MEGACORPORATIONS
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AERODYNE
AuraTech
ARASAKA
a huge Japanese zaibatsu headed by a megalomaniacal CEO obsessed with making Japan into a superpower; likely nod to World War II arms manufacturer Arisaka
Armani-Gucci
BOITECHNICA
An Italian biotechnology, pharmacology, and cybernetics firm
BioFerment
Cyberdyne Systems Corporatio
ENERGON
Euro Business Machines (EBM)
an information technology corporation (an obvious nod towards IBM)
GreenWorld
Infocomp
a commercial think-tank and information repository
International Electric Corporation (IEC)
a European conglomerate involved in multiple and diverse industries ranging from consumer products to heavy construction through to corporate finance and insurance (an obvious nod towards General Electric)
Kendachi
a Japanese armament company
LAZARUS
American mercenary/private security contractor with close ties to Militech
Merril, Asukaga & Finch
financial analysts (an allusion to Merrill Lynch)
MICROTECH
a computer and electronics manufacturer
Militech
American arms manufacturer and mercenary contractor with strong ties to the US Government and its military; its CEO desires to make the US into a superpower again and often competes with Arasaka for influence
Mitsubishi-Sugo
a major transportation manufacturer
NanoTech
Network News 54
an American broadcasting company
Nova
OCTOPUS
OmniCorp
Orbital Air
an African corporation with a monopoly on space transportation
PETROCHEM
an energy company
Raven Microcybernetics
leading cybernetics company
StreetStyle
SovOil
a neo-Soviet oil giant, controlling a vast percentage of the petrochemicals market
Trauma Team International
a private medical firm also dealing in medical insurance, prepaid disaster relief, prepaid CSAR, etc; teams extract their patients from hostile Landing Zones and then evacuate them to an emergency care facility
WarTech
WEYLAND-YUTAN
WORLD NEWS SERVICE
a worldwide news conglomerate, similar to the Associated Press or Fox News Corporation
WORLD SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK (WorldSatCom)
a satellite communications giant
ZETATECH
a computer, cyberdeck, robotics, and cybernetics manufacturing company
