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The Hano Group, alternatively known as the Hano-Niwa Corporation following recent corporate mergers, is an intergalactic focused on the manufacturing of cybernetics, military hardware, and security software and the offering of security, espionage, and cybersecurity services. The Hano group also oversees several subsidiaries, the largest of which being the non-governmental firm InterWatch and the heavy manufacturing corporation, Niwa Heavy Industries. The invention of the Engram Retention Operating System (EROS) by Hano Cybernetics was considered to be a breatkthrough innovation in cybernetics, the EROS system was subsequently banned in several areas of space and resulted in a full scale investigation of the organization.

Hano initially found its roots in the manufacturing of military arms and equipment for the Human Sphere. The advent of 'smart weapons' (weaponry with built in targeting systems and compatibility with certain cybernetic implants) saw the rapid expansion of Hano operations and revenue, with products such as the HA-503 and the HA-508 becoming popular weapons of choice among private security firms.