Sakata Industries

Sakata Industries was a pharmaceutical, design, and wanzer manufacturing corporation. They play a prominent role in Front Mission as a major antagonist, working with Driscoll and colluded with the Republic of Zaftra on the B-Device project. In Front Mission 2089 they are minor antagonists along with the background specifics and lengths of their B-Device research being explored. They supplied wanzers to both the O.C.U and the U.S.N during the 2nd Huffman Conflict; Later being bought out by Iguchi Corporation following the B-Device research being revealed to the public and becoming a scandal.

History
In 2070, its predecessor, Sakata Pharmaceutical, acquired German WAP maker Heinemann Industry and established Sakata Industries. They moved manufacturing to OCU Japan

After the establishment of Sakata Industries, it licensed other companies to largely handle WAP manufacture while designing the WAP parts and rapidly grew as a military-related company. The performance of their computers was highly evaluated. It outsourced the license to manufacture and sell some of it's Wanzer designs to Iguchi Corp. (maintaining ownership via OEM contracts) as a way to expand and promote its products, lastly it was the only company in OCU to sell weapons to USN. They later formally subcontracted Iguchi to manufacture weapons and new WAP just before the Second Huffman Conflict.

Even after shifting to weapons production the previously retained drug research department continued to develop all kinds of drugs, and the biotechnology department was engaged in cutting-edge research and development such as genetic recombination technology and gene therapy.

In 2089 Sakata Industries maintained a private mercenary unit known as The Vampires and utilized them in interest of the Puppet Soldier Program, a codename for research in what would later become the Bioneural Device(B and S-Device). They would frequently come into conflict with Storm and team, being destroyed before the end of the year by constant CISU attack though Sakata executives are able to walk away from this as the Second Huffman War would begin just a few months later in 2090 and Reiji Sakata would step down from acting president transfering responsibilities to Koichi Sakata.

In 2092, after the end of the war, the Sakata Industries computer research became the subject of a massive scandal, in which Frederick Lancaster revealed the USN Army was secretly provided with multiple WAP prototypes, conducted private and unsolicited field tests across Huffman Island, created a quid-pro-quo situation in which USN and OCU Army forces were providing test pilots in exchange for cutting-edge weapons, created secret facilities under the umbrella of the Nirvana Institute, colluded with the Republic of Zaftra to engineer the second Huffman conflict from behind the scenes, and guide the post-war process (with Zaftra) via the Peace Mediation Organization. Due to the impact of the incident and the loss of both it's chairman and acting president during an attack by Spirit of Huffman on Longriver's Island, it became very difficult to maintain steady business, and was acquired by it's former subcontractor Iguchi Corporation just two years later in 2094.

In 2094 the OCU would finally recognize it's part in the scandal and being just as guilty as the USN.

WAP

 * Type 11
 * Type 65
 * Type 90 Series
 * Type 100 Series
 * Type 150 Series

Mobile Weapons

 * Type 88 Seaking
 * Gavel
 * GIGAS
 * Growning
 * Mir Orlen

Rocket Launchers

 * Kingfisher
 * Eaglet
 * Wild Goose
 * Albatross
 * Phoenix
 * Hellcat
 * Hellhound

Backpacks

 * ST0K Series
 * EMP100 Genbu
 * EMP101 Suzaku
 * EMP104 Byakko
 * EMP202A Nue

Computers

 * Aes
 * Karol
 * Karen
 * (S-Device) Prototype

Trivia

 * All Sakata Industries EMP Backpacks are named after mythological Japanese creatures.
 * Most Sakata Industries equipment is clarified in later titles surrounding Huffman Island where as in Front Mission First they appear to only be a Wanzer manufacturer.