Shen Brothers

The **Shen Brothers** are a predominately East Asian organized crime syndicate residing in and operating out of San Lorenzo County.

## Background

The Shen Brothers was originally established in the 1950s by two brothers named Waldo and Winston Shen. The brothers were part of the Triads in Los Angeles, their original hometown. During their careers as members in LA, their triad was able to have connections to another Triad located in San Francisco; this helped the two gain more experience as they would frequently travel to the Bay Area. These traveling experiences across the state helped Winston come to a realization one day. In the late 1940s, a few years after World War 2 had ended and the United States was experiencing an economic boom, Winston had decided to stay in New York City for a short period of time to broaden his horizons and improve his perspective on not only his career as a gang member, but also on life itself; Waldo had chosen to stay in Los Angeles to continue his triad and personal duties. Winston enjoyed his time in NYC, eventually becoming involved with the Triads operating in area as they had taken interest him because of his origins in the West Coast. The experience overall did improve his perspectives on himself, his loved ones, the triad life, and life, it helped to improve his performance as a triad member and brother. However, the NYC Triads had ran into trouble with a powerful Italian mafia which ignited a war between the two; fearing for his own safety, Winston evacuated the city and fled back home.

When Winston came back, the LA Triads were undergoing instability issues and were having ongoing conflicts from other gangs in the area, including increasingly strained ties with an enemy faction from Hong Kong. Waldo had noticed these issues earlier and left the Triads, his brother followed actions. Due to their actions, both the NY and LA Triads started a collaborative search effort for the two brothers, they then decided to emigrate to San Lorenzo County to start a new life. The two had moved to San Lorenzo's Chinatown and now that they had started their new life in a brand new area, they decided to form their own gang separate from the Triads, they were able to persuade the local Asian-American population to assist them for the sake of the safety of their own community. At the time of the Shen Brothers formation, the Asian population in San Lorenzo County was booming as many new immigrants had arrived, and Japanese-Americans from other areas in the West Coast were moving to the county to start a new life after the ending of Internment.

The Shen Brothers organized crime syndicate had been formed, with the aim to protect its inner members and the general Asian community that was influencing areas of the county. The group's popularity started out being concentrated in the Western portion of San Lorenzo and Santa Lucina. The Chinatown in San Lorenzo was a popular hub for members to meet and conduct business with one another, and is where the group's headquarters were located as Waldo and Winston resided there. Over time, as the group was concentrated on their own efforts to succeed, word spread throughout the West Coast, and new members started appearing. Pre-existing Asian-American gang members from cities such as San Francisco, Oakland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Vancouver took interest in the gang and soon enough many had moved to San Lorenzo and surrounding areas to become a part of the syndicate. Eventually, immigrants from across East Asia started to join the gang as well for a variety of reasons depending on the individual. The gang initially started as a coalition between Chinese-Americans, and had soon start including people of origin from throughout East Asia.

The Shen Brothers itself had become a hotspot for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, Filipino, and Mongolian youth who sought to gain experience and have a chance to give back to their communities, many had also joined for the opportunity to gain power and wealth. Some Malaysian and Indonesian members had also joined, though their diaspora in the area is smaller compared to the other listed groups. As the group's numbers started increasing, a decision was made to start two factions to help with a lot of the side work that came upon the hands of the Shen Brothers. Similar to what the Violi Family did with their branches.

### Chang Eagles

The first branch that was formed. The Chang Eagles was focused on conducting business and focusing on work involved in cities throughout the United States and Canada. Members would often travel to major cities across the West Coast of the US and Canada, Las Vegas, and New York City. Other cities in the state occasionally receive visits such as San Diego, Santa Barbara, and more.

### Guan Yu

The second branch formed. Guan Yu takes an international approach to its work, where members would frequently travel to Hong Kong to meet up with smaller triad groups to conduct business that benefits both the people of Hong Kong and San Lorenzo County. Business is also conducted with larger groups as well, which leads to traveling to Macau as another frequently visited destination for both business and leisurely purposes.

## Activities

The Shen Brothers perform a varying amount of crimes to keep up their revenue and reputation.

Their actions include

* Robbery
* Assassination
* Drug trafficking
* Money counterfeiting
* Stock trade
* Human trafficking
* Arms trafficking
* Hacking
* Gambling
* Cybercrime

The Shen Brothers in recent years had successfully made robberies of shipments of varying technology. These technological findings include Mage Technology and robotics. They use Mage Technology for their class of Summoners and robotics for a list of purposes, one of their purposes is towards a special class of foot soldier.

They also counterfeit money to transport across Asia, mostly in areas across China and Southeast Asia, however their work has also been spotted across South Asian areas such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Their drug trafficking of hard drugs such as cocaine, heroine, opium, and more reach these areas of Asia, and have increasingly entered into Japan and South Korea, despite the government's efforts to try to stop these drug trades from occurring on their soil. The group's notorious hackers play a part in the government's failure at trying to stop or slow down these numerous drug trades, as Police Databases frequently become breached and receive blackmail and bribes.

## Known Members

* Waldo Shen
* Winston Shen

## Organization

### Gunman

The most common foot soldier in the gang. Gunmen are equipped with handheld weapons such as pistols and SMGs, and some are even equipped with a common pump shotgun. All gunmen are equipped with some sort of melee weapon, and a good amount have access to frag grenades and molotov cocktails.

### Marksman

Gunmen specially trained to use sniper rifles. They're often seen in rooftops aiming for the heads and chests of their target. They can be easily spotted if paid attention to enough such as on high elevations and can be spotted using their red sight.

### Prosecutor

A highly more dangerous gunman. Prosecutors are equipped with body armor and carry stronger weapons ranging from assault rifles, automatic shotguns, stronger frag grenades, tear gas, and flashbangs. The flashbangs are often used to distract and disorient enemy targets to make it easier to take them down.

### Exosuit

Exosuits are a special unique class of the Shen Brothers foot soldiers. Certain members are trained to handle and use an exosuit that the Shen Brothers stole during one of their robberies of shipping containers containing a varying degree of advanced technology. The exosuits can be described as miniature mechs that are most often seen in popular culture. These exosuits are made of a strong metal and are equipped with two automatic machine guns on its arms, with his hands being able to pack a strong punch towards opponents and obstacles. The suit is able to carry heavy objects such as common vehicles, the pilot of the suit is located in its center and wear full body armor for their own safety. When their exosuit is disabled or destroyed, the pilot is capable of fending off for themselves by using a handheld weapon such as an SMG or a common rifle such as an AK-47.

### Constrainer

Another strong class of foot soldiers. A Constrainer is equipped from head to toe with full body armor and a strong helmet. They carry powerful automatic weaponry and have access to grenades and sticky bombs. Some Constrainer soldiers have access to a grenade launcher, RPG, or a stun launcher where they can electrically stun a group of targets with a single blast.

### Summoner

A powerful class of foot soldiers. Summoners are either natural born mages or members specially trained to use Mage Technology for the sake of offensive and defensive battle. Much like any other mage, Summoners can be fought back using mage back against them or with a strong tactic using strong weapons or robotics.

### Medic

The backbone support of the organization. A Medic's duty to is to heal incapacitated members, they often seek behind cover with their patient, and heal them under a few seconds using advanced modern medicine. Medics are usually equipped with pistols and SMGs, however the Shen Brothers revers their Medics greatly and equip them with stronger weapons such as shotguns, rifles, and even automatic guns similar to what Constrainers use.