CSS The Fringe

*Homebrew Reference Book: Corporate Sector Sourcebook*

*Affiliation Page: The Fringe*

You find all kinds in The Corporate Sector. Wealthy debutantes bored with The Core, farmhands from the frontier, ambitious programmers and researchers- they all come, sometimes looking to make a quick credit, sometimes looking for a change in scenery. Whatever the reason, the Authority's immigration offices are usually swamped with applications; but that never has any effect on free spacers. The Espos try to keep the Authority closed up tight, sort of like The Deep Core.

No matter how you look at it, most of the people in The Corporate Sector are caught somewhere in-between the businessmen and the criminals. They struggle to make a living and hope that no one ever looks at them crossways. They came on false promises and are stuck there through poverty and a bad system. Still, most of them are normal folks and they try to be decent; some of them even succeed.

## Personalities of the Sector

A number of different personalities inhabit The Corporate Sector, even without affiliation with a major group. The following smugglers, criminals, and "free spacers" might be encounter while traversing the region.

## Ploovo's Protocol Team

*Affiliation Page: Ploovo's Protocol Team*

Criminal figures often have to rely on violence or the threat of violence to obtain the payments they are owed. Ploovo Two-For-One, infamous shylock of The Corporate Sector, has a very effective group of thugs who perform this job quite well. Ploovo fondly refers to this group as his "Protocol Team."

Ploovo's Protocol Team is led by the Klatooinian mercenary Beatas, whom he acquired the services of following a "merger" with a rival loan shark's organization in The Corporate Sector. The beings he has placed under Beatas' command have over the years proven extremely effective in gaining monies lent that would have otherwise been considered lost.

 Protocol Bodyguard | CL 4

### Organization Data

Ploovo Two-for-One's criminal enterprise consists of seedy clubs and casinos on major trade worlds in the Corporate Sector, which serve as a front for his numerous protection rackets and loan sharking efforts in the region. If there is a loan shark operating in the Corporate Sector space, or a protection racket, odds are Ploovo is connected to it.

**Type:** Criminal Syndicate

**Enemies and Allies:** As a criminal network working out of The Corporate Sector, Ploovo's Protocol Team is frequently in conflict with The Corporate Sector Authority. On occasion, the group may draw more allies from The Fringe.

**Scale:** 10 (multiple planets)

**Criteria Tables:** The following criteria can affect the Organization Scores of members of Ploovo's Protocol Team.

**Titles, Benefits, and Duties:** The following includes the various ranks and titles of Ploovo's Protocol Team, as well as their benefits and duties befitting their stature.

 Thug
 Collections Agent
 Protocol Team Lead
* Protocol Team Leads pay no licensing fees on Restricted Items within the organization's sphere of influence and gain a +2 bonus to Will Defense to resist effects from The Corporate Sector Authority.
 Boss
* Bosses gain access to a personal aide who has Heroic Levels equal to their Heroic Level -3.

## Doc's Mod Ring

*Affiliation Page: Doc's Mod Ring*

Founded by Klaus "Doc" Vandangante- a talented, but blacklisted, drifter and his outlaw tech wife Shardra, the ring of outlaw techs comprising this criminal enterprise are considered the best modification specialists in the galaxy. Doc's Mod Ring, including his daughter Jessa, are renowned- or perhaps notorious- for repairing smuggling ships and souping them up with illegal modifications.

Among the many unorthodox, questionable or outright illegal modifications available from Doc and his techs are: custom Hyperdrive upgrades, transponder slicing, the integration of fluidics or other non-standard systems, the mounting of weaponry, the installation of cloaking or ejection devices, and the hardwiring of Droids- such as general assistance models- into navigation or other shipboard systems.

Originally established on the frozen Outer Rim world of Urdur, the headquarters of Doc's Mod Ring has, from time to time, moved locations to avoid detection by authorities. Potential clients must often rely on word of mouth or Cynabar's InfoNet to find it.

 Jessa Vandangante | CL 5
 Blue Max | CL 3
 BLX-5 (Bollux)

### Organization Data

*See also: Doc's Mod Ring, Organizations*

Doc's Mod Ring has a loose hierarchy with "Doc" Klaus Vandangante at the top, and sundry technicians and engineers in his employ.

**Type:** Criminal Syndicate

**Enemies and Allies:** Doc's Mod Ring often finds themselves rivaled by other groups of The Fringe, though they tend to keep a low enough profile to avoid the attention of the Authority.

**Scale:** 2 (Larger Localized Group)

**Criteria Tables:** The following criteria can affect the Organization Scores of members of Doc's Mod Ring.

**Titles, Benefits, and Duties:** The following includes the various ranks and titles of Doc's Mod Ring, as well as their benefits and duties befitting their stature.

 Journeyman
 Yeoman
 Master Technician
 Master Engineer
* Master Engineers gain access to a Space Transport.