Large Companies and Corporations of North America

[taalismn]

Chipwell most likely works out of the 'Burbs of ChiTown(or any large CS city, since its founder is ex-CS military, and hopes to cultivate CS contracts). It wouldn;t come asa surprise to me if Chipwell also didn't take advantage of the pay discrepancies in d-bee and 'burbrat labor to further cut costs.

[Josh Sinsapaugh]

manisitque imperium

Which is a nation, not a corporation.

The corporation is Wellington Industries (IIRC).

~ Josh

[dragonfett]

Don't forget the Black Market. While no weapons have their "brand name" on it (with the exception of Bandito Arms, but that is more of a localized New West brand), there are weapons such as the L-20 Laser Pulse Rifle which have no brand name attached to it (unlike Wilk's, NG, and WI), so someone has to make them, and it is strongly implied (I can't remember exactly where at the moment) that the weapons are made by the Black Market (as well as knock offs of stuff made by brand name companies).

[Josh Sinsapaugh]

manisitque imperium

Which is a nation, not a corporation.

The corporation is Wellington Industries (IIRC).

~ Josh

A few books (New west is only one I can think of at this hour) Have them listed as MI not WI.

True, but that's because Manistique Imperium has several large companies within its borders, Wellington Industries just being the largest. The same can be said about Ishpeming and Northern Gun - except that NG's dominance of Ishpeming is far, far greater than Wellington's dominance right next door.

~ Josh

[mobuttu]

Here you are a list or Rifts Weapon Manufacturers (click on the upper-rigth button for an automatic google translation)

[Display-Name-Alpha]

There really isn't going to be a whole lot of competition for contracts so to speak, or even just raw market competition because there really IS no national market for them to compete on. Northern Gun IMO (outside of Coalition) is going to be the largest weapons manufacture in the northern region, mainly because of the demand of the area. Lotta conflict between Coalition and the Magic empires, not to mention all of the smaller settlements in the area that would want to protect itself.

But, in the long run there aren't going to be a lot of weapons in say... Texas/Lonestar/Mexico Empire area, mostly because they are going to be getting more guns from the Kingston area and the West, with Golden Age Armaments being the closest. Sure, you might have a Northern Gun shops in the area, but their supplies are not going to be anywhere near as bountiful as some of the others, namely because to get from Northern Gun to the south, you cross a lot of bandit territory, as well as Coalition, not to mention you have to make it through the Juicer Empire (Kingston ect) and then finally the very feral Lonestar Complex area. That is a LONG and expensive to protect way to get weapons. They would try, but ultimately the weapons of the region will be more affordable.

Just my 2 cents on the matter.

[Gamer]

But, in the long run there aren't going to be a lot of weapons in say... Texas/Lonestar/Mexico Empire area, mostly because they are going to be getting more guns from the Kingston area and the West, with Golden Age Armaments being the closest. Sure, you might have a Northern Gun shops in the area, but their supplies are not going to be anywhere near as bountiful as some of the others, namely because to get from Northern Gun to the south, you cross a lot of bandit territory, as well as Coalition, not to mention you have to make it through the Juicer Empire (Kingston ect) and then finally the very feral Lonestar Complex area. That is a LONG and expensive to protect way to get weapons. They would try, but ultimately the weapons of the region will be more affordable.

One Northern Gun Big Bertha is more then capable of filling several stores.
It will get through bandit territory, NG isn't going to let something like that go unescorted, it's too valuable.
Mercenaries would also enjoy getting a contract against those who mess with their supplier and NG would probably give them a discount bonus to boot.

[Dr Megaverse]

But, in the long run there aren't going to be a lot of weapons in say... Texas/Lonestar/Mexico Empire area, mostly because they are going to be getting more guns from the Kingston area and the West, with Golden Age Armaments being the closest. Sure, you might have a Northern Gun shops in the area, but their supplies are not going to be anywhere near as bountiful as some of the others, namely because to get from Northern Gun to the south, you cross a lot of bandit territory, as well as Coalition, not to mention you have to make it through the Juicer Empire (Kingston ect) and then finally the very feral Lonestar Complex area. That is a LONG and expensive to protect way to get weapons. They would try, but ultimately the weapons of the region will be more affordable.

One Northern Gun Big Bertha is more then capable of filling several stores.
It will get through bandit territory, NG isn't going to let something like that go unescorted, it's too valuable.

This is how PCs get geared at low cost...knocking over a weapons transport.

Also do remember that the NG could probably charter Coalition air defense and transport because they are such good friends now!

[Display-Name-Alpha]

But, in the long run there aren't going to be a lot of weapons in say... Texas/Lonestar/Mexico Empire area, mostly because they are going to be getting more guns from the Kingston area and the West, with Golden Age Armaments being the closest. Sure, you might have a Northern Gun shops in the area, but their supplies are not going to be anywhere near as bountiful as some of the others, namely because to get from Northern Gun to the south, you cross a lot of bandit territory, as well as Coalition, not to mention you have to make it through the Juicer Empire (Kingston ect) and then finally the very feral Lonestar Complex area. That is a LONG and expensive to protect way to get weapons. They would try, but ultimately the weapons of the region will be more affordable.

One Northern Gun Big Bertha is more then capable of filling several stores.
It will get through bandit territory, NG isn't going to let something like that go unescorted, it's too valuable.
Mercenaries would also enjoy getting a contract against those who mess with their supplier and NG would probably give them a discount bonus to boot.

Never said there wouldn't be SOME, I just said they wouldn't be as bountiful. They can put all the escort on it they want. Still has to go 1000+ miles south, that is a lot of distance for something to go wrong and become a loss to NG Proper.

[dragonfett]

But, in the long run there aren't going to be a lot of weapons in say... Texas/Lonestar/Mexico Empire area, mostly because they are going to be getting more guns from the Kingston area and the West, with Golden Age Armaments being the closest. Sure, you might have a Northern Gun shops in the area, but their supplies are not going to be anywhere near as bountiful as some of the others, namely because to get from Northern Gun to the south, you cross a lot of bandit territory, as well as Coalition, not to mention you have to make it through the Juicer Empire (Kingston ect) and then finally the very feral Lonestar Complex area. That is a LONG and expensive to protect way to get weapons. They would try, but ultimately the weapons of the region will be more affordable.

One Northern Gun Big Bertha is more then capable of filling several stores.
It will get through bandit territory, NG isn't going to let something like that go unescorted, it's too valuable.
Mercenaries would also enjoy getting a contract against those who mess with their supplier and NG would probably give them a discount bonus to boot.

Don't forget to markup the price of NG gear, especially the power armors and robot vehicles, due to the time, effort, and additional cost of mercs protecting the shipments.