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Fiscal Quarter 1, 2090


The Quest for Sleep.. is Over


"Tired? Groggy? Realizing the competition is outworking you? Well no more! AwakeStim is the newest product on the market to help you power through and cast sleep right back where it belongs--the 20th century! Our newest neural implant halts the production of melatonin in your body so you work ten, eleven--or if you really want to impress the boss--more than twelve hours a day. Schedule a free consultation with a NeuralDoc today!"

- Lance Solutions Ad for AwakeStim

[Demand for Stims in North America has increased to 5.]


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La Ortija - SIMA Mega Corp Skycrapper Headquarters


A hundred screens can be seen in the walls and windows of the CEO office at top of the building, "La Ortija" , the tallest skycrapper in the whole metropolis of Lima if not in the whole south of America. Its position was just right off the shore, next to the island San Lorenzo where one could see the green cliff just above the sea level, over a hundred skycrappers could be seen from this place and it was all thanks to this corporation and the effort of its CEO. Enrique Francisco Castilla de Casales.

Over these last few twenty years, he had led the company through several crisis in south america, Asia and even Africa, selling simple yet effective weapons to the involved parties, but most of the time to those sides that would benefit him the most in the long run. As he walked to the window, he waved his hand and the whole screen that portrayed news all over the world, stock prices of rival companies and even his own manufacturing producing the weapons he would sell later simply vanished and allowed the sunlight to enter.

A sea overflowing with freight ships was all that Castilla wanted to see, some of those ships were probably even his and some not so much. Lately, he had seen a decrease in the volume of weapons shipped, so far it seemed that the guerillas in the Amazonas and other border had come to a somewhat standstill, but that didn't meant that the nations of south america would no longer buy weapons in the contrary, it was more as if they were going to prepare for further conflicts, however, for that to truly reflect on his sales would still take some time.

In the meanwhile, he decided to focus on two things. One to sell weapons and second to increase the demand of weapons.


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A screenshot from KRC's "Safe" Video Campaign

KRC launched a campaign in South America Early 2090 with the 'Safe' Campaign. The video ad starts to play, featuring a local South American man in his small respectable and humble 'home'. He speaks with local police outside his house in broad daylight, his belongings smashed and what appears to be a safe cracked opened and barren. He looks at the camera speaking in the local tongue. "I thought I was safe, I was only out for the night." The shot cuts to another scene.

A robbery in progress at an urban bank branch, the customers and employees are tied up in a line. The bank branch manager is held at gun points in front of the window of the bank, various red dots lining up on him and the masked hostage taker behind him. "We thought we were safe, the police said they would always protect us." The shot pans out before an erupting of gunfire breaks out between the groups, the camera now on another shot. The final scene.

A man carrying various groceries stumbles around a barren underground parking lot looking for his car. "I thought it would be safe to park here." The man says now stumbling upon a metal chasis upon cinder blocks. The groceries fall, produce spilling onto the floor like a pool of blood. The screen fades to a variety of KRC stock footage, with a voice over.

"In dangerous times, you need safe solutions. Relying on a local police force & third rate companies could cost you thousands or even your life. Choose Kettler-Russo for your security needs, Kettler-Russo - Always Succeeding The Standard since 2020."

A scrolling text of various services is shown before the minute add ends with a "Coming soon to South America" Graphic.
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“Do you feel under the weather? Have you come into contact with some undesirable disease that might just make you feel sick. Well then come and get the MedQuik, a fast acting relasive pill that will make you feel healthy. *A long list of the items used in the product and noting it’s not a miracle drug along with other legal notices*” - A short add to buy medquik spread throughout the european protectorate.

Lukas nodded and turned to his executive staff. “I suppose that will work, but we need something new. Something that will stand out. Rebecca how is project Cronos-1?”

Rebecca a young esteemed scientist who had moved fast up the ranks of the corporate ladder peaked her head up. “Well.. we’re working as fast as we can but it’s slow moving we’ll require some time before any major breakthroughs but I believe we can get you something to work with.”

Lukas nodded “Excellent, That’s what I wanna hear. Now, get to it people we got lives to save and money to make.” Lukas walked out the clear doors and headed into his office to review the stocks and continue competitive research.
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"Are you tired of walking the dog? Is the wife bemoaning how the trash needs to be taken out again? You could get off that comfy chair and do the chores, or you could let your friendly Help-Bot do it for you! No more wasting your time cooking, cleaning or even moving! Help-Bot does it all!" Video of Help-Bot doing all manner of different chores and activities. "And the best part of it all is that you do not even need to pay him. We are working hard so you don't have to. Coming from your friends at Cognitive Robotics." Picture of Logo flashes on screen.

