Alterra

Alterra is one of the mega-corporations residing in Antarctica, and is a splinter group from AmsiamCurse. They have a sizeable orbital fleet and numerous technological assets that were acquired from their members' former AmsiamCurse allegiance. The split occurred when RJ (lead weapons engineer of Castle Bravo) decided to depart with a sizeable chunk of Amsiam's orbital fleet (~33%), as well as some Castle Bravo personnel (~11). Many members of AmsiamCurse viewed this as a sort of mutiny, and did not want to engage in diplomacy, although diplomacy was reached once they submitted official corporate membership to the Southern Oceanic Council Assembly.

Not only did this splintering cause both parties to question the integrity of AmsiamCurse, but it also damaged AmsiamCurse's air superiority, and cost them a loss of about 77 personnel (in addition to one of AmsiamCurse's best weapons engineers). While they still maintain diplomatic relations with AmsiamCurse, tensions between the two factions are swelteringly high, especially in recent months. Members of AmsiamCurse high command have taken issue with the sudden divergence of personnel and materials, and have enacted high taxes on Alterra's air and ground territory as well as their assets. The two corporations are speculated to engage in a cold war in the near future, if they haven't already.

See also: Operation Switchback & Project Punchclock.