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Novatech

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Rating AAA (2060s) AA (2081)
World Headquarters Free City of St. Louis
President/CEO Richard Villiers
Chairman of the Board N/A
Corporate Status Private until 2064 IPO; subsidary of NeoNet until its dissolution; unknown in 2080s
Major Shareholders (until 2064 IPO)
Richard Villiers (65%)
Trans-Latvia Enterprises (24%)
Samantha Villiers (7%)
Miles Lanier (3%)
Darren Villiers (1%)

Novatech, formerly headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, UCAS, merged with Transys Neuronet and Erika to form NeoNET after the Matrix Crash 2.0. It became an independent company following the events of the Boston Lockdown.

Before the merger, it was the second largest corporation in the UCAS. Novatech controlled JRJ International, one of the founding members of the Corporate Court. After Boston Lockdown it was reduced to AA status.

Principal Shareholders[]

Novatech was a privately owned and traded corporation until its IPO in 2064. These are the principal shareholders until that time:

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Subsidiaries (2060s)[]

History[]

Novatech was founded in November 2059 by the merger of Villiers International and Cambridge Holdings, who both constituted an important pool of computer technologies and aerospace companies during the wave of streamlinings initiated by Fuchi Americas in North America in the late 2050s. Most suspect Richard Villiers, at the time president/CEO of Fuchi Industrial Electronics and head of the American Fuchi division as well as main shareholder of Villiers International, to have engineered the situation for the purpose of building Novatech.

The Novatech IPO and the Matrix Crash 2.0[]

The Novatech IPO on November 2, 2064 was one of the catalyst events of the Matrix Crash 2.0. In anticipation of the huge increase in traffic from the Novatech IPO, the East Coast Stock Exchange upgraded their servers. Unwittingly, they increased the processing power to the point where it could reach Ultraviolet levels, the level needed to sustain an Artificial Intelligence. The AI Deus took advantage of this and laid down a series of plans to invade the stock exchange during the IPO and become a virtual god of the Matrix. Deus was thwarted by its rival AIs and by actions of Ex Pacis and Winternight, and this precipitated the Matrix Crash 2.0.

Despite the destruction of the Matrix Crash, Novatech gained billions of nuyen in liquid assets, and was able to come back stronger than ever. Its increased cash flow, along with its merger with Transys Neuronet and Erika to form NeoNET, vaulted it to the status of the third largest megacorporation in the world.

Post Boston Lockdown[]

Following the Boston Lockdown, NeoNET was dissolved, with Transys Neuronet, Erika and Novatech emerging again as indpendent companies; whilst its former merger partners were able to find their way quite quickly, Novatech was particularly targeted by other coporations with ket assets, such as Fuchi Orbital, finding homes in other corporations. The Corporate Court banned Novatech from participation, with its seat on the board (emanating from former Fuchi asset JRJ International) being rented to Johnny Spinrad personally, and exercised by Spinrad Global.

As of October 2, 2081, Novatech is now an AA rated Megacorp headquartered in the free city of St. Louis. It mantains a focus on its traditional Matrix, Electronics, and Software markets.

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