The Exchange
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Information & Smuggling
Around 4000 BBY, The Exchange was an interstellar crime cartel involved in a variety of underworld enterprises - the spice trade, smuggling, weapons trafficking, slave trading, extortion, bounty hunting - within the Galactic Republic, the Sith Empire, and Hutt Space. They were particularly active during the time of the Jedi Civil War, Great Galactic War, and the first Cold War.
In 10 ABY, information broker Atton Kira and smuggler Emelie Shadowstar entered into an arrangement to build an underworld enterprise that would combine their areas of expertise. Shadowstar provided leadership and direction, while Kira provided experience and finances, on the understanding that for the first ten years the business would be divided 50:50, after which Kira would retire and leave Shadowstar with complete control. "The Exchange" was chosen as a name to obscure ties with either individual and their legitimate enterprises.
The Exchange has tentative ties to Black Sun. Their relationship with the Ouishii Kajidic of the Hutt Cartel is negative and competitive, but is not openly hostile. The Exchange has had a number of run-ins with a shadow organisation known as Sarlacc, who once attempted to kill Shadowstar because of her former association with the shipping company Silenus Corp.
Locations
- Cloud City - the Exchange is headquartered on Cloud City, Bespin.
- Elysian Acquisitions - a front for smuggling, with offices in the Administration District.
- Elysium - a nightclub and front for information brokering, located in Port Town.
- Jedi Enclave (Bespin) - used as a smuggler hideout with the grudging "permission" of Inyos Aamoran.
Organisations
- Elysian Acquisitions
- Elysium - nightclub on Cloud City
- Crimson Tide - registered transport; Captain Vittore Montegue
- Tempest Holdings - front company for real estate holdings
Characters
- Emelie Shadowstar - founder and leader of the new Exchange.
- Atton Kira - founder and financier of the New Exchange.
- Amaros Koine - a Mandalorian mercenary employed to assist Emelie Shadowstar with security.
- Vittore Montegue - a bounty hunter "on retainer" to hunt down threats to Emelie Shadowstar and her enterprises.
- Sleazy (CZ-41) - a comms droid owned by Vittore Montegue, skilled at forging documents.
- Katie (R2-K8) - a utility droid owned by Vittore Montegue.
- Bumblebee (21-B) - a medical droid owned by Vittore Montegue.
- Sadie K'Vesh - a slicer on the Exchange payroll, and frequent hunting "partner" of Vittore Montegue.
- Nen Lev'i - a slicer on the Exchange payroll, and the personal assistant to Emelie Shadowstar.
Associates
- Sanis Prent - the Exchange's contact with Black Sun.
The Cumulus Casino is the center of Black Sun's network of criminal operations.
