Old Atlantia
30-05-2006, 00:58
((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. ))
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 few 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 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://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/droideka/?id=eu , http://www.starwars.com/databank/vehicle/tankdroid/index.html ,
http://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/crabdroid/index.html -
and a small but powerful space fleet of capital ships- http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/bankingclanfrigate/?id=eu .
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 creature’s DNA. Experiments with Yajuta test subjects have produced particularly powerful results.
Leadership of the Corporation…
Morgan S. Kain, CEO
Age: 47
Height: 6’ 3”
Body type: Slim but muscular
Hair: Black, slicked back
Race: Human
Eyes: Green, usually covered by sunglasses
Married? No
Dress: Jet black business suit
Personality: Arrogant, brilliant, possible sociopath and/or megalomaniac
Bio:
Recognized a genius from an early age, Kain excelled in the sciences and quickly joined the then-budding pharmaceutical company “Genetics Incorporated”. As he climbed the corporate ladder, Morgan developed a taste for money and power. His company grew, and ethics slowly took a second seat to progress for Kain, who advocated strongly (behind closed doors) for the Corporation to begin experiments on live humans. Eventually GI’s money-hungry backers appointed him CEO, and under his deceitful, business savvy guidance, the company boomed. Massive advertising campaigns, coupled with the invention of the miracle drug- Soma- spread GI’s influence until it had subsidiaries in several massive space nations and was renamed Galactic Genetics Incorporated. Kain now runs the company with an iron fist, increasing spending in the shadowy, but profitable world of arms manufacturing, bio-weaponry, and narcotics. Recently the CEO has personally spearheaded the effort to weaponize the already deadly “Genomorph” race, and is responsible for hundreds of deadly test-deployments and outbreaks. It is rumored that the widely beneficial medicine Revitalis was created using Genomorph DNA.
Osmond Saddler
Position: CEO’s bodyguard; personal assassin. Head of GGI Special Forces
Age: 38
Height: 6’5”
Body Type: Thin, lanky
Hair: White, shoulder length
Race: Human (with cybernetic enhancements)
Eyes: Dark gray
Married? No
Dress: White silk suit or black Special Forces outfit (high-tech ninja)
Personality: Homicidal, Calm but prone to violent outbursts, definite psychopath
Bio:
An ex-space pirate that found his way onto the Corporate payroll, Saddler quickly gained a reputation for his deadly efficiency and unique style of combat. During an attempted raid on a GGI freighter by pirates, Osmond distinguished himself by slaying the brigand boarding party single handedly. Morgan Kain quickly enlisted Saddler to his personal security force, and had him undergo radical cybernetic “improvements.” Osmond’s nervous system was replaced with micro-wiring, greatly improving his reflexes and speed, and his muscles enhanced with GGI bio-mechanics that gave him inhuman strength. Unfortunately, the operations and “improvements” have caused Saddler’s sanity to slip. He is prone to violent outbursts followed by fits of laughter. Despite his eccentricity, Osmond Saddler is an effective, ruthless soldier who’s loyalty to Kain and the Corporation is unwavering.
Katherine Gladstone
Position: Head of GGI Corporate Marines (mercenaries)
Age: 29
Height: 5'11"
Body Type: Thin, Attractive
Hair: Raven-black
Race: Human
Eyes: Brown
Married? No, possible romantic involvement with Morgan Kain
Dress: Form fitting black officer’s uniform
Personality: Cynical, Sarcastic, Arrogant
Bio:
Like the mentally unstable Osmond Saddler, Gladstone started her deadly career as a space-pirate. A tactical and political genius, she quickly and quietly climbed the ranks of the mercenary organization (the ‘Brothers of Nod’) that had conscripted her during a raid on her home planet. After several key assassinations, Gladstone found herself in command of the mercenaries that had kidnapped her as a child and gained notoriety (and infamy) as one of the most effective Mercs in the galaxy. At the age of 24, Katherine Gladstone was one of the key players in the galactic underworld. Morgan Kain quickly hired Gladstone and her private army upon hearing of her ruthlessness. She has stayed on his payroll since, and serves the Corporation zealously… it pays well.
Locations
Having countless factories, subsidiaries and distribution centers across the galaxy, GGI is truly an international company. The GGI management operates from offices in Veszvestio, a business city on the New Dornalian planet of Hajarra. Several of its major public laboratories are on the planet Beowulf in Mini Meihm territory and on Neryse in Animarnia space. The corporation has recently opened several new branches on Ansu IV, a planet of the Ansurian empire. Some of its less ethical... and legal experiments take place in hidden laboratories on backwater moons, asteroids, and in "derelict" space stations.
