Arcane Biotech
Arcane Biotech operates on an intergalactic scale, with research facilities, outposts, and corporate enclaves throughout numerous star systems. They maintain a major headquarters on Acheron Prime, particularly at Acheron Prime Station and in New Arkham. Their reach includes high-security laboratories on remote, isolated planets to study eldritch energy and terraforming tech away from prying eyes.
Structure
Arcane Biotech’s structure is highly stratified and secretive. At the top sits the Central Executive Board, a shadowy group that directs the corporation's high-level strategy, technology secrecy, and direction. Beneath them are three specialized divisions:
- Terraforming Division – Oversees all terraforming projects and resources, headed by Chief Terraformers who make site-specific decisions and manage the research teams and field technicians.
- Eldritch Research Division – A mysterious division responsible for the study of alien artifacts, precursor technology, and eldritch energies. This division is directed by Senior Researchers who answer only to the Central Executive Board.
- Genetic Development and Augmentation Division – This division manages the controversial genetic research, experimenting with human and alien biology, as well as adaptation to diverse planetary ecosystems. They are run by Chief Geneticists and contain specialized labs scattered across their bases.
Culture
Arcane Biotech has a culture that is both cutthroat and elitist. Employees are encouraged to pursue knowledge aggressively and to push the limits of scientific understanding, regardless of ethical concerns. The organization prizes loyalty, secrecy, and results above all else. Risk-taking is encouraged as a cultural value, provided it benefits the corporation's overall goals. Those who demonstrate groundbreaking innovation or loyalty are rewarded, while failure can result in expulsion, or worse. Members often hold the belief that they are pioneers at the forefront of knowledge, with access to secrets others only dream about.
Public Agenda
Arcane Biotech positions itself as the foremost authority on planetary transformation and biological advancement. Officially, they focus on developing advanced terraforming technology to make uninhabitable planets livable, enabling the expansion of human civilization across the galaxy. They also promote their genetic research as a means of adapting humanity to new worlds, portraying themselves as a necessary force driving the survival and evolution of humanity. They claim to pursue scientific discovery responsibly and have made efforts to frame their research as essential to the preservation of human life and planetary colonization.
While publicly, Arcane Biotech promotes itself as a savior of humanity’s future, its true agenda is far more ambitious. They seek total mastery over alien and eldritch energies, believing these forces hold the key to a new era of supremacy. They view humanity as something to be reshaped—through Genetic Engineering and psychic modifications—and believe only the "evolved" should survive the cosmic unknowns. Additionally, they aim to control the terraforming technologies left behind by precursor civilizations, even if it means hoarding knowledge that could aid other colonies. Arcane Biotech’s endgame is control over life itself, bending evolution, energy, and ecosystems to their will while remaining untouchable through their command of eldritch technologies.
In their darkest corners, Arcane Biotech pursues forbidden research into the ancient entities themselves, attempting to forge connections or even alliances that could secure their influence across the galaxy. The ultimate goal: becoming not just pioneers but the sole architects of the next stage of galactic civilization, beholden to no law, government, or species except their own.
While publicly, Arcane Biotech promotes itself as a savior of humanity’s future, its true agenda is far more ambitious. They seek total mastery over alien and eldritch energies, believing these forces hold the key to a new era of supremacy. They view humanity as something to be reshaped—through Genetic Engineering and psychic modifications—and believe only the "evolved" should survive the cosmic unknowns. Additionally, they aim to control the terraforming technologies left behind by precursor civilizations, even if it means hoarding knowledge that could aid other colonies. Arcane Biotech’s endgame is control over life itself, bending evolution, energy, and ecosystems to their will while remaining untouchable through their command of eldritch technologies.
In their darkest corners, Arcane Biotech pursues forbidden research into the ancient entities themselves, attempting to forge connections or even alliances that could secure their influence across the galaxy. The ultimate goal: becoming not just pioneers but the sole architects of the next stage of galactic civilization, beholden to no law, government, or species except their own.
History
Arcane Biotech was founded in the early years of interstellar expansion, originally as a terraformation consultancy for emerging colonies. As humanity expanded, Arcane Biotech shifted to working with powerful governments and corporations, taking on highly classified contracts to unlock advanced alien technologies. Their major shift occurred after The Great Silence, as they began to focus heavily on eldritch and genetic research, moving from mere terraforming to manipulating the very essence of planets and biological life. Over the centuries, Arcane Biotech accumulated powerful assets, resources, and influence, embedding itself in many galactic power structures.
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