Introduction
After the elders disappeared and STCO seemed destined to collapse, Ilko, Vlado, and Vaso stepped forward to form its last surviving core. Ilko maintained tradition and discipline, recruiting loyalists thru respect and fear. Vlado modernized operations with fronts in nightlife, cyber scams, and shell companies to discreetly keep the money flowing, while Vaso mediated between the two, securing fragile alliances and ensuring cohesion. Although suspicion lingered over who truly benefited from the elders' disappearance, their uneasy partnership created a hybrid organization – with roots in old loyalties but reshaped by modern ventures – enabling the faction not only to survive but also to reinvent itself for a new era.
The Rise of the New Generation
However, the uneasy balance achieved by Ilko, Vlado, and Vaso will not remain untouched. A younger generation, burdened by resentment and restless ambition, began to emerge from the shadows. For them, the disappearance of the elders was not a closed chapter but an open wound, a cut that demanded answers and retribution. Their loyalty was not to tradition or cautious innovation, but to revenge and the pursuit of power.
These new characters saw an opportunity in the cracks of the hybrid structure that the trio had built. Ilko's discipline felt suffocating, Vlado's modern ventures seemed ripe for exploitation, and Vaso's diplomacy was interpreted as weakness. While the old guard worked to maintain cohesion, the young were eager to split it if it meant accelerating their rise.
The result was a brewing storm within the faction itself. The organization's survival was assured, but now its future depends on whether the veterans can restrain the anger of a generation unwilling to inherit compromise. What followed was not a quiet survival but a struggle characterized by ambition, bloodshed, and STCO's ruthless reshaping for a new and dangerous era.
