Mine would be S-K; it's the most magically powerful one, and it has Leonardo for computer science R&D.

Wuxing is more magically powerful, i'd say. as for having Leonardo, i think that his location depends entirely on Lofwyr's pooping habits.

I have to say S-K, mostly for historic significance. After all, some of the corps that were ultimately merged into S-K belonged to the most influental corporations in europe during the 19th to the 21st century. Which makes it totally believable to me why it still is a big fish in the pond.

Novatech the little mega that could.

Everyone likes S-K. Hmm...

Not in germany, believe me. The german translation of System Failure has some bonus pages that describe the impact of Crash 2.0 at the AGS. Seems that SK is trying to get more control over the whole messed up country and transform it into a single state (much easier to control then). Finally!

Voted Ares, I'm old school.

It seems that the megacorps I like best are the ones you people like best. S-K, Evo, Ares...

Way too early to come to this conclusion

Yeah, you're right... :.(...

I'm a fan of NeoNET/Novatech. Villiers is teh Bomb. I always played him like Xanatos from gargoyles; addicted to overcomplicated schemes and no real morals, but a sense of doing the honorable thing, or at least the most dramatic. The kind of guy who would spend tens of millions to summon some bad ass creatures only to throw them away after 1 run.

After that, It's Ares, because Damien Knight reminds me of Lex Luthor.

I just like me some Aztecola…

~J

And they have good soft drinks, and Stuffer Shacks. What else do you need?

~J

I'm with Pimp, especailly for the way you summed it up. I've like Evo lately too, but Villiers is the man.

Ares. If Ares isn't your favorite megacorp, you're a dirty commie pinko and need to be shot. In the head. With an Ares Predator.

You don't. Studies show that patriotism is directly related to numbers of shots in the head received from an Ares brand firearm, and you can never be too patriotic.

Maybe Ares should have been the one with the rogue AI…

~J

Ares forever!

Hmmm... I don't like them consistently being "good." Oooh, look at me, I killed the insect spirits for free, I'm consistently generous and honorable in my dealings with runners, I have the most overexposed CEO in the sourcebooks. I'm so pretty.

I've gotta go with Aztechnology. They made my first sound card. None of the others have ever done anything for me.

Huh? You sound like a crazyman.

Oh yeah, Strain III. It killed off every Awakened critter around Chicago.

They're also using insect shamans to invest their spirits in guard dogs so that they're intelligent and super-powerful. Then again, they're also using controlled spirits to astral gateway into The Hive so they can kill queen and mother spirits for the rest of eternity, so the whole project is morally ambiguous.

Ah yes, that must be it. I miss not having my books.

The Corporate Download sourcebook rules part specifically says they're pretty much honorable when dealing with runners, and that they pay better than the average rate for runs. And I don't remember them charging the UCAS government for the containment of Chicago.

And admit it, Damien Knight is so fucking overexposed.

No more overexposed than Villiers or Lofwyr.

Ares has good PR, but if we are talking about public perception, then Aztechnology would win hands down, as they seem to have the best PR.

It just seems as if all three have well-constructed personas, but the Mitsuhamas are pretty much in the background. Then again, Mitsuhama's kind of devoid of identity compared to the other corps.

Axon Research, Liandri Mining and The Necris Project.

What?

I like Cross Applied.

First vote for Shiawase!

Go Ares, go!

Dude, it says "Japan" on the chip. No way the government would let the Azzies do business on home turf.

He? Never.

I favour Ares, but love the concept of SK.

On the other hand, who can look past the venerable Stuffer Shack?

I think we all remember fondly that first firefight/splatter-fest in the Stuffer Shack...

AzTech all the way. BECAUSE they are the underdog in shadow-PR. Working for a non-blood mage faction of course.