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The RvneTek Corporation is a corporate world government (or rather, known world government) ruling the continent Midgard, the presumed only landmass in the world (which, in question, does not seem to be RL Earth, but some norse fantasy setting). The RvneTek rules through a clever combination of steampunk style machinery with the ancient forces of magic, "crystalized" in the magic "Runes". The corporation's name is thus a combination of the word "Rvne" / "Rune" and "Tech" for "technology", and always given in CamelCase.

History

Little is known about the early history of the world of Midgard. Apparently, 1000 years before the events of today, a malevolent "force" of some kind attacked the planet, which was then a purely fantasy tech place. A long war followed, at the end of which the invaders were either defeated or put into a magic stasis. However, as a result of the magic battles, the planet's landmass broke apart and large parts were covered with water. The energy teared holes into the surface of the earth and changed the climate. One of the remaining land masses was the continent of Midgard. During the Ancient War, a small blacksmith had produced Golems for the war.

Guild Wars

Runes

Runes are the corporation's source of power. It is said that when the gods died sealing the ancient evil, their knowledge flowed into the magic symbols known as Runes. Any sentience perceiving and knowing Runes can draw upon the power of the god associated with the Rune. The corporation, of course, quickly seized control of most Runes to prevent anyone from gaining control over the divine powers. In older times, oil seems to have been an energy source on the planet, since an old oil rig can still be found rotting in the ocean around the Cyberia Sprawl.

Services and Products

The Corporation does not seem to be focusing on any business anymore. Apparently, it merely collects "taxes" from subordinate business, like the large entertainment facility "Aqua Park".

Doomachine

The Doomachine (called "Kalifikus 48K Brutzler", litterally "Capliph-ikus 48,000 Sizzler") is a huge, mechanoid spider which is deployed by RvneTek as a siege and assault weapon, and a shock troop to break heavy resistance. These units also make good guards. Essentially, they are steam-powered robots, but by the use of an elaborate combination of Runes, a basic "intelligence" has been grafted into the liveless steel, allowing them to react to simple stimuli with either "engage" or "don't engage". The magic nature of their sentience also gives them "Pure Perception", the ability to perceive reality "as is", some sort of telepathy, without the need for senses in the common sense of the word. This makes it impossible to hide from these machines. They are armed with machine guns as mandibles and a powerful Fire-Rune powered flamethrower. See also: Black Widow, Chaos, Doomachine

Military

Bases

Byfroest City

Muspelheim

Characters

President O'Dean

No first name is given, but notice the similarity between his last name and the norse god Odin.

Freya

Freya is the (deceased) wife of President O'Dean and mother of Balder. She's only mentioned once.

Balder O'Dean

Balder O'Dean (German: Baldur O'Dean) is the son of the RvneTek's president. He's arrogant and a bit cruel at times, but is quite smart and has great ambitions. He's mentioned to be "quite a ladies' man", a player. Balder lost his right hand as a child, during an encounter with Fenris. The hand was replaced by a magic-driven iron hand with a powerful gun grafted in. This gives him quite some power in battle. Balder dresses solely in a white / vanilla suit and coat with kilt pattern. His position within the company is unknown, but he seems to play quite an important role and personally pursuits Zero, accompanied by the members of SAXON.

Lif Fortuno

Surt Baalrock

Surt Baalrock (German: Surt Balrog)

Zero

Loki

Ryu

Kane

Celene

Diane May