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Asakura
| Gang | Asakura Gumi |
| Gang Size | 285,000 Rumored |
| Colors | Black and White |
| Turf | New Edo; Shin Tokyo; Luna Colony; Neo-Tokyo District~Cocoon |
| Key Members | Asakura Shinnosuke, Yamazaki Ryo, Daimon Manji, Muteki Goro |
| Income | Corporate Security; Restaurants; Gambling; Prostitution |
The Asakura Gumi is a very old Criminal Syndicate, and Yakuza Family established in New Edo. Extremely conservative, the Asakura Gumi only allows for pure humans to take positions of power within the Family.
One of their greatest feats was to replace most of the established Corporate Security Companies on their own: Rising Sun Technologies, a legal front that has allowed them to reach military contracts with different providers of weaponry and vehicles as one of the main providers of Corporate Security on New Edo.
The Oyabun, Asakura Shinnosuke, is a man driven by goals and objectives, nearing seventy years old, it's rumored that he has started to undergo very expensive biotechnological treatments to extend his life. Although this information would very difficult be found out outside his trusted Circle of Kumichos, he continues to have a very tight grip on important operations concerning his Syndicate.
He has never been arrested, proving he either has had a firm control and influence over Corporate Law Enforcement organizations or an extremely good team of lawyers, his maximum accomplishment came when Rising Sun Technologies was given several security contracts in New Edo, allowing himself to increase his operations and to continuously give Rising Sun small-time criminals to arrest.
Now, on the apex of his syndicate's existence, his new objective is to make the Asakura Gumi an undisputed force in the Council of Oyabuns in Neo Tokyo, rumored to have started shady deals with smaller families to increase his own influence, as well as starting to gather incriminatory information of fellow Oyabuns, he is a man on a mission.
DCC
| Gang | Donovan Commercial Cartel |
| Gang Size | 422,000 Estimated |
| Colors | Red and Gold |
| Turf | Novo-Rio; Mars; Venus; Luna; IO; Corporate Plaza~Cocoon |
| Key Members | Marco Donovan |
| Income | Organized Crime; Corporate Theft; Weapon Trafficking; Human Trafficking; Assassinations |
DCC is an extended crime syndicate operating on several Sky Cities, Mars, Venus, Luna, and Io, with a legal face that reaches anything commerce, the Donovan Commercial Cartel experienced aggressive growth in the early 2300’s. Now, making a name for themselves as a massive commercial entity, the Donovan Commercial Cartel is rumored to have reach and influence over countless corporations in the system, while also being involved in many scandals and high profile crimes.
In 2475, the Donovan Commercial Cartel saw its biggest scandal yet, when the then CEO, Alexander Donovan, was arrested under charges of Conspiracy to Commit Corporate Theft. During the trial, there were other charges being brought up, such as Extortion, Kidnapping, Arson, and several other crimes against Corporate Law. Despite the overwhelming amount of evidence collected by Corporations and Security Forces alike, and due to the Donovan Commercial Cartel’s Corporate Lawyers, Alexander Donovan was cleared of all charges.
KA
| Gang | Kakusareta Akuma |
| Gang Size | Unknown |
| Colors | Gold |
| Turf | Hades Colony; Chinatown~Cocoon |
| Key Members | Kusanagi Akio |
| Income | Organized Crime; Nightclubs; Strip Clubs; Brothels; Drug Trafficking; Assassinations |
Once noble and gentle Dragons now ascended to Myths. The Demons, coming full circle, have shed their skins and revealed their true self. Masters of Manipulation, Assassination, and Terrorism. Embracing their dark and mythical nature, it is said that a Cult resides within, seeing themselves as much more than just criminals, they are something beyond this reality.
Reapers
| Gang | Reapers |
| Gang Size | Unknown |
| Colors | Teal and White |
| Turf | Novaya Moskva; Most Major Sky Cities; Hades; Cocoon |
| Key Members | Unknown |
| Income | Harvested Augs and Bioflesh; Drug Smuggling; Ripperdocs; Human Trafficking |
The expansion of the Reapers to every known Slavic Sky City was made successful by taking advantage of the turmoil causing humanity to flee Earth after the Transcendence War. With law enforcement thin and scattered, it ensured the establishment of their roots early on. From these hubs of illegal activity, their numbers grew exponentially by putting pressure on local neighborhoods, demanding cooperation in exchange for safety. Many young men and women viewed joining up as their only way to ensure their families remained unharmed.
