Page One of this segment includes:

Alcan Biotechnics.
Ambercrombie, Richards & Crawford

Page Two includes these corporations:

The Cygnus Group

This page includes these corporations Holy Vengeance Munitions
Smartcore Software Designs

Holy Vengeance Munitions
Profile
Home Office Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
President/CEO: Yitzak Ben-Gurion
Chairman of the Board: David Rubenstien
Corporate Status: Private
Major Shareholders: not available

Net Rating: 56

Major Interests
Aerospace: 1
Agriculture: -
Biotechnology: 1
Chemicals: 2
Computer Engineering: 1
Computer Science: 1
Consumer Goods: -
Cybernetics: 2
Entertainment: -
Financial: -
Heavy Industry: -
Military Technology: 6
Mystical: -
Service: -

Operations
Fiscal: 6
Intelligence: 6
Management: 5
Reputation: 4

Security: 5
Magical: 4
Matrix: 4
Physical: 8

Military: Platoon, Exceptional

>Remember that PhySec, chummers. Tel-Aviv's still a hotbed of terrorism, so HVM ain't takin' no chances, dig? They're dumping too much effort into physec, though. Ya gots yerself a good whiz-boy and a half-decent decker and yer in.
>Flynn

Primary Business: As the name should imply, Holy Vengeance Munitions is an arms manufacturer. While Holy Vengeance will make almost any military munition or weapon, it's primary business lies in quality small arms.

>These guys are small fry out here; barely even an office with their name on it in Seattle. But in the Middle East, they are as big as Ares. They have the exclusive small arms contract with Israel and with a few of the Greek city-states.
>Desert Farmer

>So what's up with the fanatical name? Are they a bunch of fragged-off Israelis?
>Z-Query

>An image they aren't adverse to, but no. Aside from their preference to deal with Israel, Holy Vengeance is rather religio-neutral. They have a major contract with Egypt for example.
>Desert Farmer

Corporate Structure: Holy Vengeance Munitions has four primary divisions, all of which report directly to the corporate headquarters. Marketing handles sales, Research handles new weapons development and research and Manufacturing handles the production of their weapons. The fourth division, Consulting, is rather odd. This is where the Holy Vengeance military is listed and where other weapons consultants and "end-user consultants" are kept. The Legal department is also a part of Consulting.

>What's odd about it? You keep the boardroom warriors in the same department as the cybernetic warriors. It fits, in it's own twisted way.
>Twisted Twister

Execs: Unfortunately, very little concrete is known about the chief executives of Holy Vengeance. They all have a reputation for being rather reclusive and all are believed to reside within Israel.

>Here's a hot tip then. The CEO, Yitzak Ben-Gurion, was a ranking member of Mossad a number of years ago. It seems that he keeps most of his old contacts; just check out their Consulting roster.
>Desert Farmer

Security: As might be expected of a munitions manufacturer in the Middle East, security is rather tight. All of the security guards are at least former military and most of the "normal" employees have at least some military training.

>Don't let that spook you too much. Israel still requires that every citizen put in at least two years of military service. It's not like the secretaries are issued assault rifles or anything.
>Gun Biff

>Same kinda rules the Star has, back in the States. And they're no sweat, so don't worry.
>Ammofiend

Physical and Magical Security: Holy Vengeance has what is probably the toughest physical security of almost anyone in the Middle East. All security personnel cross train with the military wing and receive only slightly less lethal weaponry. Holy Vengeance security also has the highest incidence of cyberware in the Middle East outside the Israeli military.

>"Slightly", that means they get issued stun-ammo rarely, instead of never.
>Ammofiend

Magical security lags behind physical security only in numbers. There are few mages on the Holy Vengeance payroll, but they are extremely well-trained and very tough.

Matrix Security: Due to the fact that the Matrix is somewhat behind the curve in the Middle East, matrix security isn't very formidable.

>Short-sighted thinking. There aren't many good deckers in the Middle East, but geography means next to squat on the Matrix. I can access it with no problem from my doss in Seattle.
>Rage

>Look for improvement here. They just got a new programmer. His parents were Soviet Jews that went to England, then he immigrated to Israel here a few months back. They might also be expanding into milspec IC-Breakers.
>Rumormonger

Military Security: The small military wing qualifies as a Special Forces unit, by most standards. Small, but very well equipped and extremely well trained.

>And don't forget those weapons testers and end-use consultants...
>Mighty Fright

>And throwest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch at thy foe, who having been naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.
>Rumormonger

Extended Security: Holy Vengeance Munitions has no existing extended security. It does however maintain very positive relations with the Israeli and Greek shadowrunner communities.

