Arasaka

Japanese corporate powerhouse—discipline, surveillance, and long memory.

Arasaka presents itself as order through control: security products, political leverage, and a culture that treats loyalty as infrastructure. Outsiders experience the corp as immaculate surfaces and invisible pressure—policy enforced as atmosphere.

How to think about them

Vertical integration — Influence spans hardware, intelligence, and narrative; attacks rarely hit only one layer.
Time horizon — Decisions are measured in decades; personal grudges can map onto institutional ones.
Face — Public image is a weapon; embarrassment can matter as much as market share.