Langrisser Omnicorp

Langrisser Omnicorp

Lucas Langrisser was 10 years old when shadowrunners gunned down his parents in their lab at Langrisser Technical Consulting. He barely survived the attack and found evidence that the hit had been ordered by Renraku. 3 years later he led a campaign that revolutionized the world and left Renraku reeling.

In early 2061 Renraku had heavily leveraged itself and many of its assets in preparation for an upcoming negotiated acquisition of Yakashima Technologies. Speculation on their stock was high, as they had announced many upcoming plans and projects to be put into place after the merger. This all changed when many of Yakashima's key facilities around the world were simultaneously invaded and seized by small strike groups of tech-warriors who would later become known as Engineers, and an army of robots which the media would soon refer to as the “Mechabots Army”. Yakashima's automated and matrix defenses were quickly dismantled by the assault, and their computer systems turned against them almost immediately. The seizure was broadcast live, and it was revealed that Yakashima had been involved in extensive espionage against governments and other corporations. Furthermore they had recently been commissioned to begin work on a vaguely defined “Atma Energy Project” or “Ultimate Weapon”, one which apparently relied on using cybermancy on great dragons, and which suspiciously could only be constructed using Renraku hardware and resources. Yakashima properties around the world were invaded and seized by local governments. Needless to say the merger suddenly fell through and Renraku was out billions; investigations of the “Atma Energy Project” also started to look bad for them despite their attempts to distance themselves from the subject.

Lucas Langrisser immediately took credit for the destruction of Yakashima Technologies, revealing to the world that the force had consisted of Engineers, who performed their amazing feats using Omni-tools and led Mechs controlled by VIs, or Virtual Intelligences, into combat. He implored world governments and the corporate court to pursue Renraku. It was at this time that he changed his company's name to Langrisser Omnicorp. Renraku officials were of course furious and began to assemble a response. They were massing personnel and resources at their Archology in preparation for an assault on Langrisser's Seattle headquarters when they ran into another problem... Renraku's archology spontaneously went into lock-down. After the facility repelled attempts by Renraku to retake it, Langrisser volunteered to go in on behalf of the UCAS army. There were heavy losses of mechs, but the Langrisser forces prevailed. Renraku's apparently bizarre experiments were revealed and the company lost further face. The Archology was nationalized and given to Seattle. Langrisser was inundated with purchase requests for mechs VIs and shields.

Lucas continued to press for the pursuit of Renraku, but the Corporate Court declined, and governments seemed uninterested, leaving him somewhat bitter about the matter. Nonetheless, Langrisser had rendered contemporary computer technology obsolete almost overnight (deckers and existent matrix security proved no match for engineers and VIs) and people clambered to place orders while many youths were eager to become engineers. Lucas eventually opened up the process, and at some point The Nexus became active on the matrix. Langrisser Omnicorp is currently the world's largest AA Megacorp and largest privately owned company. Lucas is suspected to harbor grudges against Renraku, Shadowrunners, and the Corporate Court.

Even over a decade later, other corps are still playing catch-up to Langrisser. Renraku has lost huge amounts of business in the computers market and has doubled down on their biological research. One of their hottest new projects is some sort of “Super Power Army” of super-soldiers to supplement their Red Samurai. Many rumors abound.

The destruction of Yakashima made many opportunities for other, often more tolerant companies to come in and fill their niche. Mechs are more reliable and versatile than traditional drones ever were. Shields are a core component of modern defense and have made the world a safer place. New matrix infrastructure not only allows worldwide connectivity, but has made the matrix dramatically more useful, reliable and secure than before.