Ares Arms, however, brought in the most profits during this time, with the EuroWars beginning in 2031. Leonard oversaw a few key buyouts and mergers that strengthened Ares Macrotech's position in the corporate court. They slowly rebuilt, and re-established themselves in this brave new world. Ares Industries somehow managed to make it through this turmoil, in part by rebranding themselves as the new and improved Ares Macrotechnology. This brought about the toppling of governments, uncounted casualties, unknown billions of dollars of damages, and a world on the brink of chaos.
8, 2029 computer systems all over the world were attacked at random by an unknown virus. And Leonard ran things fairly competently (if a bit more hesitant than his father) for the next six years. He left the position to his son, Leonard Aurelius. After his two decades of service, Old Nick stepped down as CEO. Which they also helped form.Įverything was coming up roses for Ares. With this acquisition they were able to turn NASA into a highly profitable satellite recovery service, refurbish the space station Freedom (now renamed the Zurich Orbital Habitat and sell it to the Corporate Court. Old Nick had a knack for reorganizing the company for maximum profits, and to minimize losses.Īs the US government began to sell off their assets, Ares Industries was right there to pick up the pieces.When NASA was being sold off to the highest bidder, Old Nick made sure that would be Ares. These two decades were ones of extreme growth and profitability for the megacorporation. Old Nick was CEO and Chairman of the Board for Ares Industries from its inception in 2002 until 2023. It’s something I’m doing because it’s best for my business," this isn't something I’m doing for fun, because I won’t be having that much fun, believe me. The more control you have over things, the more work you need to put in to make sure things stay in control. "I think a lot of people out there are forgetting the work involved.
In an interview with the Detroit Weekly News he frankly discussed his desire to gain extraterritoriality, but was quick to add that the responsibilities that come with such are immense. When the Shiawase Decision was handed down, Old Nick had to give some serious thought into incorporating all his various assets into one single megacorporation. He sat on the board of General Motors, and owned (outright) countless other companies. Nicholas "Old Nick" Aurelius was an industry giant at the end of the 20th century.