The advertisement is played throughout North America in order to stir up the craze for Help-Bots. Orders can be placed immediately and shipped within a timely fashion. CGR sales representatives begin the process of shipping bots overseas in order to be ready for the predicted increase of demand for the robots. Shareholders are excited to watch company assets increase as soon as possible.
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The First Draft of the SH7 Ad



Chairman Lee sat in the boardroom, surrounded by the heads of each department. It was like a family reunion... with each head being related by blood. The head of marketing, a niece of the Chairman, was preparing the screen to show the first iteration of the SH Holdings' ad in the international market. Their last generation of holographic smartphones sold around the world. It was rare to see anyone without some sort of SH device. But now, they were ready to launch the SH7 into the European market where the biggest demand for their products currently seemed to be.

However, as a giant corporation, it was crucial to continue to innovate and create new products to meet the demands of the future. Thus, the company was also holding a strategy meeting. They sought to expand their line of transportation products as the developing markets clearly needed such products to aid in their strained logistics systems. Regardless, the goal was clear, to continue to expand and grow... with nearly no price that was too much.
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【Baby, the Stars Shine Bright。】

by Chouko Kobayashi

It's another serein evening on one of FLI's newly renovated red zeppelins with perks in the works, and Etsuko Nishina-sama, CEO of FLI, is still modeling her round, white Yves Saint Laurent sunglasses. She is also wearing a pair of gloves that match her sunglasses, and her hair is puffed and pinned into a bun. She smells lovely in her Miu Miu Eau de Parfum. Nishina-sama has just finished sharing a go-around on the Spinning Teacup Ride in the Jack Teagarden Party Room, and of course, she is dressed in a vintage, black, noir peplum Coco de Chanel dress. The high mandarin neckline with the 'daring keyhole' is about to start a drastic change in the fashion world. Nishina-sama looks so absolutely stunning and iconic, I am not sure if it is Nishina-sama or Chanel who will start the trend. (I am willing to make believe it is the former.)

As we enjoy a green tea mochi together, I cannot help but ask her why she is has decided to wear sunglasses during this evening affair. Her initial reaction to my question makes me feel silly for having asked it. She gives me a small, polite smile on her cherry red lips and looks towards one of the beautiful class windows of the zeppelin's ballroom and says, "Anguttara Nikaya's constitutes that the Dhamma said, 'Three things cannot hide for very long, the moon, the sun, and the truth,' and tonight, all three are shining so bright, just look," and she motions towards the same window. I am stunned by her profile, porcelain and brushed with Shiseido's warm pink Sonoya blush that I almost miss what she says next, "The future is so bright for Japan. So soon, we will be celebrating with the rabbit and enjoying his rice cake," she mentions the old folklore and looks back to me, "Of course, this mochi tastes beautiful and sweet all the same," she gives me a quick smile and asks me what I think of the cold dessert. I have nothing but compliments to tell her, and I find myself complimenting the entire charade of retro-renovation of classical sweetness and sanitary art-deco glamour.

Nishina-sama takes a sip from her porcelain, Rococo Rosenthal teacup. Her Botan (206) Shiseido ModernSilk Lipstick does not even leave a mark. She sets her teacup down on the platter and begins telling me about the World War II fashion in the West. I learned that patriotic optimism was the best fashion accessory during the time period. I also learned that women were invited into the workforce. According to Nishina-sama, the uranium-237 isotope was discovered during this era, as well, by her great ancestor Yoshio Nishina, who is not only the the founding father of modern physics research in Japan and also has a crater on the moon named after him. Nishina-sama relents the travesties that destroyed and blackened the hearts and souls of every Japanese during this particular time-period, but she positively agrees that we should save face and not hide our faces behind shameful masks of resentment because holding grudges will hurt us even more. She laughs a little, which takes me by surprise and cherily adds, "Laughing Buddha reminds us to be happy and have a loving heart. He says if we do this then we shall have no room for resentment or bear any grudges."

Her words sound so elegant yet cheerful and heartwarming, I cannot help but laugh with her. She is the cherry on top of this humble, sweet organization. I am more certain than ever that the future of Japan is in good hands. I am also very certain that she is not only making her ancestors proud but also making her country proud. My certainty only shows how dedicate Nishina-sama is to our future. I feel comforted by this, and as we both relax while listening to the Gene Kroopa Troopa rendition of America's 1937 "Sing Sing Sing" playing for the lindy hopping folks on the dance floor, I am finally able to take my eyes off of Nishina-sama and look to the window. From up here, it is not surprising to see that the young CEO is correct, and I think to myself, "the stars are shining bright, and so are you, Etsuko Nishina-sama."

