KOTC Database Category: SERPENT SYNDICATE, THE

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KOTC Database Category: SERPENT SYNDICATE, THE

The Serpent Syndicate was an early supervillain organization formed in the 1930s by the self-styled Serpent, a vaudville hypnotist with big-time criminal aspirations. From the 1950s to the 1970s the organization underwent several internal changes as their focus went from petty thugs after money and power to a more global perspective of world domination. Leadership continued to fluctuate after the assassination of the original Serpent, ranging from King Cobra to Shadowlord, but by far the most successful of these leaders was Madame Viper who developed an extensive underworld network of Serpent Lairs to launch several fiendish agendas.

Characterized by high-tech thefts and byzantine plots, the Serpent Syndicate was finally believed out of business in the 1980s after clashing with the Super Squad and friends, causing the collapse of the Snakepit Lair and the public exposure of Duchess Industries as a puppet front for the villains.

Claims that they were extinct, however, would prove to be premature. Decentralizing and spreading their "nests" around the world, Madame Viper has welded a scattering of old members of the group with the mutant children of previous members to rebuild. With a renewed focus on money and secrecy, they have stuck to white-collar crime and evaded contact with other Exotics. It's taken some time but they are once again strong and a threat, with control over several corporations and even a certain degree of influence over several governments.

Recently a strong Serpent Syndicate network was discovered in operation in Canada. While a small nest there in Toronto was believed dissolved when the organization crashed in the 1980's, the new nests are scattered across the outlying regions of that country.

TEAM HEIRARCHY:

Overall Leader:
Alberta Nest:
British Columbia Nest:
Quebec Nest:
Mooks:
Former Leaders:
Former Members:

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TEAM MEMBERS CURRENTLY IN DATABASE:

	`NAME :`	ANACONDA
	`MORALITY :`	Villain (Bully)
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	Brick.
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [Alberta Nest].
	`TACTICS :`	Possessed of Brute Strength enhanced by the ability to stretch her arms. She typically seeks to grab her opponents and crush the life out of them.

	`NAME :`	ASP
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	At Large
	`TYPE :`	Martial Artist / Blaster
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [Alberta Nest].
	`TACTICS :`	Martial Arts backed up by her Venom Blasts (NND, Flash, Str Drain). Hindered by a lack of mobility.

	`NAME :`	BLACK MAMBA
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	Mystic / Martial Artist
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [Alberta Nest].
	`TACTICS :`	Black Mamba has the ability to project a cloud of Darkforce to create an illusion of a trusted friend or companion of a target, usually of the opposite sex. She uses such illusions to get a tactical edge over her opponents.

	`NAME :`	BLACK RACER
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	Speedster
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [Alberta Nest].
	`TACTICS :`	Uses her speed and equipment to inflict poison-or-drug-enhanced scratches upon her opponents.

	`NAME :`	BUSHMASTER
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	Brick?
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [B.C. Nest].
	`TACTICS :`	For his size and apparent handicaps, Bushmaster can move with surprising speed and leap fair distances. He can bind and crush opponents with his prehensile tail or attack with his poisoned claws.

	`NAME :`	COACHWHIP
	`MORALITY :`	Villain (Mercenary)
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	Blaster.
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [Alberta Nest Leader].
	`TACTICS :`	Her powers are derived from a set of bracers (which project electrical whips) and a power belt (which projects a powerful forcefield and grants her the ability to fly).

	`NAME :`	COBRA
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	Blaster
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [B.C. Nest].
	`TACTICS :`	Cobra possesses a surprisingly malleable body, which makes him difficult to grasp and enables him to escape through some remarkably small holes as well as crawl up vertical surfaces. He possesses a pair of wrist launchers which allow him to project gas, poison and smoke attacks.

	`NAME :`	CONSTRICTOR
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	Blaster
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [Quebec Nest].
	`TACTICS :`	The Constrictor wears an battlesuit whose chief offensive weapon is the twin lengths of electrified cables, capable of extending up to 30 feet in order to act as whips (capable of rending steel) or as bonds. Once securely around an object or person, the cables can constrict with incredible - and deadly - force.

	`NAME :`	COPPERHEAD
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	Morpher
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [Quebec Nest].
	`TACTICS :`	Copperhead's snakesuit enables him to slither through impossibly small spaces and makes him hard to grab. It is also equipped with poisonous fangs and is capable of stretching to attack distant targets.

	`NAME :`	COTTONMOUTH
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	Brick?
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [Quebec Nest].
	`TACTICS :`	Possessed of a bionically enhanced and surgically altered mouth and jaws, Cottonmouth uses his jaws and teeth as an offensive weapon as does a real snake.

