“Our business is your pleasure.” The Tsunami Syndicate deals in crime, and it doesn’t even try to hide it. Prostitution, gambling, and blackmailing are its main sources of income. It is situated in Pepper Park, where it controls the red-light district.

Headquarters

The Syndicate‘s headquarters is a large, plain-looking building in the Dome of York. The outside looks ordinary enough, without fancy signs or commercial billboards, while the interior reflects the nature of the organization. No wonder it sometimes seems as if most Tsunami gang members hang out in the numerous clubs of the syndicate.

Players choosing the Tsunami Syndicate as their Runner‘s faction will start out with an apartment in Pepper Park.

Key figures

Presently, the syndicate is led by Veronique Duchamps. This enchanting and youthful beauty, dreamily looking like a drug-addicted angel, had enough brains to put an essential part of her money aside for her own business. The tragic death of her pimp, who together with three friends fell victim to a bestial sexual crime that was never cleared up, was of great help to her. After his death, she had the respect of the entire scene.

Reginald Axom, a 45-year-old Psi Monk, is the Syndicate’s advisor. Not a lot is known about him – except that he is gifted with a rare healing power and he used to belong to the Brotherhood of Crahn.

History

Prostitution, blackmailing, and gambling have always been based on trust, loyalty, and close cooperation with ‘true’ friends in influential positions. The story is as old as mankind, and even on Irata III, should the settlers ever reach their promised land, it won‘t take a week before the first profitable brothel opens its gates and one will be offered the first smoke of ‘home-grown’.

And Neocron is no exception. Here, as anywhere else, alliances come and go, just like business and extortion or agreements and fraud. The ‘Pussy Club’ is one of the oldest clubs in Pepper Park. It is specialized in serving wealthy men and women as a meeting place for talks that should not go public. Veronique requires absolute discretion of her employees in order not to endanger the customers’ privacy and confidence. Fraud and betrayal are usually punished by hired assassins.

Veronique is always accompanied by her six bodyguards, who also serve as the Pussy Club’s security force. However, Veronique doesn’t want to have anything to do with illegal drugs. That does not mean that the syndicate is harmless. On the contrary - it probably is the most brutal and unscrupulous faction in Neocron.

Rumors

An organization like the Tsunami Syndicate with such a diverse sphere of activity, additionally led by a woman, is a primary target for all sorts of rumors. The oldest and most important one naturally being that Madame Veronique killed her pimp, or at least ordered somebody to do so. Though this rumor is nothing that the public still talks about today, one can sometimes hear remarks like: “Whatever happened back then is history. At least it brought Veronique to the top.”

Another widespread story revolves around the notorious back rooms of the Tsunami clubs. Supposedly, any sexual desire will be satisfied in these clubs, some even involving mutants… Of course, nothing has yet been proven.

In addition, some rumors contain stories of Eric Danmund, CEO of Diamond Real Estate. Again, like all other gossip, this remains hearsay - but interesting, nonetheless.

Friend and foe

Naturally, the CityAdmin does not like the syndicate. The same applies to ProtoPharm and most of the other large corporations in Neocron.

The Anarchy Breed maintains a good relationship with the syndicate. Besides, many of its members are regular customers in the syndicate’s clubs. Having all sorts of enemies is only natural to an organization like the syndicate, but at least the war with the Black Dragon has been halted for the time being. Neocron’s red-light districts offer enough scope and profit for two organizations.