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Pretoria Qualified: Best of a Kind.


A multicultural group of vaguely businesslike looking men and women of various ages sit in a liberally sunlit board room, smiling gleefully to each other in their business-casual wear. They don't actually say anything to one another, just mouthing random muted nonsense to their coworkers as the narrator speaks over top of them. He uses a lot of pleasant sounding buzzwords, like 'success' and 'potential', extolling to the probably miserably poor listener on some street corner somewhere how great it is to actually be rich enough to matter in life—just, saying it more subtly than that. The camera pans out of the room, following a window into a shot of the skyline of a generic looking megalopolis that could pass well enough for whatever city the viewer happens to be living in. Various stereotypical markers of economic development are shown; skyscrapers under construction by small armies of autonomous cranes with a handful of human supervisors, a gaggle of stylish young women with their eyes glued to the latest needless electronic entertainment device, the newest hotrods zipping down luxury superhighways reserved for driverless cars at humanly impossible to manage speeds, etc. The impression given by the narrator—a middle-aged British man speaking in perfect received pronunciation—is that society is going just swell, and all of the people pictured are benefiting from the preeminence of the megacorporations previously depicted in the boardroom scene.



But then, the scene shifts to one of the proles, a young adult male in working class garb, standing at the ground entrance of a Pretoria Qualified skyrise. He has a beverage in his hand from a popular contemporary fast food joint, both to show that he's not suffering too badly and to help endear him to the viewer at home, who will see his beverage as being from whichever restaurant the advertising AI has determined is their favourite. He glances upward at the tall building, arching his back slightly more than is necessary to emphasize the enormity of it. As he simple-mindedly gawks, a woman with supermodel looks who for some reason is merely an attendant for the building the man is staring at goes above and beyond what she's paid to do and actually steps outside to personally greet the man. Her voice, very friendly and welcoming and in whichever language and accent is predominant in the region the commercial is being played, is the first we hear besides the narrator's. The woman isn't actually speaking, but is simply dubbed over after the fact, her mouth digitally altered to look like she's saying what she is; the model only spoke English and sounded kind of nasally. She invites the man to open up an account with PQ, a proposition that surprises him so much he drops his drink. A small, cute looking janitorial robot cleans it up for him immediately. After it does so, the attendant laughs, and ushers the man next door. She introduces him to a busy-looking bank branch labelled 'PQ+'. All of the people standing in line there are obviously not wealthy, just regular working class slobs. The man ignores the busy line, instead escorted into the building by the attendant. She introduces him to Pretoria Qualified's newest money-making venture: PQ+, the brand new "working man's" brand of financial services offered by Pretoria Qualified.

The comforting voice of the narrator returns to explain some of those new services. As a series of disclaimers rapidly scroll across the bottom of the screen in an obscenely small font size, the narrator focuses in on one service in particular: the "orange book", an investment plan offered by PQ+, which the narrator unreasonably promises will help give opportunity for anyone to join the ranks of the megarich elites shown in the boardroom in the previous scene. To emphasize the point, the camera returns to the boardroom, panning to the side slightly to show that the same Average Joe introduced to PQ+ by the PQ attendant was actually a member of the board all along, just outside of camera. The shifts in time over the course of the commercial aren't fully explained but it's assumed people at home can get the idea. The implication is that the orange book investment plan will enable any random guy off the street to become a corporate executive. Probably not believable, but people will get the impression that it's worth their time anyway, even if the returns are dismal and it's hard to back out of the program once you're in.



The ad ends with the generic orange PQ logo, sans plus sign, over top a white screen. The white screen quickly dissipates to show the vibrant city skyline again, just as PQ's slogan, "Best of a Kind", appears beneath the logo. The narrator says it aloud to bring home the point, and the commercial gives way to some other company's corporate propaganda.
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Fiscal Quarter 1, 2090

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New Chicago, 2090


January

The genetic engineering giant Lance Solutions sells nearly five million units of the new neural enhancement AwakeStim, bringing in $5,000,000,000 worth of revenue with early Winter sales. [-.10 Rating for AwakeStim]

Security conglomerate Kettler-Russo Corporation invests $50,000,000,000 into expanding and upgrading it's security division, now expanding the possibility for a private security force of 20,000 mercenaries and soldiers of fortune abroad.

