The European Space Agency (ESA), or European Space Council (ESC), is the world's largest and most advanced space faring organization. They control the lion's share of all space related activity. There has been a lot of stress and conflict over the ESA's power in orbit, though this has been reduced a little by more joint projects with the Neo-SSR and JAB (Japanese Aerospace Bureau). The ESA is a product of the European Economic Community.
History[]
1990s[]
The ESA began its ventures into deep space in 1995, partnering with the Pan-African Alliance to construct a mass driver on Mount Kilimanjaro.[1]
2000 - 2020[]
It sided with the Soviet Union during the First Orbit War of 2008, claiming victory over the United States of America after its colony of Tycho on the Moon dropped a two-ton rock on Colorado Springs and decapitated US military leadership.[2]
In 2009, having discovered a Defense Intelligence Agency plot to take over the Crystal Palace, under construction at the time, a five-ton rock was dropped off the coast of Washington, D.C. as a warning. After the Crystal Palace's completion in 2011,[1] another ESA venture had succeeded, reaching Mars with the help of the USSR, although the planet was shortly abandoned after.[1] By 2013, the ESA was the world's largest and most advanced space faring organization, being an outgrowth of the European Economic Community, as well as USSR overtures.[3] The organization had the most power and control of all space-related activity. By that time, there had been a lot of stress and conflict over the ESA's power in orbit, but the matter had been reduced by more joint projects the Neo-USSR and JAB (the Japanese Aerospace Bureau).
Despite some loss of its technological lead over the other space powers, especially the Japanese, the ESA continued on to further its stability in orbit. The ESA also cooperated with various corporations who sought to expansion or the benefits of orbital manufacturing. Such corporations as Arasaka, IEC, Kiroshi, and Kendachi all maintained orbital stations with the help of the ESA.
By 2020, the agency had become worried by the aggressive US stance in orbit tied the loss of their technological lead, becoming more interested in construction of military vessels, specifically gunships, to counter the possible threat from the US's military vessels.[4]
2040s[]
By 2045, many ESA colonies had been lost to the Highriders, being battered over by the Fourth Corporate War.[1]
2070s[]
In 2076, in an effort to hurt the Arasaka Corporation, Militech operatives discovered that Arasaka had been hiding the fact that they operated a mass driver on the Moon, to which they tipped off the council. ESC regulation maintained the organization was the sole operator and owner of mass drivers, an edge they wanted to keep. The ESC convened an immediate emergency meeting to determine whether to revoke Arasaka's license to bases in the Sea of Clouds. Before the vote was conducted, a senior Arasaka counterintelligence operative in Night City ordered a cyberattack against the European Space Council during the voting session. The resulting deaths of several council members delayed the vote.[5]
Products Line-Up 2013[]
| Type | Products |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft | ESA Hermes Shuttle, ESA Orbital Transfer Vehicle |
Products Line-Up 2020[]
| Type | Products |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft | ESA Delta Cruiser, ESA Orbital Transfer Vehicle |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 PONDSMITH, M. Cyberpunk RED Core Rulebook. Kenmore, WA, R. Talsorian Games, 2020. (p.??)
- ↑ MACDONALD, M. Home of the Brave. Berkeley, CA, R. Talsorian Games, 1992. (p.??)
- ↑ PONDSMITH, M. Deep Space. Berkeley, CA, R. Talsorian Games, 1993. (p.??)
- ↑ RAMOS, J. Eurosource Plus. Berkeley, CA, R. Talsorian Games, 1995. (p.??)
- ↑ The Corpo-Rat
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