The Megacorps

There are 23 corporations that are traditionally called "the megacorps": most of them have been around since before the sundering and have the most say, the most resources, and the most power in the Gemini. However, since the sundering numerous corporations have cropped up that come close to this lofty status, so that there are another 50 corps or so that have their own spacecraft, their own black ops teams, etc. Of these, perhaps 20 are pawns of the 23 heavy hitters, so that there are perhaps a total of 50 independent corporate entities vieing (spelling) with each other for power, prestige, and money. This list will include some of the more noteworthy:

Yggdrasil: a lumber giant, this corporation plants, harvests, and processes the huge amount of lumber used for construction, fermentation into chemicals (such as oils for plastic), and paper production throughout the Gemini. Unlike many of its megacorp brethren, Yggdrasil often has a significant presence on many frontier worlds, where lumber supplies are still plentiful (read: less need for resource management = higher profit). Yggdrasil also has a rare and precious contract with the Lycurgans, allowing them to harvest limited amounts of the excellent lumber of priam. Yggdrasil keeps a very low profile on the corp planets, but its name imbues a mixture of fear and awe in frontier inhabitants: Yggdrasil provides much of the resources that keep frontier communities alive, while their exploitative and ruthless tactics simultaneously rob the people of many of their freedoms.