>I think the entire Israeli shadowrunning community (small as it is) was part of the Archangel SMG beta-test program. Of course we love Holy Vengeance; who else gives away wizzer guns for free?
>WZO

Smartcore Software Designs
Profile
Home Office Location: Seattle, UCAS
President/CEO: Gabriel Michelson
Chairman of the Board: David Rubens
Corporate Status: Public
Major Shareholders:
Novatechnology (37%)
Trans-Latveria Enterprises (19%)
Novatechnology Corporate Services (12%)
Gabriel Michelson (11%)
David Rubens (10%)

Net Rating: 54

Major Interests
Aerospace: -
Agriculture: -
Biotechnology: 1
Chemicals: -
Computer Engineering: 4
Computer Science: 6
Consumer Goods: 2
Cybernetics: -
Entertainment: -
Financial: -
Heavy Industry: -
Military Technology: -
Mystical: -
Service: -

Operations
Fiscal: 6
Intelligence: 3
Management: 5
Reputation: 7

Security: 5
Magical: 3
Matrix: 8
Physical: 4

Military: none

>I've heard that the Pueblo Corporate Council has about 6% of SmartCore and has one of it's members on the board.
>ITP

>Whoa, Novatech and PCC both with heavy influence? Boy, what I wouldn't do to slip a couple of passive monitors in on a board meeting. Things might get ugly when they start discussing new 'wares...The backstabbing's gotta be something fierce.
>Rumormonger

Primary Business: SmartCore Software Designs is a relatively small company with huge profits. SSD has created a specialized niche for itself by expanding on the concept of man-machine interface. In some areas, old "dumb" items are made "smart", such as the "Mindlock" Maglock device. In other areas, SSD creates software to upgrade existing "smarted" devices, such as the Smartgun Optimizer Software. And the SmartCore Conflict Resolution Gear is a combination of both design concepts.

>Ah, their three big products. SmartCore, in essence, creates small little gadgets and programs that make someone else's toy work a lot better. Not a new concept, but SmartCore has designed dandy little gadgets.
>PJ

>Okay, I swear by the Optimizer Software, but I've never heard of the "Mindlock." A smart Maglock?
>Animal Cracker

>Essentially, yes. You hook up to your Maglock with your datacord to your datajack. You think out your entry code. The Maglock pops open. It's not as quick as a regular Maglock and at 20K a pop to add on to your old Maglock, it's not cheap. At least this Maglock can't be spoofed by some passkey.
>PJ

>Yes, but it creates more potential for "human" problems, you know? My area of expertise.
>HRM

>I hear SmartCore is trying out a beta-test of a totally rigged house. Plug a special radio unit into your jack, and you can think about making coffee and the rigged house does it!
>Radio Sloth

>Ah, that specialized niche where one creates products for people too rich to know any better...
>the Marketeer

Corporate Structure: SmartCore has only two offices, both of which are also research facilities. The first, which also house the headquarters, is in Seattle. The second building is in Santa Fe, Pueblo. The corporate structure is very loose, reminiscent of the 1980's Apple Corporation. While technically there is a Research Division, a Marketing Division and an Administrative Division, these departments exist only on paper, with all employees freely mingling and actually sharing budgets.

>How fraggin' weird! And they actually post insane profits with this drek-headed structure!
>Confused in Seattle

>At least for now...
>Professional Naysayer

Execs: CEO Gabriel Michelson and Chairman David Rubens are boyhood friends that started SmartCore Software Designs a little over five years ago. Both take active roles in the management of their company and are often seen working alongside their researchers and product testers.

>Even weirder. Could you imagine Damien Knight jandering down to the local research plant and arguing ideas? Bizarre...
>Amused

>With SmartCore it seems to foster a certain amount of loyalty. When any pencil-neck is listened to by the CEO, it makes the employees feel important. Not the sort of feeling you get with the megacorps...
>Spike

>Heh. Just think of the sec nightmare...
>Rumormonger

>What I want to know is how Michelson and Rubens, founders of SmartCore, aren't the primary stockholders? How are they even still on the board if Novatechnology has, total, at least 49% of the stock?
>Oyster

>Mostly because they were willing partners, for the most part. Fuchi UCAS (now Novatechnology) supplied a lot of the start-up capital and got a 25% share, right of the bat. They've bought up another 24% since then. And Michelson and Rubens are great for SmartCore. Novatechnology wouldn't dream of messing up the unique chemistry they bring.
>Daydreamer

>Riiiight. Just give them time. The first time Novatechnology decides they're working preferentially for the PCC stockholders, there just might be a slight problem in the production facilities - if you know what I mean.
>Rumormonger

Security: Security for such a successful corporation is rather low. Major moves are currently being made to upgrade security, but it will be several months before there is a noticeable change.

>Won't be quick enough, if you ask me. They're just asking for trouble.
>Rumormonger

Physical and Magical Security: Very mediocre. However, this isn't totally surprising, considering the company was founded by a couple of tech-heads. As noted above, this is changing. Each site is currently being outfitted with a security rigger control room and all current security staff is being given heavy training and access to better weapons, armor and cyberware.

>Again, like the tech-heads they are, Michelson and Rubens are forgetting the magical edge. Don't expect too many magicians on site for quite a while.
>Magi Maker

Matrix Security: As might be expected for a software company owned in major part by Fuchi, Matrix security is formidable. Each site is known to have semi-autonomous party ice.

>Somehow, I think this is another of Novatech's contributions.
>the Mega-Bite

>You're right. Novatech is protecting it's investment...
>Clubster

Extended Security: While there is no official department or division for this, SmartCore does use shadowrunners on occasion.

>I should know, they hired me once. Except I did a hit on Novatech...
>Shadowrock

>Are you sure you have your principals right?
>Desperately Seeking Truth

>Pretty sure and it's been bugging me for fragging near a year now.
>Shadowrock