ARES Presence in the world Options

[MaxMahem]

Its been a while since we last got a 'Corporate Download' style update, so I've been working on one of my own for my games. First up is every runners favorite corporation (because they make all the best guns) Ares.

Below are my thoughts on Ares ratings in 12 key markets. They are rated on my 'Scale of 6', where 3 is average, and 6 is the highest any generic buisness might rise to. Mega-corporations are decidedly non-generic however, and so may raise higher then 6 (maybe much higher).

Some examples to make it clearer (all in agriculture):
Rating 1: Barley any market presence at all; a mom and pop grocery store
Rating 3: modern small-medium sized business; localy owned grocery store, small regional grocery chain, successful farm
Rating 6: large national presence, moderate business presence on a global scale, one part of the market; Dole Foods
Rating 9: Major global player in global markets, dominate national position, multiple parts of the market; Tyson Foods, PepsiCo
Rating 12: Dominate position in global markets, all parts of the market; no current companies at this level (some close though).

The industry categories are pretty wide as well, some insight into what the different categories mean, note that there is still some bleedthrough in various categories:
Agriculture: The production, processing, and distribution of food stuffs, including farms, grocery stores, food outlets, and food brands.
Auto/Aerospace: The production of cars, trucks, planes, and rockets. Also their presence in space.
Biotech: Cyberwear, Biowear, Gene-tech, pharmacuticals, and other life sciences. To a limited extent medical services also (hospitals, ambulances)
Chemistry: The extraction, production, and refinement of chemicals, including mining, oil producing, smelting, and nano-technology.
Consumer Goods: Production and distribution of the junk we buy, like toasters, washing machines, clothing, toys and trids.
Electronics: Design and production of important electronics components, including commlinks, servers, CPUs, storage, and more.
Heavy Industry: Production of large items like Ships, Trains, Powerplants, Oil Rigs, and also large industrial projects like digging canals.
Magical Goods: Production of magical talisman of all sorts, and research and development in various magical arts, from spell casting to geomancy
Media: Production of all information products, news, movies, sim-sense, skillchips, and any other item composed mostly of information
Military: Goods and services for the military, tanks, guns, planes, bombs, and security and support services
Service: Providing services such as power, waste, matrix, police, ambulance, security, and fire. Also presence as a retail distributor.
Software: Production and design of programs that act on information, comm-link programs, pilot programs, OSs, firewalls, and node programs.

The ratings in all these are taken together, averaged, then doubled to get the corps total rating. Which could also be ranked on the scale of 6. All AAA mega-corps will rate at least a 12 or above.

Now without further ado, my ratings for Ares!
Agriculture: 3
Auto/Aerospace: 12
Biotech: 6
Chemistry: 9
Consumer Goods: 3
Electronics: 5
Heavy Industry: 9
Magical Goods: 4
Media: 4
Military: 13!
Service: 8
Software: 5
Total Rating: 13.5

As a mega-corp Ares of course has its fingers in multiple pies, but their primary focus is on military technology, with their presence in other areas often being a by product or as support to their military focus. Ares also has a moderate presence in resource extraction owning stakes in many mines and oil farms. One of the victims in their battle with Cross was the its Media division, which has fallen on hard times since then, while Ares focuses on what Knight sees as their core competencies, that is making stuff blow up.

I've also made a map that shows where I see Ares Presence in the 6th world. They are strongest in the UCAS/CAS and their former allies, but also have a strong presence wherever weapons of war are sought, that is, most everywhere. The do not tend to do as well in awakened lands however.

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So what do you think? Disagree with where I see Ares at?