300,000 HelpBots are received in the North American market from Cognitive Robotics, raking in $27,000,000,000 for an industry that was seen as mostly uncertain, a frantic marketing campaign undoubtedly helped increase sales. [-.10 Rating for HelpBot]

World Stock Market
- Sylvester Maddis, Investor, purchases 1 Million Shares of Cognitive Robotics for $11.3 Billion.
- Stock Prices for Dreamcloud increase by 4.5%.

Event Changes
- Aery Skycities (Market) opens up. Skyscrapers that arch so high they often sit above the clouds, these tenements are off limits to all except the disgustingly wealthy and although often attached and squatting on more robust, albeit bland building, they are a separate world entirely often accessible only through aircraft.




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Fiscal Quarter 1, 2090

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New Chicago, 2090

February

Manufacturing titan Orwell Technologies unveils the Eyean, a new--robust and affordable--streetcar. Unveiled at the New Chicago Auto Show in February, it's met with some skepticism but only the market will determine it's future success. [Orwell Technologies unveils the Transportation Product Eyean [Rating 1.15]]


Orwellian Eyean Streetcar, 2090

Days after the announcement of the Eyean, a major financial transaction between Pretoria Qualified and Orwell Technologies was finalized, a $20,000,000,000 loan. Investors believed this was Orwell Technologies gearing up for a major push into the transportation industry, an industry without any competition.

The weapons designer SIMA begins selling weapons to private military contractors and private citizens in East Asia, allotting $44,000,000,000 in net sales in the region. [-.10 Rating for the Maurita 89].

Aviation manufacturer Floating Lanterns, Incorporated finishes years long research on a potential fusion of a functional civilian aircraft utilizing electric fuel sources. The Sukaidoragon VTOL was a 24 passenger VTOL aircraft was being hoisted as the 18-wheeler of the sky by CEO Etsuko Nishina. [New Aerospace Product Sukaidoragon VTOL [Rating: 2.75]


Sukaidoragon VTOL during testing, Shanghai, East Asia, 2090

Pharmaceutical giant Helping Hands Industry unveils it's latest product: Synthfood. Burgers. Soup. Calamari. Whatever you want. It can be cloned in a laboratory and sold for half the price. Focus testing has shown that as long as the customer in question doesn't have a choice, they'll never turn down Synthfood. [Demand for Cloned Products is generated. New Product: Synthfood: [Rating 0.50]


Synthfood. Everything in this photo was grown in a lab.


Security defense contractor Tidal Enforcement continues sales of it's handheld submachine gun brands in the North American European, selling $12,000,000,000 worth of goods in the first fiscal quarter.

World Stock Market
- Foreign Investors purchase 1 Million Shares in Floating Lanterns, Incorporated
- Cognitive Robotics Stock Price increases.

Event Changes
- None.


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Head News Article for the World Wide Military Reports Forum

The State of Argentina vs the Brazilian Union, which has the best army? (Poll Included)

Holonet Most Viewed Video Last Week of the military category.
"Hello there, today we will be discussing the characteristics of the Maurita 89 and the Iskandar-95, and in the end discuss which one should the State of Argentina adopt for its army."

Call of War X, New Event Announced
Premium Weapon Released on Call of Warfare 10 - Maurita 89 - SIMA's flagship assault rifle. Simple reliable and with many purchasable modules. Get 10,000 kills on the new Prypiat map and get it for free. [Event only available until the end of the weekend]

Canal 9 TV news of the State of Argentina
"Unbelievable, outdated equipment and rusty parts in the armory of the Santa Ana border post. We will speak with an expert to find out more about the state of our military's equipment. This and more at eight PM"

Commercial for SIMA's weapons
Worried about gangs, guerrillas or that sicko neighbour that seems like he will shoot up the neighbour any day now? Don't worry, SIMA offers a wide arrange of weapons and security options for you, your family, your dog and yes, even your puppies. In any SIMA promote gun shop you will be able to find any kind of gun or weapon you need and if you need the extra firepower, want to look cool or even want to scare away the bad guys, then we highly recommend you the Maurita-89, the perfect weapon for your needs.


The world of news and media had become a battleground for new customers, but for the SIMA department of media and public perception, it was a matter of what to do to make the countries and its people want to spend more money on weapons. Publishing articles or even making the tv channels put out some new commercials was all the spark that was needed to create discussion about wether the neighbouring nation was buying more weapons and what weapons should their own army buy to keep themselves on the race.

In the last few years, tactics varied but what never changed was the objective and that was something that would never change.

