. Also has widespread popularity in virtual reality tech, both systems and media.

Telia Global Network Systems

Global Headquarters: Stockholm, Nordic Union

Industry: Networking, Telecommunications

CEO: Isabella Seppänen

Traded As: TEL

Emerging from N-Day as a loose collection of Nordic survivor groups attempting to maintain and repair lines of communication with the rest of the world, Telia Systems grew to become the dominant provider of central Cortex systems and communications, controlling roughly 90% of the world's communications infrastructure.

Maas-Anholts BV

Global Headquarters: Amsterdam, New Batavian Commonwealth

Industry: Engineering, procurement, construction, industrial design, materials

CEO: Laurens-Christophe van den Ganzenbroeck

Traded As: MAAS

Maas-Anholts grew from the merger of several smaller construction companies formed during the rebuilding of Europe. Now they are the largest construction and engineering company in the world, with a specialty in large infrastructure projects. They are one of the triumvirate corporations that rule the New Batavian Commonwealth.

KLZ Logistiek

Global Headquarters: Amsterdam, New Batavian Commonwealth

Industry: Commodities, shipping, distribution

CEO: Valentijn van Riebeeck

Traded As: KLZ

The second of the corporate triumvirate that runs the New Batavian Commonwealth, KLZ Logistiek is primarily a shipping company with land, sea, air, and space fleets. They trade in corium products as well as metals and minerals primarily harvested from asteroids.

Gobannos SARL

Global Headquarters: Bruxelles, New Batavian Commonwealth

Industry: Resource extraction, processing

CEO: Philippe Delvaux

Traded As: GOB

Gobannos was founded by the Delvaux family in the 2200s upon the discovery of one of the richest Nexite deposits in Europe. They are now the largest supplier of European bluestone and industrial grade Nexite, and control 3/4ths of all corite supply in Europe. They are the third of the New Batavian Commonwealth's corporate triumvirate.

Cybanthropy Limited

Global Headquarters: Midnight City Free State

Industry: Cybernetics

CEO: Jackson Lee

Traded As: CYBR

Founded by 2 faculty members from MCIT, Cybanthropy Limited was one of the first companies to produce cybernetic replacements and enhancements on a commercial scale. Now producing both limbs and internal organs for general medical use, CT enjoys a dominant position in the cybernetics space, with new products, findings, and proofs-of-concept constantly being released.