Sempra the Hutt
A very hutty hutt!
The hutt cartel
The hutt cartel is a major faction based in the classical hutt space. We offer a RP atmosphere of a mafia like milieu with many similarities of the real world Cosa nostra with a hutt acting as the god father but several sub-branches working more or less independently.
While the cartel fore most promotes what is mostly considered criminal activities we are also the de facto leaders of the planets that belong to our sphere and the cartel strives toward total domination of hutt space and the hutt ruling council based on Nal hutta. The ultimate goal to proclaim a Hutt Empire recognized and feared like the ancient Empire of old.
The Cartel started its existance as a smaller criminal element smuggling spice through the galaxy. With new connections a cooperation and later merge with the pirate group known as the jackals the credits of the cartel were enforced with a small fleet worthy of note on the outer rim.
While relying heavily on traditions and history the new hutt cartel seized the moment and instaled a head quarter on the planet Sriluur where it slowly and patiently gave rebirth to old customs luring the Weequay, Nikto and Klatooinan into servitude.
Sriluur was announced the capital of the Cartel and it is from there that the Supreme Mogul has his seat, ruling the entire cartel. While spreading its influence the Cartel did tryt o intervene with the domination of Nal hutta as the criminal masterminds of the Red Raven started to move in on its ruling levels. Tricked and made fools of the Cartel retreated from the planet, banished by Nal hutta government as traitors and usurpers.
Realizing its defeat the Cartel sought out new allies and found it in the mysterious Primevil. With the military backing that the Primevil could offer the cartel then started to slowly regain its influence in the outer rim and is now closing in on Nal Hutta again. This time the tiding has however changed and with greedy eyes the cartel is on the doorstep to the heart worlds of Hutt space again... Do you want to be part of the cartels attempt to create an Empire? Well, keep reading.
What is it that we do?
The hutt cartel rests on several pillars of power. While the hutt clans endorse and supply the cartel with a large portion of funding and support we let that support be reflected by the size of our presence on the campaign map.
The cartel also makes sure to be capable of standing on its own legs.
Piracy
The hutt fleet is a defensive fleet, eager to protect its own space but on the offensive the cartel mostly relies on fleets mostly consisting of pirate ships. The pay is very low. The cartel instead funds this fleet by giving the pirates in their service access to safe haven and hideaways inside hutt space. any ship they hijack is sanctioned by the cartel who only requests a moderate cut of the profit in return.
Slavery
Hutts and slaves are like bread and butter. It is such a natural way of life for Hutts that they barely recognize the injustice it offers. Entire species are sometimes considered as inferior servant race not to mention the profit slavery still bring to the scrupulousness masters.
Spice
Legal or illegal does not matter to the cartel. They run spice regardless al over the galaxy utilizing smugglers when necessary to bring their products to where it is asked for.
Protection
Accidents happen so easy. Sometimes it is a person, sometimes it is an organisation that is in need of the cartels protection. We do our best to provide the security that everyone need.
Social RP
We are also launching loads of social RP into our ranks. Cantina rumbles and hutt courts are frequented by our members and there is pretty much always someone to role play underworld RP with.
Why join?
Fore most because we believe in
Team Work!
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As everything else in chaos the Hutt Cartel is an extension of the RP you can choose to be part of and we try to bring a serious angle of gangsta style RP with a flavor of star wars added to the mix. While the Hutt society is an important part of understanding how hutt space works it is not necessary at all to delve into those things to be a member. Different characters have very varied reasons to join, from the ambitious criminal to the smuggler in debt to someone who simply has been forced into a life style not welcomed in most other human concentric milieus. While there is plenty of individual characters and minor factions claiming vast criminal empires we do try to consider those working within the cartel to have a sort of backing not easily found outside of our sphere of influence.
The "lowly" grunt is very important in our faction and takes just as much place as the bosses, if not more. The hutts and their bosses require a constant presence of body guards and knee cap breakers to make the cartel coffers tick and even though we are looking for active bosses to get operations going the ground forces of the cartel is the role that will never be out of work.
Roles in the cartel vary from the lowly thug (or even slave) to criminal masterminds and mafia bosses. Naturally we embrace the iconic roles of Bounty hunters and smugglers into our ranks but the palette is of course much broader and adapt to what members strive for.
