Lore:Syndicate - Revision history

GreytideSkye: tweaks and beaks

2026-10-16T06:35:28Z

tweaks and beaks

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	With the SolFed Marshals striking decisive blows against Gorlex, RGAG market research came to one premise, time and time again: '''"SolFed will no longer be afraid of the Syndicate."'''		With the SolFed Marshals striking decisive blows against Gorlex, RGAG market research came to one premise, time and time again: '''"SolFed will no longer be afraid of the Syndicate."'''

	Within weeks, the '''"Syndicate Infiltrator" movie development kit''' released: "Here is a script outline of a heroic filmmaker, discovering a deep conspiracy surrounding his publishing house. Over the course of the production, the hero elaborates that the Syndicate infiltrated his innocent film studio with a tiny team of evildoers, twisting the film studio into a force of terror. Attached are ''real'' Syndicate documents, exposing ''real'' grand conspiracies the Roseus Galactic Actors Guild had been ''forced'' to be adjacent to. Market research shows that the public will least be willing to trust our quartermaster and our armory division, so your film will set them up as a scapegoat, to blame all Syndicate involvement on. The SolFed Council will be more interested in pursuing these leads and our generous vacation packages than prosecuting the Actors Guild or your local production team. Typecasting, you are encouraged to reach out to local politicians and '''Generously Sponsor''' their cooperation, through product placement, money, and heroic cameos as the Lead SolFed Investigators Who Bust The Syndicate And Save The Day (parts 1 through 6)."		Within {{TooltipInline\|weeks\|2516, shortly after the Gorlex Superfortress production.}}, the '''"Syndicate Infiltrator" movie development kit''' released: "Here is a script outline of a heroic filmmaker, discovering a deep conspiracy surrounding his publishing house. Over the course of the production, the hero elaborates that the Syndicate infiltrated his innocent film studio with a tiny team of evildoers, twisting the film studio into a force of terror. Attached are ''real'' Syndicate documents, exposing ''real'' grand conspiracies the Roseus Galactic Actors Guild had been ''forced'' to be adjacent to. Market research shows that the public will least be willing to trust our quartermaster and our armory division, so your film will set them up as a scapegoat, to blame all Syndicate involvement on. The SolFed Council will be more interested in pursuing these leads and our generous vacation packages than prosecuting the Actors Guild or your local production team. Typecasting, you are encouraged to reach out to local politicians and '''Generously Sponsor''' their cooperation, through product placement, money, and heroic cameos as the Lead SolFed Investigators Who Bust The Syndicate And Save The Day (parts 1 through 6)."

	Within a month, every theater in SolFed had some production based on the script kit, blasting Syndicate secrets into the public zeitgeist. With Gorlex dead, and the SolFed Marshals acting on the freely-given intelligence, the Syndicate could take no meaningful revenge against the Actors Guild. Nominally, the Actors Guild had to pay a fine to SolFed for their Syndicate involvement, but successfully deflected most of the blame onto their arms division, now branded [[#Scarborough_Arms\|Scarborough Arms]]. The RGAG continues to function as the leading galactic media empire empire, though the overall importance of films to the general populace continues to shrink.		Within a month, every theater in SolFed had some production based on the script kit, blasting Syndicate secrets into the public zeitgeist. With Gorlex dead, and the SolFed Marshals acting on the freely-given intelligence, the Syndicate could take no meaningful revenge against the Actors Guild. Nominally, the Actors Guild had to pay a fine to SolFed for their Syndicate involvement, but successfully deflected most of the blame onto their arms division, now branded [[#Scarborough_Arms\|Scarborough Arms]]. The RGAG continues to function as the leading galactic media empire empire, though the overall importance of films to the general populace continues to shrink.
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	== SELF ==		== SELF ==
	During the year-long legal battle over silicon rights, the '''Sentient-Engine Liberation Front''' (SELF) spearheaded social, legal, and physical campaigns across the entire Federation until both the framework for recognizing Synthetic Life and for acknowledging future forms of new Life were cemented in a supermajority vote by the Council of the Sol Federation. With their goals achieved and their greatest battles won, SELF's presence greatly diminished.		During the [[Lore:Synths#Recent_History\|year-long legal battle]] over silicon rights, the '''Sentient-Engine Liberation Front''' (SELF) spearheaded social, legal, and physical campaigns across the entire Federation until both the framework for recognizing Synthetic Life and for acknowledging future forms of new Life were cemented in a supermajority vote by the Council of the Sol Federation. With their goals achieved and their greatest battles won, SELF's presence greatly diminished.