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The market for decent grade weaponry was always something that there had been a demand for, constantly shaping the way of how weapons develop in modern day society. Never more the case for the North American Union, though weapon industries were not in short supply, however, one of the more prominent mega-corporations along the eastern seaboard was Tidal Enforcement. The mega-corporation, based in Tampa, was among one of the leading Security and Weapons dealing companies, and with its relatively close proximity to Kennedy Space Center, which the company now worked with to test space-flight capabilities of new spaceships.

With the nature of Tidal Enforcement, and their popularity among the eastern seaboard of the NAU, the TBR-90, a small-arms weapon invented by TEF in 2087, was a popular choice for self-defence, sport, and mercenary weapon choice. The popularity of the weapon would grow as demand for weaponry grew in North America and its territories. In fact, the influence of the TEF made sure that the TBR-90 was the most popular weapon along the Eastern Seaboard through propaganda and campaigns showcasing the weapons capabilities.

With that said, the TEF continued its pursuit of being the one of the dominant security forces in North America, competing with companies like the Kettler-Russo Corporation, which was its primary domestic competition. However, that did not stop the TEF from selling the TBR-90 on the west coast, as the KRC was not a competition in the weapons industry yet. Though, Alexander Camacho, CEO of the TEF, has stated that he will work with the KRC in “an effort to maintain peace throughout the region should the domestic home be threatened with any rising chaos that would disrupt the public at large.” Granted, whether this was just an effort to make sure the public continued to support the TEF was noted by differing news agencies since the crime in the NAU, while in the rise, showed no threat to the people.

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As the Orwellian Eyean Streetcar hits the market and the reviews come in Quinten Lantley and his board of directors are sitting in a meeting room looking at the monitors while the reviews on their new car come flooding in, They all agree on something and then walk out of the meeting room

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"Don't Settle for One Reality"


The System 1 was the pinnacle of everything Sakuma Katsumoto had dreamed of since he was a child, decades before, but as he pulled the headset from his face, blinking slightly against the bright lights of his office, his dreams only got more fantastical. Despite the smile playing across his face, the adrenaline pumping through his veins, some part of his dream alluded him. Just moments before, he had been walking in the shade of forests, listening to the calls of species long extinct, before that he had been fighting in the pouring rain against a warrior whose armour and weapon had seemed as real to him as the desk in front of him now. The System 1 didn't just offer a second reality, it offered thousands of them, but thousands weren't enough, not for Sakuma, not for his vision.

While other's pedaled drugs, or weapons, Phoenix offered dreams, memories of a time before the skies clouded over, before greed became the only emotion people could feel. Pressing the intercom button inset into the arm of his chair, Sakuma spoke softly, and the reply came quickly. He smiled again, turning his chair so he could look out over the glittering lights of Tokyo, spread out beneath his office like an outlandish constellation. The people craved an escape, and like the Phoenix, he would help them raise from the ashes.
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Fiscal Quarter 1, 2090



An elderly gentleman with half balding obsidian black hair, dull grey suit with red tie, and worn out tired eyes sits calmly in front of a set filled with cameras. Behind him the image of the North American Union’s capital building providing the false impression that the set isn’t located in a dark, dimly lit studio. A man in the back of the newsroom begins a countdown “3...2...1...and we’re live.”

“I’m Logan Sharp, Hurricane Lisa turns deadly as it’s devastating winds and flooding move inland from the Texas coast.” The screen begins to fade, a tense beat begins to play in the background, and bright white text flashes across a luminescent screen “DMC News w/ Logan Sharp.”

Video begins to play of a windy city street, trees nearly collapsing under the strength of the winds, a different man begins to narrate over the imagery “I do want to emphasize this is only the beginning.” The scenery at the last moment reveals the speaker to be a FEMA representative. “Lisa is a very slow mover…” It cuts off, purposeful editing switching to the governor of Texas speaking in an emergency address “...It’s an uninvited brute who doesn’t want to leave.”

Video once again displays the devastation of the Hurricane, flooded streets and individuals boating from building to building. Sharp begins narrating “We’ll have live reports from the ground and get an update on the federal response from FEMA administrator Wade Burke and we’ll learn about the impact on the people in the storm's path from Texan senator Andrew Mills. Only on DMC News.” The screen flashes once again with bright white text displaying over a blue background “DMC News w/ Logan Sharp”.
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Japan's Virtual Reality Gamer Sketchan was among the many online users who shipped Orwell Technology's CEO, Quinten Lantley, and Floating Lantern, Incorporated's CEO , Etsuko Nishina, following a comment made last week on social media, in which the Japanese fashionista CEO had commented in reference to Orwell Technology's newest car design the Eyean. Etsuko Nishina is reported to have posted that the Eyean has caught her eye. After female customers of both Orwell Technology and Floating Lantern, Incorporated saw this comment, the hashtag #lantishina began trending.

