The Earth Cooperative
In 3019, the Earth Cooperate is the invisible wall between Order and Chaos. The strongest Italian, Russian, and Balkan mafia families combined in the wake of the gang wars to form what’s known simply as the Earth Cooperative. The group is considered by many to be the most traditional of the crime syndicates operating in 3019. It is also the most diverse, having come from all across continental Europe, Asia, and North and South America to stake a claim on the burgeoning city of New Angeles.
Hide in plain sight
Smuggling, racketeering, large-scale fraud, and gambling dominate Earth Cooperative business. Its bosses run their criminal empire through layers of fronts and cutouts, and nearly every member can distance himself in an instant from any criminal activity should the need arise. This is part of what makes the Earth Cooperative so effective. Cooperative members are everywhere and nowhere.
More than criminals
Aside from these overt and traditional—some would say stereotypical—activities, the Earth Cooperative is also heavily involved in the lucrative black market and illicit information trades. Despite the best efforts of the megacorps and their allies in government, a surprising number of individuals live “off the grid” in New Angeles and around the world. They have no official identification, no bank account, no permanent address to speak of. They are ghosts in Globalsec’s information registry—refugees, outcasts, outlaws, and radicals. They are dangerous and chaotic elements, and the Earth Cooperative has positioned itself to be the conduit through which these disenfrancistos interact with the world at large. Even the most hardcore anti-corporation radicals need to eat, need a place to stay, and need to purchase the tools required to do their jobs, and the Earth Cooperative is there for them.
Always open
The cooperative is the fixer, the last resort. When all other doors are closed, the Earth Cooperative is open for business. They operate as a liaison between the underworld and the highly commoditized legitimate world, trading information and cash, that rarest of commodities, for numerous services such as identity wipes, electronic currency, and black-market goods of every kind.
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