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A '''Megacorporation''' (aka '''Mega-corporation''', '''Megacorp''', etc) is a | A '''Megacorporation''' (aka '''Mega-corporation''', '''Megacorp''', etc) is a very large powerful corporation with a lot of wealth, resources and power. | ||
=== Things a Megacorp will have === | === Things a Megacorp will have === | ||
*'''Private Armies''': Large numbers of armed guys to | *'''Private Armies''': Large numbers of armed goons and mercenaries. These guys typically get roflstomped by whatever hero happens to be around at the given moment. | ||
*'''Company Towns''': A town where everything | *'''Company Towns''': A town where everything is owned by a company. You not only work for the company here, you live in company housing, eat at a company canteen, drink at the company bar, shop at a company store, send your kids to a company school, etc. Usually you're paid in company scrip (coupons that are good at company facilities) and the prices are high. | ||
*'''Sub-Divisions''': A Megacorp will have it's fingers in a lot of pies. Often it will try to control as much as | *'''Sub-Divisions''': A Megacorp will have it's fingers in a lot of pies. Often it will try to control as much as its supply chain as possible to reduce costs and it will acquire things it deems useful. | ||
*'''Fixers''': People who can sort out issues for a Megacorp that they'd rather not do overtly. This ranges from spying to engineering scandals for their rivals to assassination. | *'''Fixers''': People who can sort out issues for a Megacorp that they'd rather not do overtly. This ranges from spying to engineering scandals for their rivals to assassination. | ||
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*Arasaka: | *Arasaka: | ||
*Militech: | *Militech: | ||
*Weyland-Yutani | |||
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Revision as of 12:18, 26 September 2022
A Megacorporation (aka Mega-corporation, Megacorp, etc) is a very large powerful corporation with a lot of wealth, resources and power.
Things a Megacorp will have
- Private Armies: Large numbers of armed goons and mercenaries. These guys typically get roflstomped by whatever hero happens to be around at the given moment.
- Company Towns: A town where everything is owned by a company. You not only work for the company here, you live in company housing, eat at a company canteen, drink at the company bar, shop at a company store, send your kids to a company school, etc. Usually you're paid in company scrip (coupons that are good at company facilities) and the prices are high.
- Sub-Divisions: A Megacorp will have it's fingers in a lot of pies. Often it will try to control as much as its supply chain as possible to reduce costs and it will acquire things it deems useful.
- Fixers: People who can sort out issues for a Megacorp that they'd rather not do overtly. This ranges from spying to engineering scandals for their rivals to assassination.
IRL Megacorporations
- The East India Company (EIC): One of the early wave of corporations founded in 1600 to trade with India, the EIC gradually took over the entire Indian Subcontinent.
- Standard Oil: Came to dominate the American Petroleum industry.
Megacorporations in Tabletop Games
A staple of the Cyberpunk genre.
- Arasaka:
- Militech:
- Weyland-Yutani
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