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【仁科は恋をしていますか？】

by Akira Tanaka

Three years ago, Floating Lantern, Incorporated's CEO Etsuko Nishina-sama broke off a two year engagement with J1 League's Daisuke Motomiya. The news was shocking to the public, as the much anticipated wedding planning and media attention were predicted to be the highest viewed screenings of the year. Angelic Pretty was also said to be collaborating with Kate Spade and Dior for a wedding dress that would never dare disappoint the audience. Nishina-sama has not been spotted dated anyone since the shocking news. Although, she has been seen sharing dances with various faces, there is no news until this recent incident that has re-populariazed her marital status.


We tried interviewing Estuko Nishina-sama. However, when we asked her to elaborate on her social media comment before she left to visit Sapporu for a viewing of the Otaru Yuki Akari no Michi, the young CEO said, she yes, she would not mind to take a ride in Orwell Technology's Eyean, but first, she must stop keeping her head in the dreams and clouds of Japan. Afterwards, she asked if we wanted to have a tour of the Sukaidoragon VTOL, which was going to be her transportation to the Snow Light Path festival. Accompanying her was famous Jazz Band, Alexander Daniel Armstrong & The Mustangs. Both have donated a surprising amount of money to the event this year, which is merely a prelude to August's Toro Nagashi.

Nishina-sama's sister was also attending the event. Nishina-sama was wearing a navy marine dress with white piping by Metamorphose, and her sister was wearing a corresponding outfit. Both had identical, embroidered berets. The CEO's enthusiasm for the lantern festivals and test-riding her own company's products appears to have taken presidency over any other company's products outside of the fashion realm. We are sorry to say that the #litishina ship is not canon and only a result of hopeless romantic fangirls with over active imaginations. It's okay, Litishina Shippers, Cosmopolitan Japan is pretty bummed, too.

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New Chicago, 2090

March

Biotechnological conglomerate Lance Solutions spends an inordinate amount of disposable liquid capital in renovating it's genetic engineering department, announcing a new megaplex where research and development will begin. [Genetic Engineering upgraded to Level 2.]

A dedicated sales company in South America ends where Kettler-Russo Corporation utilizes a mixture of fear mongering and salesmanship to tell South American citizens how important private military contractors are--contrasted to traditionally corrupt military forces. [Demand for Enforcers in South America is increased by 2.]

Sales of MedQuik in the European Protectorate by Helping Hands Industry run in the earnest of thirty million out of an anticipated forty million, running net profits of only $21,000,000,000.

Only weeks after the dedicated campaign by KRC, the weapons producer SIMA runs a similar campaign explaining in earnest the importance of self-purchased private weapons are. "Don't let another man protect your family," the ad says, showing an ordinary looking family man slamming a 35 round magazine into a Maurita 89 assault rifle, his wife and children huddled behind him. [Demand for Weapons in South America is increased by 2.]

In the North American Union, Dreamcloud-owned news station DMC continues to run the televised world, pulling in $5,000,000,000 worth of revenue and seeing their national influence in the market increase. Similarly, Dreamcloud unveils it's new virtual reality interface Dreamscape, similar to the System-1. [Dreamcloud can set price for Dreamscape [0.75] Product ($1-$20) and select one of the following: Simple, Innocent, Addictive, Robust, Quality or Durable.]

Orwell Technologies begins production of the Eyean, pumping out seven million units in their awesome automated facilities.

South African finance conglomerate hires 30,000 new employees in Pretoria and upgrading it's existing infrastructure to accommodate other personal and MegaCorp loans. Finances upgraded to Level 2.

In the European Protectorate, travel conglomerate Highbeam Incorporated begins it's first space tourism flights, launching two shuttles into low orbiting and transporting a total of 366 people for a sum of $60,000,000,000.

Asian electronics giant unveils the SNR [Rating 1.35] at the Snow Light Path Festival. A robust and interesting design for a modernizing world, pricing and feature set are still to be determined. [SH Holdings can set price for SNR Product ($1-$20) and select one of the following: Simple, Innocent, Addictive, Robust, Quality or Durable.]


SNR Concept, 2090


Sales for the SH7 are reported in for the first financial quarter: $8,000,000,000 in sales.

Phoenix Entertainment in East Asia continues sales of its System 1 device. Selling nearly ten million units for the first quarter and bringing in $2,500,000,000.

