[Lusis]

So I'm reading the Corporate Guide and I'm curious if there are any sourcebooks similar to this but in regards to governments?

Is there ANY push-back to corporate power from political sources? Who rules the day in regards to life outside of the AA rated corps?

I'd like to think the SR meta-verse is nuanced enough that there are competing interests outside of the mega-corporations, including those who would like to bring the corps under heel.

[Silence]

There's a few that would like to, but the issue is that the AAAs and Corporate Court have the Thor shots, and that makes most surface warfare kind of pointless.

[Angelone]

Dirty Tricks is the droid you are looking for.

[Lusis]

There's a few that would like to, but the issue is that the AAAs and Corporate Court have the Thor shots, and that makes most surface warfare kind of pointless.

Oh not open warfare; more of a covert kind of action.

[Lusis]

Dirty Tricks is the droid you are looking for.

Thanks.

[Angelone]

Welcome.

[GiraffeShaman]

One of the big funders of shadowruns are UCAS federal agents. And one of their big agendas the return of a strong federal UCAS government. Their budgets have been slashed, but many of the old agencies are still kicking around. Also, there are some things governments do that the Megas can't or just won't do.

[CanRay]

Doing a Hooding 'Run for the FBI or UCAS Marshals might not pay well, but it can have other advantages.  Especially if you're going after people they can't normally touch legally (or are handled too easily by the law.).

[Silence]

And the Marshals when somebody needs to disappear.

[Lusis]

Sure, but would anyone in the UCAS actively attempt to bring down a corporation, and if so, who?

[Angelone]

The survivors of the New Revolution plus others in the the government want the UCAS to be the big dogs again.

[Silence]

If the NSA and DIA (both tied to the Defense department) got word of the corporation doing things it really shouldn't do, and it was doing so on American soil, or working with people who were about to strike on American soil?  Hell, yes.  But they wouldn't be able to use any standard forces to do so.  Mostly because they would be performing incredibly illegal actions, and hiring known/suspected multiple felons.  The amusing thing about the New Revolution is that while it had infiltrated the CIA and other aspects of the federal bureaucracy pretty thoroughly, it hadn't managed to touch the NSA or DIA.

[Wakshaani]

Sure, but would anyone in the UCAS actively attempt to bring down a corporation, and if so, who?

[Silence]

They just wish they could get the AAAs to pay taxes.

[The Wyrm Ouroboros]

They just wish they could get the AAAs to pay taxes.

Do not underestimate the power of unpaid taxes or the IRS.  The FBI had to go to the IRS in order to get Capone on tax evasion, after all.