Ranks and roles in more detail:
Title - Role
Cartel slave - The slaves of the Hutt are numerous. Their roles vary and there are even position among the slaves themselves. With a few exceptions the slaves are the lowest standing of any in the Hutt Cartel
Hutt Associate - A hutt who has invited a guest or a business partner to the Cartel has declared that this person is to be trusted inside the hutt Palaces. It is generally assumed that these people are here to profit on their own and the hutts see no reason why not to aid them, as long as due respect and payback is beneficial. It is considered extremely ill behavour to kill or harm such a person without the acceptance of the Hutts, although there are not guaranties and it does happen that competitive associates kill one another without the Hutts interfering, all depending on how the outcome would affect the Cartels own business...
Cartel contractor - a general term for the vast number of people on the Hutt payroll. Often Bounty hunters or smugglers do one time jobs now and then and are a common sight among the hutts. They are important to most Hutt court and hutts in general trust that true loyalty only comes from cash. Contractors are free to come and go and as long as they dont work for enemies of the hutts they can pick up any outside job on the side.
Hutt Enforcer - these are hutt Soldiers or enforcers, trusted with the Hutt security and are exclusively working for the Cartel. Hutt Enforcers are not supposed to work outside the Hutt Cartel, and their presence and availability is counted on by the Hutts. While being more bound to the Cartel then a contractor enforcers also carry benefits. Succesful Enforcers are known to become important pieces to special parts of a hutt organisation and if your character is an enforcer he/she hold sway over minor NPCs in the faction. Thus you are free to RP that your character can bring a NPC gang with him/her when appropriate.
Made man
To be made is to be brought into a hutt crime family and made a sister or brother of the cartel. A made man is someone untouchable. To lay a hand on a made man is very dangerous and many of the cartel consider it an honorary duty to protect those made. While this title is not a position it carries a heavy air of power since the made men more or less are protected by the supreme mogul himself.
Cartel boss- Hutt Enforcers who are climbing the ladder eventually turn bosses in their own right. They are the generals and leaders of the Cartel forces and their influence is strong only surpassed by the major domo or the hutts themselves and although the Hutt elders are the top dogs in the Cartel some bosses can hold greater power then a single hutt. In fact many hutts can be found on this level as well. The boss might for example act as supervisors of a certain facility, leader over a gang or otherwise have carved a place of influence where their power holds clear dominance. As a cartel boss you have the right to employ and decide over a large group of NPCs in the cartel. They know you have the backing of the hutts and you can assume that you have access to cartel thugs when making associated posts.
Mogul - The Mogul is a member bestowed with the responsibility to lead and operate a vital sector of the cartels operations. This may include planetary government, fleet control, financial market management or any other area of larger the scope. At their position they hold high influence in their own rights and onlu answer to the supreme mogul.
Major Domo - Major Domos are appointed for individual Hutts or the cartel as a whole. These are never of the Hutt race themselves but a person of another species that is as close a non-hutt can come to the Hutts. Resting on an advisory role individual major domos are of different status, from the most lowly hutt to the ruler of the hutt cartel. The Major Domo is the voice of the Hutt and is often just as feared as the hutt himself.
Hutt specific roles
Hutt - the race in itself is a role to lead in the Cartel. Hutts are simply put "mini-bosses" in their own right. However, to be a hutt does not automaticly grant influence. Hutts can be anything from contractors to enforcers or above. But normally members of the hutt species are given alot more respect then others merely because they were born as hutts.
Hutt Elder - An esteemed member of a Kajidic is declared Elder and as such may hold a position in the Hutt Ruling Council and represent their Kajidic there. The Hutt Elder is not a title for the hutt cartel but a mark of a hutt who leads an entire kajidic and as such holds great influence over their entire hutt species and is by default highly respected in the cartel.
Archon - an honorary title bestowed to individuals who work tirelessly to uphold and further the Hutt traditions of old.
Supreme Mogul - The supreme mogul is the ruler of the entire Cartel. Only Hutts may rise to this position and everyone in the cartel is a subject one way or the other to the will of the Supreme Mogul.
Hutt Emperor - the one Hutt impersonating all the Power of the Hutt Empire. This role is currently vaccant and has been for some time.
