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This is all just some extra info I want to write down for context (will eventually be put into the Demolitionist's internal database menu).
There are many of these things, either related to the weapons and items featured in this mod, or to some background story elements. All of these are pretty much part of the "larger picture" of my multiverse, some having been around since 1997 when I first started writing stories.
Corporations
Akari Labs
Founded in the late 21st century by child prodigy Saya Miyamoto. Akari Labs advertises itself as "a fountain of innovation". A major part of the technology used at the time comes from here, they were the first to kickstart FTL travel, along with safe teleportation energy ("after the UAC first fucked it up", according to the founder). The labs have faced some controversy after the army funded "Red Oni" Supersoldier project first popped up, (even though it wasn't what they all expected). Recently, they've started the Demolitionist program in order to develop AI-driven combat bots to defend Earth from invaders.
Blackmann Arms Ltd.
What was initially a small father and son gunsmithing shop rapidly exploded in popularity and size once they moved to the States. They're mainly specialized in unorthodox shotguns and very high caliber rifles. Indeed, Blackmann is the name when it comes to big guns that can kill things very dead very fast.
Mr. BIG SHOT Industries
A mysterious corporation that popped up out of nowhere, led by a very reclusive individual. Most of the time it just gives funding to Blackmann Arms or commissions very specific weapon designs from them, or just buys a shitload of ammunition and other supplies.
People say that the man might be "preparing for the apocalypse", what with all the high tech material he buys.
Decade Mechanics
This was the name seen in documents found in the decaying ruins of an abandoned factory deep into the barren planet of Sunkaeze. The place is plagued by what's pretty much "evil spectres" according to some. Although it cost many lives, a lot of ancient alien tech was salvaged from there, including very high end weaponry.
Forx Aeronautics
Founded by Harold Forx, this is the #1 company when it comes to high grade aircraft engineering. It is famous for its innovative jet engines that are powerful yet miraculously efficient.
Imanaki Research Foundation
The name of a private research center located deep into the ghost town of Kereshnovka, somewhere in Siberia. They have secretly been experimenting with interdimensional travel long before the UAC, and have also delved into combining human and demonic technology.
Unfortunately the company went under in 2009 after the "Hellbound Incident", when one of their routine teleports was hijacked by an unknown third party and the facility was destroyed by an unidentified alien species. Since an UAC (UAAF at the time) task force had been sent there, they managed to get their hands into a lot of the research material and the rest, as they say, is history.
Munch Innovations
The registered name for everything made by a crazy inventor that challenged himself to "create as many guns as I can in one week". Most of his repertoire is very unorthodox and perhaps impractical, but whenever one was a big success, it would enter mass production and sell like hotcakes.
Symnatek
A manufacturer of construction tools and heavy machinery. More popular than Mixom (at least outside the US), despite most people not even knowing its name.
Tach-Engine Technologies
Described as "the second largest tech conglomerate on Earth", right behind a certain evil international tech company known mainly for its search engine. Tach-Engine Technologies covers pretty much everything, although it's most known for its work on fusion energy... and for its weapons (of course).
Unissix Crafts
A small weapons shop run by members of the Unissix family of warriors. While mostly specialized in blades and hammers and whatnot, sometimes they've done firearms by request. It is run by Unissix Bokurou Azadeku, who also leads the "Unissix Tournaments", a yearly gladiatorial sporting event.
Individuals
Harold Forx
The owner of Forx Industries, a "self-made" millionaire who allegedly started his life as an orphan scavenging in junkyards and restoring old jet engines. Always boasts about his successes and is overall a very arrogant and obnoxious man.
Hermann E. Ischer
The current owner of Blackmann Arms, great-great grandson of its founder. Ever since he started leading the company, he's made a rule that every weapon that comes out of the factory must have some method for emptying the whole magazine at once. Most people's attention is immediately drawn to his gigantic eyebrows.
