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Intent: This organization was designed to be a home for criminal organization RP as well as being able to play with the "big boys" as a Major Faction down the road. This organization is the result of multiple discussions about criminal organizations and their place in Star Wars: CHAOS. We believe that a criminal organization can be accurately represented using the faction system with a mandate such as Galactic Nomads.
Image Credit: Star Wars - Black Sun Symbol (modified by Mithias)
Canon: Black Sun
Links: Underlord, Vigo, Xizor, Malicar
Organization Name: Black Sun Cartels (the word "Cartels" was added to denote more than one organization falls underneath the nomenclature)
Classification: Criminal Confederation
Affiliation: Multiple Organizations make up the whole of the Black Sun Cartels
Organization Symbol: see above
Description: The Black Sun Cartels serves as a faction that is home to all of the criminals and their organizations. It is a confederation of major underworld organizations that have decided to put aside petty differences and do business/earn credits as a singular entity.
Headquarters: Nar Shaddaa
Domain: The Black Sun Cartels are spread across the galaxy. It is a criminal enterprise that sinks its tendrils in each civilized pocket of the galaxy--where there are sentients, there are needs. This organization prides itself on its ability to pick-up and leave in a moment's instance. They are a hard target for their enemies due to their ability to scatter and reform with mechanical efficiency. For the moment, they are calling Nar Shaddaa home, but it could change in an instant.
Notable Assets: Each Underlord and Vigo bring their assets to the table. As such, their influence spans across the galaxy, but there is nothing of particular significance yet.
Hierarchy: The Black Sun Cartels are run by a Council of Underlords with Vigos reporting to each Underlord
Membership: The Black Sun Cartels have thousands of members among its ranks. Most of them belong to one criminal enterprise or another. The Underlord Council is typically comprised of the most powerful crimelords, but that is not always the case. Vigos can amass and wield great power within the Black Sun Cartels--often, might makes right. As the Black Sun Cartels continue to expand, more and more non-Chiss and other aliens have begun to fill their ranks.
All members of the Black Sun Cartels undergo a rigorous vetting process. In fact, members are almost always approached about joining and not the other way around. A series of “Trials” are undergone by the perspective member, demonstrating their loyalty to the organization. These prospects are rigorously tested, even to the point of death during their Trials. If someone marries into the family, they must undergo the same Trials, no matter what…rare are the exceptions with avoiding these trials.
Climate: Honor among thieves is the name of the game. All of the organizations and individuals in the Black Sun Cartels are about the credits and survival. Though some of their businesses may be hidden, the criminals of the Black Sun Cartels rule with fear and brutality. While there is backstabbing among their lot, they can quickly become united against common threats.
Reputation: Most factions are wary of the Black Sun Cartels due to them not disguising who and what they are about--they make no bones about who they are. As such, many of other actions ally with them, hoping the Black Sun Cartels can regulate crime within their territories. The idea being is that it is better to have the enemy you can see than the one you cannot...
Curios: It is common to have members of the Black Sun Cartels to have brands and tattoos to show their commitment to the organization, but it is not unheard of for those to have no such markings. It is rumored that there is a holovid floating around the underworld called "I Manifest My Own Damn Destiny" that is wildly popular, which explains the expectations of a member of the Black Sun Cartels.
Rules: Obey the Underlords (you do not want to disappear without saying goodbye). Follow the Vigos (because they are murder incarnate). Honor among our own (at least until I am credit laden). Never get so attached you cannot walk away in 30 seconds (make it 10 seconds flat).
Goals: The goal of the Black Sun Cartels is to expand, control planets, milk them for credits and move to the next system and drain the coffers there so that credits flow like rain. Make allies and control all criminal activities in the galaxy. Only room for one big dog and that is us.
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Black Sun has had a long and torrid history. It was formed in 3653 BBY on Coruscant, but in the years to follow, its influence and reach expanded quickly to become a galactic crime syndicate. Law enforcement agencies quickly rallied to try and stop its growth and had some minor successes. For some time after, even up until the Clone Wars, tens of throusands of foot soldiers and hundreds of Vigos were based in safehouses and fortresses across the galaxy, including the scarcely populated areas of the Outer Rim.
During the Galactic Civil War, a Vigo named Prince Xizor took over Black Sun and allied it with the Empire. It was an era of prestige and growth with the support of the Emperor, an unlimited credit account and little opposition. However, that reign would stop at the end of the war and Xizor's death. It would take some twenty years to rebuild enough strength to be placed on the galactic map again.
Several attempts to restore that organization have been made, but with little success.
Malicar Raith took control of Black Sun recently, really by accident. He stumbled onto the remnants of Black Sun and dispatched its leader, discovering later that it was actually the leader of the vaunted Black Sun. It was in that moment, Malicar decided to leverage its fearsome reputation to unite the most powerful underworld organizations the galaxy has ever seen...
