Rylan Swok
Golden Crew Leader
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
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- Canon Link: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Main Leader : Rylan Swok
CORPORATION INFORMATION
- Corporation Name: Golden Syndicate
- Headquarters: Golden Tower, Corellia (legal headquarters hosting offices and workshops).
- Locations:
- Main office on Corellia (Golden Tower).
- Mining sites in the Outer Rim (extraction of rare ores).
- Construction and armament workshops in remote space stations.
- Operations:
- Legal: Mineral extraction, resource trading, modular construction, weapon manufacturing and maintenance, materials and tools, ship.
- Illegal (real): Space piracy, smuggling of weapons and art, extortion, black market trafficking.
- Parent Corporation: N/A (independent).
- Subsidiaries:
- Golden Crew: Military branch, pirate strike force.
- Golden Industries: Legal front company (mining, construction, weapon trading).
DESCRIPTION
The Golden Syndicate officially presents itself as a growing industrial company based on Corellia. Its main headquarters, the Golden Tower, is a modern administrative and industrial hub. Operating under the name Golden Industries, the company deals in rare mineral extraction, resource trading, modular construction, and the distribution of weapons.
To the public, the Golden Syndicate looks like a legitimate company, contributing to economic development by providing essential materials and constructing equipment used by local businesses or planetary governments.
In reality, this legal façade hides a well-structured pirate network. The Syndicate diverts part of the extracted resources and manufactured weapons to supply its own clandestine fleets. Its ships quietly raid convoys, reinjecting the loot into legal channels through its front company, creating the illusion of legitimate prosperity.
The Golden Syndicate distinguishes itself through its discipline and organization. Unlike many disorganized pirate groups, it maintains an appearance of legitimacy to better shield its criminal operations and expand across the galaxy.
RATIONALE
Rylan Swok, together with Markus Drex and Urielle, founded the Golden Syndicate by transforming a pirate crew into a structured company. Instead of remaining vulnerable raiders, they chose to give their organization a credible legal front: mining and weapon manufacturing.
Their first major step was investing in the construction of the Golden Tower on Corellia, which became both their administrative headquarters and a hub for legitimate workshops. Through this front, they could launder pirate profits while securing real contracts with companies and planetary governments.
Swok uses his charisma and pragmatism to maintain balance: enough legal activity to make the Syndicate look respectable, but enough clandestine operations to rapidly build wealth. This strategy allowed them to avoid suspicion and establish themselves as an emerging economic power, while still remaining a feared actor in the galactic underworld.
Today, the Golden Syndicate is recognized as a hybrid company: both a respectable industrial corporation and a pirate organization—a duality that makes it powerful and difficult to confront head-on.