Orion Syndicate

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The Orion Syndicate is a criminal organization created by the Orions. First contact between Earth and the Syndicate was made in 2154 by Captain Jonathan Archer of the Enterprise. (ENT episode: "Borderland")

In the 2330s, the Orion Syndicate was a major distributor of "red ice", a powerful and deadly narcotic. They were also believed to have acted as middlemen for arms trading between the Breen Confederacy and the Cardassian Union. During this period, they were in heated competition with a rival crime syndicate called the Asfar Qatala. (TLE novel: Well of Souls)

Well of Souls portrays the Orion Syndicate as relatively small upstart organization about which Starfleet Intelligence has limited information. This appears inconsistent with what was later established on Enterprise, though the lack of mention of a Syndicate during the TOS era may suggest the organization did not operate continuously over this entire period.

The Syndicate worked with the Dominion during the war in an operation to divide the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire by assassinating an anti-Federation Klingon ambassador. Thanks to Miles O'Brien, who was posing as a Syndicate member, the attempt was foiled. (DS9 episode: "Honor Among Thieves")

After Liam Bilby's death, the Syndicate forced Janel Tigan to pay Morica Bilby from his mother Yanas' company's funds. (DS9 episode: "Prodigal Daughter")

During the Gateways Crisis in 2376, the Orion Syndicate bid for the Iconian technology through their operative Malic, who hired Quark to negotiate on their behalf. With Quark's assistance, the Orion Syndicate put together the best offer for the technology, but withdrew the bid when it was discovered that the persons masquerading as the Iconians were actually the Petraw, who had a limited understanding of how they worked. (DS9 novel: Demons of Air and Darkness)

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