MET2000 (Mobile Eingreiftruppe 2000, "Mobile Intervention Force 2000"), or simply MET, is one of the largest mercenary forces in the world: 200,000 personnel (not counting the ARGUS agents) serve in the classic land, air, and sea branches (sea being the smallest). MET2000 is state-of-the-art equipped, its soldiers are well-trained, and almost everybody has cyberware to some degree.
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MET2000 is incorporated as an ÖAG, a partly public corporation. The major shareholders are: the Allied German States (34%), IFMU (21%), and Ruhrmetall (18%). Other big shareholders included Ares Macrotechnology and the Japanese Imperial State (which eventually sold its shares because of the conflict of interest, created by owning parts of Tsunami, Inc., the homegrown Japanese mercenary force - also see the note below)
40% of all MET personnel have to stand ready for deployment by the AGS government. MET2000 is doctrinally the offensive force of Germany, as the Bundeswehr is a pure defense army. MET intelligence services subsidiary ARGUS also supports the BND, the German foreign intelligence service. Special Task Force SOX, a special MET unit, guards the borders of the irradiated Saar-Lorraine-Luxembourg Special Administrative Zone.
MET2000 after 2064[]
IFMU no longer exists as of 2065. The company was split up and the various parts went to different shareholders. The Frankfurt Bank Association acquired IFMU's 21% share in MET2000 after the Matrix Crash 2.0.
During the Battle for Bogotá in early 2075, the old enmities between MET2000 and the Japanese mercenary outfit Tsunami, Inc., escalated into an all-out war. Both mercenary firms suffered heavily losses, reducing them eventually to the brink of operability. This had the effect that they were no longer the world biggest and second biggest mercenary outfits.
Inconsistencies[]
Differences between US and German material[]
The German sourcebook Deutschland in den Schatten lists MET2000 shareholders as Germany 34%, IFMU 21%, Ruhrmetall 18% and "large shareholders including Ares and Japan" 19%. Its English translation, the Germany Sourcebook, lists Germany 34%, IFMU 21%, Ruhrmetall 18%, Ares 19%, and "thousands of small shareholders" 18% (which makes a total of 110%).
Index[]
- Arsenal
- Augmentation
Corporate Download p. 84, 89- Corporate Guide
- Dragons of the Sixth World p. 97, 165
- Euro War Antiques
- Feral Cities
- Fields of Fire
- Loose Alliances
- Shadows of Asia p. 136
- Shadows of Europe p. 20, 22, 66, 67, 213, 223
- Sprawl Survival Guide p. 73
- Spy Games
- State of the Art: 2063 p. 61, 65 - 66, 77
- State of the Art: 2064 p. 20
- Street Legends
- Street Magic
- System Failure
- Target: Smuggler Havens p. 51, 74
Target: Wastelands p. 26- Vice
- War!
- Deutschland in den Schatten II
- SOX