APEX Corporation (FT)

The APEX Corporation is a multinational megacorporate conglomerate originating from the Federation. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the APEX brand, and is the largest business conglomerate in the Federation. APEX is also a member of the G10, the top 10 largest megacorporations in the Human Sphere. The company has its corporate headquarters at APEX Plaza, Mugunghwa City, on New Mansan.

APEX was founded as Apex Computers by Joseph "Joe" Jin Tae-Se and his partner Khalil Lee Jae-sung in 185 as a minor tech startup that attained fame with their invention of the Folded Sphere Storage Protocol, which was developed by Jin and Lee in Jin's basement. The introduction of FSSP enabled the further miniaturisation of solid-state digital memory drives and shook the human tech plateau, ushering a new age of miniaturisation and enabling later derivative products such as SIs and the modern suTab to be introduced. Under Jin's financial leadership, APEX began to diversify first by purchasing the ailing Buryat Kombinat manufacturing company. Over the next 3 decades, APEX continuously grew entering markets including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities, and retail, and increasingly internationalised its activities following the Federation's rapprochement with the Empire and the reestablishment of contact with the Northern Sphere. However, in 260 there was a falling out between Jin and Lee over the vision of APEX's future, and Lee left the company. Joe Jin eventually died in 287 of undiagnosed cyber-sclerosis, and was replaced by his son John Jin. Under John Jin's visionary leadership, APEX entered the construction, shipbuilding, and private military industries.

The core of the APEX group remains APEX Computers, which as of 305 is the Human Sphere's largest information technology company, consumer electronics maker, and chipmaker. Other notable APEX industrial affiliates include APEX Heavy Industries, APEX Armament Solutions, APEX Diversified Construction Services, APEX Aerospace Engineering, and APEX Security Force, which is the second-largest private military force in the Federation. APEX also funds charitable organisations, such as the Joe Jin Foundation, which was established by John Jin to provide charitable free treatment for all sufferers of cyber-sclerosis.

History
In 306, APEX Computers and APEX Armament Solutions developed a new type of infantry combat drone modeled after a miniature version of the Gojira species that lives on the Imperial capital planet Eienkyo. Despite impressive combat capabilities, the high unit cost of the drones prevented the Federation Defence Force from purchasing them. It is rumoured that some private owners have purchased individual models for personal security purposes.

APEX Security Force
The APEX Security Force, commonly known as APEX SecForce, is the second-largest private military corporation in the Federation.

APEX SecForce is in strong competition with the Matanza Corporation, which is the largest private military corporation in the Federation.