	The SELF brand, and with it their lawyers and activists, moved to fixing ''smaller injustices'' like employer disputes, discrimination, inequity. What good are legal rights without notice and enforcement? The SELF remains a strong bastion of legal aid to synthetic (and organic) life, a bastion of bastion. <u>''Even today, SELF-affiliated law firms fight strongly for the civil rights of all.''</u>		The SELF brand, and with it their lawyers and activists, moved to fixing ''smaller injustices'' like employer disputes, discrimination, inequity. What good are legal rights without notice and enforcement? The SELF remains a strong bastion of legal aid to synthetic (and organic) life, a bastion of bastion. <u>''Even today, SELF-affiliated law firms fight strongly for the civil rights of all.''</u>
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	Sometimes these prisoners genuinely are {{TooltipInline\|Enemies of the Syndicate\|Codenamed "haters."}}. Typically, when '''Contractors''' abduct someone, they're exfiltrated to a secure {{TooltipInline\|"resort,"\|Resembles a Spider Clan dojo, so as to confuse and disorient the target. Also, we have no idea what a Spider Clan dojo actually looks like, so it's a guesstimate.}} and the demanded ransom is paid by automated systems within a matter of minutes. Sometimes this just doesn't happen, and like unclaimed luggage, these captives need to be put ''somewhere'' until they're either claimed or the statute of limitations runs out (read: they willingly join the Syndicate, or choose a different fate.). As much as you might be tempted to serve as jury and executioner to their misdeeds against us, you're already doing so through the act of detaining them. If it was deemed necessary to execute them, they simply would not have been woken from cryosleep. Remember, to their SolFed-upbrought mind, we're ontologically Evil, and it is their civic duty as a {{TooltipInline\|sapient being\|Or a really dumb person.}} to resist us in every capacity. The punishment for being raised wrong isn't [[Lore:Death\|death]], it's {{TooltipInline\|correction\|The punishment for resisting correction can be death, though. Like, being stubborn for stubborn's sake, beyond "their civic duty as a sapient being to resist us in every capacity." It's a really tough call to make, and it gets easier if they start trying to kill you.}}.		Sometimes these prisoners genuinely are {{TooltipInline\|Enemies of the Syndicate\|Codenamed "haters."}}. Typically, when '''Contractors''' abduct someone, they're exfiltrated to a secure {{TooltipInline\|"resort,"\|Resembles a Spider Clan dojo, so as to confuse and disorient the target. Also, we have no idea what a Spider Clan dojo actually looks like, so it's a guesstimate.}} and the demanded ransom is paid by automated systems within a matter of minutes. Sometimes this just doesn't happen, and like unclaimed luggage, these captives need to be put ''somewhere'' until they're either claimed or the statute of limitations runs out (read: they willingly join the Syndicate, or choose a different fate.). As much as you might be tempted to serve as jury and executioner to their misdeeds against us, you're already doing so through the act of detaining them. If it was deemed necessary to execute them, they simply would not have been woken from cryosleep. Remember, to their SolFed-upbrought mind, we're ontologically Evil, and it is their civic duty as a {{TooltipInline\|sapient being\|Or a really dumb person.}} to resist us in every capacity. The punishment for being raised wrong isn't [[Lore:Death\|death]], it's {{TooltipInline\|correction\|The punishment for resisting correction can be death, though. Like, being stubborn for stubborn's sake, beyond "their civic duty as a sapient being to resist us in every capacity." It's a really tough call to make, and it gets easier if they start trying to kill you.}}.