Ibuki Miyamoto
The result of Akari Labs' "Red Oni" Supersoldier project. A tall, sexy and very well-endowed woman who's half snark and half charm (and also a nudist). Of course she was intentionally made this way by her creator, Saya Miyamoto. Suffice to say, her contractors weren't very happy with this... until they saw how she performed in the field.
Janus Locke Hoodth
A mad scientist shut-in who sometimes creates "toys" that are hilariously deadly. Tried to take over the world once (UnSX 5), but didn't succeed.
J.A. Tachmek-Smith
A man who, if all reports are true, would be over ten thousand years old. Claims to be the "true king of Egypt", among other things. He's also the founder and head of research at Tach-Engine Technologies, and a notable philanthropist.
John "Bigshot" Gunns
A man who claims to be the "son of Benellus" and "born of shotguns". Created Big Shot Industries in order to prepare the world for "the greatest battle humanity will face, and the greatest face humanity will battle" (crimes_m).
LS
The founding parent of the floating island of Sankaideriha, home to all magic, who holds the title of "Blackfire manipulator", for having mastered an odd form of pyromancy where flames absorb light and emit cold. Commissioned the creation of the weapon known as the "Blackfire igniter" from Unissix Crafts.
Maester Mekes
Documents found in the ruins of Decade Mechanics show that this was the CEO of that company, cross-referencing with historical records from that time also show that he was involved with the "mad dictator god" Nedoshiaan and kickstarted the incident that would result in the first recorded assassination of a deity. It is possible that that incident was related to the facility being abandoned, as still living witnesses of the event declared him dead.
Nedoshiaan
The "mad dictator god", who ruled a world bearing his own name. Associated with several artifacts found within the massive crater where the heart of his empire once was. Among them the most notable are the "Nekrodero", "Ynykron", "Kyshyje" and "Myssup" artifacts, four weapons that would have been used by his personal elite knights, known as the "Warriors of World's End".
Parker Munch
Some guy who can't stop inventing wacky guns. Not much is known about him personally. Some people say his name sounds "oddly like something I've heard somewhere else".
Reubens C. Karnanaiahmani
Youngest son of king Marc P. Karnanaiahmani. A prolific inventor, known for innovative gadgets such as the "Gravity Suppressor" or the "Hammerspace Container", among others.
Saya Miyamoto
A child prodigy known all over Japan, in part because she's the middle daughter to Nana Miyamoto, the woman who shook the country when she claimed to be "a descendant of Princess Kaguya". People have remarked on the fact that they don't seem to ever age, which only further reinforces Nana's words.
Saya is often called "Not-Tomoko" around the net, in reference to a similar looking character from an early 21st century manga series. In terms of personality and looks, the resemblance is definitely there.
Tetsuya Imanaki
The founder of the Imanaki Research Foundation and last surviving member of the Imanaki family after the Onoke Mansion Murders. After the incident that led to the destruction of the research center on Kereshnovka, he pretty much disappeared from the public eye.
Unissix Bokurou Azadeku
Known as the "little enterpreneur" of the Unissix family. She started the Unissix Tournaments after years of boredom with the lack of "thrilling, action packed arena combat" in bloodsports at the time, which were dominated by the "free-for-all battle royale in a large environment" format. She also builds all sorts of things through the "Unissix Crafts" brand.
Technology and Materials
Akari Labs CuteEmotion Display
The CuteEmotion Display is a system that allows robots to form simple readable facial expressions to further enhance communication with humans. It is equipped with an user-expandable library of images that can be associated with any sort of emotion the AI may want to convey, whether it's happy or sad, excited or bored, calm or angered...
Akari Labs Loudboi Voicebox
Also built with AI in mind, and for those building on a budget or needing very small and lightweight vocal capabilities. The Loudboi Voicebox allows an AI to speak in any programmed language using simple speech synthesis.
