Hybrid Nation

Logo of Hybrid Nation

**Hybrid Nation** is a technology corporation headed by Elona Muskonskaya. At one point it was the largest corporation in the technology industry, and notably used espionage to obtain Defender technology for its Y5 Series.

## History

### Theft of Defender technology

Sometime before 2019, Elona Muskonskaya invested a lot of effort into industrial espionage to steal the secrets of the classified Defender projects. Through the use of bribery, espionage, eavesdropping, and theft, all the parts, photos, and blueprints of the Defenders were illegally acquired by Hybrid Nation and reverse engineered. Hybrid Nation is known to have used Scavengers to collect the most important parts.

### Y5 Series

> "Everyone needs a Defender!"
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> - Elona Muskonskaya before announcing the Y5 Series
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Hybrid Nation used the stolen Defender technology to build their own tanks, the Y5 Series. The Y5 Series notably used the Defenders' electric turbine engine coupled with a small nuclear reactor of Hybrid Nation's own design, which required an original Defender project engineer to create as none of Hybrid Nation's own engineers had the knowledge to do so. They were marketed towards customers wishing for a tank with good mobility, something the Defenders lacked.

In 2019, Elona Muskonskaya personally supervised the final testing of the Y5 tanks in the large bunker under the Hybrid Nation Headquarters. Not too long after, she announced the Y5 Series to the world in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the Global Tank Competition.

### Investigation

The announcement of the Y5 Series led to the Russian, American, and British governments to investigate Hybrid Nation for industrial espionage. However, Hybrid Nation had covered its track well and the investigation turned up nothing.

## Sources

1. ↑ The announcement of the Y5 Series is said in 2019 to have been made "recently"
2. ↑ "After all, she invested much into getting hold of the “Defenders” secrets." (Y5)
3. ↑ "Collecting all the parts, photos, and blueprints of the 'Defenders' was no small feat, causing a real headache. Many methods were tried and tested: bribery, espionage, eavesdropping, and even borrowing without permission." (Y5)
4. ↑ "The most important and valuable parts were fetched by the rusty Scavengers." (Y5)
5. ↑ "The Scavengers managed to dig up enough parts to help out, and even an engine made it to Hybrid Nation’s labs in one piece. However, just because the corporation’s employees had the holy grail of engineering in their hands didn’t mean they could replicate it. Their production line wasn’t able to work with such complex tech. But they persevered and thanks to an insider, they could finally go full steam ahead! No wonder so much effort was made to pull that engineer right out the special services’ grasp." (Y5)
6. ↑ "For both the customers and Hybrid Nation itself, mobility often means much more than armor. After all, who said 'Defenders' were only meant to defend?" (Y5)
7. ↑ "Elona watched in satisfaction as the final tests were conducted on the Y5 tanks." (Y5)
8. ↑ "Recently, Elona Muskonskaya, head of the largest technology corporation Hybrid Nation, announced that in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the start of global tank competitions,..." (Y5)
9. ↑ "The announcement caused a stir, especially behind the doors of the secret labs and special services in charge of the production and combat usage of the 'Defenders'. It’s safe to say questioning went on and on." (Y5)
10. ↑ "There’s no information as of yet. Someone covered their tracks very well…" (Y5)