New Era Biomedical

New Era Biomedical could be considered the root cause of all humanity's problems. Once called Orange Plus Medical, they rebranded as New Era Biomedical upon the creation of the New Economic Block. Their naming choice did not go unnoticed. They quickly became a major force on the New Economic Block council and was one of the first corporations to seize onto the alien technology caches. They spearheaded the creation of the Atheism Laws and it was their killteams that looted the Vatican. They created and then enslaved the first GLAs and hybrids, and sent at least three GLA species out into the black to their doom. For all their naked villainy and power-mongering, they only grow stronger and tougher with age.   New Era Biomedical specializes in gene-therapy, general health, biomedical research, and cybernetics. Anything involving the human body is their domain. They charge ruinous fees for even the simplest examination, and every doctor ever trained has gone through one of their schools. They own patents on most gene-therapies and have been known to send repossession squads for lost 'property' like cybernetic implants and cloned organs. If New Era Biomedical decided to ever call in their debts, they would easily be able to bankrupt half of the New Economic Block... and cause a galaxy-wide war in the process. Blocks Stocks and Bonds watches them uneasily, for New Era Biomedical has so many dark research stations floating around the galaxy that it's possible they might even win such a conflict.   Do not ever trust an employee of New Era Biomedical. Every man, woman, child is a potential cash cow or research project to them. They are modern-day Mengeles, cutting and tweaking and experimenting all on someone else's coin. The GLAs and Hybrids were designed by them, and so New Era Biomedical believes that every single one of them is ultimately their property. Other corporations- particularly the Typhoon Initiative- have arranged mercy "accidents" on behalf of their GLAs/Hybrids rather than turn them over to New Era Biomedical experimenters.