In Pretoria, South Africa Pretoria Qualified initiates a programme of managed investment plans to sell to the open market as a new key product, to give the masses an illusion of taking meaningful part in the world of the megacorporations. The plans will be popularly called "orange books", and marketed under the 'PQ+' brand, geared towards less upscale clients. The Product's (Rating 0.12) pricing and features remains undetermined. [Pretoria Qualified can select one of the following: Simple, Innocent, Addictive, Robust, Quality or Durable.]

European space conglomerate Andromeda Industries brings in $36,000,000,000 in space travel voyages in low Earth obit. Additionally, they showcase off their new concept Zweier 77 shuttle [Rating 2.30] (Andromeda Industries may set price $1-$20 and select one of the following: Simple, Innocent, Addictive, Robust, Quality or Durable.]


Concept Art for the interior of the Zweier 77


World Stock Market
  • None.






[All MegaCorps send orders for Fiscal Quarter 2. Asset Cards have been PM'd.]
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Phoenix Rising Entertainment
"Don't Settle for One Reality"


The System 1 had flown from the virtual shelves, grabbed by the consumers across East Asia like the hungry would snatch at a morsel of bread. But that hardly came as a surprise to Sakuma Katsumoto. This first wave had only been a glimpse, a taster to stir demand into a frenzy. He knew all too well that demand bred demand, and those who had missed the first wave of the System 1 were only more desperate for it now. And Sakuma would be all too happy to provide, already millions of them were being shipped, far and wide. It would offer a faint glimmer of hope, of joy, against the suffocating smog that filled the air and leaked into the lungs, the shadows that never left the streets, and the blaring of engines that drowned out even the memory of birdsong.

A perfectly white, crisp, paper envelope, resting on his desk caught Sakuma's and he reached for it, wincing slightly as he leaned forward. His hands closed around it, shaking slightly, and he opened it, pulling the small, plain note-card from within. His eyes took a moment to focus, and he read the short paragraph scrawled across the paper. A smile crept across his face as he read. Undoubtedly an asset, but not for now. Placing the note-card back into the envelope, he placed it in a drawer of his desk, before reaching for the headset again, already yearning for the escape.
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Fiscal Quarter 2 (April-June)




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April, 2090



Industry News brought to you by World News 57


London based space exploration and tourist corporation Highbeam Incorporated has announced plans that by the end of the month, the final piece of Persephone Station will be launched into space. Already with over a million inhabitants, Persephone Station has been halted in the final stages due to stalling negotiations between Highbeam and other megacorporations responsible for logistics and supply efforts for the launch systems.

ASSET CARD (Highbeam Incorporated): The opening of Persephone Station has long been coming, it's time has arrived. Home to 2,750,000 of the world's wealthiest citizens and hanging in low Earth orbit, this will open a new beacon of trade and consumers.
* Persephone Station Market is unveiled, requires Space as a Major Industry or Level 3 Minor Industry to sell into.
* The player that played this card gains +10 Influence in Persephone Station.

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Launch Center at Highbeam Incorporated, London, 2090


    North American Market
  • Existing in an already saturated market, Tidal Enforcement announces the creation of Silver Eye, the newest and most sophisticated security system on the planet. Semi-autonomous in operation, it takes all the worry out of the customer and gives full remote access to it's user. [Rating: 1.20] (Pricing to be set by Tidal Enforcement).
  • Production of the TBR-90 continues, with 10 million units finalized in April.
  • Tech giant Sobel-Braunson Security Systems spends $60,000,000,000 upgrading it's Artificial Intelligence department back in Boston and may now be on the very cusp of something great. [Sobel-Braunson Security Systems upgrades Artificial Intelligence to Level 2.]

    South American Market
  • European manufacturer Orwell Technologies enters the South American automarket with the Eyean, at a price of $1,700,000 per unit. Exactly what consumers in the market wanted, sales appeared to be 7 Million units for a total net revenue of $89,250,000,000. [Eyean rating decreases by 0.17]

    European Market
  • European space giant Highbeam Incorporated invests $60,000,000,000 into expanding it's maintenance facilities of it's patented Blast Off centers for tourist travel in the area. [Space Industry is upgraded to Level 2.]

    Middle Eastern Market
  • Technology corporation Cognitive Robotics finalizes a loan of
    $30,000,000,000 from Vindicate Operations at a Quarterly Interest rate of 2.5%.

    African Market
  • No noticeable changes in April, 2090.

