[center][h1][color=yellowgreen]~Current Factions~[/color][/h1][/center] [b]The rest of the world:[/b] [hider=Alkaev Conglomerate] [b][u]History:[/u][/b] Started in the 1950s by one Peter Alkaev, the Alkaev Conglomerate had never been that large during its inception. In the early 2000s they started to grow exponentially, taking over several businesses and expanding themselves in all possible sectors of industry. Business analysts said they would need a big push from something, however, as their position was rather tenuous being not the best in anything but having everything regardless. The most successful businesses always had a monopoly on something, while the Alkaev Conglomerate had nothing. But when the meteor came crashing down to earth, the Alkaev Conglomerate saw an opportunity and took in, 'recruiting' every super powered being they could find, forcibly or otherwise. They were the first to conduct large scale research on the nature of the new super powers but they were very tight-lipped about anything they discovered. Whatever it was that they found, they became able to expand their empire to astronomical proportions and monopolize almost everything. They practically already owned Russia by the time they formally bought it, they were just that good. Some people say they have their sights set on other countries yet to be conquered, but even if they were, who would be able to stop them? [b][u]Current CEO:[/u][/b] [hider=Alexei Alkaev] [b]Name:[/b] [b]Alexei Alkaev[/b] [b]Age:[/b] 35 [b]Bio:[/b] Very late into his life, Peter Alkaev suddenly announced that he had plans to step down and let his heir take over, which came as a surprise to most of his own company. The fact that he had an heir to begin with was surprising, but not so much that he was stepping down. It was alredy 2020 and he was actually about 100 years old already. Surprisngly healthy too. So on his 100th birthday, he introduced his son to the world; Alexei Alkaev. Immediately rumors started to fly around about who he was, who his mother was, and why his father had never told anyone about him before. But he quickly put an end to things during a press conference in which he stated: [b]"I did come here to be the center of attention, I came here to do business."[/b] He made it clear to the media he didn't care about controversy, all he wanted to do was business. And that attitude would again show itself again, 8 years later when the meteor struck. As if he'd been waiting for the moment to come, he quickly took action. The very day after the meteor had landed he had already established several programs for his employees to learn to control their own powers. A week after the impact and he opened his doors to the public, recruiting and sheltering more super powered beings. Under his guidance, the Alkaev Conglomerate became the first to capitalize on the opportunity sent by the heavens themselves, and they became the world's very first giga-corporation. [/hider][/hider] [b]America:[/b] [hider=Ganze Corporation] [b][u]History:[/u][/b] Ganze Corp is in fact one of the most recent mega-corporations to enter the corporate stalemate. In just five years it grew to become the number one manufacturer of medical technology, particularly in the field of prosthetic limbs. Basically, they're the best at making robot arms. They maintain their hold through the sheer quality of their products, and through the mysterious destruction of several other corporations which have been greatly advantageous to the Ganze corporation which can't be directly linked to the company just yet; they have become a viable threat to the corporate stalemate. [b][u]Current CEO:[/u][/b] [hider=Alto Ganze] [b]Name:[/b] [b][color=thistle]Alto Ganze[/color][/b] [b]Age:[/b] 23 [b]Bio:[/b] If you were to ask anyone on the street who Alto Ganze was, the first thing they would say is "He's a genius." And he had to be, to be able to make the Ganze Corporation rise to such heights in such short of a time. So short in fact, that they haven't finished making their skyscraper just yet. So how smart is he exactly? Well, out of all the words most commonly used to describe him, his favorite would be [i]unreal.[/i] And for someone new to his story he would certainly seem [i]unreal.[/i] He obtained his PhD in Medicne AND Engineering by the time he was 17, and quickly distinguished himself further in the following year when the meteor landed. Within one month of the crash, he wrote a brilliant thesis on the possibility of streaming a power through a prosthetic, and almost immediately afterwards patented a device capable of doing so. It wasn't as if he was waiting for it, but almost like he was [i]made[/i] for it. As a result of this, some people started to call him the Messiah of the New Age. But even though he enjoys being called that, he doesn't condone it, because; [b][color=thistle]"At least when people say I'm unreal, that's sort of true. I ain't exactly a Messiah yet."[/color][/b] [/hider][/hider] [hider=Free World Group] [b][u]History:[/u][/b] Despite their name, the Free World Group is actually not a nature activist group or anything. It's actually a security corporation, and currently the biggest security corporation in America. Mind you, I said Corporation not Company. That's because the Free World Group covers every facet of 'security', from guards to guard dogs to laser tripwire hallways and the locks on your doors might even also be from them. They've been in the game for a long time and they've had a healthier authority change cycle than the Alkaev Conglomerate's "100 years of one guy and then his son." Their strength being that they are very malleable. When the meteor struck, they adapted to the changing times and have been strong ever since. [b][u]Current CEO:[/u][/b] [hider=Sefia Allens] [b]Name:[/b] [color=orangered][b]Sefia Allens[/b][/color] [b]Age:[/b] 38, but she can look like any age she wants [b]Bio:[/b] Most people have no idea who the CEO of the Free World Group actually is, but those that have met her would describe her as "slightly eccentric." When the meteor landed she gained the ability to fluidly transform herself through any age of her lifespan, and she was originally pretty whimsical. There was a story once of her approaching a reporter supposed to be interviewing her as her 12 year old self, then showing up later as her 18 year old self, then finally doing the interview as her 30 year old self. So obviously she always has a variety of different clothes at hand in order to properly perform her shenanigans. But she isn't the CEO of the Free World Group for nothing. The two things in the world she always gets serious for are protection and money so none of her employees ever complain about her antics. Despite how she is, she'll always be a steady leader for her company.