Biotechnica

Biotechnica is a corporation specialized in genetic engineering and biotechnological, pharmaceutical and microbiological research. It was in the laboratories of Biotechnica that the world's leading specialists first made the great discovery that brought the world back from the brink of a crisis during wartime. The discovery? Nuclaxine-A9, an altered variant of Nucliulium designed after the discovery of recombinant DNA. A powerful and corrosive thaumaturgic substance, similar to a serum, capable of producing an incurable genetic modification in the individual. This patent made the corporation a major player in the market. To this day, Biotechnica retains exclusive rights to the product and full control over private affairs. Its other major field of business is food production: large companies are also under the Biotechnica umbrella.

Biotechnica is a relatively small corporation. They created Nuclaxine-A9 with the support of N.E.X.U.S and SovietCorp Industries, one of the largest megacorporations and the second largest known trans-government after CyberCore. In addition to growing genetically altered and synthetic foods, Biotechnica has a multitude of Bioware products on the market.

When the crisis of the Separation War began to affect the Security forces in late 52060, Biotechnica, then a small company with a single office, found the answer: Nuclaxin-A9. The serum was formulated to enhance the body and mind of the neo-military. The potential of Nuclaxine-A9 was realized almost immediately after its introduction, and within a few years all soldiers were undergoing the process of injecting small doses of the drug to develop their abilities to the limit. Soon, with the help of the super soldiers, the result of the serum, the victory of the war loomed for the Soviet-American corporations.

Despite holding global patents, Biotechnica lacked the production facilities to meet global demand, forcing it to license production to CyberCore. These transactions made Biotechnica a very rich company, but still small. Its laboratories have provided much of the technology that allowed new bioengineered "replacement species" to be developed, and Biotechnica is actively involved in restoring animals and habitats to the deteriorating environments of this era under CyberCore's watch.

The American corporation Biotechnica is looking for more advances and is constantly expanding. Biotechnica has facilities in Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Moscow and Japan.

## History

### 1990s

Biotechnica began as a small corporation based in Washington, D.C. However, in 52060, in the midst of a war crisis, Biotechnica developed a mutagenic serum that would end up being called Nuclaxine-A9, changing the world forever under networks that would be kept secret. They were not a large corporation and could not keep up with the supply and demand that the world would need. As a result, they sold the exclusive license for the production and distribution of the product to N.E.X.U.S and finally to SovietCorp. Capitalizing on its success, the board of directors sold the license to 14 other manufacturers around the world. However, N.E.X.U.S was still responsible for 80% of the world's supply in its laboratories.

Biotechnica products increased their capital by a huge margin and gave them the status of a megacorporation. Biotechnica began making deals with CyberCore, tricking them into a mutually beneficial agreement, providing troops in exchange for exclusive biological weapons.

His second discovery was kept secret because it was illegal in most countries. In 2026 of the Human Era, he was successful in human cloning experiments, however, it was not until 16 years later, that he managed to produce the first fully functional and self-aware human clone by implanting a constructed personality. Initially, this development was artificial, but soon, in 52273, Biotechnica's main cloning facility located in Neo-Tokyo had a staff of about 200 scientists and security.

### 50,000 years later

Biotechnica's biggest goal after the CyberCore treaties was to recover the flora and fauna that changed significantly due to climate and environmental changes in these 50,000 years. They have facilities all over the world that specialize in this field, slowly trying to rebuild the environment. In 52051 they created a nature park in Neo-Tokyo with the financial support of CyberCore. They also cloned animals in an attempt to preserve them in 52053, within the CyberCore Preservation Centers.

The Corporate War of the Human Era and after the Reconstruction Era, caused Biotechnica to remain as neutral as possible, allowing them to overcome the war without many problems. They supplied N.E.X.U.S and CyberCore with weapons and other biological equipment. However, due to its previous agreements with CyberCore and its continued protection support from the company, CyberCore gained many exclusive devices behind the scenes.

