Augustine Corporation

Augustine Corporation was an enormous global business conglomerate and manufacturing company based in the United States, predominantly producing and selling weapons, aircraft parts and computer software for private military and government buyers across multiple nations, it also engaged in experimental robotics and owned an insurance firm. It was founded by brother and sister business partners Adam and Mary D 'Augustine in 1978.

It is considered one of the top US Contractors of the federal government.

Recently it has been embroyaled in scandles involving money laundering after top brass and workers were accused of selling some of it's top-secret projects to various individuals and terrorist organisations, including Imperia Dominus.

### History

Founded in the latter half of 1978, Adam and Mary's father Jean D'Augustine already produced firearms to Europe and the US allied forces as Augustine Arms since the days of the Second World War, but it wasn't until the 70's when his son and daughter expanded their business further into a corporate enterprise, investing in technology research eventually forming a legally-binding weapons contract with the US Government as well as overseas interest.

Eventually Augustine began powerful enough to start a liquidation subsidiary in 1985 that became Augustine's driving force, strengthening it's manufacturing industries.

### Business Model

The company has a wide reach of subsidiaries and business partners to allow the seamless function of their gigantic conglomerate with ease, this included political and military who invested heavily in the conglomerate providing weapons and technology to the US government.

**-** **Arc Military Supplies** (previously) - A Euro-American company that made armour and military safety equipment, for years Arc was a part of the Augustine conglomerate but after several legal battles with Tengan Enterprises of Japan lost the company to them in 1999, delivering a major blow to Augustine and their reputation

**-** **Archeon Tactical-** A UK company that essentially filled the boots of Arc, providing tactical equipment and some armour, now considered a subsidiary of Augustine after being brought outright by them in 2004.

**-** **Argent Scientific -** Augustine have made deals with Theo for the development of advanced electronics, sensors, and state-of-the-art sights, thermographic scopes and displays. They also aided Bailey Industries in producing experimental directed energy weapons.

**-** **Augustine Arms LLC -** Their first and primary subsidiary was their families' own firearms company that provided links with the US military and insured them a long-term guaranteed investment. Considered the true heart of the company, AA-LLC is technically Augustine Proper as it produces and sells the conglomerate's main asset, but as the company expanded and delved into various other industries, it got centrally compartmentalised for easier business purposes. Augustine Arms manufacture and sell weapons to the US government and their allies for an enormous share, both handheld and vehicle-mounted. They create missile systems and bombs.

* **-AugaChem:** Actually a department of AA-LLC, AugaChem specialised is making chemicals that are mainly used in a weaponised manner (but also produces various other industrial-strength chemicals). It is responsible for developing legal proteptomine16 and proteptogen which it did in partnership with Eurodyne.

**-** **Augustine Company Rescue** - A somewhat aggressive liquidation company that provided them with a multitude of later assets as a subsidiary.

**-** **Babbage & Co. Insurance** - An insurance company that mediates various legal activities for Augustine.

**-** **Bailey Industries** - Though usually producing medical equipment, Bailey has made technology deals with Augustine and aided them in producing nonlethal and experimental directed-energy weapons with Argent, in particular aid them in detecting and evaluating the damage and pain caused by these weapons. The deal gave Bailey Industries somewhat of a bad reputation but continued to make deals with both Argent and Augustine.

**- Claymore Industries** - Claymore built various warehouses and military complexes for Augustine as well as selling them daggers and bayonets.

**- Eurodyne** - European manufacturer of military aircraft parts, weapons and weaponised chemicals, based in Calais, France, the two companies have a long-standing trade-deal often work together on manufacture and projects.

**-** **Lockheed Martin**- Have made various deals and research with the famed Aerospace company, but are also considered something of rivals with them as they have both competed with various aerospace mergers in the past.

**- Ogma Institute** - A technology firm based in Cork university, Augustine's early studies into non-lethal weapons considered state of the art at the time were done with the aid of the Institute, but Ogma pulled the funding from their research under new ethical guidelines and 'reformed principles' as of 1996.

**-** **Polybank** - A global monetary asset and investment estate used by several high-end businesses.