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====The cohesion of the pre-Muro Syndicate==== | ====The cohesion of the pre-Muro Syndicate==== | ||
The Syndicate resolves internal conflicts and fights segregationism thanks to a centralized executive power and zero tolerance towards troublemakers. Thus the paramilitary force developed by the Syndicate serves not only for the tactical support of big smuggling operations, but also as an "internal deterrent", ensuring the cohesion of the Syndicate and the respect of the Council's authority. | |||
The Council is not mentioned in Oni (just as there is no real description - apart from the entry at TCTF HQ - of what the Syndicate used to be like before Muro), but it is up to us to give a name to this executive organ, which we know must have existed. One naming possibility is "Hydra", which symbolizes the fact that intimidating or eliminating one of the Council's members is meaningless or dangerous - the rest of the Council will quickly identify the culprits and will dispose of them mercilessly. | |||
In addition to the armed force, an important role was played by the assassins (forerunners of the Ninja that we see in Oni). The multiply redundant Council ("Hydra") could easily eliminate a single offending element, but not vice versa. Moreover, the [[WCG]] administration also made occasional use of these same assassins, when the rigidity of the system felt like too much of a constraint. | |||
The [[BGI|BGi]] conglomerate was a titan-sized double agent: it filled the heavy-industry needs of the [[WCG]], and at the same time provided most of the Syndicate's infrastructure and logistics. | |||
An additional concept (not at all mentioned in Oni), is that of a "virtual government" called [[AVATARA]], which is an anonymous gathering of influential WCG people, BGi executives, and maybe some major assassins. The do not really decide the fate of the world, but arrange more or less regular "round tables" (in cyberspace) to analyze the situation as well as discuss the possible courses of action. | |||
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==The Daodan== | ==The Daodan== | ||
Au départ il y a eu un assasin ([[Mukade]]) qui ne voulait plus l'être. C'était un combattant et un hacker de première force, l'un des meilleurs. Il avait accès à [[AVATARA]] et était lié à [[BGI]]. | Au départ il y a eu un assasin ([[Mukade]]) qui ne voulait plus l'être. C'était un combattant et un hacker de première force, l'un des meilleurs. Il avait accès à [[AVATARA]] et était lié à [[BGI]]. |