Arasaka Security and Militech join the War

Military: War

Covert operations expand as Arasaka Security and Militech spar to see who will control the outcome of the CINO/OTEC War.

The Cold War portion of the 4th Corp War (also known as the Ocean or Shadow War) was a particularly vicious game of Corporate power politics playing out in a world without law. Starting with stock manipulation, minor facility sabotage and "clean" assassinations of key officers, CINO and OTEC soon reached the furthest extent of their own capabilities. Unable to gain an advantage, both Megacorps stepped up their tactics: each hired the forces of still larger Megacorps to provide troops and war-fighting material—in this case, OTEC hired Militech, a U.S.-based armaments and security force, and CINO hired Arasaka, a Japanese security Megacorp. As the two leading paramilitary Corporations in the world, both Militech and Arasaka had been spoiling for a fight for most of the late teens and early 2020s, and the CINO-OTEC conflict provided the perfect excuse.   And that's when the real war began. Arasaka and Militech had already been playing larger and larger roles during the course of the conflict. The percentage of "security operatives" on each side grew astronomically in the first three months, as did commitments of materiel and technology. In fact, the war between OTEC and ClNO gradually took a back seat to a contest of wills between the two largest private militaries on the planet.   Whatever resolution OTEC and ClNO managed to come to over IHAG rapidly became secondary; the juggernauts of Arasaka and Militech were already on a collision course. Soon, Arasaka and Militech began to move from minor incursions to extreme escalations of the typical tit-for-tat and Corporate espionage that they had been engaged in for years. As things heated up, the gloves came off and operations grew in frequency and lethality. Each side now cared less about covering its tracks and preventing bad publicity than it did about decimating its adversary. And when giants decide to play hardball in The Street, things always get very, very messy.