The Commorragh Void Cartel
16 Nov 2024Deathwatch050
The Commorragh Void Cartel is a secretive organization that concerns itself primarily with smuggling and illicit trading. They are known by reputation to the authorities looking to stymie their activities and the ne'er-do-wells of the galaxy who seek to hire them. For the right price, they claim to be able to clandestinely move anything to and from anywhere in the galaxy, no matter how illegal, with a price to match. When not smuggling on behalf of others, they are known to do a roaring trade in goods that would cause most people belonging to civil society to balk; unregistered weapons, narcotics of all kinds, human beings, organs, counterfeit and stolen luxury goods, dangerous chemicals, explosives, and more. The most valuable good they trade is one they produce themselves; it is a unique intoxicant called "Liquid Pain" which they stipulate must be handed over and drank without ever leaving the sight of the agent who transports it. Despite the name, it has been described by the Pirate King Archon Delaine himself (who is the only person ever permitted to keep his own stash) as "a damn fine drink". According to the Dracon of the Cartel, known as Deathwatch, the drink's name "is also its only ingredient".
The internal workings of the Cartel are not terribly well-known, but it is an unusually idiosyncratic organization, run more like a private club or guild than a business. Rumours of debauched behaviour within the Cartel circulate- there are stories of captives being tortured for entertainment, forced into gladiatorial fights, or worse. Further, the Cartel is known to engage in piracy and raiding not only to acquire the goods and people they need towards this end, but also simply for sport. Although not generally regarded as being on the same level as some of the fighters of the Kumo Crew for instance, they know how to pick their battles and will rarely be seen unless they have already stacked the deck in their favour. It is unclear how much of all of this is actually true, but many of the bandits and pirates of the galaxy whisper to each other in the back of smokey station bars that one should steer clear- or at the very least, not let them take you alive.
On 02 November 3310, a meeting took place in Sargent Gateway in the Gullveti system to finalize and celebrate the joining of the Commorragh Void Cartel with the Yomar Consortium as a partner. This news came on the heels of rumours that the Cartel had renewed its pledge to Archon Delaine in light of then-recent political upheaval across the Bubble. The Cartel has agreed to provide the Consortium with their smuggling expertise and manpower for their operations, among other things, in exchange for quid-pro-quo support with Cartel activities.