Influence
While some systems have fairly lax laws, others are extremely strict or even downright militaristic, but this doesn't stop the Syndicate from trying to make ins. With their expansive capital, they can bribe officials or hire blackmailers or assassins to make sure those with a say are agreeable. The Syndicate takes no chances, and doesn't hesitate to utilize force in order to gain the representation they need to continue their ruthless run of the galaxy.
But the Syndicate doesn't just take advantage of political figures and law enforcement. They will pressure or pay-off civilians for land, information, or just to stay quiet about criminal operations in an area. These intense methods ensure almost unifrom cooperation between both legal and civil entities.
Components
The Syndicate is a co-op of three major criminal organizations who maintain top-down leadership, relying on loose trust that low-level criminals can complete their tasks without direct supervision. Very rarely is an operation overseen directly by one of the higher-ranking members of the Syndicate which helps protect them from the, albeit small, risk of apprehension.
The Chairmen are four representatives from each major organization, or gang, and are the top members of the Syndicate. Their meetings are held in secret, the decisions made within being passed along to the direct leaders of each gang. The leaders then provide the order to the regional "kingpin" who will provide the instructions to smaller gangs under their control. It is not uncommon for any part of this process to be conducted through secret channels, such as through the use of
Low-Speak.
The Major Gangs
Gangster
The original of the large space-based criminal rings, the Gangsters found their start some time before space-travel became commercial. They handle the territories near Earth due to their long-lasted connections. The well-organized gang drew their roots all the way back to Al Capone, and almost 100 years later they continue to embody the "Great American Gangster".
Thugs
When it comes to firepower, most militaries struggle to compete with the go-to producers of illicit arms. The Thugs are unique in that they don't operate in regulated space; they have their own legally reckognized system,
Arma, but their persistance in smuggling arms into other systems is the reason for their criminal association.
Raiders
Less sophesisticated than their criminal counter-parts, the Raiders occupy the fringes of the Galaxy. The term "organized" is used loosely to describe the various chaotic and unpredictable members, although recently with the rise of
Ajax and the
Law Breaker, rogue operations from the raiders have decreased. Unfortunately, this only leads to more well-organized strikes against harder targets.
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