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CHAPTER 8: RIVAL SYNDICATES
The Tao
: Orient-based Syndicate formed from the unification of competing Chinese
Triads and Japanese Yakuza factions. Having infiltrated the monolithic Sonbushi
corporation, Tao executives found they had their hands on the levers of power from
the South China Sea to the Russian Steppes. Not since the days of Genghis Khan has
an empire of the East spread so far West.
Tao agents are well-disciplined and equipped with the latest hi-tech weaponry, the
result of millions invested in Research. Assassinations are generally immaculate with
very little civilian wastage. Agents of the Tao are not a vicious or sadistic adversary,
but a frighteningly efficient one.
I.I.A.
: Starved of state funding for decades, the C.I.A. decided to enter the
marketplace and contract out its services to the highest bidder. Using the espionage
and counter-terrorism skills the organization had gained keeping the free world
secure, the I.I.A (Independent Intelligence Agency) soon became the favorite third-
party agency of international crime associations.
Assassination, blackmail and the overthrow of governments to order was a very
lucrative business and, following a hugely successful and over-subscribed flotation, the
I.I.A. entered the corporate arena. Everything was in place for their ascendancy to the
top of North America’s corporate tree and it was a natural progression into full-time
Syndicate operations.
I.I.A. operatives are chosen for their massive muscularity. Heavy armaments are the
order of the day, the logic being that a few civilian casualties helps keep the rest of the
citizens in line. Expect no mercy.
The Castrilos
: Unparalleled viciousness is the major attribute of Castrilo agents.
Originating in Cuba just prior to the fall of Communism, this Syndicate began as a