Fruit Company

The Fruit Company was a mega-corporation that briefly held the largest share of corporate space in the aftermath of the Corporate War. They rose to prominence developing meal supplements, synthetic meats, space greenhouses and technologies analogous to (but more powerful than) the CRISPR. Even though they contributed comparatively little to the military effort during the Corporate War, they got the largest cut of corporate space afterwards due to sly negotiation tactics with the Government. They later made significant profits off of trade deals with the Government in which they would sell the government food manufacturing tech with firmware installed that needed constant updates, in essence holding the Government's food supply hostage.

Their close relationship with the Government and unfair share of corporate space led Vertex, with the tacit support of Tortoiseshell and Byron, to launch a full-scale offensive against them in 2268, kicking off the Second Corporate War. Just two years later the Fruit Company was completely decimated; without crucial updates to the firmware of their tech, food manufacturing in Government space was essentially crippled, forcing them to encroach on Fruit Company space and join the war. In the aftermath of the war, their holdings were distributed between the Government and the newly-formed conglomerate Byto. Nowadays, the Fruit Company is seen as a cautionary tale for the government about the perils of close association with corporate allies.