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==Syndicate== | ==Syndicate== | ||
===[[Quotes/Manual# | ===[[Quotes/Manual#The_Syndicate|Manual entry]]=== | ||
In the shadows of the cities the Syndicate thrives by providing the desperate and the downtrodden with the opiates they need to distract themselves and the weapons they need to kill each other. | In the shadows of the cities the Syndicate thrives by providing the desperate and the downtrodden with the opiates they need to distract themselves and the weapons they need to kill each other. | ||
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==Added value== | ==Added value== | ||
===An alternative to the Mafia=== | ===An alternative to the Mafia=== | ||
"The Network" is presented as "younger and more agile" than the [[wikipedia:Mafia|Mafia]]. There has been a number of original concepts of criminal organizations (my favorite reference is [ | "The Network" is presented as "younger and more agile" than the [[wikipedia:Mafia|Mafia]]. There has been a number of original concepts of criminal organizations (my favorite reference is [https://www.swo.com/streetarms.shtml Street Arms, Inc.] from Shadowrun fansite [https://www.swo.com/ swo.com]). However, usually such face less organizations oppose the corporate world at national scale, dealing with the political and economical establishment of a given country. The Syndicate's scale of influence matches that of the [[WCG]] : it's global. | ||
===Before [[Muro]]=== | ===Before [[Muro]]=== | ||
The important feature here is that the pre-Muro Syndicate was ''faceless'' rather than ''multifaced'', as opposed to the strong head figure it was to acquire in the person of Muro. That goes in the direction of ''not'' repeating the Mafia's mistakes. | The important feature here is that the pre-Muro Syndicate was ''faceless'' rather than ''multifaced'', as opposed to the strong head figure it was to acquire in the person of Muro. That goes in the direction of ''not'' repeating the Mafia's mistakes. | ||
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Joint structures, like a unified armed force, a corporate-like administration (with a reasonable amount of paperwork), and an executive power concentrated in the hands of an almighty ("don't f##k with me") Council of peers (martial style). | Joint structures, like a unified armed force, a corporate-like administration (with a reasonable amount of paperwork), and an executive power concentrated in the hands of an almighty ("don't f##k with me") Council of peers (martial style). | ||
That's closely related to the spirit of industrial syndicalism : trade unions, craft unions and initially [ | That's closely related to the spirit of industrial syndicalism : trade unions, craft unions and initially [[wikipedia:Guild|guilds]] were meant to counterbalance the dog-eat-dog capitalistic background. The Syndicate brought ''social security'' to the criminal world. | ||
===TITAN=== | ===TITAN=== | ||
Actually, [[Muro]]'s Strikers never refer to themselves as the Syndicate : it looks like the official designation made up by the WCG. Deprecative, almost, perhaps coined by the WCG to make the enemy appear like just a bunch of criminals in the eyes of the public (it's not the same thing to say the TCTF is fighting the Syndicate as to say they're fighting "Muro's Global Army"). | Actually, [[Muro]]'s Strikers never refer to themselves as the Syndicate : it looks like the official designation made up by the WCG. Deprecative, almost, perhaps coined by the WCG to make the enemy appear like just a bunch of criminals in the eyes of the public (it's not the same thing to say the TCTF is fighting the Syndicate as to say they're fighting "Muro's Global Army"). | ||
At some point, the faceless opposing force may have adopted designations such as the Network or the Syndicate, but it seems out of proportion with Muro's [[megalomania]]. | At some point, the faceless opposing force may have adopted designations such as the Network or the Syndicate, but it seems out of proportion with Muro's [[wiktionary:megalomania|megalomania]]. | ||
Strikers who were aware of [[Muro]]'s global plans were picturing themselves as ''pending supermen'', not petty criminals. From that point of view, Syndicate sounds just plain lame. [[Striker]], [[Fury]] (Banshee, Valkyrie, etc)... that's already better. | Strikers who were aware of [[Muro]]'s global plans were picturing themselves as ''pending supermen'', not petty criminals. From that point of view, Syndicate sounds just plain lame. [[Striker]], [[Fury]] (Banshee, Valkyrie, etc)... that's already better. | ||