The Interstellar Cartel

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Current Events

♤ August 23rd, 2018: New domain! astrodrugs.com

♤ August 17th, 2016: The Cartel broke the 100 member milemark.

♤ January 1st, 2016: First Endeavor purchased. The Cartel now officially has the ability to produce astrodrugs once the Endeavor is released.

♤ Fall 2016 Idris-P and several Polaris Corvettes purchased, thus solidifying the Cartel’s militia.

- All current events will be available on the website at launch

Ancient History

Origins

✦ Roots deeply embedded in human history. Started as a small legitimate-business-broke-bad and progressed into an interstellar criminal empire. Unofficially named, this syndicate is known to underworld simply as “The Interstellar Cartel”

20th Century

✦ Started during prohibition in the United States as shipping company, J&W Transports. Used established trade networks to smuggle bootlegged alcohol across the country.

21st Century

✦ Becomes an international organization, moving onto narcotics and illegal gambling. NYC becomes major hub. Conducts business and launders money under the cover of J&W Transports.

22nd Century

✦ J&W Transports becomes a household name, conducting mostly legitimate business. Criminals utilize available spacecraft to transport illegal goods across the globe, often difficult to detect, becoming one of the first organizations to utilize space travel for illegal purposes.

23rd Century

✦ After decades of poor investments, J&W Transports goes bankrupt, and forced to shut down. By this time, the current criminal empire is moved completely off Earth. Most illegal business occurs in the orbit of Saturn’s moon, Titan.

24th Century

✦ Government crackdowns increase. Members are being prosecuted at a record rate. General public still unaware of a rapidly growing organized empire.

25th Century

✦ Partnership formed with a Banu syndicate, and trade agreements are made. Empire begins to rise again. Alliance becomes known as “spazio alleanza” in the underworld. A new legitimate business, J&W pharmaceuticals, a throwback to the business that started it all, becomes the new cover. Their signature product: Astrodrugs (Slang for narcotics smuggled under the disguise of legitimate medicines)

26th Century

✦ Major century, Cartel’s peak. Empire establishes Terra connections. Weapons trafficking agreement with multiple Xi’ An criminal syndicates. A few members get involved in the High Advocacy, using their power to deter investigations. Corruption becomes a major source of profit, as crime groups flock to pay for the advocacy to “look the other way”

27th Century

✦ Cartel loses foothold in High Advocacy due to changes in the government. J&W Pharmaceuticals makes record purchase deal of a legitimate business formed to sell weaponry to the UEE. Rumors go around that there is a possibility that the Cartel was involved in the assassination of Senator Kieren.

28th Century

✦ Establishes trade with a rogue Vanduul clan. Ships and weapons stolen in Vanduul raids are exchanged for slaves and narcotics. Taking advantage of the the weakened military forces, the empire begins to steal military grade ships and sell them to various syndicates.

29th Century

✦ Stable period that lasts nearly 137 years. Most transactions that occur are legitimate at this point, and members begin to worry that their criminal side is fading. In one of the biggest unknown deals of the century, J&W pharmaceuticals is sold and the criminal empire breaks away once again. Tensions begin to increase between a rival syndicate alliance.

Present Day

✦ Major attack on the Cartel by a currently unknown enemy. Nearly all members are wiped out on October 1st, 2945. Two remaining members, Joshua Keplar, a former Kingpin, and Felix Malvo, his head Shot Caller, are all that survive the attack.

✦ The Cartel begins to take form once again. By August 17th, 2946 the criminal network has achieved over 100 members.

Development

♦ Syndicate formed – 10/1/2015

♦ Operations system functional – 1/5/2016

♦ Organization page launched – 1/14/2016

♦ Recruitment thread launched – 3/28/2016

♦ Website launched – 9/20/2016

♦ Website relaunched – 8/23/2018

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“Only those who went hungry with me and stood by me when I went through a bad time at some point in my life will eat at my table.”

~ Pablo Escobar