Obscure Collective

General Description
The Obscure Collective, also known as "The Collective", was a street crew currently founded by Seano "Chemist" Blackthorne. They operated in various parts of the city but primarily operated in East Los Santos.

Background Information
The crew's entire ethos revolved around anonymity and obscurity. One of the core tenets of the syndicate was that no member was to carry any form of ID that could identify themselves to hostile parties where possible and any attempt to learn their name shall be denied. Even amongst their own members, The Obscured did not know their own members' true names and instead operated through Aliases. The gang's main business revolved around gun traficking, synthetic compounds and methamphetamine via the efforts of the Chemist and his cooks' perfected recipe.

Territory
The Obsure Collective does not possess any territory of their own due to their preference for remaining discrete and under the radar. The collective often prefers to work in partnership with more public groups to achieve their goals and thus has no need for a territory of their own when operating as a crew. The can often be found in the Humane Lab's research center using a forged badge to conduct research into furthering his strain and creating new synthetic compounds.

Motto's

 * Quod ignotum est scutum nostrum (The Unknown Is Our Shield)
 * In obumbratio, ut operate (In the Shadows, We Operate)

Marabunta Grande
The Obscure Collective has a standing business relationship with the Marabunta Grande of Fudge Lane. The expansion of meth addiction in the city allowed an oppurtunity of growth for The Obscure Collective and a lucrative financial oppurtunity for the Marabunta gang without ever conducting any illegal activity themselves. The Collective pushes 100's of 100% purity bags of 26-Gazelle methamphetamines through fudge lane and the surrounding streets in El Burro Heights to fund their expansion into the synthetic compound world via The Chemist and his team of "Scientists". Despite this, tensions have arisen around a rumoured attempt by the NBC, Ballas and an unknown third crew to take over fudge lane due to the Marabunta's lack of presence. The Collective and the Marabunta's are both well aware that there is an impending conflict to arise over Fudge lane and the strategically beneficial location will need to be defended.

Condemned MC
The Condemned MC are less of an Ally and more of a strategically beneficial ceasefire and cooperative agreement. After an initially hostile altercation in a lab due to conflicting cook schedules, a meeting and agreement took place under the mediation of The Condemned and The Obscured Associate La Flare Davis. Despite being a major rival supplier to many of the Southside gangs in Los Santos, the Condemned MC and the Collective are under no illusions that it benefits both parties to coordinate their attempts to cook and eliminate any potential hostilities that may arise. It serves no purpose for either group to burn the labs to the San Andreas Law Enforcement bodies over a simple disagreement over availability and use. In this spirit, both groups, whilst still being effective rivals, are amicably sharing information and refraining from hostilities in an attempt to co-exist in the space and prevent other groups starting their own supply.

Leaders

 * The Chemist - As the original founder of the group and current de facto leader. The Chemist is responsible for the growth of the group in the East Los Santos region and their relatively quick rise to the top of the meth game. The chemist's educated background and scientific knowledge allows him access to arguably the purest meth in Los Santos currently. A core tenet of his leadership is the idea of legal evasion. Preferring operations where potential charges are minimised via good practice vs those where shootouts are required.
 * Tane "Kiwi" Mahuta - Founding Partner
 * Colt "45" Coleman - Founding Partner

Initiated Members

 * Augustus "The Wolf" Grimm - Initiated Member and Business Lead
 * Rex "Dino" Luther - Initiated Member and Racing Lead
 * Connell "Soap" Macgregor - Initiated Candidate and Meth Cook Team
 * Meelo "Drift" Graves - Initiated Member of Cook Team and Racing Head
 * Bruno "Cuh" Brown - Initiated Member and Prospective Meth Cook Team
 * Scruffy "The Clown" Doodle - Uninitiated Silent Partner and Business Connection
 * SunMoon "The Widow" Lee - Uninitiated Candidate and Meth Cook Team
 * Vincent "The Alien" Genovese - Trial Member and Grow Op Lead
 * Simmy "Bella Donna" Kit - Trial Member and Grow Op Team

Associates and Business Partners

 * La Flare "Digital" Davis - Heist Lead and Business Procurement
 * Lola "Two Wheel" Reinhart - Cook Team and Heist Crew

Former Associates/Prospects

 * Enzo Calabrese - Removed as a potential candidate for recruitment after being indicated in a scheme to run his own crew and using information granted to him by the Obscure Collective. Additionally, he was outed by the shot-caller of GSF as being the one responsible for their knowledge of the Collective's activity in the Southside.
 * Pedro Frank - Recommended by Lola Reinhart for recruitment into the cook team. Offer of partnership turned down due to existing involvement in the Meth business via another crew.