Impulse Multinational

The Impulse Multinational conglomerate is a multi-billion pound defense and energy company based in London and founded by Damien Lawrence, who is the secretive CEO and a majority shareholder. Founded after the invention of the room-temperature superconductor by Damien, it quickly grew into the conglomerate it is today.

Metallic Hydrogen
Often referred to as Impulsium, or Impulse cables, the material invented by Damien sparked a worldwide technological revolution, resulting in practically no more need for fossil fuels. It made spaceflight trivially cheap and enabled the creation of a global renewable energy grid. Obviously, the oil giants at this time were completely opposed to this discovery, as it would effectively bankrupt them all. At first, they tried to discredit Damien's small startup, and widespread scepticism almost stopped him in his mission. However, it started to become widely acknowledged in 2018, that it was genuine. After this, Damien encountered many assassination attempts, which posed no real issue to him, and he grew Impulse until it became the first trillion pound company. The Impulsium was sold practically at cost, as Damien saw it as a basic human necessity, but the sheer volume produced still made billions of pounds. With Impulse being headquartered in London, this was a massive boost to the British economy and to the technology sector. The technique used for manufacturing metallic hydrogen is a secret known only to a handful, and Impulse's monopoly on the materials meant everyone was reliant on them for supply.

Arms
Impulse, although founded as an energy company, quickly grew a large defence division, along with materials and surveillance sections.
 * 1) Energy and Materials division
 * 2) Defense, Arms and Surveillance division
 * 3) Miscellaneous Projects division (projects that don't conform to either of the above)
 * 4) Business division (real estate, subsidiaries and acquisitions)

Innovations
Each of the three branches of Impulse R&D has produced several key innovations. The most important, and the one that sparked a worldwide revolution in technology was invented by Damien, was of course the room-temperature superconductor.

Energy and Materials Division:
 * Room-temperature-superconducting metallic hydrogen
 * Ultra-high-temperature ceramics (>10,000ºC for Scylla splinters)
 * Liquid body armour
 * Large scale carbon nanotube construction
 * High-strength superalloys (tungsten-cobalt-tantalum, iridium-thorium)
 * (Fusion reactor is in R&D currently, not yet functioning)

Defense, Arms and Surveillance Division:
 * Orbital strike platforms; kinetic and laser based (Scylla and Charybdis)
 * Orbital surveillance platforms (Argus)
 * Advanced handheld weaponry (VTX weaponry)
 * Drones; reconnaissance, transport and strike (Horus, Sparrowhawk, Shadow)
 * Surveillance cameras

Miscellaneous Projects Division:
 * Holographic projection
 * Prospector, financial trading algorithm (subset of AGI development program)
 * Tunnel boring drones