Due to the lack of opportunity in Telma many citizens are forced to choose between the navy and crime. Founded after The Isle of Nisi became Telma, The Mangrove Syndicate was originally made up of ex-Telma navy men who found a lack of opportunity in their post service life. The Mangrove Syndicate became infamous for their drug production and distribution. They found that by processing the normally poisonous sap of mangrove trees in a closely guarded process they could produce a potent painkiller and hallucinogenic known as Kosmos.