GM digests from Shadow of the Beanstalk and Worlds of Android — not full book text.
Earth’s only space elevator, rising from New Angeles through Midway Station to Challenger Planetoid. Strategic, symbolic, and always a target.
Personal Access Device — ubiquitous handheld/wearable for ID, payments, media, and Net access. Being off-PAD is a political/lifestyle statement (disenfrancisto).
Off-grid undercity dwellers — by poverty or choice. Little Net presence, squats, scavenging, and suspicion of corporate life.
Slang for the rich elite. Inherited wealth, arcology penthouses, and “I’ll tell my parents” energy.
Netcriminal who breaches systems with icebreakers. Also courier-style physical runners; context matters.
Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics — defensive programs (barrier, sentry, code gate) protecting systems.
Offensive programs used by runners to defeat ice. Strength and type matching matter.
Fully artificial android (Haas-Bioroid). Property under law; directives; does not eat/sleep/breathe like humans.
Vat-grown human (Jinteki lines and bespoke projects). Legal/social status fraught; many are labor.
Genetic modification — medical, cosmetic, or extreme “wylder” animalistic mods.
SotB tracks social capital as Favors with factions — sometimes more useful than credits for doors and jobs.
Private security / private military. Globalsec, corp troops, mercs filling gaps the NAPD cannot.
Below plaza level: tunnels, forgotten levels, squats, and services the towers ignore until they need them.
Megacity at the Beanstalk’s foot — hundreds of millions, corporate governance, and the setting’s default stage.
High-level playable allegiance groups (SotB favor economy).
Maker of bioroids and cutting-edge cybernetics. Projects range from industrial labor units to experimental combat platforms. Public face: progress and safety; underbelly: directives, ownership, and what counts as a person.
Cloning and biotech giant. From labor lines (Henry, Tenma) to bespoke Nisei projects. Competes with Haas-Bioroid over the future of artificial people — flesh vs chrome.
Media, advertising, and the Network as product. Controls narratives, sensies, and a huge slice of what New Angelinos see and believe. Broadcast Square is its cathedral.
Construction, space infrastructure, and the Beanstalk’s corporate spine. Builds habitats, stations, and the future — and bills the worlds for it. Board politics are blood sport.
New Angeles Police Department. Overstretched, surveilled, and caught between corp interests, undercity reality, and the letter of the law. Detectives, Hachi-Inu units, SWAT.
Private security and intelligence contractors. Yellow jackets, black ops, and corporate deniability for when the NAPD is the wrong tool.
Organized crime syndicates — Tri-Maf and others — running protection, smuggling, chips, and bodies through the undercity and docks.
Streetbangers, Los Scorpiones, and turf crews. Local power, flash violence, and recruitment pipelines into larger orgcrime.
City and national authorities in theory above the corps; in practice tangled with contracts, elections, and the Beanstalk’s strategic value.
Luna-born culture and Heinlein politics. Resourceful, low-g native, often at odds with Earth megacorp control of the Moon.
Human First, Humanity Labor, Liberty Society, Opticon watchdogs, anarch cells — the moral (and immoral) war over androids and inequality.
71 entries from Android lore + Netrunner research notes.
Each corp has stable id, tags, optional parent, and a links array for future web sources.
A Jinteki-owned company specializing in soybeef and other food products.
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A minor competitor in the android market.
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A major Helium-3 mining corporation on Luna, second only to Melange Mining.
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Manufacturer of the “Crader” Infantry Armor.
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Manufacturer of popular vehicles like the Bumblebee commuter hopper.
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A major private security (prisec) firm and a subsidiary of the Weyland Consortium. Provides everything from physical security to small paramilitary teams.
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Produces firearms like the StarForge Laser Rifle and Justicar X Shotgun.
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A Greek-based manufacturer of batteries.
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A Weyland Consortium subsidiary focused on He-3 fusion power, construction, and managing facilities like Blue Sun Stadium.
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Firearms manufacturer (M- 101 Assault Rifle, “Ranger” pistol).
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An NBN subsidiary that produces VR first-person shooters and sports simulators.
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An elite and secretive private military company (PMC) specializing in black-ops services.
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A Jinteki project focused on time-based data security and memory manipulation.
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Produces “Punchmasters” chromecrushers.
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A major subsidiary of Haas-Bioroid for cybernetic implants and prosthetics.
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A company that was the victim of the infamous “Myers Testimony” sabotage.
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An infosec firm with suspected ties to organized crime.
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Firearms manufacturer (produces the “Enforcer” pistol).
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A Weyland holding company that owns the Flying Saucer Diner on Luna.
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A high-end design and manufacturing firm.
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Mentioned as one of the “gods of the future.”
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Produces sporting firearms like the Maxum Shotgun.
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A powerful and mysterious investment firm.
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A Weyland Consortium subsidiary focused on deep space travel and colonization.
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Manufacturer of groundcars.
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A German arms manufacturer.
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The original inventor of the brain-machine interface (BMI).
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A massive private military contractor (PMC) that fields armies larger than many nations, specializing in security, intelligence, and direct military action.
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A major international investment fund.
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An NBN subsidiary that produces popular sensies (immersive VR).
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One of the “Big Four.” Pioneers of bioroid technology, specializing in artificial intelligence, cybernetics, heavy manufacturing, and network security (ice).
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A Jinteki subsidiary that operates high-end hospitals.
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The exclusive equipment provider for the New Angeles Police Department (NAPD).
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Firearms manufacturer (Model 37 shotgun).
