The Glade 4.0

From a discussion DS and I were having earlier today.

Playing FO4 has got me thinking about the most Evil, Amoral corporations to grace our Fiction.

I generally think Vault-Tec is damn near, if not on top of the list. They did some **** up, repugnant **** in the name of "Science!" that hasn't really been matched elsewhere.

Thoughts?

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Holy shitsnacks!

The Umbrella Corporation's gotta be up there for pure evil.

Aperture Science, on the "amoral" side.

Off the top of my head:

Shinra (FF7)
Czerka
Umbrella

Not really a coorporation, but Cerberus did some pretty repulsive **** in ME1. And the Illusive Man really didn't do anything to redeem himself in either of the sequels, either. I mean, I understand his motives, but the ends don't justify the means.

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"I Live, I Love, I Slay, and I Am Content."
- Conan the Barbarian

Cerberus was very "Ends Justify The Means" to save Humanity, they did bad things. There's probably a spectrum of "Evil/Amoral" that can be gleaned here

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Holy shitsnacks!

Czerka.

Black Mesa.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Yea, I am with Kaffis on Czerka. They are right up there with the worst of them.

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Raell Kromwell

I'll throw Weyland-Yutani in the mix as well. Maybe Blue Sun. Morley Cigarettes. Zeus Genetics. Biosyn. The Shop (government sponsored, but still).

Oh, I didn't see that somewhere between Facebook and here it got broadened beyond video games. I must ponder.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

A lot of those are kind of cartoonish "for the evulz". I'll go for Kuat Drive Yards. Sith Lord ruling the galaxy? Well, who cares, that contract for 25,000 Star Destroyers sounds like some damn fine money! Yeah, they can BDZ a planet, but who gives a ****; there's something like 400 million stars in a galaxy, no one will miss a few melted worlds.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

The Presteign House
Czerka
Tyrell Corporation
Whatever Zorg's company was called
Black Mesa

Oddly enough, when I thought about it, the Tessier-Ashpool S.A. was a rather sympathetic crazy megacorp antagonist.

I'll go along with Weyland and Blue Sun above. GOOMH, 'Skeee.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

None of those are nonprofit organizations looking to improve humanity by having us all spiritually and physically raped by extraplanar insects that steal our bodies.

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

All the Whedonverse fans around here and no one mentions Wolfram & Hart. What's up with that?

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I hadn't see the thread until now, but that's a good point.

However, one could argue that Wolfram & Hart is not sufficiently distinguished in their evil business practices from real life law firms.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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OCP?

Soylant Corperation?


I'm going to go with Aztechnology though. (though most of them from Shadowrun qualify)

Aztechnology is a cut above... err... below... the other evil Shadowrun companies.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
█ ♣ █

Aztechnology is a leader in world evil, once you realize what they're really doing.

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

Honorverse has Manpower, Inc. which is basically the worst possible combination of "genetically tailored humans" and "slaver". Causing several space stations, each several dozen kilometers in length to de-orbit over populated planets is... bad.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Just a loophole in the Eridani Edict.

Remember Yawata Crossing!

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Holy shitsnacks!

well now that it is beyond video games... Pentex

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

Comcast. Oh wait, fictional...

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