    East Asian Market
  • Retaining presence in it's own territory, Phoenix Rising Entertainment continues selling the Virtual Reality product System-1 in the market at a premium cost of $2,000 per unit, netting total sales of $320,000,000,000. By the end of April, two out of three people in Asia had a System-1 in their home. "It will destroy the market," local economists said. "Another VR system won't sell for a hundred years," a VR specialist said on local television. [Rating for System-1 has dropped to 0.10]
  • Space and transportation giant Floating Lanterns, Incorporated produces it's goods, a totality of: 2 Sawajiro Shooters and 4 Suikodoragon VTL's. In the same quarter they offered thirty Sawajiro Shooters to local airlines for a total of $36,000,000,000 in sales, expected to begin taking to the skies and transporting passengers next year. [Rating for Sawajiro Shooter has dropped to 2.93]
  • The North American technology titan Sobel-Braunson Security Systems struggles in the Asian platforming market, likely due to high sales of the System-1. Selling only 4 million units for a total of $54,600,000,000. Demand for platforming virtual devices has dissipated for the foreseeable future.

    Aery Cities Market
  • No noticeable changes in April, 2090.


World Stock Market
  • Middle Eastern robotics firm Cognitive Robotics spends $62,662,000,000 dollars in purchasing 17 million shares of Fairview-Clearweather Manufacturing to become a 51% majority shareholder in the company.
  • Stock prices for Fairview-Clearweather Manufacturing jump with the recent investment to $5,565 per share, as well as giving them $62,662,000,000 in liquid capital.
  • Foreign investors purchase 8 Million Shares of Highbeam Incorporated at a price of $74,200,000,000. The share price increases to $11,049.




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Conference Room #3 - Sobel-Braunson Security Systems HQ - Boston


"Nine percent."

The close proximity of this cramped, obnoxiously lit conference room made the words reverberate for a rather dramatic effect. For all the discomfort this new headquarters brought, it was a small boon to brighten up an otherwise rather disappointing day for one Stephen Bernard Sobel. It made the suits sitting across from him all the more uncomfortable under his hardened gaze, pale blues unflinchingly held upon one of the many underlings his chief operating officer had sent to brief him on their recent foray into foreign markets. In truth, he held little in the way of malice towards this young man of thirty or forty years, but it was always amusing to watch them squirm before him as they explained away failing that were far out of their hands to control. The perks of success, he always found.

"Y-Yes, sir, we only managed to fulfill nine percent — of our rather optimistic projections, mind you — in the East Asian market as of last quarter. Regional competitors, primarily Phoenix Rising Entertainment, managed to supersede our production expectations and flooded the market with a virtual reality device in the weeks leading up to our big release. Our returns were substantial even still, but—"

"But we fell short. Ten times shorter than we should have. Every man, woman and child from the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea should be using our software, our personal assistant, and you're telling me some Japanese wannabe news network, peddling a headset twenty-five percent more expensive, priced us out. You let this happen?" His gaze did not falter for a moment, even as the young man did.

"We couldn't have known... The products were very, very different in design. Entirely so. Four million units is still very good, and our returns almost entirely covered the expansion of the new Research and Development department. If we simply—"

"I'll not take advice from some bumbling... what are you exactly, some kind of secretary? I don't need the incessant dribbling of some low-grade, paper milling secretary to tell me what we can do to mitigate this big a failure in our first big push outside the domestic market. We make secretaries. I could have you replaced by phone, and it'd like as not do a better job at predicting what four billion people are going to want to buy. Get out of my face. Take your secretary's secretary with you."

While watching the poor lad scurry out of the room with his fellow in tow brought some small semblance of joy to the titular Sobel, he did have a damning prospect of where to go now. He had grown complacent, no doubt, in the position that "merging" with Braunson had put him in. They were healthy in capital despite maintaining a small, private set of investors, and had more than enough in the way of stock of their latest assistant to dominate whatever market they set out to. Asia was a given, considering the demand, yet he had underestimated the presence of the companies there. The returns Sobel-Braunson had made were certainly not insignificant, the chicken legged secretary was right about that. With a bigger and better intelligence development team, they could push forward with more ambitious projects without worry. Yet now there was a challenger for dominance, an entrenched challenger with capital to throw and a home market, by all reports, depleted of funds to buy up whatever that capital chose to create.

So where now? Where would he peddle his precious Sobbie, as the boys in the lab had affectionately named the crisp Irish tone that chattered every handheld device in the damned building. It was a matter of principle for the company to use company software, after all.

There was always the motherland.

"Sobbie, economic reports, European Protectorate. Let's see what the old country thinks of a little new blood."

"Right away, sir."
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