Horde Syndicate

The Horde Syndicate, named after the original Syndicate during the Nicktoons Unite Era and Toon Wars is an alliance of villains from newer cartoons following Toon Wars: The Final Days. They consist of Orangusnake and his Sky Pirates, HueHue, after being freed by Orangusnake, and Cyber Catra, the founder. Using past Toon Wars Era technologies, including leftover Syndicate resources, they seek to take control of the Toonverse by way of force, threatening to engage their mysterious super weapons if the Toon Force intervene. They debut in Crossover Forces as the central antagonists of the story. However, once they were defeated by the New Toon Force, the Villainous Black Hat revealed his true intentions with Cyber Catra, explaining that the Horde Syndicate was only a ruse to give him and his men the Toonverse's trust, eventually accessing the Fourth Wall with the lie that his timeline had been destroyed by an evil Toon Force. His empire was soon defeated by the very same heroes he gathered, leaving remnants of the Horde Syndicate few and far between.

## History

### Post Final Days

The idea of a successor Syndicate as part of a huge scheme to take over the Toonverse was first drafted by Cyber Catra when she met Black Hat following her defeat and duplication at the hands of Adora. She believed that giving everyone a great threat masking the one in the shadows was the best way to fool everyone into giving them access to the Fourth Wall. To do this, Black Hat began backing the project with aid from brief hires for specific jobs, requesting Tanya Keys to gather scrapped Echo Drones from Enterra Drive Yards and seeking aid from Shadowy Figure to build the Glorb Pump for their dreadnought, The Invincible.

To add to the team, Cyber Catra partnered with the Sky Pirates of Pure Heart Valley, who in turn informed her of the Ruby Heart centered in the kingdom. With its power, they could energize their fleet of Battloons, which were recovered from EDY for use of the Syndicannon.

### Crossover Forces

After 2 years in development, the plan was initiated with the announcement at Toon City for a universal takeover, threatening to attack key places with their fleet should the Toon Force intervene. This prompts Black Hat's fake hero persona, Blue Hat, to summon heroes from different worlds new to Cartoon Network, including Mao Mao, Summer Camp Island, Victor and Valentino, and Infinity Train respectively. In the middle of the gathering, Max along with One-One were abducted by Cyber Catra, while each world was being subjugated by her army. Orangusnake also freed the mischief God, HueHue, from his prison in Monte Macabre, teaming up with him to cause chaos wherever they go. One-One is then used to command the energizing of the Battloons with the Ruby Heart aboard the Invincible while the Infinity Train's Steward is corrupted by a virus.

All this works in Cyber Catra and Black Hat's favor as the Horde Syndicate was purposefully designed to fail. However, they still use it with the intention to succeed as bonus if the heroes are defeated. Catra intends for the fleet to eventually be fueled enough that when the coordinates for Netflix's Etheria are discovered, they can jump to the planet to attack. However, with the heroes slowly gaining the upper hand, liberating each of their worlds, Catra realizes the rest of the plan is a-go. Eventually, the named New Toon Force reach the Horde Syndicate's hidden fortress world, the once prominent CN City, chosen for its lack of access routes in the Toonverse. To cripple Catra's power, the heroes intercept the onboard pumping station in the cruiser, then free One-One and Max. While the rest of the team takes care of the rest of the villains, Mao Mao confronts Cyber Catra at the bridge and engages in a duel. Despite her strength and augmentations, Catra still finds the sheriff a formidable opponent, eventually leading to her being outsmarted by he and the other heroes. With the Battloons and the Invincible shut down, the New Toon Force capture Catra and take her into custody under Blue Hat. However, this was all part of the plan as Black Hat later reveals his true motivations and betrays the Toonverse.

## Members

* Cyber Catra (Leader)
* Sky Pirates
	+ Orangusnake
	+ Boss Hosstrich
	+ Ratarang
	+ Ramarraffe
* HueHue
* Formicidae
* Echo Drones
	+ Bob