Trip Six

Security Entertainment Complex

Trip Six stands as one of the most innovative corporate entities in Horizon City, successfully merging two seemingly disparate industries: private security and entertainment media. Known officially as "666" but colloquially as "Trip Six," the company has created a unique business model that has proven immensely profitable and influential in both sectors.

Corporate Structure

Trip Six operates with a dual focus that is reflected in its organizational structure:

• Security Division: Employs trained combat specialists who execute security contracts for various clients throughout Horizon City and beyond. These operations range from personal protection to corporate security, military-style missions, and specialized combat situations.

• Media Division: Films, edits, and produces entertainment feeds based on the security operations. These feeds are semi-scripted, combining real security work with narrative elements to create compelling entertainment.

• Research & Development: A specialized division that tests new technologies, including experimental chrome, weapons systems, and simulation technology. The R&D lab maintains partnerships with other tech companies, including AI firms owned by Benjiro Takahashi.

The company's headquarters on Gold Level houses all these operations in a single complex, allowing for seamless integration between security operations and media production.

Entertainment Feeds

Trip Six has produced several critically acclaimed and commercially successful feeds:

• Waste Babes: A long-running series following security specialists in waste management facilities, combining action with environmental themes.

• Judges: A popular feed depicting security personnel working alongside Horizon Justice Force in high-risk operations.

• Maximum Killer: An action-heavy series focusing on the most dangerous missions undertaken by Trip Six operatives.

These feeds compete for the coveted Pebblewimby Feeder Award, given to the top-grossing feed with much marketing and ceremony. The physical award throws holographic flames up to twenty feet in the air at the push of a hidden button in its base.

Advanced Simulation Technology

One of Trip Six's most closely guarded assets is its advanced simulation technology, developed in partnership with Benjiro Takahashi's AI company, Future Unlimited Combat Knowledge. This technology allows for:

• Compressed Experience: The ability to simulate months of experience in just hours of real time, allowing for rapid training and scenario testing.

• Memory Management: Simulations can be run on clones without transferring the memories back to the original, allowing for risk-free testing of dangerous scenarios.

• Reality Manipulation: The simulation technology is so advanced that participants often cannot distinguish between the simulation and reality, allowing for immersive training experiences.

This technology is primarily used for training purposes, but has also been adapted for experimental testing of new combat techniques, chrome, and tactical approaches without risking actual personnel.

Operational Methods

Trip Six employs several controversial but effective operational methods:

• Chrome Enhancement: Operatives often receive cutting-edge cyberware to improve their combat effectiveness and create more dramatic feed content.

• Clone Recovery: Failed missions don't necessarily mean the end of a career, as operatives can be recovered via clone technology, though memories of the failed mission are typically not transferred.

• Rating-Based Advancement: An operative's career trajectory is heavily influenced by their popularity ratings with different demographic groups, creating a unique meritocracy based partly on combat effectiveness and partly on entertainment value.

Cultural Impact

Trip Six has significantly influenced Horizon City's culture, particularly on Gold Level:

• Celebrity Soldiers: Top Trip Six operatives become celebrities, with fan followings and endorsement opportunities.

• Security Aesthetics: The company's distinctive visual style has influenced fashion and design trends throughout Gold Level.

• Combat Entertainment: Trip Six pioneered the now-popular genre of security entertainment, spawning numerous imitators but remaining the industry leader.

Whether viewed as exploitative entertainment or innovative security, Trip Six remains one of the most recognizable and influential corporations in Horizon City, continuously pushing the boundaries of both technology and entertainment.