We’ve introduced you to the powerful megaindustrials that lead the medical scene, this time around we will enter the shady world of AUGS. What are AUGS you ask? Well to put it simply, these non-invasive electronic devices boost the user’s inner potential in a safe, controlled manner. AUGS is short for “Auxiliary Upgrade Governing System”, and they have been in use by military forces for some time. With the collapse, everyone’s started to get their hands on these babies, and it’s changing the face of battle!
X-Align Industrial
An old hand in the world of megaindustrial corporations, X-Align Industrial has long had a reputation of quality. They are among the current market leaders in charge of producing AUGs, as would be expected from a company known to have a hand in their original design and development. In addition, they have a special affinity for producing the highest quality shotgun modification kits and magazine upgrades in the world.
Of all the major megaindustrials, X-Align is the one that is most prone to believing that the world still works the way it used to. From its founding down to its current leadership under CEO Alex Crenshaw, the firm prides itself on its numerous national and international contracts. They are equally well known for the luxurious parties they will throw to keep their investors oblivious to the perpetually shady deals they strike in an effort to keep production costs low. Even after the collapse, they still employ workers in factories around the world, always moving their operations to the place where labor is the cheapest and the laws are the most flexible. There is no international convention on labor or trade that X-Align will not flout, and it is only by virtue of its great age and vast network of contacts that it keeps from being obliterated in a sea of lawsuits brought by those still able to fight for their rights in a chaotic world.
It is interesting, then, to consider that this is the same company that is almost singlehandedly responsible for the origin of the AUG system so prevalent today. It was X-Align that originated the microstructures necessary to implement raw processing power into lightweight materials suitable for clothing or the body itself. It was also X-Align which licensed the technology to other megaindustrials to promote its proliferation through diversity. The motives of X-Align in pursuing this strategy remain unclear to this day. One thing is fairly certain, however: since X-Align never does anything without its own best interests in mind, one can be sure that whatever shady deals they’ve struck will only help them survive in the end.
The Misuki Consortium
A conglomeration of Japanese supercorporations which survived the unexpectedly explosive eruption of Mount Fuji and the subsequent destruction of large swathes of Tokyo, The Misuki Consortium controls much of the industry in Japan with a soft word and an iron fist. This oligarchic system has worked well for the company, as it has thrived in recent years, establishing itself as a leader in AUG manufacturing and in the creation of LMG magazine upgrades and modification kits.
Demanding loyalty from those who work for them, Misuki is exceptionally generous to those employees who serve them well, and to the community around them. However, for as extreme as their kindness is to those who have earned their favor, so too are lengths the company will go to punish those who fail or betray them. Indeed, in many ways, the management style of The Misuki Consortium has been compared to the Yakuza, the powerful Japanese crime syndicate.
The fierce devotion demanded by the company is the mandate of the founder and leader of the Consortium, the now 88-year old Saicho Kazugai. A survivor of the destruction of the city, he believes that the best way for Japan to return to its former glory is to first remember what made it great. Believing that their traditions and customs were superior, Mr. Kazugai demanded that those who joined the Consortium submit to adapting their structure to fit his model. In the end, Kazugai’s insistence on such rigidity and loyalty paid dividends, as the company was able to grow and expand its market share while other companies around the world engaged in lengthy and costly corporate wars that only weakened their positions further.
Now, however, the old leader is frail, and the world is dominated by a few major corporations, each equally wary of the other. There are rumbles within the company that some believe the Consortium must become more flexible, others more ruthless. All agree that the Consortium must adapt to survive in this new age, but all such roads to reform lead through Mr. Kazugai.
Part 2 Coming Soon
Don’t miss part 2 of the AUGS manufacturers because not all these companies were created equal. Loyalty, dominance, betrayal and control are all but the tip of the iceberg as far as these megaindustrials are concerned. Weapons could be mass produced, drugs manufactured with little risk, but AUGS, they tapped into the very psyche of the population. With AUGS a person can do more than just survive outside the walls. With these powerful electrical components, they can dominate!