Reapers are perhaps the most well known of Scavs, harvesting everything from augmentations to bioflesh and even cyberbrains. Rumors have long circulated that they sell human flesh under the guise of farmed meat. As if the prospect of ripping tech out of living victims and selling them at markets weren't bad enough, the group supplements this primary source of income through the abduction of men and women and the forceful modifications of their bodies, to be sold as everything from sex workers to fodder for violent conflict.
Through the last century, their operations have extended further out, and now Reapers can be found in every major sky city, port, and business hub. Sometime during the last decade, the purported second in command of the Czech mafia, Mrázek, managed to secure business contracts with the Reapers. This ensured their actions were protected wherever the Czech mafia had power and has made attempts to squash their business a more dangerous affair than ever before. With recent turmoil, they now have begun to expand into Cocoon and have their sights set on pushing out the local triads and booster gangs.
Tigers
| Gang | Red Tigers / Hong Hu |
| Gang Size | 600,000 Estimated |
| Colors | Orange, Gold and Black |
| Turf | Xin Beijing; Cocoon |
| Key Members | Hu Yitian |
| Income | Medical Tech Trade; Nightclub; Drug Trafficking; Political and Corporate Exploitation; Assassination |
One of Xin Beijing's top functioning Triad families. This elite group in Xin Beijing's underground could argue control in nearly the whole of the city by way of sheer numbers and financial backing alone. They have a fiercely loyal following and credits by the millions. Integrating themselves into corporate society and Political positions or running the most popular nightclubs in the city, they work their way into whatever endeavor they wish while keeping their influence hidden and discreet. They are rumored to have influence in other smaller Chinese sky cities, stations like Cocoon; even as far as Xin Taipei.. supposedly.
Defunct
The Mox
| Gang | The Mox |
| Gang Size | Less than 30 |
| Colors | Pink and blue |
| Turf | Red Light District, Lizzie's Bar |
| Key Members | Isabis, Cotton Candy, Blue |
| Income | Prostitution, Drug Running, DD creation |
The Mox were a gang of joytoys operating out of the RLD (Red Light District) in Hades Hive in 2491. Patterned after a prewar group of the same name and purpose the Mox provided protection for joytoys in the RLD along with drug dealing, DD creation, and parties at Lizzie's Bar for debauchery tourism. The group would later pick fights with MGM in a naked attempt to harass perceived competitors, the blowback of which saw the Mox retreat from their joytoy gang origins, trying instead to pivot towards freelance merc work before disbanding due to low membership.
| Gang | The Fourth Call |
| Gang Size | unknown |
| Colors | none known |
| Turf | none known |
| Key Members | The Mandala |
| Income | none known |
The Fourth Call were a deathcult that first appeared in 2494 and were responsible for a string of mass casualty bombings, gas/bio attacks, and assassinations across the Sol System with a focus on Cocoon Station and Luna Colony.
Confirmed information about the Fourth Call is scant owing to how little the group released in the way of public statements and what largely inconclusive data could be learned from recovered remains of group members. The single release of an agitprop video to the public outlined their opposition to corporate hegemony and called for rebellion among the disadvantaged, though this message conflicted with their actual actions as their attacks were split between mass casualty events that targeted the general populace as well as focused assassinations of high position corporate individuals. The language used in the agitprop showed hints to a potential religious component with some imagery used and the cult-like behavior of redefining words for use within the cult. With those carrying out terrorism on behalf of the Fourth Call frequently using suicide tactics to achieve them, or at least a willingness to commit suicide rather than being captured, extreme fanatacism was presumed amongst any Fourth Call members. What investigations into recovered Fourth Call bodies were possible revealed a unifying trait of homelessness and indigent status, with members being drawn from most any background but connected together as having fallen from the social ladder.
The Fourth Call's activity period lasted several months before their location was eventually discovered in maintenance tunnels and other roughly inaccessible areas of Cocoon station, a raid of this location found all but the presumed leader of the Fourth Call already dead, the leader dying shortly afterwards in a firefight with the raiding party. The Fourth Call at this time is considered utterly destroyed.