Euro Business Machines

Euro Business Machines, or EBM, is a Megacorporation that generalizes in the manufacture of computer products, information technology and electronics. EBM has a highly influential market presence, along with some of the largest employee and troop counts.

1990s
Formed in the 1990s, Euro Business Machines (EBM) is a corporation that was developed into the leading manufacturer of computers and high-tech equipment worldwide and ranks among the most significant corporations currently in existence.

During the late 1990's, EBM performed "the greatest free-market hostile takeover in history" under the leadership of well-known corporate raiding master, Dr. Kurt Muller. The operation forced the merging of EBM with a vast number of other prominent computer companies around the world, further reinforcing the fearsome market power EBM already held.

Muller, along with the other two members in the company's triumvirate, Ulf Grunwalder of Munich and Sir Nathaniel Poole of London, together held 52.1% of company shares and collectively contributed the majority vote in EBM's corporate interests. Their long-term objective was to "consolidate as much of the world's high-tech manufacturing as possible under their label, by any means."

2077
In 2077, Euro Business Machines owns a variety of subsidiaries, one of them being Fourth Wall the large braindance production studio.

Equipment & Resources
EBM operates its own fleet of airborne craft, distributed as needed among its various global locations and detailed as follows:


 * Forty-six AV-4s
 * Twenty Osprey II V-TOL attack craft
 * Twenty corporate jets for the use of the executive board
 * Five heavy cargo planes.

In addition, each office has two helicopters, a fully staffed clinic and an infirmary.

EBM's power and stature affords access to the highest levels of military technology, with a top secret underground medical, research and training facility hidden in the Alps. EBM also maintains a small orbital research facility with about thirty researchers and ten soldiers.

Trivia

 * The name and logo is based on IBM (International Business Machines).