Retrieval Squad 4820

Retrieval Squad 4820 was a group of unrelated people who were sent on a suicide mission to The 28th Facility.

They were:
 * Carl Given, a half-orc Fighter taken from House Portmun, ran away from the party after he was dissatisfied with their response to his moral questioning.
 * Flah'fle Draber, a half-elf bard from an unknown region, and his messenger squirrel Carnell. He was killed by Gar throwing him against a wall while tied to a chair and breaking his back.
 * Jaxon Withers, a disgraced noble human Inquisitor from the Withers House of Anilalia. Together with Sakiran, he is now part of Black Lagoon.
 * Lock, a half-orc Rogue drifting in the ocean found by smugglers, is presumed missing after the purging of the slave city.
 * Sakiran onun Vatan, a Drow Ravager from the Claddghym tribe of Faj Tasarru. Together with Jaxon, she is part of Black Lagoon.

Founding
The members were gathered in front of the 28th Facility by armed guards. They were forced to co-operate to stay alive. They were cold towards each other at first, but soon learned to work together. Carl was the first to introduce himself and only Jaxon entertained his efforts. Lock came later, since he had been hiding.

Name
The party used to be known only as Retrieval Squad 4820, but Flah'fle kept making reference to a "Scorpion Pincer" and signing off with Carnell. It was then that he declared their name to be the Scorpion Cartel, after the tattoo on his chest and the structures of gangs in his home state.