This file was a bonus I wrote for Shadowrun official website when Shadows of Europe was released. It disappeared a while ago after a revamp of SR website. It introduces all the top European megacorporations with two-liners, and also gives each corporation rating according to the Corporate Download rating system. I don't remember who came up with the idea first, probably Rob Boyle or Peter Taylor. The main reason I though it would be a good idea was it would allow people to know about those corps even if they were not to read the book. I hoped the secont-tier corporations from SoE, SoA, as well as those that should have been in Shadows of North America would play a bigger role in the following Shadowrun products, to make the world a bit more complicated and interesting.
Following are the corporate rating (I put them here since they're out-of-context game information).
The corporations are rated according to the system described in Corporate Download (pages 119-125). Although these are raw numbers, they still give a general idea of their relative strengths.
| INTELLIGENCE MODIFIERS | ||
| Megacorp | TN Modifier | to tests concerning: |
| AG Chemie Europa | -2 | Frankfurt |
| Erika | -1 | Scientific research, Matrix |
| -3 | Scandinavian Matrix | |
| Esprit Industries | -1 | Military technology or the French government |
| -3 | French military | |
| ESUS | -1 | Tracking people travelling on international airlines and shipping routes |
| -2 | Tracking people travelling in France | |
| FBA | -1 | German corporations |
| HKB | -2 | London stock exchange |
| +1 | Celedyr operations | |
| Lusiada | -3 | Portugal |
| Maersk | -1 | Proteus AG and maritime activities |
| Meridional | -1 | Northern Africa |
| +1 | Italian Mafia | |
| Proteus AG | -1 | Space and maritime activities |
| Regulus | -1 | British or Dutch consumers |
| +1 | Dutch government | |
| Renault-Fiat | -1 | Genova-Milano-Turino sprawl |
| Saeder-Krupp | -1 | The Awakened World, Europe or the Middle East |
| -3 | Dragons | |
| Sol Media | -1 | Aztlan |
| Transys Neuronet | -1 | Matrix |
| -2 | Cyberware or bioware | |
| Zeta-ImpChem | -2 | Chemical industry, legal procedures |
| MEGACORPORATE ATTRIBUTES TABLE | |||||||
| Intelligence | Counter Intelligence |
Publicity | Efficiency | Black Ops | Security | (Matrix / Magic / Physical) |
|
| AG Chemie Europa | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | (7 / 5 / 6) |
| Erika | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | (9 / 6 / 6) |
| Esprit Industries | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | (4 / 6 / 7) |
| ESUS | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 8 | (6 / 4 / 8) |
| FBA | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | (8 / 6 / 5) |
| HKB | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | (8 / 4 / 6) |
| Lusiada | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | (5 / 5 / 5) |
| Maersk | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | (4 / 4 / 6) |
| Meridional | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | (5 / 5 / 7) |
| Proteus AG | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | (8 / 8 / 8) |
| Regulus | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | (5 / 4 / 4) |
| Renault-Fiat | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | (4 / 4 / 6) |
| Saeder-Krupp | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | (7 / 9 / 9) |
| Sol Media | 9 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | (6 / 4 / 4) |
| Transys Neuronet | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 | (9 / 7 / 5) |
| Zeta-ImpChem | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | (4 / 4 / 7) |
| MEGACORPORATE ASSET RATINGS | ||||||||
| AG Chemie Europa |
Erika | Esprit | ESUS | FBA | HKB | Lusiada | Maersk | |
| Aerospace | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Agriculture | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Biotech | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Chemicals | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Comp Engineering | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Comp Science | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Consumer Goods | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Cybernetics | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Entertainment | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Finance | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| Heavy Industry | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Military | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Mystic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Service | 6 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| TOTAL | 60 | 60 | 58 | 48 | 55 | 61 | 66 | 56 |
| Meridional | Proteus | Regulus | Renault-Fiat | S-K | Sol Media | Transys | Z-IC | |
| Aerospace | 2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Agriculture | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Biotech | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Chemicals | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| Comp Engineering | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| Comp Science | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Consumer Goods | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Cybernetics | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| Entertainment | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| Finance | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Heavy Industry | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Military | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Mystic | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Service | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 56 | 65 | 51 | 64 | 91 | 55 | 59 | 69 |