The Sybaris Rebellion IV - Agents and Bounty Hunters IV

With whispers of riches to be had, dead eyed opportunists flocked in-system. Smugglers such as these played a large role in delivering more advanced weapons into the hands of the rebels via smaller freight vessels. A dangerous but lucrative trade during the uprising.

The Sybaris Rebellion IV - Agents and Bounty Hunters III

 As the insurgency grew in strength, more lethal counter-assets were committed. In these picts; a hunter-killer team of mixed-pattern combat servitors. Above right; a Shashka-400 series unit with an incinerator. Highly sought after for their proficient tactical subroutines.

The Sybaris Rebellion IV - Agents and Bounty Hunters II

A view to a kill.
Of course the more ruthless tech cartels were willing to use the violence as cover to sabotage their rivals holdings.

The Sybaris Rebellion IV: Agents and Bounty Hunters

The lower noble houses and industrial syndicates began to take notice, dispatching operatives to investigate. Seen left is a heavily armed security Servitor automaton. The figure to the right is likely a contract bounty hunter armed with a modified BiR-5 stub carbine. The tattered remains of his uniform suggest he was a former soldier of the ill-fated Vektal Confederacy.
Kaels Drift, 3876.23.

 A rare example of a Zhukov-88 assassin droid. A dangerous technoform possessed of flawed AI sub-protocols, occasionally prone to resultant homicidal fits.

(Im sure someone will catch the reference)

The Sybaris Rebellion IV - The Abhumans

At first dismissed as mere minor organized crime groups and opportunistic feral denizens, things became more serious as larger mutants flocked to their cause. The heavily built individuals depicted here appear to be former labor gang conscripts armed with a variety of work tools and home made armor.

The Sybaris Rebellion III - Mutants III

They could not expect to match the local authorities but held the advantage of having safe quarter in the vast Manufactorum complexes where they could blend in with the local populace. The mutant leader as seen in the bottom pict is armed with a sawed-off Jefir Stick, a lever action slug gun popular with these groups, a simple but reliable weapon.

The Sybaris Rebellion II - Mutants II

These groups dubbed the "Sub-Sybarians" were typically armed with crude shotguns, pistols and mining explosives. Typically low grade black market reproductions of various designs, but effective in the close quarters of the lower hives.

The Sybaris Rebellion I - Mutants I

It wasn't always this way. For 3051 standard years the affluent noble houses ruled over the peoples of Sybaris. At first it was just isolated raids by mutant warbands striking from the underhives and mines.

I: Origins

The cold darkness of the universe. Endless time. Infinite stars.
Somewhere in the void, a glowing turquoise orb. A place given name by mankind as the Ikaran Sector, near morass of the Ghoul Stars. Lost to the millennia, none now know exactly how life here came to be. 

Myths decrypted from the archaic data vaults of Namtara speak of the colossus star vessel Akragas which bore them there, seeking refuge from a cataclysmic war known as the Age of Strife. The trove of the legendary STC technology secreted within its holds.
The first upon the grey giant of Sybaris found a harsh and unforgiving world, lashed by the wind and rains. From the archeotech remains of Akragas rose the mighty hives and forges. Mountains of metal torn from the planets flesh itself.

Shrouded further in data crypts from this near forgotten epoch was the discovery of ruins and labyrinthine catacombs of some long extinct alien civilization concealed deep beneath the shifting polar dunes. Closely guarded are these by the feared mechanical priesthood of the Cult of Drakraich who rule over Sybaris with an iron fist...