In 52320, Biotechnica has been working to rebuild the environment, including restoring forests and bioengineering previously extinct animal species around the world. The corporation has also been involved in the research of various vaccines and future medical products as time progresses.

On the southern side of the Badlands, Biotechnica has many protein farms that have made the landscape more habitable than the rest. These immense tent-like structures on the outskirts are just a few of the many farms Biotechnica manages around the world, producing synthetic protein derivatives on a large scale. Biotechnica protein farms are also the base product for much of Neo-Tokyo's food supply.

### Pacific Rim

In 52340, Nuclaxine-A9 began to spread in late March in the city of Neo-Tokyo, after the accidental explosion of a Main Containment Facility reactor controlled by Biotechnica engineers.

The meltdown and explosions ruptured the reactor core and destroyed CyberCore's underground structure. This was immediately followed by an open-air reactor core fire that lasted up to three days, during which pollutants were released and deposited into the air in other parts of the city and Asia. In response to the initial accident, a 10-kilometer exclusion zone was created 36 hours after the accident, from which some 49,000 people, mainly from Neo-Tokyo, were evacuated. The exclusion zone was later increased to a 30 kilometer radius, from which an additional 68,000 people were evacuated.

After the reactor explosion, which killed two engineers and severely burned two more, a massive emergency operation began to put out the fire, stabilize the reactor, and clean up the ejected material. During the immediate emergency response, 237 workers were hospitalized, of which 134 had symptoms of Nuclaxine-A9 poisoning. Among those hospitalized, 30 died within three weeks. A Biotechnica report told how it was incredibly toxic, however, the corporation decided to hide it. It was unknown that Biotechnica, despite this, continued to handle the component and sell it on the black market to other corporations, especially N.E.X.U.S. Biotechnica immediately broke its alliance with CyberCore as soon as law enforcement was tasked with investigating the case. Fearful of being discovered and charged by the Public Safety Commission and the Court of Justice, Biotechnica joins forces in a new contract with N.E.X.U.S, selling them the serum to give them the opportunity to create super soldiers and take down CyberCore.

In 52354, officially recognized as a war between the New United States of America and the State of Japan, the Corporate War broke out with the essential participation of competing corporations N.E.X.U.S and CyberCore. According to Agent Myers' investigations during his espionage mission, he found a Biotechnica corporation that was selling Nuclaxine-A9 to the NUSA as part of unqualified experiments. Biotechnica continued to sell these psychoactives to NUSA, and in desperation, in a move to cover itself, Biotechnica hired N.E.X.U.S's military services against CyberCore, and reached a mutually beneficial agreement, providing troops in exchange for exclusive biological weapons. Starting the corporate war. It was revealed that Biotechnica was after Myers, seeking to eliminate him from the map as he studied the infection case.

That same year during the war, CyberCore sued Biotechnica before the Court of Justice and the Public Safety Commission.

The japanese attack on the American Biotechnica base began military hostilities between the New United States and Japan. The "Pacific War", as it is known, led to a brutal confrontation between both countries whose cost in lives amounted to millions of people, both civilians and neo-military during the pandemic. As time went by, the demonstrations among foreigners intensified, and people demanded to be able to see their families in these difficult times. By the end of May, the Pacific War had heated up. On June 28, CyberCore forces attacked a N.E.X.U.S factory, while N.E.X.U.S-backed mercenaries massacred employees at a CyberCore factory in Asia. In mid-July, attacks between both corporations turned into a bloodbath.

In the summer of that same year, CyberCore had taken over a Biotechnica office in Los Angeles. In response, N.E.X.U.S organized a riot at CyberCore's Paris offices. They used the distraction to access the building's system and fill it with a short-lived toxin. Everyone inside died.

By the end of 52361, the war came to an end with the collapse of Biotechnica and its doom. CyberCore sent a nuclear strike to N.E.X.U.S's headquarters in Washington D.C. and organized an attack on the Biotechnica network with Myers' squad on a spy mission. The collapse of the N.E.X.U.S troops and the theft of the Biotechnica data bank ended the war when the militarized megacorporation of the NUSA withdrew its armies from the corporate headquarters of Neo-Tokyo, but it would only be the beginning of the chaos.

