Crimson Scythe / CRIMSCYTHE

The Crimson Scythe was born when two Stanton salvage runners encountered each other at Grim HEX after both accidentally bid on the same derelict Constellation. Rather than fight over it, they decided to split the salvage and split the profits. Best decision either ever made.

Their first big score came from recovering stolen UEE military tech from a pirate cache near Crusader. They didn’t know what they had until a mysterious buyer paid enough to upgrade their entire fleet. No questions asked, no follow ups. They learned to stop asking questions after that.

Legend has it the org’s name came from an incident at Port Tressler. One of the founders got into a bar fight with a corporate security contractor, grabbed a drink stirrer, and apparently made quite the impression. The bartender said it looked like crimson death on a stick. The name evolved from there.

They’ve since pulled salvage from Vanduul wrecks, ran black market recovery ops for clients they’ll never name, and somehow became the go to crew when you need something retrieved from places that are actively trying to kill you. They’ve lost good pilots. They’ve had close calls with authority. They’ve made enough Credits to disappear, but they never do.

Now they’re looking to grow. Not for fame or glory, just for more hands to handle more jobs. The kind of jobs that pay when you make it back alive.