Raj

## Ideals

The members of Raj can be sure of two things, a place to sleep and food to supply themselves with. Everything else was up to them, and there was plenty of work to be done. Naturally, nobody wanted to settle just for some old mat and the dinner table, regardless of how good the food was. Headquarters were happy to open new sectors in the organization every day.

Raj has a humanist approach to the gray zone, though it is still an inherently violent organization. Everyone is to be given a fair trial, a second chance. No matter what they did. Though, undesirables who want to do nothing but oppose the Raj shall have their wish granted.

## History

To say that history of Raj is complicated would be an understatement, the organization started out with just about six members. The current chairwoman Mirai was the founder right after liberation of a few slaves from a small gang known as Rascals, oddly enough one of the gangsters joined their ranks. This gangster is known nowadays as Eleonore and is a closed friend with the founder.

Just like any notorious gang, no soul heard of it until it made itself apparent in the Gray Zone. Making connections and purchasing assets, occasionally integrating smaller gangs into their ranks. For Raj, that event that increased their threat to the numbers known today was the Operation Eclipse. A direct response to the aggression of the now extinct gang of slavers and party bringers, Melodica.

Though normally a gang would attempt to remain under radar to hide itself from foreign interest and keeping it's influence stable, during that series of attacks both Raj and Melodica refused to pull any punches. The slavers already backed into the corner used all of their remaining assets against the so called "humanist" gang. It was said that for almost a full day and night the nearby streets were on flames, though not many like to speak of that tale.

After that, Raj took seized all the assets of Melodica and started integration of former gangsters. One of these assets was the old hotel known as Paradise Four's, which became their new headquarters. After that, the things went quiet again. Though to anyone knowledgeable on the gang and it's internal politics knew that the newly formed Elite Squads of Raj and their intelligence divisions spared no effort in gathering information on their new neighbours. Small gangs owning a workshop or some apartment would occasionally disappear only to reappear in the Paradise again, sometimes however they would never be seen again.

## Organization

Raj is attempting to minimize the hierarchy and it's effects on human psyche, however some centralization is necessary for the Raj to survive in the vast pseudo-anarchy of the **Gray Zone**.

At the very top stands the **headquarters**, it's members staying mostly the same. Mirai as the chairwoman, Eleonore as the right hand as well as currently appointed ministry of defense, intelligence and finances. All members of headquarters are equal to each other and may only be switched by a majority of at least three, this rule naturally applies even to the founder - Mirai.

Underneath the headquarters stand every single other **division** of the Raj: Elite Squads, Regular Army, logistics divisions, regular workers. Though in the time of absolute crisis such as direct threat to the Paradise, every single one of them ought to be able to fight for the organization's survival.

The structure is purely meritocratic, which is proven by very often changes of leaderships at the beginning of existence of the Elite Squads. At one point, one of the squads changed their leader three times in one day. Though, it was kickstarted by a sudden betrayal the numbers make for quite a funny story to tell by the campfire.

## Forces

There's three kinds of fighters in the Raj's ranks, each has their purpose.

* **Elite Squads** - Three special teams with their own specializations. Though their tasks are way harder to pull off then the other groups', they are not rewarded any differently than a regular member of Raj. However, their permanent presence at the frontlines usually gives them opportunities to prove their effectiveness better than members of **RA**. They train daily and reports of that are delivered to the headquarter on bi-weekly basis, though often the leaders prove to be harsher than HQ's reprehensions.
* **Regular Army** - Regular troops who voluntarily wish to protect their closest ones and the future of Raj. They went through advanced training and are expected to keep their form reasonably fit.
* **Workers** - Last resort forces which poses basic training, they're merely expected to stand their ground and are allowed to desert were the other two forces collapse for whatever reason.

## Assets

As it is, Raj owns plenty of assets, included but not limited to are:

* **Paradise Four's**, a hotel complex where outsiders occasionally come to visit. It also serves as the headquarters.
* **Midnight Star**, a cinema that serves as living space for newcomers. Due to how spacious it is, it also serves as a secondary magazine for some of the supplies.
* **ImperialiQ**, a monarchy styled distillery where all of Raj's alcohols come from, especially the Vodka. Although still important, at one point it was the only source of income for the Raj.
* **Tovarna**, an old apartment complex turned into a small industry centre. It was kickstarted thanks to Bucket's assistance in making basic steel molds. Though it has vastly outgrown it's initial size it still remains underwhelming as far as Raj's need for weapons and munitions grows.

## Raj's deals

* A minor arms deal with the Corvid Company. On top of rifles and munitions it included an experimental weapon made of an old bolt action rifle and a revolving grenade chamber.
* After a lot of haggling, Raj was able to order two custom made steel casters from Bucket of Esperanza gang in exchange for some of their skilled workers.
* Mercenary named MilitriKat runs an interesting bar known as "Die Die Kneipe". Though at first the deal was supposed to be just a bi weekly shipment of vodka in exchange for straight up money, the owner turned out to be an excellent information source and occasionally exchanges details about other gangs and their leadership in exchange for a vodka container.