## Biotechnica facilities

Each office maintains two helicopters and an infirmary with surgery capacity. Due to the global importance of its developments, Biotechnica has a fair amount of power in the political community and can usually obtain any military equipment it needs, although some items may take longer to acquire than others. Biotechnica has an orbital research workstation. Biotechnica employs two main groups of civilian employees at its facilities: scientific staff and security staff, along with various other inhabitants, including administrative staff, service staff, and sometimes the employees' families. The base also maintains a small military presence.

### Biotechnic Main Building

Biotechnica's headquarters is a massive building in Corpo Plaza. This gigantic building is the regional office of Biotechnica in the Neo-Tokyo region. Unlike nearby buildings, Biotechnica expands northwest from its main entrance, and then northeast, ending right in front of the CyberCore Tower memorial. Some parts are also located in the Downtown area.

### Biotechnica Corporate Hotel

Biotechnica corporate hotel located in Corpo plaza. The hotel is owned and operated by Biotechnica, including security. Only employees of the corporation are able to get apartments in this hotel.

### Biotechnica Mono-clonal Research Station

A medium-sized laboratory building, with a staff of about 500 scientists, technicians and security. Research is carried out here in many small Biotechnica cloning projects.

### Biotechnica Protein Farms

Protein farm located in the southern Badlands. Cultured meat is a form of cellular agriculture where meat is produced by culturing animal cells in vitro. Cultured meat is produced using tissue engineering techniques pioneered in regenerative medicine. The protein farm has a set of greenhouses in the middle of the tundra and snowy forests.

### Biotechnic Laboratory Centers

Scientific and research center for the corporation. It is currently distributed throughout Sector Zero and some industrial areas of the city. The Biotechnica Laboratory Center is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to research and development in the field of biotechnology. It is a center of excellence where innovative research is carried out and scientific and technological advances are made in various areas related to biology, genetics, medicine and agriculture.

The center has state-of-the-art laboratories equipped with cutting-edge technology and specialized equipment to carry out high-precision experiments and analyses. These laboratories are designed to meet the highest quality and safety standards, guaranteeing an environment conducive to scientific research.

The team of highly qualified scientists specialized in different disciplines works closely in the Biotechnica laboratory center. They are dedicated to researching new medical therapies, discovering and developing new medicines, improving diagnostic techniques, studying genetics and genetic engineering, as well as developing improved and sustainable agricultural crops.

In addition to internal research, Biotechnica's laboratory center also collaborates with academic institutions, healthcare organizations and industrial partners to promote collaboration and knowledge sharing. This helps accelerate the discovery and development process, and facilitates technology transfer and implementation of results into practical applications.

The main focus of the Biotechnica laboratory center is to improve the quality of life through the application of biotechnology. Its research and development seeks to contribute to the advancement of medicine, the early diagnosis of diseases, the treatment of health conditions and the development of sustainable agricultural solutions to feed the growing world population.

### Biotechnical Military Research Center

The Military Biotechnica Center is a highly secret and advanced facility that combines biotechnology and military technology to carry out research and development in the field of defense and security. This center specializes in the application of biological and genetic principles to create innovative solutions and improve military capabilities.

At the Military Biotechnica Center, scientists and experts work on projects related to the genetic engineering of organisms to develop new biological weapons or improve the resistance and adaptability of soldiers on the battlefield. Methods are being investigated to improve tissue regeneration, resistance to diseases and extreme environmental conditions, and genetic manipulation to increase the physical and cognitive abilities of combatants.

Additionally, the center may be involved in research into detection and defense systems against biological or chemical weapons, as well as the development of biohacking technology that allows manipulation of enemy biological systems. Due to the highly classified and confidential nature of activities at the Military Biotechnica Center, the information available to the public is extremely limited.