"A sharp sword might be dangerous but a sharp mind turns it into a deadly force." Randi 'Valkyrie' Larsson Larsson Group was founded with the intention to fight the undemocratic messer era and to support freedom and democracy within the UEE while also support good relations towards friendly neighbours (alien races). While during the fascist era of the UEE it was denounced to be a terroristic organization, membership threatened with deadly punishments, it later on received full pardon for the activities in the past. Larsson Group collected large amounts of data from and about the messer regime through intelligence and infiltration activities. It was also heavily involved in freeing political prisoners, leaking information on the messer family doings, and several attempts to attack and kill members of the dictator family, aswell as a lot of sabotage within the dictatorship and its activities. After the victory over the fascist era, Larsson Group dealt with the information collection for a long time until the end of the last century, when the actual patriarch, Leif Erik Jørgensen decided to add the economic competence and expert knowledge of the horizon trade and finance corp to the portfolio of the Larsson Group, which caused them to have a wide range of activities from military to exploration and business, which certainly excludes piracy but might include smuggling, as long as it caters the intentions of the org ( information gathering, freeing oppressed, blockade running, etc.) but that definitely excludes slavery, slave transports, drug smuggling. https://robertsspaceindustries.com/orgs/LARSSON .. Larsson Group: History Oct.1st 2638 28-year-old Týr Larsson, an Advocacy agent stationed on Terra, was replaced by Messer-friendly personnel after his attempt to track back the damaging propaganda against the governor of Terra, Assan Kieren. He was threatened to never reveal the true origin of the lies and deceit targeting Kieren nor the reason for his disappearance. Týr, seeing this coming, copied large amounts of Advocacy archives to shadow locations he controlled, thus making sure their transfer to non-UEE recipients and the mass media in the event of his sudden disappearance. Dec. 3rd 2638 Shortly after fetching their son from school, his wife Janne Larsson was shot and killed by a sniper attack of unknown origin. Their son survived. Dec. 4th 2638 Týr Larsson received a message threatening him and and his 6-year-old son with torture and slow painful deaths. In desperation Týr made use of his Advocacy knowledge to vanish into lawless space. Finding that this was not a suitable environment for his son and knowing that Xi’an terrorism was pure propaganda, he began wondering if the Xi’an truly were interested in a future alongside humans. Within the following months and after lengthy deliberation to identify the correct diplomatic approach, Týr made reasonable contact and eventually was given the opportunity to settle in Xi’an territories. Due to a Xi’an security agreement those locations are kept secret to this day. During the next decade he made use of his knowledge, handing over important documents to the Xi’an as a goodwill gesture. He also blackmailed quite a few politicians, Advocacy personnel and other figures of importance for ridiculously large sums of money. In May 2655 this led to the foundation of a very substantial ‘Information Agency’ with an inconspicuous name, Larsson Group. The now well known opening quote from the foundation ceremony was: “If the dogs start attacking the sheep, it is time to replace the shepherd.” From that time on Larsson Group built a wide spanning information network within the UEE comprised mostly of contracted spies and a growing number of field agents led by trusted persons within UEE territories. In 2677 Kristian Larsson took over the Chancellor seat from his father with a new agenda ending the rather silent era of pinpricks against the fascist regime and pushing more of the gathered information about the Messer Empire into the public eye. 2695 Týr Larsson withdraws as Patriarch and his son Kristian, aged 63, already running the Larsson Group as Chancellor, takes the chair from his father. 2712 Kristian and a team of field spies are killed by Empire elite soldiers during an attempt to free 76 political prisoners on Earth. Kristian’s team was wiped out during the ground assault, and he and the ships crew were killed trying to provide air support. The once former and now again Patriarch Týr Larsson announces the daughter of Kristian, Randi Larsson as the new Chancellor. Being the first family member born and raised in Xi’an territories she preferred being a silent fighter to making noise with words and gave the Larsson Group a more radical and aggressive touch. She was later referred to as, ‘Valkyrie’. 2716 Following and expanding upon her father’s ideals the founder’s granddaughter spearheads the first dedicated team of field agents specially trained in martial arts and guerilla warfare for intelligence and diplomacy operations. She also introduces a detachment of fighter craft to the organization. 2744 Randi Larsson was seriously injured and disfigured during an operation in an attack on the Emperor’s family. She refused cosmetic surgery to restore her face and remained heavily scarred. In 2745 Týr Larsson dies at the age of 135. His granddaughter withdraws from the Chancellor’s seat and becomes the first “Matriarch”, while her first born, Stein Larsson, takes over the seat at the same age his mother had in 2712. Stein Larssons era was rather quiet and focussed heavily on intelligence and diplomacy endeavours. Within his epoch the Larsson Group had one of its biggest successes, the collaborative preparation and coverage of the 2789 Kray/Akari treaty. As protection and support for Senator Akari, large amounts of hoarded Messer family secrets and degrading acts of terror were revealed from the Larsson archives and published through various channels. This action was spread out over several years and zenithed with the big reveal of ‘The massacre of Garron II’ in 2792, finally culminating in the government’s overthrow.