New Industria
20-02-2006, 00:01
((This is the factbook for my new faction, Galactic Genetics Inc. It is a shadowy pharmaceutical conglomerate that spans several spacenations- the Umbrella Corporation of the future. I need nations for GGI to operate in, so please, please post here saying that it can be in your countries. I also need a city for it to be headquartered in, so any suggestions would be appreciated. This is nowhere near complete, but it is a sufficient introduction. I still have to expand on its military and monetary assets, its leadership, locations, and the “Genomorph” project. All criticisms and advice helpful, as are any plot ideas- TG me and post here. Thanks Alot))
What is Galactic Genetics Incorporated?
Publicly GGI is a massive, multinational pharmaceutical corporation which is dedicated to high quality health care at low prices. It has launched a galaxy wide domestic advertising campaign, to great success. Billions are employed by GGI, and trillions buy its products. The Company’s most successful product, Revitalis, is a simple yet effective serum which can regenerate lost cells at an extremely rapid rate. Revitalis aids in the efficient regrowth of lost appendages and damaged organs, and has saved countless lives. The key to Revitalis’ success is that it works equally well on almost all carbon-based organisms, human or otherwise. Other notable products include (but not limited to): Viracure- an adaptive medicine which counters many serious viral threats, Soma- an antidepressant/pain killer with little negative effects on the physiology of many carbon-based sentient life forms, and Seraphim- a non prescription pain killer equivalent of today’s aspirin. GGI has funded the development of schools, hospitals, internationally renowned museums, and hundreds of colonies on backwater planets and moons.
However, business management, advertising, and philanthropy are not all that GGI does well. Behind its mask of benevolence and compassionate business practices lurk the true intentions of the multi-national monster. Successes like Revitalis have come at the cost of hundreds of unethical, heartless experiments on live human victims. Genetic manipulation, narcotics, arms development, and bio-weaponry are the less public, but equally important, domains of GGI. The Corporation has hundreds of monstrous “flesh factories,” devoted to playing God and twisting life, hidden in asteroids and on backwater moons. Every year thousands of children are taken from their beds in secret and wind up in Corporate laboratories, where they are used as lab rats. Entire low tech civilizations, stumbled upon by GGI scouting vessels, have disappeared without a trace…
To guarantee the secrecy of its malevolent practices, and to ensure all dues are paid on time, the Corporation employs a small army of mercenaries and thugs, often war criminals sprung from various military prisons across the galaxy. GGI also wields an impressive ground force of combat droids- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Ycom/Mechanoids/Ga-SingDroid.bmp, and http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Ycom/Mechanoids/NecroBot.png
- and a small but powerful space fleet of capital ships- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Ycom/Ships/HyperionStarcruiser.png .
While not strong enough to contend with major space powers, the Company’s military ‘assets’ are more than sufficient when threatening small colony planets, or eliminating unwanted competition.
A notable program in the GGI bio-weapons division is continued experimentation with a race of insectoid aliens labeled “Genomorphs.” According to compiled lab data and live combat sessions, the species is extremely combat-effective, dangerous, and controllable and thus has come to the forefront of the Corporation’s extensive biological weaponry program. The “Genomorphs” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HalfLife2_PoisonHeadcrab.jpg) assimilate other races into their own (think Tyranids, Zerg) and create incredibly strong warrior drones based on the assimilated’s DNA. Experiments with Yajuta test subjects have produced particularly powerful results.
What is Galactic Genetics Incorporated?
Publicly GGI is a massive, multinational pharmaceutical corporation which is dedicated to high quality health care at low prices. It has launched a galaxy wide domestic advertising campaign, to great success. Billions are employed by GGI, and trillions buy its products. The Company’s most successful product, Revitalis, is a simple yet effective serum which can regenerate lost cells at an extremely rapid rate. Revitalis aids in the efficient regrowth of lost appendages and damaged organs, and has saved countless lives. The key to Revitalis’ success is that it works equally well on almost all carbon-based organisms, human or otherwise. Other notable products include (but not limited to): Viracure- an adaptive medicine which counters many serious viral threats, Soma- an antidepressant/pain killer with little negative effects on the physiology of many carbon-based sentient life forms, and Seraphim- a non prescription pain killer equivalent of today’s aspirin. GGI has funded the development of schools, hospitals, internationally renowned museums, and hundreds of colonies on backwater planets and moons.
However, business management, advertising, and philanthropy are not all that GGI does well. Behind its mask of benevolence and compassionate business practices lurk the true intentions of the multi-national monster. Successes like Revitalis have come at the cost of hundreds of unethical, heartless experiments on live human victims. Genetic manipulation, narcotics, arms development, and bio-weaponry are the less public, but equally important, domains of GGI. The Corporation has hundreds of monstrous “flesh factories,” devoted to playing God and twisting life, hidden in asteroids and on backwater moons. Every year thousands of children are taken from their beds in secret and wind up in Corporate laboratories, where they are used as lab rats. Entire low tech civilizations, stumbled upon by GGI scouting vessels, have disappeared without a trace…
To guarantee the secrecy of its malevolent practices, and to ensure all dues are paid on time, the Corporation employs a small army of mercenaries and thugs, often war criminals sprung from various military prisons across the galaxy. GGI also wields an impressive ground force of combat droids- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Ycom/Mechanoids/Ga-SingDroid.bmp, and http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Ycom/Mechanoids/NecroBot.png
- and a small but powerful space fleet of capital ships- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Ycom/Ships/HyperionStarcruiser.png .
While not strong enough to contend with major space powers, the Company’s military ‘assets’ are more than sufficient when threatening small colony planets, or eliminating unwanted competition.
A notable program in the GGI bio-weapons division is continued experimentation with a race of insectoid aliens labeled “Genomorphs.” According to compiled lab data and live combat sessions, the species is extremely combat-effective, dangerous, and controllable and thus has come to the forefront of the Corporation’s extensive biological weaponry program. The “Genomorphs” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:HalfLife2_PoisonHeadcrab.jpg) assimilate other races into their own (think Tyranids, Zerg) and create incredibly strong warrior drones based on the assimilated’s DNA. Experiments with Yajuta test subjects have produced particularly powerful results.