Geist Industries

A multinational super-corporation and the closest rival to MacOne Enterprises, Geist Industries has been around since the early 1920s, founded by Heinrich Geist and, similarly to their major competitor, passed down through the Geist bloodline all the way to the present day, where it is presided over by Victor Geist, a cunning and ruthless scientist and businessman.

Although not as large or widespread as MacOne Enterprises, the reason Geist Industries is such a major competitor is their total willingness to dabble in unethical and sometimes downright inhumane activities in an effort to further their agenda. While all large corporations are somewhat murky, Geist Industries employees seem to have absolutely no qualms about harming, mutilating or even killing people in the name of science.

In fact, one of Victor Geist’s greatest resources is not his business acumen or his genius-level intellect, it’s not even his complete unwillingness to compromise on his goals. His greatest weapon is his legion of highly-paid and unscrupulous lawyers, willing and able to tangle anyone up in a sea of red tape and legal bureaucracy if they should even consider threatening the company’s ongoing research.

Some see Geist Industries as the polar opposite to MacOne Enterprises, and this is clear even at a visual level: where the MacTaggart family built their headquarters high into the sky as a beacon of progress that can be seen for miles around, the Geists chose to dig deep, building their headquarters into the ground underneath the Adirondack Mountains and developing technology to make it invisible to any kind of radar or sensors.

Of all the many divisions of Geist Industries, the one that Victor himself is most proud of is the Advanced Human Research Division or AHRD. Where most other tech and research companies have utilised advancements in superhuman biology and abilities to create new technology, the AHRD uses only the skills and knowledge of human beings to develop new solutions to old problems. Fortunately, with one of the most intelligent human beings in the world at the helm, the AHRD have made some incredible breakthroughs even without the implementation of superhuman strategies.

In fact, most research within Geist Industries is carried out without the intervention of superhumans, and Victor Geist strongly believes that humanity should be self-sufficient and not reliant on superhumans to help them out of difficult situations. On this matter, he has the ear of UN President Tadesse, who may not agree with his methodology but definitely understands his attitude; and regular contact with HADES who support both, despite the rivalry between Victor and Soren Magnussen.