This ongoing competition between nation-spanning giants might well have degenerated into open warfare among the megacorporations without having to resort to the needless destruction of company assets . The Corporate Court is the invisible force operating behind the scenes of the megacorporations to maintain the delicate balance between them; keeping the most powerful forces on Earth from each other’s throats and so keeping the unsuspecting citizens of the world safe from what could escalate into the most devastating war humanity has ever known .