Migrant Merchants' Guild (42)Full unit name: Migrant Merchants' Guild
Last updated: 16.03.2024 23:23:23
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Basic info
First appearance: The Old Republic
The Old Republic
(VIDEO GAME)
Relations: Coruscant
Coruscant
Planet
Known Facts (74)
Takeover of the Old Galactic Market (2) »
Raid on Military Storehouse (1) »
Crisis in Galactic City (16) »
Destroying the War Droids (10) »
Stolen Secrets (11) »
Secret Signals (8) »
Republic's Most Wanted (10) »
The Senator's Stolen Goods (7) »
For Better or Worse (9) »
Summary
The Migrant Merchants' Guild was a supposedly legitimate trade consortium that advocated for refugee rights and supported the Coruscant
Coruscant
Planet
reconstruction effort. In reality, the Migrant Merchants' Guild was a highly organized crime syndicate that seized power
Takeover of the Old Galactic Market
Event
Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)
during the riots in the Old Galactic Market after the Great Galactic War
Great Galactic War
Event
Great Galactic War (3681BBY - 3653BBY)
.
Even before the war's end, the guild served as a front for money laundering and goods smuggling, but kept mostly to nonviolent crime. Its membership was primarily nonhuman, and represented a powerful economic force inside Coruscant's nonhuman immigrant population. The Migrant Merchants' Guild expanded into bribery and extortion, with the Old Galactic Market as its headquarters, all the while keeping a thin veneer of respectability. Coruscant Security Force
Coruscant Security Force
Organization
Planetary and Sector
patrols often clashed with members of the Migrant Merchants' Guild in an attempt to keep the peace, and had, at the zenith of its power, begun applying its influence less towards shaking down local businesses and more towards interfering in planetary politics. Shortly before the end of the Cold War
The Cold War
Event
Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)
the Guild had grown increasingly hostile and violent, their criminal enforcers had acquired military-grade weaponry and even expensive battle droids.
The Guild was nearly wiped out in a series of engagements
Crisis in Galactic City
Event
Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)
after they attempted to blackmail Senator
Republic Senate
Organization
Galactic Republic
Vanara Kayl
Vanara Kayl
(Human)
Character
Minor Characters (TOR)
by threatening to organize terrorist attacks against the Senate Tower, and in response, the Senator sent a detachment of CSF and a group of Republic operatives
Republic Operatives
Organization
Temporary Unions
to the Old Galactic Market district.

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See also
UH
Known members
Vistis Garn
Prakkath
Abiss Sol'oras
SD-0
Droid models that were used by this organization
COL-A01 Uber Droid
IMP-A01 Military Battle Droid
KCPD-A01 Assassin Droid
UNW-A01 Heavy Assassin Droid
BMF-GNK-A01 Droid
Vehicles that were used by this organization
Tracking Autoturret
Known sentient species
Abyssin
Advozse
Arcona
Chagrian
Devaronian
Neimoidian
Nikto
Ongree
Rodian
Twi'lek
Weequay
Zabrak
Known weaponry
L10 Blaster
L6 Rifle
Wrist-mounted Flamer
L3 Electroblade
Gas Grenade
Fire Bomb
Complete list

Full unit name: Migrant Merchants' Guild Last updated: 16.03.2024 23:23:23