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| - When the Sparkcog Cartel's general Vixx Steelwrench decided to singlehandedly scout the sewage and scum of Shipwreck's slums, he found the distasteful presence of the Slagsteel Cahoots, a notorious gang which fell from grace years ago. His presence undoubtedly attracts a myriad of attention from all sides of the goblin underworld, and when the general returns to delve headlong with only a single soldier to confront and squish the Slagsteels into history, he is brought to the mercy of the Blackgrin Syndicate; a much wealthier, prosperous organization of the underworld who exchanged alleged bargains with the Slagsteel Cahoots in exchange for the general. With an explosive bang, the Blackgrin captured General Steelwrench and disappeared with their mark: they annihilated much of the Slagsteel'
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| - When the Sparkcog Cartel's general Vixx Steelwrench decided to singlehandedly scout the sewage and scum of Shipwreck's slums, he found the distasteful presence of the Slagsteel Cahoots, a notorious gang which fell from grace years ago. His presence undoubtedly attracts a myriad of attention from all sides of the goblin underworld, and when the general returns to delve headlong with only a single soldier to confront and squish the Slagsteels into history, he is brought to the mercy of the Blackgrin Syndicate; a much wealthier, prosperous organization of the underworld who exchanged alleged bargains with the Slagsteel Cahoots in exchange for the general. With an explosive bang, the Blackgrin captured General Steelwrench and disappeared with their mark: they annihilated much of the Slagsteel's forces, provoking the lesser-known, although more technologically advanced, Ironpipe Bruisers to push the front and advance against the Cahoots, easily claiming over half of the Slagsteel territory. Word was fortunate enough to swiftly reach the higher-ranking military and cartel officials, and after a brief meeting it was decided that a baron would go undercover to the city's highest-class casino, where the syndicate was often known for operating within in its younger days. Audibly and actively boasting to each socialiate and executive within the casino proved to quickly initiate an attack from the syndicate: seconds later, smoke bombs poured into the interior of the casino and a battle between the B.O.I. (Bureau of Investigation) and Blackgrin mobsters was quick to begin and end, with the interrogation of a Blackgrin survivor who was quickly finished off for his "lack of knowledge". Moments later, a tremendous roar erupted throughout Shipwreck which shook the city's very foundation. The Sparkscraper, a symbolic landmark representative of Sparkcog industry, trade and business, had sustained a significant explosion - the numerous, gaping punctures made in the structure reminiscent of the organization's notorious, toothy grin. Soon would Baron Ryypo and Mogul Glucket Gizmospin uncover on their posthaste trip back to the cartel's military base of operations that an invasion had begun: they were stopped by several bruisers claiming that a new trade prince had taken control of the city and ordered to surrender immediately. Already battles were surging out across the city as Blackgrin's mobsters utilized their heavy artillery to storm from Shipwreck's slums, quickly overwhelming and claiming the factory district and it's military development and the alchemy district's versatile and scattered experiments. The suburbs were thrown into a state of warfare, torn between rising militia and syndicate mobsters. Trade Prince Zimirvox's B.O.I. agency acted swiftly and decisively, securing the business & port district with military aid while a squadron was sent out to rescue important political figureheads in danger of extermination due to their affiliation or sympathy for Zimirvox's rule. (Noteably among these rescues was the town hall, where Ms. "Production", the factory district's manager, had taken refuge after evacuating her workers, as well as several other wealthy civilians and politicians, most to all of these candidate targets for annihilation.) When as many civilians were evacuated as possible, a squadron was assimilated and the offensive began: Captain Kidrik's men pushed through the casino district, which remained relatively unaffected by the fighting, through the villas, past an offensive and into the Blackgrin heart of Shipwreck: the highway leading to the alchemy district and beyond was snaked with the mobsters. The squadron's perserverance eventually led them to the front of the factory, where a military mechano-tank in development, pirateered by the Syndicate, emerged to exterminate the group. It's heavy flamethrower and rocket launchers proved deadly and nearly cost the lives of many within the group. (At the expense of a grenade and some stealthy snooping, two soldiers were able to cause the mechano-tank to explode.) The task force pushed forward through the factory, shutting down Blackgrin operations within it using a failsafe code distributed to the group during Ms. "Production"'s rescue. The syndicate made their ultimatum after the factory shut down, swarming the liberation task force and eagerly preparing to massacre them when a mighty war zeppelin, commandeered by Sky-Captain Bomblast, expertly, albeit still clumsily, planted itself directly on the Blackgrin forces, crushing the majority of the remaining incursion. After a momentary rendezvous with General Vixx Steelwrench, who had freed himself with Bomblast's aid, the final push was made against the syndicate: their forces were easily weeded out of the suburbs with the military's renewed vigor, and the city was secured once again, the remaining Blackgrin fleeing into Sparkcog Isle's vast jungles.
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