Editing M&M.EmeraldCityHeroes (section)

===Businesses===
'''Atlas Mountain Sports''': The Stover family opened the first AMS store in Emerald City in 1948—a natural enterprise, being situated near some of the world’s best spots for outdoor activities. AMS’ owners parlayed the invaluable firsthand knowledge gained in Emerald into 
ecoming a national sportinggoods retail chain. Today, under third-generation owner Aiden Stover, the business thrives. In Emerald alone, the city’s scores of avid hunters, sport fishermen, campers, kayakers, skiers, climbers, and ball players have one thing in common regardless of their particular pastime: an AMS charge card in their wallets.

'''Brande Management''': In contrast to household name AMS, only those with strong business or political backgrounds have really heard of Brande Management, although chances are better of having heard of one of its many subsidiaries. Brande Management is a diversified holding company, specializing in acquiring and maintaining a portfolio of subsidiaries and corporate clients who make use of Brande’s management, support, and security services. Brande’s two largest areas of interest are in energy and security. They control a wide variety of mining, drilling, and refinery assets for the production of fossil fuels and petrochemicals but are also invested in alternative energies.

'''Grant Conglomeates''': Grant Conglomerates is a multinational holding company overseeing a number of high-tech interests, and has long maintained a sizable division in Emerald City.

'''Kesskorp''': Kessler Industrial Technology (K.I.T.), which does business as, and is more commonly known as, KessKorp, is one of the anchors of Emerald City’s “Silicon Circle” of tech company nies. It was founded in the late 1990s by Dr. Arwin Kessler, a former AEGIS R&D section chief who left the agency a step ahead of charges for numerous ethics violations. Since its
founding, the company has swiftly grown into a powerful multinational, with facilities in over three dozen countries and cutting-edge interests ranging from computerized microelectronics and exotic metallurgy to pharmacology and biochemical engineering. KessKorp is one of MarsTech’s largest rival.

'''Majestic Industries''': Majestic is a large international corporation with interests in chemicals and heavy industry. Though its headquarters is in Freedom City, the company maintains a large manufacturing plant in Emerald City.

'''MarsTech Industrial''': Emerald City came out of its late-’80s and early-’90s economic slump by successfully transitioning to a high-technology center. Spurring this growth was the establishment of MarsTech, Inc. (MSTI on the New York Stock Exchange) by the flamboyant plutocrat and techno-wizard Maximillian Mars. After MarsTech set up shop in Emerald and flourished, other high-tech companies followed it there, transforming the once-sleepy burgh into a leading center for information technology and other cutting edge businesses. MarsTech specializes in computers, computer software, and various kinds of mobile and Internet technologies. What sets the company apart in a crowded field is how quickly its tech gadgets “learn” and adapt to its users’ needs.

Customers have to come to rely on MarsTech products lasting through several upgrades, remaining state of the art for modest cost. Typically, a MarsTech device remains technologically viable three times longer than its competitors, and the company has built up a tremendous customer brand loyalty because of it. 
:Recognizing that Emerald City needs heroes, local philanthropist '''Maximillian Mars'''[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/380202393524498032/], billionaire CEO of MarsTech, has put his wealth, resources, and influence behind an effort to cultivate and support superheroes in the City of Destiny. For those willing to take up the challenge awaits a hightech headquarters, online information, and the grateful assistance of the Emerald City Police Department and the American Elite Government Intervention Service (AEGIS). Emerald City needs heroes! Will you answer the call?

'''Morgenstern Labs''': Morgenstern Labs is an Emerald City biotech research concern, and a Grant Conglomerates subsidiary. It has offices and research facilities in thcity and has close ties to ECU, especially with regards to internships and recruiting.

'''Nolan Aircraft''': Using a veteran’s stipend from the Spanish-American War, Major Matthew Nolan secured ownership of a failing Emerald City boatyard in 1909, and then and there a dreamer at last met his dream. With great determination and ingenuity, Nolan converted the facility over to producing new-fangled “aeroplanes.”

'''Nova Communications''': Nova Comm (for short), headquartered in Freedom City, but with offices in Emerald City, possesses one of the country’s largest cellular communication networks. Stores and kiosks with its familiar sunburst symbol are common throughout Emerald City and sell many different models of cellular phones sporting nearly every imaginable feature. The company’s digital network already extends nationwide and continues to expand—part of the “Nova Communications explosion,” as the ads say.

'''Redshift Energies''': Redshift Energies is a local research company looking into new and alternative sources of power. In recent years, Redshift had been quite successful, most notably selling its designs for use in some of the newer-model hybrid vehicles. Unlike other concerns primarily engaged in research, Redshift Energies enjoyed a safety net as a wholly owned subsidiary of Paladyne Industries—a shell company owned by MarsTech, Inc. With the firm backing of Emerald’s resident plutocrat, Redshift’s future appeared bright.

'''USNET''': Emerald City’s leading Internet service provider is USNet, “the online company for US,” thanks in no small part to an aggressive marketing strategy few other major ISP’s can match. It offers online services and Internet access to millions of customers, having poured millions of dollars into improving their extensive network of servers across the country, smoothing out many prior complaints about the reliability of the company’s online services. USNet offers web-page hosting as part of its standard membership package, making it a booming business among the many start-up high-tech companies in Emerald.