An Ancient Vessel bearing the Metallurgic International logo.
Metallurgic International, abbreviated as M. Int,[1] was a large corporation in the Old World.
Summary[]
Headquartered at some point in Colorado Springs,[2] Metallurgic International was heavily involved in mining,[1][3] and later, defensive technology.[3]
M. Int had a sports team, the Metallurgists, which played at the Denver Stadium.[4]
History[]
In the Old World[]
At some point, Metallurgic International launched other robots to the moon to mine helium-3 as well as metals from the asteroid belt.[5] They later launched a seeker/extractor with an upgraded propulsion system designed by Bashar Mati from Bryce Orbital, destined for M89282, an asteroid rich in ruthenium and tungsten.[6]
Sometime around 2046,[7] M. Int bought the neighborhood in Indianapolis where Laura Vogel's childhood home was in order to build a server farm, providing one-room homes to people who were displaced by this purchase.[8]
On June 5, 2048, Bashar Mati's father, Aamaal Mati, died in an effort to protect Metallurgic International's claim to a tantalum mine.[1] His mother later married Wyatt Mahante, a high-ranking executive of the company.[2] She started seeing Wyatt after meeting him to discuss her injuries caused by a Lifter in one of M. Int's mines. She later died due to being exposed to LuBor-6, a chemical in solvents she used to clean robot joints.[9]
At some point during Heaven¢'s raise to prominence in the 2050s, it became clear that M. Int couldn't beat them in materials acquisition, prompting them to pour a lot of their resources into defense.[3]
During 2054, virtual protesters occupied M. Int's holographic customer service center, leading to the first major arrest of virtual protesters. This began a major debate over whether or not the internet constitutes a public space, and is therefore legally required to oblige peaceable assembly.[10]
As of January 2061, M. Int was the second most powerful corporate entity in the world. At this same point, it backed candidate Lacy Almodovar during her campaign against Barney Atami even though she took an anti-corporate stance and announced her intention to overturn the controversial Supreme Court case Schott v. Frost during her campaign.[11]
M. Int had access to a Chariot Line swarm produced by Faro Automated Solutions, and used them at some point to invade Captain Okilo's country for its lithium,[12] as well as occupying two helium-3 facilities in Mexico.[6]
Like every other organization on Earth, M. Int fell during the Faro Plague.
In the New World[]
While fleeing from Sirius, Walter Londra considered the remains of M. Int's testing grounds and R&D labs as being one of the best places to search for a weapon or prototype that could be used to fight Nemesis.[3]