343 Industries has stated that they have a ‘avatar’ in-game presence for their company… 434 Combat Readiness Lab… but surely this would mean that Bungie Studios would have one too?
This is my take on the matter;
> Founding: Slingshot Enterprises was a science and engineering devision, deployed by the Office of Naval Intelligence, on the colonial world, Reach, in March, 2595.
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> Description: Slingshot Enterprises had studied the relevance of different planetary gravitational inputs and alien environments, compared, to known United Nations Space Command combat deployment scenarios… yet… this was a merely an overlay of their real motives, in which, involved solutions to counter-insurgency; their primary aim was to counter any further direct, or in-direct, rebel contingencies by any means necessary. And so behind closed doors, the research station was experimenting with new model schematics for the already outdated weapons and light vehicles, used in the prior uprisings… to which… these blueprints would then be contracted out to private weapons developers, and heavily manufactured for UNSC use against the growing Insurrectionist parties.
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> Later during the initial years of the Human-Covenant War, the organisation would undergo a shift of purpose; instead of creating more sufficient designs of Human weaponry, they instead were tasked with Project: GUNGNIR, a top-secret ONI project that reversed-engineered alien technologies and create unique technologies for use by Spartan supersoldiers. This arduous research, although long, yielded them a few new designs for the Mjolnir Powered Assault Armor and allowed them to design a experimental weapon… the GUNGNIR Power Assault Armor and Anti-Vehicle Model 6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle, or Spartan Laser, respectively. Upon successful battlefield trials, the new diagrams for the armor variant and weapon were sent to be manufactured for field use…
> Termination: During the Fall of Reach, in 2552, Slingshot Enterprises was glassed by the Covenant Empire… however… following the destruction of the research station, Slingshot Enterprises’ designs would undergo many iterations, most of which, would retain the original designs and operations.
> Legacy: Following the success of Slingshot Enterprises, the Office of Naval Intelligence relocated all functional command to a new company, 434 Combat Readiness Lab, which would develop new weaponry and be the designing head of the GEN2 Mjolnir Power Assault Armor, for the Spartan-IV Program, in the Post Human-Covenant War.