Shadowrun Lore
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Dec 24 2011 | The Sixth World begins |
Dragons
Ryumyo of Mount Fuji
- The First Dragon of the Sixth World
Ghostwalker
- Resides in Denver
Hualpa
- Resides in Amazonia
Dunkelzahn
- Died just before getting elected president of the United Canadian and American States
Celedyr
- Directing research at NeoNET
Rhonabwy
- Extremely rich
Lofwyr
- Director of Saeder-Krupp
Megacorporations
Extraterritoriality: The right for a corporation to enforce its own laws.
The Corporate Court: The UN of the Sixth World, deciding who gets extraterritoriality and keeping megacorps from killing each other.
A-rank corp: A multi-national substansive business
AA-rank corp: Significant in several countries, and able to survive AAA-ranks occasional troublemaking. Grants extraterritoriality.
AAA-rank corp: Only ten corporations have this rank, called The Big Ten. The Corporate Court consists of justices from them. They control the world's money as they please.
- Ares
- Aztechnology
- Evo
- Horizon
- Mitsuhama
- NeoNET
- Renraku
- Saeder-Krupp
- Shiawase
- Wuxing
SIN
System Identification Number - How corporations control you as a person and identity.
Being SINless means you need to get creative with how you get your money and other services like medication.