[/hider][/hider] [hider=U.S Government] [b][u]History:[/u][/b] 2033 has made for a very turbulent time for the U.S government. Around the world many corporations were completely taking over their respective countries, and America was one of the last ones that still had a hold on themselves. They've had to use almost every resource available to them just to keep the Supreme Court 'Supreme', so they stand in a very shaky position all thing considered. The only thing really giving them some face in the public is their technically legal Odin-II orbital missile satellite which even they knew was a dick move to launch. It wasn't violating the free space treaty because all that said was "no missile weapons in space!" and Odin-II just has giant multi-ton tungsten rods. But even with Odin-II, and the whole military at their back, they are very aware that they don't really register as a threat to anyone. All the other countries were all looking for a good reason to launch their own orbital missile weapons and if that happened, their one advantage would basically be null and void. There's trouble brewing in America and the government won't be able to do a thing.[/hider] [hider=Celtech Industries] A company that works exclusively in nanotech and general programming. When the meteor landed Celtech was improved somewhat more than most. Several of them gained powers that gave a big advantage for their work, including one of them becoming pure data, and since Caltech was a company built on nanomachines, having someone on the inside has proved a great boon. However, their powers came with a cost. An outside attack eliminated the CEO, CFO and COO all at once. Hoever, these roles were quickly filled with more worthy successors, including the afforementioned digital staff member, [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/3154358]Brighid O'Shae.[/url][/hider] [b]The Moon:[/b] [hider=Lunacorp] [u]History[/u] While the other Corporations were busy trying to grab control of pieces of the Earth, Jun Natsumoto was busy bringing together smaller corporations from around the Earth to create a path to the moon. He founded his own tech company, earning money off of inventions he personally created, and within a year the Lunacorp Conglomerate had sent colonists to the moon using his tech. The colony quickly grew and it wasn't long before he was elected as head of the conglomerate's Board of Directors. He moved his base of operations and his company's main office to the Lunar Colony of Tranquility City, and now conducts his business via holographic communications. Under his leadership the Congomerate has become the largest Corporation in space, quickly surpassing all others. They ship massive amounts of Titanium and Aluminum to Earth from their mines on the moon, and have exclusive patents on several valuable technologies. Unlike most corporate governments, however, they are in some ways more powerful, yet in other ways less powerful. They own the majority of the housing, food, water, energy, and mining on the moon, yet there laws are quite limited, with the lowest tax rates in the solar system. Their laws ban little outside of murder, theft, assault and rape, which has lead to the moon gaining a reputation akin to Las Vegas or Amsterdam. The main city, with over half of the moon's 1.6 million inhabitants, has become a place of hedonistic pleasure for the Earth's rich and powerful. The moon also has one of the largest medical and bio-chemical research facilities in the system, which produces both cutting-edge medical treatments and recreational drugs, though none go to market if they are more addictive than the common drugs of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana. [hider=CEO] Name: Jun Natsumoto Age: 28 Occupation: CEO of Natsumoto Industries and head of the Lunacorp Board of Directors Appearance: [img]http://cdn.grid.fotosearch.com/CSP/CSP186/k24343261.jpg[/img] Bio: The son of a rich business man, he was a sickly child who grew up on medication, with all of his food being carefully prepared so that it didn't include things he was allergic to. Any time he would complain about his situation his parents would compare it to astronauts, as they ate special food, had to take vitamins, and lived in sterilized conditions in space. This lead to him becoming even more obsessed with space, as there he would just be a normal person. When he became a teenager, he had to be injected with medical nanites to fight the symptoms of his condition, though they allowed him to interact with people in person without them having to wear clean suits. The day after the meteor passed, however, he found that he could feel the nanites inside of him. He detected a flaw in them and, after correcting it, they allowed him to go outside for the first time in his life. Soon he started having ideas for amazing new devices, one of which, the gravity generator, he quickly patented and started a corporation with his trust fund to create and market it. This impressed the business world but, instead of selling his company to one of the major corporations, he tried to bring other smaller companies together so that they could compete. Using his other invention of Gravitic Fusion along with anti-gravity generators his company created, they colonized the moon together. He then moved to the moon, seeing space as the one place of freedom that was left, and started his most ambitious project yet: creating a starship to colonize other star systems. Powers: Technopathy: He can sense mechanical energy and manipulate it. This allows him to control machine hardware with his mind and to "feel" when things aren't working properly. Enhanced Intelligence: Maybe it's a result of his secluded life of study, but he has an IQ over 200 and has Doctorates in most scientific fields. When combined with nanite manufacturing, this allows him to build some of the most advanced devices in the system. Tech: Medical Nanites: They keep him healthy, disease free, and prevent the symptoms of his allergies. Combined with his technopathy, they can heal injuries far faster than normal, with broken bones taking only days to heal. Exoskeleton: A standard robotic suit which his crew uses to move heavy loads, his personal version is stronger than normal but only contains enough computer power to make it easier for him to control with his powers. It therefore requires a technopath to pilot it. [/hider] [/hider]