Imperial Star Syndicate

The syndicate's flag.

The Imperial Star Syndicate (I.S.S.) was founded in a basement or trailer somewhere outside of Tiberias, Alduria. It was founded by Victor del Zuev and five others.

In its early days, Victor and his men would be very cautious and sell street drugs, over the time when he had enough money from street drug sales and other sources, he'd planned big. He'd vision a secret underground tunnel from Tiberias to Vandía-Levi, where most imported goods are banned.

By this time, Victor had established himself as the grand leader of the I.S.S. and had organised small militia groups who were equipped with black market weapons and equipment. He began the digging at another area. From a large basement, his men dug for days upon days upon days. When it was three months in, the tunnel had seen improvement; there was ventilation, lights, and even a working minecart system. They disposed the dirt in many ways:

1. dumping little amounts into the river.
2. selling it to companies who are smart enough not to ask where all the dirt came from.
3. and probably the most screwed up version... digging up fresh bodies from graveyards, filling the coffin with dirt, placing it back in and filling it up, and selling the corpse to morgues smart enough not to ask where the fresh body came from...

Over the course of eight months, with no power tools to avoid suspicion, his tunnel was completed with even a travel system, like an underground train, except it was a minecart with lights and a breaker.

His tunnel was completed, smugglers contacted, and banned goods began coming into Tiberias. And the tunnel itself was Victor's new life source; if it collapsed, it would ruin him forever, so he began reinforcing the tunnel and delivering goods at the same time...

No-one from the public knew his tunnel and no-one knows how the banned goods suddenly popped out of nowhere... yet.

(As for 5 Oct 2020)

As the syndicate grew in profits, members, etc... there were new stuff... like for example: ideologies!

Some include: socialist, communist, nationalist, fascist, conservative, anarchist... etc many more... Also new members have different skills, not everyone can be a soldier... (since not everyone is good at fighting)

As for the ISS itself, it has been reshaped into a... (probably a syndicate with a functioning economy and military)

Victor still has his high position except with “joint command” aka leadership re-management and opening new branches of the tree... and military order was still in place... for the soldiers. Who are receiving proper military training from Physical exercise to handling a gun to many more... it costs a lot to run an army so... The finical “Department” aka the ones who record sales, gains, expenses and other things and make smart finical moves... but intellectual’s Are limited to the syndicate (as intellectuals are less likely to participate in crime) there is “education” aka where the Intellectuals teach the “non-Intellectuals” people about things general education would teach you...(financed by the “finical department“)

Democracy is partially a thing in the ISS as members can literally vote their representatives to attend the “higher ups meeting” aka similar to a “parliament” except in a basement or something. (Recap). Military, finical, educational and other things are in the ISS (even partial democracy...)

(10 Oct 2020)

As to grow the “economy” moving from poisonous drugs, old fashioned crime and others, the syndicate offered something like “protection” to shop owners and people who need “protecting” things, but the thing is.

Nobody really wants their service, some reported it to the police, and some even got into a brawl. Overall it failed but everyone made it out alive and or not in jail.

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The Syndicate moving from producing drugs that can harm and/or kill the person, to producing drugs that has medical effects, production of this medicine is similar to those purchased at the pharmacy.

Created in the same drug labs that once created the illegal substances, they work the same as for the one that was the original... these medical pills / supplies is sold to the public, in a secret place and for a cheaper price, as they are “unlicensed drug sales”

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The finical department keeps track of sales, every dollar, every cent is recorded is “the book” that is similar to most if not all, “business records”, and advise good business procedures

(13 Oct)

ISS “Arms Factory” / “Weapons Workshop”

The ISS had constructed the “Weapons Workshop” in basements of their buildings, it was to manufacture grenades, some examples are 2,

1) stick grenade
2) regular grenade (the “waffle pattern”)

The workshops also acts as an “repair centre” where broken weapons are fixed and used, and sometimes upgraded via attachments and some “modding” ..... the workshops also manufacture ammunition (bullets) As they can’t manufacture entire assault rifles yet, only some parts for the “modding”, but bullets can be manufactured, via by hand or machine

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There are 3 types of systems of these workshops, one of it runs on electricity via its own generator, while some operates on partial electricity, some have no electricity at all, only the lights are powered in the 3rd type of workshop.

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The workshop sometimes also manufactures explosives (or referred as “C4”), each are either detonated by three ways,

1) remote switch.. (“The classic”)
2) Fuse.. (“Old fashioned way”)
3) heat.. (heat sensitivity)

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Overall: the Weapons Workshop manufactures, gun parts (for mods), grenades, ammunition, explosives, etc

More info : Molotov cocktails, telescopic sights (very rare), doing tests by firing the weapons at another location : “the firing range”

Although... these are at risk of being found out by the authorities by any chance

(15 Oct 2020)

The ISS army consists of a regiment approx 1200+ men, but they are all spread out with estimated 5-80 men at a location, they are able to repel most attacks (due to BM weapons, explosives, etc) but can’t if the police brings in several armoured vehicles, or heavily outnumbered and run out of ammunition.

ISS business is doing fine, with legal and illegal business maintaining stability, there are individual safes at each location to keep documents and money safe. But some places have a basements redesigned into a vault, with armoured doors and multiple layers of brick walls, as installing a steel wall will be very costly, and attract many unwanted attention.