Trauma Team: A History

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Trauma Team — Timeline & Milestones

A concise, era-by-era arc charting the evolution of Trauma Team from horse-drawn stretchers to the corporatocratic paramilitary force of Night City.

Foundations

Act I — Horse & Carriage Era (Gilded Age)

Origins as a subscription-based rescue service founded by ex-war medics.

• “American Mutual Aid Ambulance Company” forms to provide rapid battlefield-style aid to the wealthy.


• First subscription model: guaranteed emergency pickup for mining/industrial accidents.


• Railroad and robber-baron investment expands reach via rails.

“Your life—on retainer.”

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Industrial Medicine

Act II — Motorization & War (1900–1945)

From the Model-T ambulance to battlefield medics carrying sidearms.

• Motorized rapid-response Model-T ambulances replace horses.


• Early en-route transfusion experiments — “miracle wagons.”


• WWI/WWII: contracts for extraction of officers; medics begin to arm for protection.

“We’ll arrive before rigor mortis.”

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Post-War Boom

Act III — Suburbia & Corporate Medicine (1945–1970s)

Trauma Team brands itself to the burgeoning middle class and embeds with hospital chains.

• Ambulance insurance marketed to suburban families; TV ad campaigns launched.


• Mergers with hospital and pharmaceutical interests consolidate power.


• Cold War contracts add emergency extraction and medevac expertise.

“From curbside to bedside—the Trauma Way.”

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Corporate Empire

Act IV — Oil Barons & Merger Mania (1970s–1990s)

Armed escorts, offshore medevacs, and the birth of subscription tiers and IPO financing.

• Offshore contracts for oil rigs; first armed escorts after kidnappings.


• 1980s boom: tiered subscriptions (platinum, gold) promise guaranteed response times.


• 1990s IPO—Trauma Team becomes a publicly traded corporate behemoth (TTI).

“Trauma Team: Because seconds count.”

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Cyber Era

Act V — Paramilitary & Cybernetic (2000s–2077)

The final transformation into AV medevacs, armed medtech squads, and cyber-insurers for the wealthy.

• Transition to AV-4 medevac transports and heavily armed extraction teams.


• Lobbying and consolidation undermine public EMS; Trauma becomes de facto emergency system.


• Integration of cyberware insurance and priority augmentation services for premium clients.

“Trauma Team: Your last damn chance.”