The Neighbors
If you would like to play a character involved with any of these groups, please feel free to do so. All the information you need is right here.
The Faktors
Type: Political Activists
Leader: Ribateau
Race Card: Robots
Status: Hostile
Threat Level: Nil.
Stomping Ground: Aekea, North-East Sector
Details: Everybody laughed when The Faktori opened and Ribateau expressed his disdain for human-kind, but after a rash of small-appliance abductions people started to- actually no, they still laughed. Ribateau's plans are quirky and often more of an annoyance than a danger, but with him in control of the Electric Love Faktori and a recent rash of car-thefts, this little group is becoming a thorn in the neighborhood's side.
The Bodysnatchers
Type: Slave Traffickers.
Leader: (Aekea) ???, (Durem) ???, (Gambino) ???, (Barton) ???
Race Card: Dopplegangers and Fey.
Threat Level: Moderate, but the android knocked off several elites.
Status: Mad, but not attacking outright
Stomping Ground: Central Aekea
Details: This group preys frequently on attractive women and young males, using a variety of techniques from simple trickery on the naive to straight-up assault and abduction. They prefer Anthro's and those with lower-level magic abilities, and typically avoid blood-suckers and carnivores. Slaves captured by the Snatchers usually end up at auction here in Aekea and are then sent off to their masters in Gaia's other cities.
The Von Helsons
Type: Forgery Syndicate
Leader: (Local) "Jay" (National) Louie Von Helson
Race Card: Vampire, but they work easily with humans and other demons.
Status: Wary, but not out-right hostile.
Threat Level: Big, don't piss 'em off.
Stomping Ground: A foot-hold in the South-West Sector.
Details: If the government prints it, VH can copy it. It takes money to run a Vampire Nation and the Head Family specializes in forgeries, falsehoods and doctoring. Anything from licence plates and passports to building permits and birth-certificates can be purchased from the Von Helsons, for a price at least.
The Hackers
Type: Chop-Shop
Leader: Liam
Race Card:
Status: Hostile.
Threat Level: Moderate.
Stomping Ground: Aekea's South Half
Details: The status with the Hackers is the owner's own fault, but damn it he really liked that car and watching it get dragged off in pieces demanded retribution. The Hackers are a chop-shop ring: not too big but not too small either. If it has a motor they'll take a stab at it, sell it off as scrap or use the pieces for their own vehicles. They work closely with the local drug cartels as runners and delivery boys, and along with The Embargo they have bad 'blood' with the Faktors.
*Lazarous & Company*
Type: An actual company dealing in gaining back financial losses by any means necessary. Can be hired as mercenaries and long term bouncers.
A security team in short.
Leader: Lazarus Monstrak
Race Card: Magical beings such as Erklings or Fey. Many members are bio-humanoid or mechanically enhanced. Techno-mancers, necromancers, and other form of magical crafters dwell among the ranks of Lazarus & Co.
Status: Friendly?
Threat Level:Extremely dangerous.
Stomping Ground: No known location of whereabouts or centralized base.
Details: Lazarus & Company is a shadow program. Don't expect to gain alot of information, and watch those questions.
Some things just shouldn't be questioned...
Alliance Deal: A straight-up business transaction, The Embargo pays for L&Co's services.
The O-Gengi
Type: "Yukaza"
Leader: (local) ???, (Durem) ???
Race Card: Human, but they contract out to anyone with the skills to get things done.
Status: Hostile against everyone.
Threat Level: Ant, meet Elephant. Elephant, sneeze on ant.
Stomping Ground: Creeping in from the West.
Details: The O-Gengi cartel are the new kids in town, but they're far from the weakest link. This cartel dominates the black market in Durem and has usually kept itself solely in the sale and distribution of prescription and recreational drugs. Recently, however, with their latest break into Aekea, the Cartel has been expanding into all other areas: Slaves, Forgeries, Money Laundering, you name it, and shoving the competition to the side. They've effectively pissed off everybody in Aekea, and with their HQ located a stones throw from VH's Honcho, the violence in Durem has been hitting news stands nation wide.
A Closer Look: Despite their proficiency in the Black Market, the O-Gengi as individuals are frustrating to deal with. They don't seem to know if they're Japanese, Chinese or Thai, their Tea House in Durem is filled with silk flowers and suffocating incense, their Yukaza-style tattoos are gaudy at best and why the hell does everyone think the Katana is so frickin' cool? O-Gengi dogs are typified by their red-hilted Katanas and a gag-reflex which spits out words like "Bushido" and "Like the lotus blossom". Sad thing is, they actually know how to fight.
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[b][size=18][b][Crew Name][/b]
[size=11][b]Type:[/b] [What's their main business? Do they consider themselves a gang, syndicate, cartel, etc?]
[b]Leader:[/b] [If it's a large group, feel free to add other branches]
[b]Race Card:[/b] [Typical members are what?]
[b]Status:[/b] [Regarding the Embargo]
[b]Threat Level:[/b] [Can we take them?]
[b]Stomping Ground:[/b] [They can be based elsewhere in Gaia, but where are they found in Aekea?]
[b]Details:[/b] [Stuff we ought to know]