Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Issue: 16   Editor: Mika


Battle of the Bullet Factory Frick
For the members of Bootleggers, it was a case of another week, another massacre. The Syndicate, who was just a few weeks ago impersonated by someone claiming that they were retiring for good, joined forces with Strictly Business and Omerta to attack, inside and wipe three crews this week. These crews were Smoke and Mirrors, Fire and Brimstone, and Event Horizon, although the latter was only attacked. On the victims side, we spoke to lordwell (also known as LW) a council member of Event Horizon, and Silky, boss of Smoke and Mirrors. We also spoke to Goose, a member of The Syndicate.

To begin the interview, we asked LW who shot the crews. He answered, "The Syndicate shot us. Garnacha was the only shooter. The_Abyss, thedarkknight, Riley, MissWhiteRose, AndreasBaader and skydov2 shot Fire and Brimstone and Smoke and Mirrors. Smoke and Mirrors was insided by Treadstone and AndreasBaader. Event Horizon took care of them and the spot dropped. Frime and Brimstone was wiped straight of the statistics." Silky, who we spoke to through a liaison, confirmed this by saying, "The Syndicate wiped us, along with a few friends."

"About a month ago, The Syndicate threatened us," said Silky. "It was over the New York Bullet Factory. We took this threat very seriously, knowing they would eventually wipe us. So, we took a second BF that The Syndicate owned. The Nevada BF, wiping Strictly Business in the process. We knew The Syndicate would wipe us at some point, so, we wanted to prepare ourselves financially for the rest of the round with the two BFs until they eventually came for us." We asked LW the same question, and he replied, "apparently we sided with Smoke and Mirrors the last time they shot, so we were shot after six shooters shot F&B and S&M." The Syndicate confirmed these accusations, with Goose saying, "S&M shot our allies for our factories, then made it clear to us that they were prepared to go to war with us. We didn't wipe Event Horizon because they weren't a primary threat."

Next, we asked Silky how he planned to deal with the attack. He told us, "Well, we shot the folks that shot us. We've been expecting this to happen for a really long time now, so, we pretty much are ready to move forward." He later said, "We had the help of friends in picking up the Bullet Factories. However, one of the Bullet Factories went to a member of North American Union. In discussions there, it was originally thought that he would work towards getting the Bullet Factory back in our hands. However, we found this to not be the case and that he was no longer going to do this. As well, one of the folks that insided us had formerly been a member of NAU. So, we had an Underground shooter that goes by the name of TAKALICIOUS (not because he's so vicious, it is a tribute to Beyonce), wipe their crew spot and kill a couple of others that we could connect with The Syndicate. "I'm sure NAU will say that they were going to give the BF back to someone at some point, but, at the end of the day, they were dodgy as hell with it and we had a very strong reason to believe they weren't going to get it back to us. Simple decision, really."

After LW stated that Event Horizon killed the shooters, we asked him if they took care of them all. He said, "fiveSeven shot 4; Riley, skydov2, thedarkknight and MissWhiteRose. AndreasBaader, one of the insiders who was also a shooter, we took care of (Shitasaurus shot), and finally I'm not sure who shot The_Abyss. I don't think we did."

To conclude our interview with Silky (or rather, through a liasion), we asked him if he was planning revenege. He said, "Revenge is guaranteed. So, yeah, of course we'll return fire. We'll protect what we have and we'll protect our members. Our members work hard and give a lot to us to make us what they are. They deserve to be avenged and as a family, we'll continuously work towards that. It's a matter of finding people connected with The Syndicate and making sure that we don't get the kills wrong. As we did with NAU, we first made sure to have the right information. We'll eventually get that right information and attack swiftly. I mean, We regulate any stealing of his property. And we damn good too. But you cant be any geek off the street. Gotta be handy with the steel if you know what I mean, earn your keep!"

Well, that ends another chapter of Bootleggers battles. The Syndicate seems to be everywhere we turn, and seemingly, they won't take crap from anyone. Will Smoke and Mirrors return fire? We'll have to keep a close eye on them.