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 few 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 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://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/droideka/?id=eu , http://www.starwars.com/databank/vehicle/tankdroid/index.html ,
http://www.starwars.com/databank/droid/crabdroid/index.html -
and a small but powerful space fleet of capital ships- http://www.starwars.com/databank/starship/bankingclanfrigate/?id=eu .
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 creature’s DNA. Experiments with Yajuta test subjects have produced particularly powerful results.
Leadership of the Corporation…
Morgan S. Kain, CEO
Age: 47
Height: 6’ 3”
Body type: Slim but muscular
Hair: Black, slicked back
Race: Human
Eyes: Green, usually covered by sunglasses
Married? No
Dress: Jet black business suit
Personality: Arrogant, brilliant, possible sociopath and/or megalomaniac
Bio:
Recognized a genius from an early age, Kain excelled in the sciences and quickly joined the then-budding pharmaceutical company “Genetics Incorporated”. As he climbed the corporate ladder, Morgan developed a taste for money and power. His company grew, and ethics slowly took a second seat to progress for Kain, who advocated strongly (behind closed doors) for the Corporation to begin experiments on live humans. Eventually GI’s money-hungry backers appointed him CEO, and under his deceitful, business savvy guidance, the company boomed. Massive advertising campaigns, coupled with the invention of the miracle drug- Soma- spread GI’s influence until it had subsidiaries in several massive space nations and was renamed Galactic Genetics Incorporated. Kain now runs the company with an iron fist, increasing spending in the shadowy, but profitable world of arms manufacturing, bio-weaponry, and narcotics. Recently the CEO has personally spearheaded the effort to weaponize the already deadly “Genomorph” race, and is responsible for hundreds of deadly test-deployments and outbreaks. It is rumored that the widely beneficial medicine Revitalis was created using Genomorph DNA.
Osmond Saddler
Position: CEO’s bodyguard; personal assassin. Head of GGI Special Forces
Age: 38
Height: 6’5”
Body Type: Thin, lanky
Hair: White, shoulder length
Race: Human (with cybernetic enhancements)
Eyes: Dark gray
Married? No
Dress: White silk suit or black Special Forces outfit (high-tech ninja)
Personality: Homicidal, Calm but prone to violent outbursts, definite psychopath
Bio:
An ex-space pirate that found his way onto the Corporate payroll, Saddler quickly gained a reputation for his deadly efficiency and unique style of combat. During an attempted raid on a GGI freighter by pirates, Osmond distinguished himself by slaying the brigand boarding party single handedly. Morgan Kain quickly enlisted Saddler to his personal security force, and had him undergo radical cybernetic “improvements.” Osmond’s nervous system was replaced with micro-wiring, greatly improving his reflexes and speed, and his muscles enhanced with GGI bio-mechanics that gave him inhuman strength. Unfortunately, the operations and “improvements” have caused Saddler’s sanity to slip. He is prone to violent outbursts followed by fits of laughter. Despite his eccentricity, Osmond Saddler is an effective, ruthless soldier who’s loyalty to Kain and the Corporation is unwavering.
Katherine Gladstone
Position: Head of GGI Corporate Marines (mercenaries)
Age: 29
Height: 5'11"
Body Type: Thin, Attractive
Hair: Raven-black
Race: Human
Eyes: Brown
Married? No, possible romantic involvement with Morgan Kain
Dress: Form fitting black officer’s uniform
Personality: Cynical, Sarcastic, Arrogant
Bio:
Like the mentally unstable Osmond Saddler, Gladstone started her deadly career as a space-pirate. A tactical and political genius, she quickly and quietly climbed the ranks of the mercenary organization (the ‘Brothers of Nod’) that had conscripted her during a raid on her home planet. After several key assassinations, Gladstone found herself in command of the mercenaries that had kidnapped her as a child and gained notoriety (and infamy) as one of the most effective Mercs in the galaxy. At the age of 24, Katherine Gladstone was one of the key players in the galactic underworld. Morgan Kain quickly hired Gladstone and her private army upon hearing of her ruthlessness. She has stayed on his payroll since, and serves the Corporation zealously… it pays well.
Locations
Having countless factories, subsidiaries and distribution centers across the galaxy, GGI is truly an international company. The GGI management operates from offices in Veszvestio, a business city on the New Dornalian planet of Hajarra. Several of its major public laboratories are on the planet Beowulf in Mini Meihm territory and on Neryse in Animarnia space. The corporation has recently opened several new branches on Ansu IV, a planet of the Ansurian empire. Some of its less ethical... and legal experiments take place in hidden laboratories on backwater moons, asteroids, and in "derelict" space stations.