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A Jinteki subsidiary and the largest commercial producer of genetic modifications (g-mods).
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One of the “Big Four.” A Japanese-based biotechnology megacorp holding the patent on cloning. Specializes in genetic engineering, pharmaceuticals, agribusiness, and assassination.
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Produces “Hammerstryke!” chromecrushers.
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Produces the Goliath cargo hopper.
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An agricorp operating in the La Costa district.
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Produces the MX-01 Crusher Power Gauntlet.
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Produces firearms like the .22 Poly CCP .
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A massive retail corporation.
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The dominant corporation for Helium-3 mining on Luna, wielding power comparable to a megacorp.
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A smaller firm specializing in advanced neural channeling, now associated with Haas-Bioroid.
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A Jinteki subsidiary focused on mental discipline and conditioning technologies.
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One of the “Big Four.” A global media empire that controls the Network, specializing in news, entertainment, data analytics, advertising, and surveillance.
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The cutting-edge research and development division of Haas-Bioroid, focused on advanced weaponry and ice.
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A local security firm operating in New Angeles.
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A company that develops cognition-enhancing drugs.
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A Russian- bloc mining corporation on Luna.
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An agricorp specializing in bioplastics.
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Manufacturer of the Chameleon Optical Camouflage Suit.
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Produces the AeroRacer hopper.
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A private forensics company often contracted by the NAPD.
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A subsidiary of Argus Security that produces firearms and monoblades.
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A massive NBN advertising firm.
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An arms manufacturer.
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A midsize prisec firm based on Luna, specializing in low-G and zero-G operations.
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A New Muscovite arms manufacturer.
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Produces heavy- caliber hand cannons.
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The massive NBN subsidiary that physically owns and operates the global Network.
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Produces advanced explosives like monofilament grenades.
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A Weyland Consortium subsidiary; the largest bank and issuer of the universal “credit” currency.
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An Ecuadoran- Japanese automotive company.
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A major shipping and logistics company.
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Operates freighters between Luna and Mars.
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A small private military company (PMC).
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An agricorp.
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A major urban development and construction firm in New Angeles.
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One of the “Big Four.” A sprawling conglomerate that built the Beanstalk, specializing in construction, finance, space exploration, and private security.
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The ubiquitous coffee company.
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Official Android setting archetypes: Natural, Bioroid, Clone, Cyborg, G-Mod, Loonie.
Archetypes: natural, bioroid, clone, cyborg, g-mod, loonie
House-rule archetypes mixing Cyberpunk roles with Genesys math: Gonk, Warrior, Authority, Face, Gearhead, Mind, Cyborg. Careers still use SotB lists.
Archetypes: gonk, warrior, authority, face, gearhead, mind, nc-cyborg
Home of the Root — where the Beanstalk meets Earth. Plaza del Cielo, Eastside, and El Centro Histórico. Pilgrims, tourists, corp security, and undercity bleed.
Notable: The Root, Plaza del Cielo, Eastside, El Centro Histórico
Neo-Broadway lights, Old Town grit, Mercado Baja commerce. Dense living stacked under and around transit arteries.
Notable: Neo-Broadway, Old Town, Mercado Baja
Broadcast Square and NBN’s media heart. Downtown towers, Harmonia culture, and the always-on news cycle.
Notable: Broadcast Square, Downtown Rutherford, Harmonia
Historic streets and the Malecón waterfront. Tourist gloss over working-class density.
Notable: The Streets, Historic Esmeraldas, The Malecón
Jinteki Biotech campus energy, tourist quarter, residential blocks, New Akiba nightlife.
Notable: Jinteki Biotech, Tourist Quarter, New Akiba Quarter
Lakeside living and Levy University. Research money, student politics, corporate grants.
Notable: Downtown, Lakeside, Levy University
The Strip, business and warehouse subdistricts — including off-grid pockets like Sunken City.
Notable: The Strip, Business Subdistrict, Warehouse Subdistrict, Sunken City
Labor blocs, Chone, Stalingrad stacks — where industrial work and android labor politics collide.
Notable: Chone, Bloc 0853, Stalingrad
Tourist edges and gene-crop agriculture, desalination, and experimental farms.
Notable: Desalination Plant, Gene Crop Lots, Los Scorpiones territory
Golem Grove industry, Meat Market chaos, Colonche neighborhoods.
Notable: Golem Grove, The Meat Market, Colonche
Antiguo vs Nuevo Guayaquil, waterways, bridges, and the Estero Salado.
Notable: Antiguo Guayaquil, Nuevo Guayaquil, Bridge of National Unity
Halfway up the elevator: transfer concourse, commercial zones, hotels, and casinos hanging between Earth and space.
Notable: Operations Center, Transfer Concourse, Casino Grande, Freefall
Nearside casinos and maintenance; farside docks and mines. End of the line for climbers and freighters.
Notable: Castle Club, Challenger Mines, Port McNair
Primary lunar colony complex — domes, arcologies, mining, and revolutionary heat under Earth corp oversight.
Notable: Armstrong Base, Harriman Dome, Lunacent, Starport Kaguya, Tranquility Home, Melange Mining
Iconic dome stack: Earthrise hotels, fusion, subdomes, and Wyldside’s g-mod scene.
Notable: Earthrise Hotel, Wyldside, Harriman Subdome
Angel Arena, Argus Security, Columbiad Arcology, Haas-Bioroid labs, NAPD Heinlein office.
Notable: Angel Arena, Haas-Bioroid R&D, NAPD Heinlein