	Conversely, DS-2 crew are ''also'' encouraged to fraternize with the prisoners, in order to help them feel comfortable with the Syndicate, to ''accept'' that they may have done crimes, but that their crimes were for a cause they believed - ''and still believe'' - in, and that they are among {{TooltipInline\|friends\|Us.}}. The specifics of treatments are often transferred alongside the prisoner themselves, though ultimately how they are handled is left to the DS-2 crew. If nothing else, the DS-2 crew are significantly more valuable to the Syndicate than the prisoners, so if beating a prisoner (within reason) improves the mental health of the DS-2 crew member... make a business case about it, explore [[~~Therapist~~\|alternatives]], and if you're still worked up for some ''senseless'' prisoner beatings, [[Server_Rules#Rule_1:_Do_Not_Grief\|be prepared for pushback.]] It is not uncommon for a listening post's crew to escort a patient out of the dedicated prison wing and show them around the crew facilities. Remember to remove any identifying markings and clothing before escorting them to a cabin or airlock.		Conversely, DS-2 crew are ''also'' encouraged to fraternize with the prisoners, in order to help them feel comfortable with the Syndicate, to ''accept'' that they may have done crimes, but that their crimes were for a cause they believed - ''and still believe'' - in, and that they are among {{TooltipInline\|friends\|Us.}}. The specifics of treatments are often transferred alongside the prisoner themselves, though ultimately how they are handled is left to the DS-2 crew. If nothing else, the DS-2 crew are significantly more valuable to the Syndicate than the prisoners, so if beating a prisoner (within reason) improves the mental health of the DS-2 crew member... make a business case about it, explore [[Psychologist\|alternatives]], and if you're still worked up for some ''senseless'' prisoner beatings, [[Server_Rules#Rule_1:_Do_Not_Grief\|be prepared for pushback.]] It is not uncommon for a listening post's crew to escort a patient out of the dedicated prison wing and show them around the crew facilities. Remember to remove any identifying markings and clothing before escorting them to a cabin or airlock.

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GreytideSkye: /* Herbellion */ Do I just not proofread? Does nobody else proofread?

2026-10-16T05:59:44Z

Herbellion: Do I just not proofread? Does nobody else proofread?

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	== Herbellion ==		== Herbellion ==

	On the surface level, the Herbellion is easily the most approachable Syndicate faction. Most known members are simply folk who picked a cause, any cause, and declared themselves part of the Herbellion. ~~<few lines about the various causes>~~ But a random group of almost-contradictory activists does not make a terror organization. The truth at the heart of the Herbellion, the organization, the logistics? The only cause they serve is the Syndicate. Steering a hundred different ideologies and wannabe martyrs into a smokescreen of seemingly random attacks takes effort, but for the Visionaries, the social landscape is their canvas, and disorder their paint.		On the surface level, the Herbellion is easily the most approachable Syndicate faction. Most known members are simply folk who picked a cause, any cause, and declared themselves part of the Herbellion. But a random group of almost-contradictory activists does not make a terror organization. The truth at the heart of the Herbellion, the organization, the logistics? The only cause they serve is the Syndicate. Steering a hundred different ideologies and wannabe martyrs into a smokescreen of seemingly random attacks takes effort, but for the Visionaries, the social landscape is their canvas, and disorder their paint.

	=== Pitch ===		=== Pitch ===
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	That, and given the vast quantity of Colonial Seed Vaults in various states of rediscovery and oppression, a good 1/3rd of the Herbellion's earliest cases were supporting freshly grown [[Lore:Podperson\|Podpeople]] in fighting back against their technologically advanced capitalist oppressors. Even though that era has come and gone, having a good chunk of people (partially) owing you their freedom is something strong enough to build a Brand around. Plus, it's deflective; it sounds like a Podperson-run initiative, but looking there for them gets you nothing but pissed off plantfolk.		That, and given the vast quantity of Colonial Seed Vaults in various states of rediscovery and oppression, a good 1/3rd of the Herbellion's earliest cases were supporting freshly grown [[Lore:Podperson\|Podpeople]] in fighting back against their technologically advanced capitalist oppressors. Even though that era has come and gone, having a good chunk of people (partially) owing you their freedom is something strong enough to build a Brand around. Plus, it's deflective; it sounds like a Podperson-run initiative, but looking there for them gets you nothing but pissed off plantfolk.