Blackmann-Forx Rapid Jet Compensator
These proprietary, miniature jet engines were designed with the capability to compensate for the humanly unbearable recoil of very large caliber Blackmann rifles (1.050 and up).
Blackmann Ultra-High Caliber Bullets
Somewhat inspired by a certain other weapon designer, Blackmann Arms decided to jump into the big boolet bandwagon, which resulted in the "Silver Bullet" series of ultra-high caliber rifles. Initially starting with the .850 BIG and .950 BCG, they kept going, following up with the 1.050 FCB and then the 1.150 XSG. When people thought that they couldn't go even further beyond that point, they devised the 1.350 TAF, although at that point things were starting to become way too cumbersome (and excessive) for normal use, so they stopped.
Blackmann Spin Motion Wedge Bullets
The quite unique ammunition of the "Puntzer" family of weapons. Screw shaped bullets that spin rapidly and easily penetrate even the toughest armor.
Biosparks
The name given to the "living ball lightning" that comes out of the weapon retrieved from the Decade Mechanics facility. In its most advanced forms it even seems to have some level of sentience.
Explodium
An odd and unexplainable material that combusts violently when ignited or struck. A single gram of the stuff has the explosive yield of a standard-issue hand grenade, which makes it very useful in the creation small bombs. It's rumored that such devices could have been used for the assasination of a certain rich Japanese family.
Forx JetBurst Impulsor
The JetBurst Impulsor is a flexible, portable propulsion engine that can allow increased mobility on power armor or even heavy vehicles. It is however not capable of sustained levitation, but that is being worked on.
Hammerspace
What once was thought as mere fiction. Hammerspace is a system that allows for the link between a specific container and a large pocket of isolated space-time. It allows for the storage of all sorts of things, and can keep food fresh practically forever. Storing living things in Hammerspace is however not permitted and will immediately void your warranty.
"Kraut Deep Space Magic"
The term used to describe the Wallbuster's unique internal mechanisms, referencing how it is even more mind-blowingly insane than the G11's. The insane level of complexity of this weapon makes it not only very expensive, but also only repairable by members of the Ischer family, personally.
Nokron, Kinylum, Purom and Puronokorokinylum
Exotic materials of undisclosed composition that are capable of reaching plasma state at relatively low temperatures. They are mainly used to drive fusion engines, but they also have some uses in weaponry. The combination of all three results in a highly unstable and volatile mixture that can potentially tear holes in space-time if misused. It was, therefore, the ideal choice of ammunition for the Ynykron Artifact.
Omnisight Mapping Unit
Simple devices used for storing mapping data on a specific location, and ready for use in most targetting arrays, as they're pretty much plug and play.
Locations
Kereshnovka
A "ghost town" located in "the middle of nowhere, Siberia". Impossible to locate on maps or triangulate with GPS, as it appears to somehow exist within some sort of "barrier". The town is known for the "ghouls" that roam around its forest and other surrounding areas, which make travel dangerous to outsiders (they appear to ignore the natives). It is also almost entirely inhabited by refugees of a humanoid alien species known as the "Qurensniv", who fled their homeworld escaping the genocidal wrath of a mad king. Their native language has some surprising similarities to Russian.
Nedoshiaan
The personal playground of the mad dictator god Nedoshiaan, or at least what remains of it. After his assassination, most of it was completely obliterated and a gigantic crater stands in its place. At the very bottom of it, various items were found, among them the "artifacts", one of which is a weapon in this mod.
Sankaideriha
The land of magic. A large island floating in an endless ocean of pure magic energy. The vast majority of its inhabitants are magic users. Noteworthy people born here include Saniuke Okusainaya, the first technomancer, and Kana Sankai, head of the Counter-Inquisition, which strives to protect magic users living abroad from persecution.
Sunkaeze
A dead planet on the outer rim of the X'Animen system, thought to be entirely barren and inhabitable, until a lone building was found, a factory, built by the old mechanical demigod Maester Mekes.