Atalanta Company

"*Stairway to Heaven*"
―Motto of Atalanta Company.
The **Atalanta Company** is a major pharmaceutical company found by Nicholai Ruporski in 1993. They are the manufacturers of the illegal drug Hippomenes. The organization employs the De Matteo Crime Family to distribute Hippomenes on the streets. In November 2000, the company moved its headquarters from New York City to Los Angeles. It also has subsidiaries in the Europe and East Asia.

## Soldiers

The Atalanta Company has a private army which Kenneth Kennedy does battle with. It consists of Killer Suits, who are, as their name says, dressed in suits. There is also a contingent of armored security guards protecting the Atalanta Headquarters.

The fighters are highly trained and heavily armed, most of them with M16s, MP5s, and Pump-action shotguns. Some carry M79s, Sniper rifles, LAWs or RPGs.

Atalanta also cooperates with Blackwater Security Company, requested mercenaries support to fight with Kennedy.

## Employees

* CEO
	+ **Nicholai Ruporski**

* Assistant
	+ **Sergey Raskalov**
	+ **Peter Ruporski**
	+ **Vladimir Makhorov**
	+ **Paul Spencer**

* Secretary
	+ **Boris Ruporski**
	+ **Ilych Machovsky**
	+ **Evan Carter**

## Companies

**North America**

* **Atalanta New York** in New York City, New York, U.S.; founded in 1993
* **Atalanta Los Angeles** in Los Angeles, California, U.S.; founded in 1995
* **Atalanta Vancouver** in Vancouver, Canada; founded in 1995
* **Atalanta Chicago** in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.; founded in 1996
* **Atalanta Toronto** in Toronto, Canada; founded in 1999
* **Atalanta Miami** in Miami, Florida, U.S.; founded in 2000

**Europe**

* **Atalanta United Kingdom** in London, U.K.; founded in 1994
* **Atalanta Liverpool** in Liverpool, U.K.; founded in 1995
* **Atalanta Germany** in Berlin, Germany; founded in 1995
* **Atalanta France** in Paris, France; founded in 1996
* **Atalanta Hamburg** in Hamburg, Germany; founded in 1997
* **Atalanta Finland** in Helsinki, Finland; founded in 1998
* **Atalanta Russia** in Moscow, Russia; founded in 1999
* **Atalanta Poland** in Warsaw, Poland; founded in 2000
* **Atalanta Czech** in Brno, Czech Republic; founded in 2002
* **Atalanta Petersburg** in Saint Petersburg, Russia; founded in 2002

**India**

* **Atalanta India** in Bangalore, India; founded in 1995
* **Atalanta New Delhi** in New Delhi, India; founded in 2002

**Japan**

* **Atalanta Japan** in Tokyo, Japan; founded in 1996
* **Atalanta Osaka** in Osaka, Japan; founded in 1998
* **Atalanta Hokkaido** in Sapporo, Japan; founded in 2001

**Korea**

* **Atalanta Korea** in Seoul, South Korea; founded in 1997

**China**

* **Atalanta Hong Kong** in Hong Kong, China; founded in 2000

**Australia**

* **Atalanta Australia** in Melbourne, Australia; founded in 2002

**Planning**

* **Atalanta Boston** in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
* **Atalanta Brazil** in São Paulo, Brazil
* **Atalanta China** in Shanghai, China
* **Atalanta Indonesia** in Jakarta, Indonesia
* **Atalanta Montreal** in Montreal, Canada
* **Atalanta Mumbai** in Mumbai, India
* **Atalanta San Diego** in San Diego, California, U.S.
* **Atalanta Thailand** in Bangkok, Thailand
* **Atalanta Vienna** in Vienna, Austria

## Appearances of Atalanta soldiers

* *Kent Kennedy*
	+ Per Aspera Ad Astra
	+ Sleeping With Angel
	+ The Project Hercules
	+ Land of the Byzantine
	+ Stairway to Heaven
	+ Death Wish