	`NAME :`	FER-DE-LANCE
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	Martial Artist
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [Quebec Nest Leader].
	`TACTICS :`	Fer-De-Lance possesses enhanced strength and durability. Her costume is equipped with twin omnium steel razor-edged claws on her forearms, which may be retracted.

	`NAME :`	KING COBRA
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	Unknown (believed deceased).
	`TYPE :`	Martial Artist
	`GROUP :`	Former leader of The Serpent Syndicate.
	`TACTICS :`	This golden-age martial artist used an Eastern-based style characterized by lightening-fast strikes and special Dim Mak techniques. He is believed deceased although rumors persist that he is merely laying in wait or has retreated back to the Orient to surpass his mere human perfection.

	`NAME :`	MADAME VIPER
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	Unknown.
	`TYPE :`	Mastermind
	`GROUP :`	Leader of The Serpent Syndicate.
	`TACTICS :`	Cunning mastermind who spurred the Serpent Syndicate to unprecedented success before they were all but eliminated by the actions of the Super Squad in the 1980's.

	`NAME :`	MECH VIPER EXTERMINATOR (MVX)
	`MORALITY :`	Neutral (Obey Programmed Directives)
	`STATUS :`	Special
	`TYPE :`	Mook / Brick
	`GROUP :`	Originally created at the behest of the Serpent Syndicate, one of these units was encountered in the apparent service of The Industrial Revolution.
	`TACTICS :`	A primitive - yet powerful - combat-model android, the MVX is programmed specifically to destroy any supers it engages. Possesses a range of weaponry which may incude steel claws, micro-missiles and a mechnet.

	`NAME :`	PRINCESS PYTHON
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	Deceased.
	`TYPE :`	Mentalist
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate.
	`TACTICS :`	A mentalist who specialized in charming her victims.

	`NAME :`	PUFF ADDER
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	Brick?
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate.
	`TACTICS :`	No Data.

	`NAME :`	PUFF ADDER [II]
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	Brick.
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [B.C. Nest].
	`TACTICS :`	No Data.

	`NAME :`	RATTLER
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	Brick / Blaster?
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [B.C. Nest].
	`TACTICS :`	Rattler can strike with his bionic tail to cause remarkable damage to an opponent. More fearful, perhaps, is the sonic attacks which he can employ by rattling his tail. He can also use this sonic power defensively, to disperse incoming attacks.

	`NAME :`	ROCK PYTHON
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	Entangler
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [Quebec Nest].
	`TACTICS :`	Rock Python hurls capsules that open into quick-growing metallic tentacles. Anyone struck by such a tentacle is firmly grappled.

	`NAME :`	SERPENT, THE
	`MORALITY :`	Villain (Greed)
	`STATUS :`	Deceased (assassinated).
	`TYPE :`	Mentalist
	`GROUP :`	Founder of The Serpent Syndicate.
	`TACTICS :`	This former vaudeville hypnotist has a certain aptitude towards mental domination, which he employed in his crimes. Most of the grunt work, however, was done by his minions. Noted for tangling with such golden-age superheroes as Johnny Quick and the Crimebuster.

	`NAME :`	SHADOWLORD
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	Unknown (believed retired).
	`TYPE :`	Mastermind
	`GROUP :`	Former leader of The Serpent Syndicate.
	`TACTICS :`	Combined exceptional physical abilities and an expertise with martial arts with mutant abilities over darkness and teleportation. Had a noteworthy resistance to harm and poison.

	`NAME :`	SIDEWINDER
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	At Large.
	`TYPE :`	No Data.
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate [B.C. Nest Leader].
	`TACTICS :`	No Data.

	`NAME :`	SYNDICATE, AGENTS OF THE
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	Special
	`TYPE :`	Mooks
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate.
	`TACTICS :`	These lieutenants within the Syndicate were equipped with armour and advanced technology (for the time).

	`NAME :`	SYNDICATE MOBSTERS
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	Special
	`TYPE :`	Mooks
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate.
	`TACTICS :`	These minions within the Serpent Syndicate were common gangsters, typically equipped with little more than tommyguns and attitude. Ones who proved themselves loyal were typically promoted to Agents.

	`NAME :`	SYNDICATE TROOPERS
	`MORALITY :`	Villain
	`STATUS :`	Special
	`TYPE :`	Mooks
	`GROUP :`	The Serpent Syndicate.
	`TACTICS :`	Modern-day footsoldiers of the Serpent Syndicate.

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