World Tree Pharmaceutical

World Tree Pharmaceutical (Or WTP) is a pharmaceutical agency formed during the tail end of The Fever Years. They are a private sector business with close ties to the Pigeonhole Foundation and the NAPD, and earn most of their funding by contractually working under them. They are responsible for a variety of depressants, stimulants, narcotics, and other, less categorizable drugs such as Cogizol.

   They are one of the longest-living post 1992 corporations.

## History

World Tree Pharmaceutical originally began as a supplier of both medicinal and recreational drugs, particularly painkillers and mood stabilizers. Though they presented a professional front and offered quality stock, they often took advantage of overtaxed governments to sell illegally and en masse to whoever or whatever was willing to pay for the goods. They were also known to cut deals in exchange for payment in tangible assets such as precious metals, oil, land rights, or labor. this kept the company well-funded through the multiple market crashes and frequent periods of inflation. World Tree Pharmaceutical did not distinguish between failing government and rising criminal organization as long as the transaction was genuine and the acquisition was valid, nor did they care which avenues they had to pursue to ensure their consumers made good on their word. As the world reeled and rebuilt in continuous cycle, World Tree Pharmaceutical gradually filled its coffers.

The company was forced to overhaul its business model with the rise of new psuedo-governmental agencies like the NAPD, which were tougher on crime and more capable of rooting it out. Rather than attempt to defy these institutes and waste resources, World Tree Pharmaceutical appealed to them, offering to employ its research and development in service of their goals. The NAPD readily accepted this proposal, noting the company's high production standard. After some friendly negotiation, World Tree Pharmaceutical was offered a suitable contract. The bulk of their drug research - including Cogizol - is made in exclusive service to the NAPD, and said drugs cannot be sold to any other party. In exchange, the company has the pleasure of selling to the largest, most connected human industry on the planet, as well as a very respectable financial patron.

Due to the NAPD's partnership with the Pigeonhole Foundation, World Tree Pharmaceutical is also considered to be under the latter's employ, if only through proximity.

## Structure

World Tree Pharmaceutical is divided into three tiers.

The first part is made up of its board of directors, who make macro scale decisions and consult with the second tier. It is not known if all of these members are human.

The second tier is made up of the core scientists, researchers, psychologists, and economic executives. These are the trusted advisors and backbone of the company - the beating heart to the first tier's brain.

The third tier is made up of lower level researchers, workers, and distributors. These must pass a certain standard to be employed, but can otherwise be swapped out at will depending on location, level of automation, and necessity. This is by far the most flexible portion of the chain of command.

World Tree Pharmaceutical does not have a public mission statement, though they are keen to increase their value and patient in how they do so. Some suspect their ultimate goal is to discover the various ways the organic mind can be altered via the right drug, eventually creating a chemically controlled world where minds can be shaped and perfected with no more than a pill.

## Relationships

The NAPD- World Tree Pharmaceutical gladly supplies this faction with drugs for a variety of purposes. They enjoy their compensation and the chance to see their work put to use on a large scale. Most of their contractual work for this company involves stimulants to enhance the senses, nutrient supplements to enhance the body, and mind-altering compounds to use in a variety of ethical and unethical circumstances. WTP has not followed the NAPD in its offworld pursuits, but continues to supply the NAPD's earth branch and provide blueprints for manufacture elsewhere.

The Pigeonhole Foundation- World Tree Pharmaceutical works for this company through the NAPD. Most of their work for The Pigeonhole Foundation involves medicine, medication, and compounds which improve quality of life.

Phenomena- WTP does not care for nor dislike anomalous forces unless they impede it. Unlike the NAPD, it freely employs non-human creatures that can be trusted to contribute. Despite this, its ultimate goal is creating substances for use by organic beings, with a primary focus on humans.

The Bonanos- Though WTP rarely interacts with this faction, they naturally dislike for them due to the former's heavy resistance to chemical manipulation and its routine theft of viable consumers.

## Trivia

* The WTP logo is meant to be invocative of both a tree and a brain.
* World Tree Pharmaceutical has been occasionally linked to sly and insidious legal maneuvers, showing that they haven't *entirely* shed their questionable ways. A notable example is crimelord Edward Glass, who used Cogizol to ensure he was never assassinated at mafia meetings. Rumors abound that one of his greatest suppliers of the NAPD's most protected products was in fact, World Tree Pharmaceutical, who posed as a fake distributing agency and charged him exorbitant prices before eventually reporting him to the NAPD, ultimately possessing many of his financial assets before his disappearance.