The CRUSH Brief
This page tells you what you, as someone involved in the CRUSH, need or ought to know beyond public knowledge of this organisation. Please also note that the information available here is not all there is, it is simply what would be known to the ranks available at game start. As you progress in the organisation, more information may become available. Alternatively, you may come across things while investigating.
Whether you decide to share this information with others is up to you. However, the GMs ask that you relay this information in your own words instead of simply showing others the organisation brief, to maintain a sense of IC authenticity.
The GM in charge of this organisation is Elynor. If you have any questions related to this organisation, feel free to get in touch with her.
History
Even before the Heart began to expand beyond its original three organisations' members, there were always a few who were happiest being petty criminals. People still remember Beta's stint as a 'master thief' a few years ago (and, indeed, most of them wish they could forget). Officially, this is why the CRUSH began. But even after Beta grew bored, the CRUSH persisted. Some in the Heart found they preferred the more laid-back style, not to mention the minimal interest from SPEAR and Garuda; others joined from outside the organisation, some later rising to prominence within the Heart. Rumour has it that Prime has their eye on the CRUSH, looking for potential. But rumour also has it that stealing candy from a thousand toddlers will net you a golden egg from CRUSH HQ, so most don't pay too much attention.
Other People of Note
Star Eye
Originally a minor hero in SPEAR, Star Eye reached sixty and realised she wasn't all that happy. Having apprehended several members of the CRUSH in the past who looked like they were having a great deal more fun, she began to consider a career change. How exactly she managed to join is a mystery, but her dedication and live-for-the-moment attitude have paid off. Now the official leader of the CRUSH (as of last month), she still enjoys working with people at every level in the organisation.
Entomostab
Third in command at the CRUSH, Entomostab specialises in controlling insects and mocking everyone and everything. Not one for subtlety or the big picture, he's happy to stay exactly where he is - rejecting three offers for promotion into the main body of the Heart rather openly to prove his point.
Liliana
A quiet teenager who hangs out with some of the CRUSH's purse-snatchers. No one is exactly sure where she came from. She prefers to distract people when they ask by growing lilies from nothing. It's a very similar method to the one she uses to steal from people.
Location Information
Fancies
The closest thing the CRUSH currently has to a headquarters, the Fancies are an at first apparently unconnected collection of pawn shops. There is one Fancy in each major district of Capital City, not to mention a few in cities across the world. Only Star Eye knows all the locations.
While in a Fancy, members of the CRUSH are required to act like employees, customers, or, occasionally, both.
Old HQ
After an incident involving a birthday party gone horribly wrong, the original central headquarters of the CRUSH is now little more than an abandoned apartment complex in the Forge. Sometimes squatters move in, but most move out again very quickly, or are never seen again. The few involved in the birthday incident prefer not to discuss what they have seen.
What we Really Think
SPEAR
”Usually not an issue. They're busy with their thing, we're busy with ours” - Star Eye
”Avoiding these assholes is one of the big benefits of small crimes” - Earth Crane, new recruit
Separatists
”Who cares?” - Entomostab
Garuda
”Go away” - Liliana
The Heart
”If you don't step on our toes, we won't stamp you out” - Katernium, Bone Script skipper in the Heart
”Let's not give them a reason to stamp us out” - Fiery Spider, new recruit (in conversation with Katernium)
The Lookout
”Isn't it cute that a glorified neighbourhood watch thinks it can do anything of any value?” - Entomostab
The Summits
”Picking pockets isn't harmful. I'll go” - Liliana
Recent Events
Garden Show
Next week is Capital City's miniature garden show. Admittedly, we suspect some gardeners will be distracted and not go - something to do with the Moon being all broken up - but we can break a few more things for those guys who are really dedicated to gardening. A few of our own have managed to sabotage the competition (the tears! The agony! The wasps!) but we can do better than that.
Pizza Heist
The CRUSH's bi-monthy pizza heist went off without a hitch. Congratulations to all involved for stealing the Lookout's delicious, cheesy dinner. Rewards on offer to those who can give the Lookout something else to cry about.