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We’ve introduced you to the powerful megaindustrials that lead the medical scene, this time around we will enter the shady world of AUGS. What are AUGS you ask? Well to put it simply, these non-invasive electronic devices boost the user’s inner potential in a safe, controlled manner. AUGS is short for “Auxiliary Upgrade Governing System”, and they have been in use by military forces for some time. With the collapse, everyone’s started to get their hands on these babies, and it’s changing the face of battle!
X-Align Industrial
An old hand in the world of megaindustrial corporations, X-Align Industrial has long had a reputation of quality. They are among the current market leaders in charge of producing AUGs, as would be expected from a company known to have a hand in their original design and development. In addition, they have a special affinity for producing the highest quality shotgun modification kits and magazine upgrades in the world.
Of all the major megaindustrials, X-Align is the one that is most prone to believing that the world still works the way it used to. From its founding down to its current leadership under CEO Alex Crenshaw, the firm prides itself on its numerous national and international contracts. They are equally well known for the luxurious parties they will throw to keep their investors oblivious to the perpetually shady deals they strike in an effort to keep production costs low. Even after the collapse, they still employ workers in factories around the world, always moving their operations to the place where labor is the cheapest and the laws are the most flexible. There is no international convention on labor or trade that X-Align will not flout, and it is only by virtue of its great age and vast network of contacts that it keeps from being obliterated in a sea of lawsuits brought by those still able to fight for their rights in a chaotic world.
It is interesting, then, to consider that this is the same company that is almost singlehandedly responsible for the origin of the AUG system so prevalent today. It was X-Align that originated the microstructures necessary to implement raw processing power into lightweight materials suitable for clothing or the body itself. It was also X-Align which licensed the technology to other megaindustrials to promote its proliferation through diversity. The motives of X-Align in pursuing this strategy remain unclear to this day. One thing is fairly certain, however: since X-Align never does anything without its own best interests in mind, one can be sure that whatever shady deals they’ve struck will only help them survive in the end.
The Misuki Consortium
A conglomeration of Japanese supercorporations which survived the unexpectedly explosive eruption of Mount Fuji and the subsequent destruction of large swathes of Tokyo, The Misuki Consortium controls much of the industry in Japan with a soft word and an iron fist. This oligarchic system has worked well for the company, as it has thrived in recent years, establishing itself as a leader in AUG manufacturing and in the creation of LMG magazine upgrades and modification kits.
Demanding loyalty from those who work for them, Misuki is exceptionally generous to those employees who serve them well, and to the community around them. However, for as extreme as their kindness is to those who have earned their favor, so too are lengths the company will go to punish those who fail or betray them. Indeed, in many ways, the management style of The Misuki Consortium has been compared to the Yakuza, the powerful Japanese crime syndicate.
The fierce devotion demanded by the company is the mandate of the founder and leader of the Consortium, the now 88-year old Saicho Kazugai. A survivor of the destruction of the city, he believes that the best way for Japan to return to its former glory is to first remember what made it great. Believing that their traditions and customs were superior, Mr. Kazugai demanded that those who joined the Consortium submit to adapting their structure to fit his model. In the end, Kazugai’s insistence on such rigidity and loyalty paid dividends, as the company was able to grow and expand its market share while other companies around the world engaged in lengthy and costly corporate wars that only weakened their positions further.
Now, however, the old leader is frail, and the world is dominated by a few major corporations, each equally wary of the other. There are rumbles within the company that some believe the Consortium must become more flexible, others more ruthless. All agree that the Consortium must adapt to survive in this new age, but all such roads to reform lead through Mr. Kazugai.
Part 2 Coming Soon
Don’t miss part 2 of the AUGS manufacturers because not all these companies were created equal. Loyalty, dominance, betrayal and control are all but the tip of the iceberg as far as these megaindustrials are concerned. Weapons could be mass produced, drugs manufactured with little risk, but AUGS, they tapped into the very psyche of the population. With AUGS a person can do more than just survive outside the walls. With these powerful electrical components, they can dominate!