OTEC

(Ocean Technology & Energy Corporation) OTEC is an American Aquacorp that specializes in the underwater shipping and technology services around the Pacific Rim. In 2021 after IHAG filed for bankruptcy OTEC started preparations to buy out the corporation and get the resources and assets they had. This later entered into a conflict with CINO which then ended with a Fourth Corporate War. They later hired on Militech, a local security force, to fight the war for them.

Name and Location of Major Shareholder:
Amanda Russell, Aqua Delphi One, retaining 22% of all shares.

History
They began as a group of at-sea oil drilling companies that were bought out by billionaire Damon Russell with the intent that at-sea colonization would start with the ownership of the ocean's vast energy resources.

As early as 1993 Russell began aquaculture and mariculture on an immense scale and introduced processed krill to the diet of millions worldwide. His attempts at genetically engineering sea plant and animal life resulted in the creation of new foods and other organic products for consumption. Their greatest creation is the floating synthetic plastic known as Crypropalan. Made from the remains of genetically engineered microfauna, it is what many of the floating cities rest on. Strong, incredibly bouyant, light and derived from a renewable natural source, it was a breakthrough in construction science.

In 1996 Russell's scientists perfected their tidal energy converters and thermal varience converters and began beaming energy from purchased old "Star Wars" laser satellites from the financially-strapped US to the power-hungry masses in major cities of the world. Damon Russell was killed in an extraction attempt in 2006 by OTEC's largest rival, Unified Ocean Sciences, a hostile takeover attempt by Sean Lowell, head of UOS. Amanda Russell, Damon's wife has run the company since his death and has expanded OTEC's earnings by thirty percent in seven years.

Damon Russell was killed in an extraction attempt in 2006 by OTEC's largest rival, Unified Ocean Sciences, a hostile takeover attempt by Sean Lowell, head of UOS. Amanda Russell, Damon's wife has run the company since his death and has expanded OTEC's earnings by thirty percent in seven years.

Since then OTEC has been the undisputed leader in ocean technological advances and continues to rule the seas. They have been under media assault in recent years because of the fact that they have attempted to nationalize their floating islands and stations. This would give them more claim to the surrounding resources than they already have.

The corporation has, however, been a large source of food, plastics, petroleum products, liquid hydrogen production, stress science technology (which gets used in space exploration as well as underwater colonization), genetic engineering, and motion energy sciences. Space exploration and colonization is their next field of endeavor and they are currently seeking an energy source with greater energy return per pound than fusion.

Background
OTEC is an extremely large multinational megacorporation that has been in existence for over 35 years.

Relatively benign, less so since Amanda Russell and her current Board of Directors have been in office.

Not ruthless unless forced to be, they are content to make a profit and try to continue on like their founder desired; to benefit mankind. Information is what makes them powerful. They have strong ties with think tanks like Infocomp and the Information Treasury as well as Orbital Air, who makes use of their liquid hydrogen for rockets and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) vehicles.

They use little outside help, thus preventing as much espionage as possible. They have a poor opinion of the security measures of Arasaka because they were the corporation used when Damon Russell was killed. It was believed that an inside man made it possible. They do not forget favors and do not forgive insult.

As far as corporate policy goes, they attempt to woo scientists with the freedom and financial largess which is theirs to offer. Important scientists are allowed and encouraged to experiment, given the best care, facilities and protection money can buy. The best. Extract from OTEC at your peril.

Equipment & Resources
Dispersed among the floating cities are : over 100 small ocean transports, 30 large ocean transports, 30 AV-4s, 30 submersible Vehicles-2 (Transport), 15 submersible air vehicles (at sea/air combat), 5 SEV-1 (Surface Effect Vehicles, top secret stealth attack craft), 30 attack helicopters, 10 transport helicopters, and other non-military transport vehicles. 130 shoreline oil rigs, 13 tidal flux converter stations, 12 thermal variance stations, 3 underwater metal extraction stations, 4 deep sea oil rigs, 8 genetic engineering laboratories, 2 nuclear reactors, 1 fusion reactor, 2 orbital stations in Low Earth Orbit, 1 solar/microwave converter beaming station, 1 satellite stations in LaGrange orbit.