Cartel slave - The slaves of the Hutt are numerous. Their roles vary and there are even position among the slaves themselves. With a few exceptions the slaves are the lowest standing of any in the Hutt Cartel
Hutt Associate - A hutt who has invited a guest or a business partner to the Cartel has declared that this person is to be trusted inside the hutt Palaces. It is generally assumed that these people are here to profit on their own and the hutts see no reason why not to aid them, as long as due respect and payback is beneficial. It is considered extremely ill behavour to kill or harm such a person without the acceptance of the Hutts, although there are not guaranties and it does happen that competitive associates kill one another without the Hutts interfering, all depending on how the outcome would affect the Cartels own business...
Cartel contractor - a general term for the vast number of people on the Hutt payroll. Often Bounty hunters or smugglers do one time jobs now and then and are a common sight among the hutts. They are important to most Hutt court and hutts in general trust that true loyalty only comes from cash. Contractors are free to come and go and as long as they dont work for enemies of the hutts they can pick up any outside job on the side.
Hutt Enforcer - these are hutt Soldiers or enforcers, trusted with the Hutt security and are exclusively working for the Cartel. Hutt Enforcers are not supposed to work outside the Hutt Cartel, and their presence and availability is counted on by the Hutts. While being more bound to the Cartel then a contractor enforcers also carry benefits. Succesful Enforcers are known to become important pieces to special parts of a hutt organisation and if your character is an enforcer he/she hold sway over minor NPCs in the faction. Thus you are free to RP that your character can bring a NPC gang with him/her when appropriate.
Made man
To be made is to be brought into a hutt crime family and made a sister or brother of the cartel. A made man is someone untouchable. To lay a hand on a made man is very dangerous and many of the cartel consider it an honorary duty to protect those made. While this title is not a position it carries a heavy air of power since the made men more or less are protected by the supreme mogul himself.
Cartel boss- Hutt Enforcers who are climbing the ladder eventually turn bosses in their own right. They are the generals and leaders of the Cartel forces and their influence is strong only surpassed by the major domo or the hutts themselves and although the Hutt elders are the top dogs in the Cartel some bosses can hold greater power then a single hutt. In fact many hutts can be found on this level as well. The boss might for example act as supervisors of a certain facility, leader over a gang or otherwise have carved a place of influence where their power holds clear dominance. As a cartel boss you have the right to employ and decide over a large group of NPCs in the cartel. They know you have the backing of the hutts and you can assume that you have access to cartel thugs when making associated posts.
Mogul - The Mogul is a member bestowed with the responsibility to lead and operate a vital sector of the cartels operations. This may include planetary government, fleet control, financial market management or any other area of larger the scope. At their position they hold high influence in their own rights and onlu answer to the supreme mogul.
Major Domo - Major Domos are appointed for individual Hutts or the cartel as a whole. These are never of the Hutt race themselves but a person of another species that is as close a non-hutt can come to the Hutts. Resting on an advisory role individual major domos are of different status, from the most lowly hutt to the ruler of the hutt cartel. The Major Domo is the voice of the Hutt and is often just as feared as the hutt himself.
Hutt specific roles
Hutt - the race in itself is a role to lead in the Cartel. Hutts are simply put "mini-bosses" in their own right. However, to be a hutt does not automaticly grant influence. Hutts can be anything from contractors to enforcers or above. But normally members of the hutt species are given alot more respect then others merely because they were born as hutts.
Hutt Elder - An esteemed member of a Kajidic is declared Elder and as such may hold a position in the Hutt Ruling Council and represent their Kajidic there. The Hutt Elder is not a title for the hutt cartel but a mark of a hutt who leads an entire kajidic and as such holds great influence over their entire hutt species and is by default highly respected in the cartel.
Archon - an honorary title bestowed to individuals who work tirelessly to uphold and further the Hutt traditions of old.
Supreme Mogul - The supreme mogul is the ruler of the entire Cartel. Only Hutts may rise to this position and everyone in the cartel is a subject one way or the other to the will of the Supreme Mogul.
Hutt Emperor - the one Hutt impersonating all the Power of the Hutt Empire. This role is currently vaccant and has been for some time.
Force users?
Yes, they exist, but it is not our area of focus. Since the force is so widely spread in chaos we are not ignoring the fact that a majority of characters are force sensitive and we do take that into account when planning our RP. But those who want to go hard core force users might be looking for a more active support then we are currently offering.
Does this sounds interesting?
or contact one of our members.
The OOC staff consists of [member="Flannigan Mcnash"], [member="Cadan Tazi"] , [member="Tiali Orazio"] and myself.
