Aichitomo Applied Technologies

Aichitomo Applied Technologies ("AATCo") was created with the express purpose of growing an indigenous armaments industry in Eblan. Although Eblan had long relied on Tasnican manufacturers for weapons, the island nation felt that it needed its own weapons to support itself in the wake of the Three Week War.

Tahi Kurita, with buy-in from several other noble houses, helped put up some of the investment capital. Surprisingly, he was also able to gain additional start-up capital from the Kuat Consortium in exchange for a sizable stake in the company, along with a few initial run contracts. Damien Gavalian apparently decided that this was going to happen with or without him, and preferred to get a cut of the profits. With a number of guaranteed contracts from the Eblanese government, Aichitomo roared to a start, hiring a number of promising Eblanese engineers and designers who were proud to be working for a homegrown company representing "traditional Eblanese values" instead of one the Tasnican AAA corporations.

Aichitomo's strategy was to acquire production licenses of proven designs, modifying them for Eblanese use as necessary. These included various Kuat systems such as the Quickdraw, the Mongoose, and the Banshee. Aichitomo scored a major coup when it designed a variant of the KN-Series for Eblanese use.

AATCo's first homegrown design was the Ha Otoko ("bladed man") battlesuit used by the Junsui no Rikkugun ("Force of Purity"), a regiment of soldiers raised by House Kurita to "defend the purity of the nation." They have since expanded the business and now have a significant number of wholly Eblanese-made weapons, and are even starting to look at exports.

Although the Kuritas put up much of the original money and remain a major shareholder, they are largely disengaged in the day-to-to-day running of the company, leaving such lowly concerns as business operations and profit margins to professional salaryman. Despite seeing the importance of the corporation in their grand plan, being too involved in mercantile endeavors is fundamentally unbecoming a noble.

Naturally, some have criticized the company for corruption, as it seems awfully convenient that a company largely funded by a powerful political figure and leading noble house makes most of its money off of government contracts.