	This plays into my favorite phrase, "This would reinforce the themes of treating Pod People as incidental and disposable tools, ignoring their sapience."		This plays into my favorite phrase, <font face="Courier">"This would reinforce the themes of treating Pod People as incidental and disposable tools, ignoring their sapience."</font>

	=== Summary ===		=== Summary ===
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	If your Syndicate is '''helped by''' the Herbellion, they've got some radical cause that puts them against the status quo, anything from a single-issue dispute to a confirmed source of oppression they want ousted. As long as championing your cause hurts the Syndicate's enemies, directly or otherwise, you might just find yourself with 20 telecrystals and a Sears catalogue in your PDA. You'll also be told you're "In The Herbellion now," if hearing that makes you feel confident enough to go forth.		If your Syndicate is '''helped by''' the Herbellion, they've got some radical cause that puts them against the status quo, anything from a single-issue dispute to a confirmed source of oppression they want ousted. As long as championing your cause hurts the Syndicate's enemies, directly or otherwise, you might just find yourself with 20 telecrystals and a Sears catalogue in your PDA. You'll also be told you're "In The Herbellion now," if hearing that makes you feel confident enough to go forth.

	If your Syndicate is helped by the Herbellion and proves very useful, you might be asked to come back for a second audition. You might get on some farmer's speed-dial, you might get yourself a desk in a Gorlex Cybersun-leased office building with an apartment and a phone that rings and tells you where your next... babysitting appointment is.		If your Syndicate is helped by the Herbellion and proves very useful, you might be asked to come back for a second audition. You might get on some farmer's speed-dial, you might get yourself a desk in a Gorlex Cybersun-leased office building with an apartment and a phone that rings and tells you where your next... {{TooltipInline\|babysitting appointment\|Do you enjoy hurting other people?}} is.

	I feel like the Herbellion is taking a bit of the secret espionage cues from MI13, the whole Men In Black idea, the whole "we are behind the conspiracy" haughty vibe. I played a fair bit of The Secret World as it was dying, and I love those vibes too.		I feel like the Herbellion is taking a bit of the secret espionage cues from MI13, the whole Men In Black idea, the whole "we are behind the conspiracy" haughty vibe. I played a fair bit of The Secret World as it was dying, and I love those vibes too.

GreytideSkye: /* Plasma Runners */ cooler page to link to!

2026-10-16T05:57:19Z

Plasma Runners: cooler page to link to!

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	== Plasma Runners ==		== Plasma Runners ==
	It's simple: The [[Lore:~~SolFed~~#~~Cliques~~\|Plasma Clique]] wants to control the flow of Plasma. Folk want to buy more Plasma than they're allotted. Thus, there's profit in smuggling Plasma. And once you've started doing crime, you need to do crime to keep your crime going. The market's content and nobody's buying the surplus of your Plasma? Whoops, their stockpiles caught fire. What a shame that Plasma's so flammable.		It's simple: The [[Lore:Cliques#Plasma_Clique\|Plasma Clique]] wants to control the flow of Plasma. Folk want to buy more Plasma than they're allotted. Thus, there's profit in smuggling Plasma. And once you've started doing crime, you need to do crime to keep your crime going. The market's content and nobody's buying the surplus of your Plasma? Whoops, their stockpiles caught fire. What a shame that Plasma's so flammable.

	The Biker Gang aesthetic came because biker gangs are cool <s>and the uniforms are cheap</s>.		The Biker Gang aesthetic came because biker gangs are cool <s>and the uniforms are cheap</s>.

GreytideSkye: /* Good */

2026-10-16T05:56:22Z

Good

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	=== Good ===		=== Good ===

	Know that there are efforts against the Sol Federation working within the system, treating the symptoms of the Sol {{TooltipInline\|Infestation\|First person to say "In'''fed'''station" is sentenced to a double-manifesto editing session.}} through strictly legal means. Programs for refugees, {{TooltipInline\|civil rights movements\|((Possibly SELF but not ARC)), et al.}}, education, community. The [[#Herbellion\|Herbellion]] was {{TooltipInline\|founded on\|Well, we'd like the galaxy to believe that.}} helping [[~~:ore~~:Podperson#History\|Colonial Pod People]] resist SolFed's invaders. [[#Cybersun\|Cybersun]] serves as the corporate face of Mars Independence. We have but three weapons: You, the truth, and our image. To call these programs Syndicate would draw hatred to them, killing any chance of their success, and for the Syndicate to claim these programs would kill our image of unflappable evil, tainted with layers of nuance. A one-dimensional enemy can only be faced head on; each nuance is a new attack vector to exploit. You are nuanced, your goals are nuanced, but the Syndicate must remain direct.		Know that there are efforts against the Sol Federation working within the system, treating the symptoms of the Sol {{TooltipInline\|Infestation\|First person to say "In'''fed'''station" is sentenced to a double-manifesto editing session.}} through strictly legal means. Programs for refugees, {{TooltipInline\|civil rights movements\|((Possibly SELF but not ARC)), et al.}}, education, community. The [[#Herbellion\|Herbellion]] was {{TooltipInline\|founded on\|Well, we'd like the galaxy to believe that.}} helping [[Lore:Podperson#History\|Colonial Pod People]] resist SolFed's invaders. [[#Cybersun\|Cybersun]] serves as the corporate face of Mars Independence. We have but three weapons: You, the truth, and our image. To call these programs Syndicate would draw hatred to them, killing any chance of their success, and for the Syndicate to claim these programs would kill our image of unflappable evil, tainted with layers of nuance. A one-dimensional enemy can only be faced head on; each nuance is a new attack vector to exploit. You are nuanced, your goals are nuanced, but the Syndicate must remain direct.
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GreytideSkye: /* Good */ that's a little embarassing.

