ENFORCERS

## SUMMARY

The Enforcers are equally parts vain and strong, leading to a general attitude of physical superiority to their peers among the syndicates. They function as the controlling party in the production and distribution of firearms within the LCD, supplying not only the other syndicates, but individual vendors as well.

## HISTORY

In the 2054 capture of the LCD, the Enforcers laid claim to a multitude of fabrication facilities, allowing them the resources and infrastructure to construct weaponry and loading equipment. The Enforcers quickly pursued a wave of outside recruitment, seeking cryptechs they sorely lacked. They understood that the equipment they had acquired would be useless without schematics to work from. With each cryptech they brought on board, production scaled in speed, pulling design documents from the servers of major manufacturers and replicating firearms with absolute precision. As this was the first instance of new weaponry entering the city since its inception sixteen years prior, the advancements in weapons design during that time gave the Enforcers an advantage against the other factions, as well as a valuable bargaining chip. The syndicate that posed the largest threat to the Enforcers was the Sisters, as the Posthumans and Bankers had both taken mostly non-interventional stances regarding their fellow factions. Fighting erupted sporadically, sometimes occurring without provocation as members of the rival factions passed in the street. Soon, the Bankers offered to step in and mediate between the two families, stressing that the destruction resulting from their squabbles was harming the district as a whole. With the assistance of the bankers, and a carefully negotiated trade deal, a peace was brokered.

In 2110, the Enforcers encountered a new foe. Former members of the ATSF had made their way into the LCD, dubbing themselves "Lawmen." This new faction, commonly referred to as "the fifth faction," targeted the Enforcers first, believing their role in weapons trade and maintenance elevated the group to a higher level of risk than the other syndicates. With their now long-established peace intact, the Sisters were quick to intervene, bringing their own muscle into the fight. Though the Sisters were not as physically strong as the Enforcers, their marksmanship and guile served to make them an equally formidable force. After months of high-intensity fighting, the Lawmen retreated to the outskirts of the LCD.

By the time of the incursion into the LCD by the ATAS in 2120, the Enforcers had already been preparing, spending the previous decade pursuing the research and development of energy-based weaponry. While the Posthumans remained neutral, content to wait out the fight in their fortress within the Sub-Stacks, the Enforcers and Sisters fought for the surface. Both syndicates were assisted by the Bankers, supplying fighters from a massive stockpile of munitions and ordinance. The fight eventually gave way to a stalemate, the ATAS content to patrol peacefully, turning a blind eye to the ongoing activities of the syndicates so long as they were at least moderately covert in their transactions.

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