[UA] Made men

[Ari Hansen]

On 17 May 2002, at 20:11, Royal Minister of Stuff wrote:

> 
> --- Ari Hansen <max.lambertini at libero.it> wrote:
> > 
> > There is a fourth, less known but somewhat more
> > brutal 
> > organization: the Sacra Corona Unita (Holy United
> > Crown) which is 
> > based in Puglia.
> >
> That name alone makes it a more UAable group.  What's
> more, Puglia is the heel-end of the "boot" of Italy,
> right?  So maybe they're symbolically more repressive,
> as reflected by their brutalism?

I don't know. What I know is they are mainly involved in smuggling 
cigarettes and arms to Albania and former Yugoslavia, and they 
seem to be somewhat allied with Albanian crimelords. Puglia also 
experiences massive immigrant influx from Albania, which peaked 
in 1991 (where some 30000 albanians arrived in few days following 
the death of communist regime) and in 1998 (same as before, just 
this time were 50000, IIRC.). To get a feel about it, Puglia is 
(somehow) for most italians what mexican border is for Americans.

SCU also uses armored veichles to transport arms and tobaccoes. 
These veichles sport bulletproof tires and windscreens, huge 
bumpers to break roadblock and even oil dispenser 007-style. 

Above it all, SCU doesn't seem to have any code of honour, while 
Mafia and Camorra do have (or at least they seem to have) one. 

> Okay, that's a cheap shot, but, what little I know and
> was able to look up on the region makes it neat UA
> setting.  Like the Village in the Prisoner, the area
> is a hodge-podge of archetectural styles.  Byzantine
> and Moorish influences are always mentioned and I
> understand quite a few passing armies have left their
> stamp.  Also, there was a big earthquake in the 18th
> century which I seem to recall as being important.

Yes. Seek out "I Trulli di Alberobello". It's a touristical spot, but its 
architecture is quite no one in whole italy. Although even small 
towns in Italy can give quite a surprise, for the historical minded. 

Remember, Italy was divided in more than ten states until 1861, 
and even today, a Northener and a Southerner cannot comprehend 
each other when they speak their own dialect. :-)

ciao,
Max

Ciao, 
Max Lambertini 
("Ari Hansen" in my Exodus Campaign)


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