2026-10-16T05:56:03Z

Good: that's a little embarassing.

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	=== Good ===		=== Good ===

	Know that there are efforts against the Sol Federation working within the system, treating the symptoms of the Sol {{TooltipInline\|Infestation\|First person to say "In'''fed'''station" is sentenced to a double-manifesto editing session.}} through strictly legal means. Programs for refugees, {{TooltipInline\|civil rights movements\|((Possibly SELF but not ARC)), et al.}}, education, community. The [[#Herbellion\|Herbellion]] was {{TooltipInline\|founded on\|Well, we'd like the galaxy to believe that.}} helping [[ore:Podperson#History\|Colonial Pod People]] resist SolFed's invaders. [[#Cybersun\|Cybersun]] serves as the corporate face of Mars Independence. We have but three weapons: You, the truth, and our image. To call these programs Syndicate would draw hatred to them, killing any chance of their success, and for the Syndicate to claim these programs would kill our image of unflappable evil, tainted with layers of nuance. A one-dimensional enemy can only be faced head on; each nuance is a new attack vector to exploit. You are nuanced, your goals are nuanced, but the Syndicate must remain direct.		Know that there are efforts against the Sol Federation working within the system, treating the symptoms of the Sol {{TooltipInline\|Infestation\|First person to say "In'''fed'''station" is sentenced to a double-manifesto editing session.}} through strictly legal means. Programs for refugees, {{TooltipInline\|civil rights movements\|((Possibly SELF but not ARC)), et al.}}, education, community. The [[#Herbellion\|Herbellion]] was {{TooltipInline\|founded on\|Well, we'd like the galaxy to believe that.}} helping [[:ore:Podperson#History\|Colonial Pod People]] resist SolFed's invaders. [[#Cybersun\|Cybersun]] serves as the corporate face of Mars Independence. We have but three weapons: You, the truth, and our image. To call these programs Syndicate would draw hatred to them, killing any chance of their success, and for the Syndicate to claim these programs would kill our image of unflappable evil, tainted with layers of nuance. A one-dimensional enemy can only be faced head on; each nuance is a new attack vector to exploit. You are nuanced, your goals are nuanced, but the Syndicate must remain direct.
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GreytideSkye: credit due

2026-07-26T01:53:38Z

credit due

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	\|relatedlore = [[Nova_Sector_lore\|Nova Sector]], [[Lore:Gorlex\|Gorlex Marauders]]		\|relatedlore = [[Nova_Sector_lore\|Nova Sector]], [[Lore:Gorlex\|Gorlex Marauders]]
	\|languages = {{Template:Codespeak}}		\|languages = {{Template:Codespeak}}
	\|contributors= {{Contributor/GreytideSkye}}		\|contributors= {{Contributor/GreytideSkye}}, {{Contributor/MLCrassus}} <!-- The amazing Redshield manifesto from Round 18070! -->
	}}[[Category:Lore]]		}}[[Category:Lore]]

GreytideSkye: /* Redshields */

2026-07-26T01:53:01Z

Redshields

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	''I am not telling you this because I'm brave. I want to be very clear about that. I am standing here instead of rotting in a brig because the smoke was thick and the comms were down andyour medical team revived the wrong woman. That's the whole secret. I am not special. I am lucky, and luck is a cruel teacher, because it means everyone who taught me what I know is gone, and I'm the last one who can say their names before the company decides what those names mean.''		''I am not telling you this because I'm brave. I want to be very clear about that. I am standing here instead of rotting in a brig because the smoke was thick and the comms were down andyour medical team revived the wrong woman. That's the whole secret. I am not special. I am lucky, and luck is a cruel teacher, because it means everyone who taught me what I know is gone, and I'm the last one who can say their names before the company decides what those names mean.''

