Questions tagged [corporations]
This tag should be used for questions about big corporations in your own fictional world and should explain how the corporation is supposed to change this world.
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Why would lunar megacorps install a government in this scenario? [closed]
The year is 2170. Ish. Humans have colonised Mars, but the planet has yet to rival the economic might of other solar system worlds. As of yet, the main colonial power in the sol system is our own ...
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Why would a corporation secretly trigger kaiju attacks against humanity? [closed]
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In a parallel version of our Earth, some decades ago a big attack was launched from an unspecified point, where insect-like kaijus (some as "small" as cars and houses, others as ...
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How plausible would a planet-sized theme park be? [closed]
In my scifi lore, there is a giant theme park built for larpers, cosplayers, and furries(not antromorphic animal species, but the people who dress up and like the style), their target audiences. The ...
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How might dragons react to humans kidnapping and 'training' dragons [closed]
Basically, the dragons are European dragons, with fire breath, wings, and everything else. They are normally highly independent, but will cooperate when under duress. They do have a writing system but ...
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How can witches compete with mega-corporations who benefit from economies of scale?
Mana is the life energy present in all humans. It also gives us the ability to use magical spells and rituals. However, only witches are able to access their Mana in order to use it directly. For ...
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Republic in a story based on interlocking directorships (as corporations do) feasible for govts?
In my story, after ww3 or equivalent, most of the world joined a WTO that incorporated political governance as well as economic. Mirroring the corporate world's interlocking directorate was to ensure ...
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Could a coalition of powerful corporations protect itself from a hostile neighbour?
This is an alternative Earth-like world, which has just entered the rough equivalent of Cold War. The primary contenders are the large quasi-socialist country with a strong command economy, opposed by ...
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How to provide proper documentation for a device that works as a magic lamp?
A very powerful corporation is interested in building a device that works similar to a magic lamp.
You bring the lamp to a certain location, at a specific time of the year, chant specific mantras, ...
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How can clientele be convinced to accept planned obsolescence built into their biological forms?
The human soul can now be uploaded into alternate biological bodies. These bodies are grown in utero in artifical wombs from human cells and grown to full adult form within a few years. These grown ...
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What would prevent growing minions as cannon fodder from being a viable alternative to hiring henchmen?
I am a self-made entrepreneur who runs an e-commerce giant which has morphed into one of the most powerful and wealthy companies in the world. However, my business is actually a front for my secret ...
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How can mage guilds compete in an industry which allows others to resell their products?
Mage-smithing is a process in which forged weapons are imbued with magical attributes in order to create enchanted weapons. This process is long and hard, requiring numerous items and various rituals ...
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How can a growing economy function with erratic seasonal changes?
It has been widely confirmed by experts that the alleged " season 8 " of GOT was in fact a mass delusion by the general public due to mass hallucinogenic drugs being dumped into the water ...
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How can the effects of a language be linguistically locked?
The ancient Sumerians were the first great empire on earth, worshipping a great elder god called "Mickey". After the empire fell, worshippers of the god went underground and continued to thrive. In ...
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How could the Soylent Corporation remain in business after their horrible secret has been revealed?
I'm the CEO of the Soylent Corporation, and we have a problem. Some cop just revealed our secret: Our premiere food product Soylent Green:
is made out of people!
(sigh) We're going to lose ...
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How would an unethical corporation go about extracting resources from a nation unwilling to co-operate?
In the 22nd century, resource depletion is a serious problem, as most of whatever we had left has been stripped bare. A large multinational corporation, let's call them Deus X, is searching everywhere ...
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