Another setting illustration featuring a cameo from a friend.

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If you're a corpo, no matter where you are or who you work for, chances are you use Morell pads to get around. Instant transit is too good to pass up for any reason, and Morell likes to sweeten the pot for its customers. There's a reason corporate employees are just better-looking, healthier, and more confident than the unemployed -- it's because they use Morell. Pad transit involves essentially disintegrating you and reassembling you at your destination using your genetic sequence, and Morell is not blind to the opportunity this presents. As a free service to all customers, Morell improves your genome every time you transport; incrementally, subtly, so slowly you won't even notice it happening, until one day you look in the mirror and realize you like what you see a lot better, and after a few months you're living as the best version of yourself. This isn't something they're keen to advertise any more than the proprietary inner workings of the technology (most people ascribe the feeling of euphoria and positive self-image to their new job at a corp), but Morell is #1 in customer satisfaction for a reason, a beloved and ubiquitous brand in corpo society.

Of course, Morell takes a few other liberties on top of your subscription plan (which is often subsidized by your employer anyway). Your first use of a Morell pad will grant you a complimentary tracking chip in your skull upon arriving at your destination seconds later. Corporations love that kind of data, and Morell is all too happy to sell it to them for the right price. And though Morell runs a tight ship, employees in its hierarchy are happy to have their palms greased for other services. Want to make changes to someone's appearance? If you know the right technicians, you can make that happen. Got somewhere you want someone to go? Pay off a network admin and the next time they take the pad home, they'll end up right where you want them. Don't piss off your boss's boss, or you might find yourself stepping off the private pad in his penthouse for a little chat. You get the idea.

Morell maintains a firm stance of neutrality in intercorporate conflict, and even the most insane and corrupt executives are rarely stupid enough to cross them. But threaten their intellectual property or infrastructure, and there's no place in the world you can hide from Morell spec ops teams, no person you can trust not to rat you out to its investigators. Exactly how Morell pads work is perhaps the best-kept secret in the world, and that, along with its extensive worldwide network, allows Morell to maintain its near-total monopoly on instant transit. Morell: Say NO to the commute! Morell: Go anywhere, do anything, be anyone! Morell makes life easier! Can you afford not to have a subscription? Billions of customers agree, Morell is the most trusted household name. Join the Morell family, #1 on Chiros Magazine's list of best places to work! No matter where you go, you're likely to see a Morell transit center nearby, with a beautiful and effortlessly cheerful salesperson there to welcome you.

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