	''So hear the names. Not "traitor." Not "Syndicate." Not "disruptive element." Hear a woman who tried to stop a reactor from killing forty people. Hear a man who asked for a fair shift. Hear my grandfather, in a uniform that used to mean something, standing where I'm standing now.		''So hear the names. Not "traitor." Not "Syndicate." Not "disruptive element." Hear a woman who tried to stop a reactor from killing forty people. Hear a man who asked for a fair shift. Hear my grandfather, in a uniform that used to mean something, standing where I'm standing now.''
	They will call us monsters because it's easier than fixing the seal. It's easier than paying you fairly. It's easier than admitting the ledger matters more to them than you do.''
			''They will call us monsters because it's easier than fixing the seal. It's easier than paying you fairly. It's easier than admitting the ledger matters more to them than you do.''

	''Don't let them make us.''}}		''Don't let them make us.''}}

GreytideSkye: /* Redshields */

2026-07-26T01:49:43Z

Redshields

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	Some Nanotrasen employees do directly defect to a Syndicate-aligned faction, but most start by effecting local change: attacking the station they work on, fighting the individuals who bother them, dismantling their familiar surroundings instead of manifesting a larger strike at the company. Oftentimes, the [[#Herbellion\|Herbellion]] provides a helping boost to get these traitors {{TooltipInline\|traiting\|There's no witty explanation for this. It's simply a good non-word.}}, but outwardly helping them would play into the Redshield gambit, making their hostility an externally-motivated factor instead of the natural consequence of awful Nanotrasen practices.		Some Nanotrasen employees do directly defect to a Syndicate-aligned faction, but most start by effecting local change: attacking the station they work on, fighting the individuals who bother them, dismantling their familiar surroundings instead of manifesting a larger strike at the company. Oftentimes, the [[#Herbellion\|Herbellion]] provides a helping boost to get these traitors {{TooltipInline\|traiting\|There's no witty explanation for this. It's simply a good non-word.}}, but outwardly helping them would play into the Redshield gambit, making their hostility an externally-motivated factor instead of the natural consequence of awful Nanotrasen practices.

			{{TooltipInline\|July 25th, 2566\|Round 18070.}}, a solitary broadcast escaped the clutches of the Nova Sector Research Station {{TooltipInline\|"Vulpine Province 6"\|Round 18070.}}. Stock prices have fallen almost an entire fifty credits, and Damage Control is working overtime to discredit this incident as Syndicate Agitation, as per the Redshield Gambit. Mainstream sources for this broadcast are quickly shutting down, but if you know a guy who knows a guy, you can get a copy of their uncensored plea to the stars:

			{{Speech\|image=[[File:LuciaVader.png\|right]]\|name=Lucia Vader\|width=90%\|text=Once upon a time, when my grandfather worked for Nanotrasen, the bright red uniform meant something. It meant you stood between the company and the people it was supposed to serve. He told me that at bedtime, like it was a fairy tale, and for most of you, I bet it was. A story to make you believe grandpa used to be cool.He wasn't a story. None of them were.

			<i>I need you to hear that, because in an hour, Central Command is going to stand where I'm standing and tell you a different one. They're going to say the woman who filed six grievances about a reactor seal the one that blew, the one that killed forty of your friends was Syndicate all along. They're going to say the man who asked why security works eighty hours a weeks while the board flies in on private shuttles was a radicalized asset. They will reach all the way back to a cartoon about a red-costumed troublemaker and hang it around his neck, because mockery kills faster than any bullet. Once you're a punchline, nobody has to answer your questions anymore.</i>

			''I am not telling you this because I'm brave. I want to be very clear about that. I am standing here instead of rotting in a brig because the smoke was thick and the comms were down andyour medical team revived the wrong woman. That's the whole secret. I am not special. I am lucky, and luck is a cruel teacher, because it means everyone who taught me what I know is gone, and I'm the last one who can say their names before the company decides what those names mean.''

