Editing 8-Bit Dystopia (section)

=The Corps=
The ruling powers in the City. These mega corporations bear little resemblance to ours. They rule almost every aspect of life. Setting high prices, low pay and few jobs. Of the Corps(Or Corpse as some call them) there are four major powers, each competing with the others and dealing with the constant nuisance of small timers trying to get in on the money. The Big Four are:

==Egg Industries==
Owned by doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. Recently the good doctor has come under fire from environmental groups for alleged breaches of environmental safeguards and unsafe working conditions, but investigations by the state have turned up no evidence of any wrong-doing. So Doctor Ivo continues to steadily dominate, even deploying automatic armies to 'safeguard his assets' in less developed nations, which sometimes results in ruthless purges of surrounding areas. Recently the doctor has met stiff resistance to his campaigners of intimidation from a group of activists led by the mysterious 'Big Blue' of which nothing is known.

===Badniks===
The general term for Robodynes patented biodroid series. Badniks come in a dizzying variety of shapes and sizes. All are geared towards the labor industry though more often than not they look disturbingly like a living creature...It also noted that Badniks have organic hardware built into them. Where this machinery comes from is a total mystery.

===Egg Destroyer Robots===
These small, highly motile biodroids are deployed in less developed regions to safeguard assets and enforce order. Capable of producing high-emission radiation blasts and particle disruption beams, Egg Destroyer's are considered to be highly dangerous.

===Foe Replicas===
No one is entirely sure where the designs for the various androids that make up the Foe Replicas come from. Some say they're enemies from Robotnik's past days exploring the frontier, or even more oddly from recent rivals to ROBODYNE. Of course the true nature of these machines is a trade secret. More often than not, these units are built with a unique self-destruct mechanism that destroys all critical portions of the unit, preventing further inspection.

==Wily Corp==
What started as a small-time engineering firm pre-crash quickly became one of the single most powerful companies to ever exist. Wily Corp is a complex entity founded by The Father Albert(Uncle)Wily The current president. The company excels in robotics and techniques for refining metals, fuel compounds and rare earths. Employees on its payroll enjoy a standard package based on their zone. This includes a one room apartment in one of the numerous Pre-fab Wily Corp hab. towers, a standard issue TV for receiving media broadcasts, an ID card that allows all employees to receive food rations and store credit that they accrue in the form of company currency, ZENNY(Valid at all Wily Corp and select Foot Limited Retailers) and an assortment of other fine comestibles.  

Wily Corp's headquarters is within the several towers at the very heart of the controlled Zones. These buildings, collectively known as Wily Towers, are home to all high ranking personnel, research centers and even president Wily himself. It is here that the latest advances in robotics are being made, and where the Positronic Brain was born.     

===Metools===
The first Positronic robot capable of performing complex tasks, these units have come to symbolize much of what Wily Corp stands for. Their Bright yellow helmets emblazoned with green crosses the symbol of modern progress. In the City they say for every Job there is a Metool to fill it. It might not be far from the truth, The original design was a small unit that was designed to scurry up and down mining shafts digging out precious ores. These days they now fill a variety of niches thanks to their easily modified chassis.

===JOE units===
JOE units were the first fully humanoid robots produced from the factories of Wily Corp. These cyclopean peace keeper units walk the streets of the City enforcing the will of Wily by any means necessary. The standard olive green unit is armed with a thick blast shield and an internally mounted machine gun. Both of these weapons are put to great use surprisingly often...

===Beastform robots===
Orignially designed as "test bed" units, the Beastform robots series are a dangerous mix of technology and basic instincts built into an animal's nervous system. Beastforms were supposedly created as a basis for Wily Corp.'s biodroid programs, though the majority seem be far from stable, and are too costly and time-consuming to mass-produce. As such, these units are used for much more devious ends...

===Robot Masters===
After MetPharm's failure with the L series, Wily Corp knew it had to do something that would prevent a repeat episode of the madness that had ensued. To this extent Wily and Light Made use of their recent break through in the form of the Positronic Brain. For four years they toiled in secret, hidden from the world as they perfected their crowning achievement. In the end, it was an advance that would change the world.

The "Robot Masters" were created to oversee and administrate the various lesser machines that Wily Corp produced. They performed admirably, but their original purpose has long been abandoned. Now the Robot Masters act as the enforcers of Wily's rule, commanding the machine armies as they slowly seize control of the City.

==MetPharm==
The world's best researchers in organ regrowth and augmentation... just last year they announced that, yes, they did use alien stock in their parts. They expected a huge backlash, but nothing happened. Maybe it was because the populace was so used to bionics. Maybe it was because the alien presence was "minimal", tiny bits of code from beings described as "smallish, floating, electricity-drinking jellyfish". Or maybe it's because the ones with the implants just... don't talk back when it comes to MetPharm. Just as well.

Mother Brain wouldn't let them, anyway.

===Zebes===
Zebes is a planet owned solely by MetPharm. Hidden somewhere in the system from prying eyes it serves as the main arm of Met pharm. From here is gathers the vast majority of the raw materials, technology and even life forms that are converted into Bio-augments and drugs back in the City for sale. From zebes creatures such as the metroid, and various aliens sold as exotic pets to those willing to pay the exorbitant fees.

===Mother Brain===
MetPharm has a leader folks don't talk about too much. A giant brain. The orchestrator of Zebes. An alien. Of course theres more to it than that. To say the mother-brain is merely an alien is like saying a laser pistol is merely a gun. The mother brain is the networked system through which metpharm operates. It is in essence driving force behind all decisions. It is also never spoken about outside of the select individuals privileged to speak with it. These hands and feet are hand picked by the creature to be its emissaries amongst humanity.

===Chozo===
The native inhabitants of Zebes, Which is currently hidden far from prying eyes. The Chozo are never seen by the common man and even most of the employees of metpharm only know of it as a sort of Skunk works. A common reference for a person that simply goes missing amongst met pharm employees is that the Chozo got him. The Chozo are a race of highly intelligent avian humanoids that have mastered both machines and biological sciences. It is from them that many of the technologies that are used by Met pharm were first produced. This includes such things as the metroids, the standard issue power armor, blaster technologies and most bio-augments.

===Metroids===
All-purpose genetic instruments created by the Chozo. They can grow organs for transplant, produce retrovirii, and collect genetic material. Metroids are in there most pure form the base from which the vast bulk of metpharm technology and products are developed from. Things such as the ever present E-tank were first developed using the unique steroid like hormones that a metroid produces when it breeds or is exposed to energy. Several major bio-morphic weapons platforms are also directly able to trace their lineage back to these at first glance rather harmless little blobs with teeth.

==Foot==
A series of generalist chains filling damn near every niche from food production to rodent control via their patented 'mouser' system. Their employees don't complain mostly because of their wonderful security guards. Rumor has it they were looking into genetic engineering sadly, nothing breaking has been developed yet. The boss, Oroku "Shredder" Saki calls the poorer folks his family. The Foot are one of the few minor corps that actually has the potential to effect the grand scheme of things. One of the more unusual aspects of Foot Ltd. is that they have many back room dealings with gangers and other seedy elements, this coupled with their surprisingly skilled black ops divisions and at times impressively advanced technological expertise make them something of an omnipresent force within the City of Light. 

===Mousers===
Mouser robots patrol the pipes, killing threats down there. Vermin, gangsters, you name it. They're a great thing, so long as you stay out of the pipes.