1. Agriculture🌾
1.1 Hydropon Group
A vertically integrated food conglomerate producing crops grown in large-scale hydroponic farms. Fully-automated self-sustaining hydroponic towers as large as industrial grain silos act as the backbone for crop growth.
1.2 Nutriplex
A biotech food corporation specializing in lab-grown meat produced from endlessly replicated cell lines, eliminating the need for livestock entirely. Advancements in cell-growth technology have allowed Nutriplex facilities to grow an entire adult cow’s worth of synthetic meat in less than 7 days.
1.3 GreenWay Foods
One of the few remaining farming companies that raises real livestock such as chickens, cows, pigs and sheep. The company also has facilities dedicated for flora preservation, and has dedicated simulants for this. Keeper is one such simulant.
The extinction of bees has led to the collapse of natural ecosystems worldwide, affecting farming and livestock. Natural meats, animal products, and flora are a luxury only accessible to the corporate elite. These products are also often sold on the black market.
2. Construction🚧
2.1 Lakeman Miller
Responsible for the construction of most of New Damascus’ facilities and infrastructure, they have been contracted by KDE to build many of the facilities situated near the Wall, as well as to construct and maintain the Wall itself. Construct is a Simulant owned by Lakeman Miller.
2.2 Fabscape Homes
A modular construction firm specializing in fast-assembled housing for residents in The Menagerie. Their structures degrade rapidly, ensuring constant demand for repairs and replacements.
3. Defence, Military, Security🪖
3.1 Trinity Sky
An aerospace, defence, and
3.2 Nephthys
A paramilitary subsidiary of Kothar Deep Earth that specialises in black ops.
3.3 I.R.I.S.
Infrastructure Risk & Information Security (I.R.I.S.) is a cybersecurity company based in New Damascus, a subsidiary of Kothar Deep Earth. Hacker originates from I.R.I.S.. Currently destroyed at the time of the game.
4. Electricity, Gas, Water, Waste⚡️
4.1 Damagrid
Manages services for the city of New Damascus.
5. Entertainment🎥
5.1 Resonance Inc.
Synthetic entertainment industry. Produced and maintains a fleet of iconic robot superstars, powered by language models and proprietary voice synthesisers. Idol was one of these.
5.2 Playmakers Inc.
A multinational conglomerate known for large scale purchases of game development studios. Playmakers is renowned for their large concentration of un-utilised IP and large scale layoffs. In the past 26 years the company has released one (1) mobile match-3 gacha game, Rascal’s Pequiem.
Its current CEO is Richolas “Legless Samurai” Everest, who lost his legs after a duel with the CEO of Robocorp, Maxwell. He now has prosthetic robotic legs therefore becoming the run master.
5.3 Screen K.D.E.
Only funds games that only get sold one time. Seems to be a money laundering operation.
5.4 Trinity Sky News
The state media arm of Trinity Sky. Highly regulated and curated “news” and “information”. Yes Big Brother you are always correct.
5.5 Parramatta News
New Damascus’ local news source, providing highly curated news from KDE governance.
5.6 PunchyBowl
Animated film distribution company. Famous for its borderline slave labour conditions and funneling revenue into in-house animated projects that no one wants.
6. Finance, Insurance💵
6.1 KoBank
The only bank you can use if you live in a KDE city.
6.2 Morrison Finance
Insurance, debt collection, etc.
7. Health Care💊
7.1 L.M. Health Group
What does L.M. stand for? Better not think about it too much.
8. Information Media, Telecommunications💽
8.1 Optass
8.2 Ellstra
9. Manufacturing🏭
9.1 Olko
The world’s largest consumer manufacturing company. KDE, Trinity Sky, and other massive corporations contract them for low-stakes consumer goods, while keeping actually important manufacturing in-house. If you’re a regular ass citizen, chances are everything in your home is made by Olko.
10. Mining⛏️
10.1 Kothar Deep Earth
A mining and refinement company that holds control over the entirety of New Damascus.
10.2 Crown Quarry Proprietary
EU-controlled mining and refinement company.
11. Public Administration, Safety🚨
11.1 Kothar Police Inc.
KPI for short. State-sponsored national law enforcement.
12. Real Estate🏠
12.1 Cirvac
12.2 BlueStone
Global megacorp that currently controls 97.67% of the available housing market
13. Retail Trade🏬
12.1 Sahara
It’s a warehouse goods distribution company, like Amazon. Due to security and shoplifting concerns, and the incredibly widespread adoption of internet-connected cyberware, in-person stores basically don’t exist. You can get stuff shipped to you via drone within half an hour, to any location — even without an address, which most people in The Pit don’t have.
12.2 J-Mart
Originally a family convenience store in a rural town called Place, Japan. One of the only in-person stores remaining, but everything is super expensive and there are security robots everywhere. It’s a rich person experience only.
14. Transport, Postal, Warehousing🚐
14.1 Dune Logistics
Controls freight rails along The Shunt for the transport of goods and materials from The Pit to The Labs. Also handles mail services for those living in both The Pit and The HQ. Couriers are armed
15. Other
15.1 Engadine Cleaning Services
Cleans stuff. “When you need your shit cleaned”