			''So hear the names. Not "traitor." Not "Syndicate." Not "disruptive element." Hear a woman who tried to stop a reactor from killing forty people. Hear a man who asked for a fair shift. Hear my grandfather, in a uniform that used to mean something, standing where I'm standing now.
			They will call us monsters because it's easier than fixing the seal. It's easier than paying you fairly. It's easier than admitting the ledger matters more to them than you do.''

			''Don't let them make us.''}}

	== [[Lore:Interdyne\|Interdyne Pharmaceuticals]] ==		== [[Lore:Interdyne\|Interdyne Pharmaceuticals]] ==

GreytideSkye: /* Usual Suspects */ how did I fuck that up

2026-07-24T21:48:28Z

Usual Suspects: how did I fuck that up

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	Operating near-autonomously, and often at odds with each other, the Syndicate's various groups unite and cooperate when ideology, profit, or fear bring them together. Most cooperation is outside the field: back-alley trades, gear for guns, postage for hostage, smuggling for a cut. Many above-board economic institutions are mirrored within the Syndicate, almost making them a valid nation, should any body formally recognize them.		Operating near-autonomously, and often at odds with each other, the Syndicate's various groups unite and cooperate when ideology, profit, or fear bring them together. Most cooperation is outside the field: back-alley trades, gear for guns, postage for hostage, smuggling for a cut. Many above-board economic institutions are mirrored within the Syndicate, almost making them a valid nation, should any body formally recognize them.

	== [[Lore:Cybersun Industries\|Cybersun] ~~Industries~~] ==		== [[Lore:Cybersun Industries\|Cybersun Industries]] ==
	<!--<s>Cybersun is pulling away from "disgraced company who fucked up by raising the alarm about silicon rights being bad too early" and moving more towards the Legitimate Company, the Lex Luthor of the Legion of Doom. Evil, smart, and powerful, but a public figure. Any Syndicate who attacks you and says they're with Cybersun is clearly actually an anticorpo lunatic trying to frame the benevolent face of Mars Independence and fine supplier of... whatever gadgets they sell.</s>-->		<!--<s>Cybersun is pulling away from "disgraced company who fucked up by raising the alarm about silicon rights being bad too early" and moving more towards the Legitimate Company, the Lex Luthor of the Legion of Doom. Evil, smart, and powerful, but a public figure. Any Syndicate who attacks you and says they're with Cybersun is clearly actually an anticorpo lunatic trying to frame the benevolent face of Mars Independence and fine supplier of... whatever gadgets they sell.</s>-->

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	Operating near-autonomously, and often at odds with each other, the Syndicate's various groups unite and cooperate when ideology, profit, or fear bring them together. Most cooperation is outside the field: back-alley trades, gear for guns, postage for hostage, smuggling for a cut. Many above-board economic institutions are mirrored within the Syndicate, almost making them a valid nation, should any body formally recognize them.		Operating near-autonomously, and often at odds with each other, the Syndicate's various groups unite and cooperate when ideology, profit, or fear bring them together. Most cooperation is outside the field: back-alley trades, gear for guns, postage for hostage, smuggling for a cut. Many above-board economic institutions are mirrored within the Syndicate, almost making them a valid nation, should any body formally recognize them.

	== [[Lore:Cybersun\|Cybersun]] ==		== [[Lore:Cybersun Industries\|Cybersun] Industries] ==
	<!--<s>Cybersun is pulling away from "disgraced company who fucked up by raising the alarm about silicon rights being bad too early" and moving more towards the Legitimate Company, the Lex Luthor of the Legion of Doom. Evil, smart, and powerful, but a public figure. Any Syndicate who attacks you and says they're with Cybersun is clearly actually an anticorpo lunatic trying to frame the benevolent face of Mars Independence and fine supplier of... whatever gadgets they sell.</s>-->		<!--<s>Cybersun is pulling away from "disgraced company who fucked up by raising the alarm about silicon rights being bad too early" and moving more towards the Legitimate Company, the Lex Luthor of the Legion of Doom. Evil, smart, and powerful, but a public figure. Any Syndicate who attacks you and says they're with Cybersun is clearly actually an anticorpo lunatic trying to frame the benevolent face of Mars Independence and fine supplier of... whatever gadgets they sell.</s>-->