Desert Corporation

## Lore Overview

The **Desert Corporation** (abbreviated as DECorp) is a private military contractor from the United States of America. It was created after the Flash from the former company employees of the same name, who had restarted its business in the early 2050s. Since its founding, DECorp has maintained a steady relationship with the federal government and the United States Armed Forces (USAF), providing new weapons and sourcing contractors to aid their operations.

## History

Prior to the Flash, DECorp was a preexisting contractor to the United States military, providing newly manufactured weapons both before and during the Third World War between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Asian Continental Military Force. It was founded in 2020, several years before the conflict took place. With the nuclear exchange in November of 2032 and the following apocalypse created from it, DECorp would cease to function.

Fast forwarding several decades, former employees of the company alongside other survivors who had joined them along the way would return to its headquarters and stumble upon a stockpile of untouched supplies and weapons. With this newfound wealth, and increasing numbers, the group would send explorers to venture further out to find more advanced technology to horde for themselves. After getting in contact with the United States Civilization Preservation Force (USCPF), seeing them as their former customers before the war, DECorp would begin trading their weapons and technology in exchange for food and other essentials, and would officially establish itself in 2054.

From that point onward, the USCPF and DECorp had a beneficial relationship with one another, with the company providing arms and equipment as well as many of its own contractors to assist in their operations. They'd produce weapons such as the AZTEC-90 rifles and the Valkyrie-9 submachine guns for its mercenaries to use in the field. Continuing into the 22nd century after the Atlanta Crisis and into the Second American Civil War, DECorp would continue to work alongside the reformed USAF. In the Halfmoon region, DECorp contractors can be seen occasionally in Whitman Bay and inside Fort Shad.

## Products

### AZTEC-90

The AZTEC-90 is an improved version of the AZTEC-32. First prototyped in the year 2090; DECorp designed the rifle for frontline combat becoming the standard issue firearm to DECorp mercenaries in the east. The AZTEC-90 is chambered in 6.8 SPC, unlike its AZTEC-2032 counterpart which was in 5.56 NATO. The magazine capacity is 20 rounds. The AZTEC-90 is a lot more advanced than the AZTEC-32. It has an integrated adjustable magnification scope which can be manipulated between 1x-4x, a sight embedded target tracking along with a aiming assist system capable of tracking up to five targets at a time, a detachable shock breach that can be swapped with a 40mm grenade launcher, and a digital ammunition counter on the side of the lower receiver.

### Valkyrie-9

The Valkyrie-9 is an optional standard issue submachine gun used by all DECorp mercenaries throughout the entire United States. This in the pre-flash days was DECorp bread and butter firearm that launched the company into popularity. Its design was considered to be an upgraded form of the MP5 platform, allowing more modularity and using better materials which led to far better performance. DECorp by the time it got into mercenary work had an existing stockpile and the equipment to produce the Valkyrie-9; Allowing them to field it to units, however due to high demand for the weapon led to DECorp sourcing a much more simpler and cheaper alternative (Harpy-9K) for those stationed much farther away. The Valkyrie-9 is chambered in the 9mm NATO.

### Skorpion Personal Defence Weapon

The Skorpion also known as “Skorp” is a PDW developed by DECorp during its early years as a firearm manufacturing company. The Skorpion didn’t have the most success being sold as a PDW, with some success through various law enforcement agencies rather than the military. However, in DECorp early days of mercenary work the Skorpion was used as a weapon to defeat body armour and as a more compact weapon for escort missions or VIP protection. Due to its limited modularity and clunky design, it was uncommon to be seen in use by the late 2080s and 2090s by mercenaries. The Scorpion fires the 6.5 MS cartridge.

### M60E7 Light Machine Gun

The M60E7 is a standard issued machine gun used by DECorp mercenaries throughout the entire United States, the M60E7 is chambered in .308 Winchester. The weapon itself came into development and production a little bit after the Atlanta Crisis, as a cheaper replacement to the Reiner-7 LMG. Using high strength polymer, robust metal alloys, and a new low recoil system. The M60E7 has a smooth firing operation and the reliability required for heavy combat.

### Mendel-11

The Mendel-11 is a pistol that DECorp since its re-founding has reproduced to fit their needs of arming their personnel in a cheap yet effective manner. Some mercenaries prefer it over the DE-50/44 due to the much bigger magazine capacity and less felt recoil overall. The Mendel-11 is chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum.

### DESERT-50 Magnum

The Desert-50 is a hand cannon that was issued to those stationed on the east coast side of the United States. Being the bigger brother of the Desert-44 model, with the powerful man stopper round of .50 Action Express.  While it is a clunky pistol of a total of 7+1 rounds of ammo, the recoil is surprisingly smooth. Due to better engineering of the weapon platform.

### LERC-8

The LERC-8 is a non-standardized energy weapon only mercenaries with a Special Weapons Certification are authorised to operate. Designed and developed by DECorp. It utilises 8mm Tungsten rods in order to penetrate enemy armour but it also has explosive tipped rounds for anti-infantry use.

## Relations

#### United States of America

Both DECorp and the US are close partners with one another, with the federal government licensing contracts to them for providing both weapons and mercenary work to do in order to assist the US military.

#### Royal Commerce Organisation

Relations between the RCO and DECorp are fairly neutral, reflecting the positive relationship between it and the US government. Behind closed doors, however, DECorp is viewed as a possible rival within Chatham County.

#### Chatham County Sheriff's Office

Similar to the RCO, the CCSO and DECorp are neutral to one another and both patrol Whitman Bay to keep the peace. However, past incidents regarding DECorp contractors in the town have raised tensions between the two.

#### People's Republic of Tidewater

Although no direct hostilities with the PRT have came to fruition, DECorp is more than willing to aid the US in the war effort against them.