Scoundrel Peace

The crooked peace was a very short lasting era, between 2008 and 2014, characterized by a massive decrease in gang violence and to some extent, war. It spanned between the Worldwide Underground's takeover of Earth and the start of the Red War.

Before 2035
The moment in history between 2025 and around 2035 were very chaotic. The fall of the Red Star had caused quite a lot of mayhem. Fear had destabilized the entire world and had slowed down the economy. In a domino effect which led to a near collapse of the global economy, crime syndicates had thrived on the fear and dire economic situation. This led to a epoque known for criminal violence.

After 2035
This period of violence and crisis ended when the Worldwide Underground assumed control over Earth. They had started from a small crime syndicate from Montreal in 2004 and gradually became more and more powerful. By 2035, all other criminal organization on Earth had either been defeated or assimilated by the Worldwide Underground, giving them control of the entire global black market. The Worldwide Underground was powerful and rich enough to bribe and intimidate entire governments. For the first time, and only time before the Lunar takeover, there was some kind of a united Earth. Meanwhile, their innovative criminal dealings were voluminous and significant enough to create a massive amount of jobs. In a crude and crooked kind of way, the Worldwide Underground had, to some degree, restarted the shattered economy, which was also due to a whole generation losing faith in capitalism.

Because there was only really one criminal organization in the entire world, there were no gang violence, and because mostly every government was controlled by a single entity, there was also a massive reduction in war. Although there was peace and relative economic prosperity, the crooked and dishonest lay work of this world made people unhappy and cynical.

The end of the Scoundrel Peace
The end of the Scoundrel Peace was mostly almost entirely due to James Farley and the presidency of "". James led a failed crackdown of the WWU's shipment of the Red Light to an independent buyer. Although the initiative failed and indirectly led to the Great Red War, James gathered enough information to reveal to the world that the WWU was behind the chaos that was ravaging Europe.

Because of this event, the Worldwide Underground was blamed and shunned for the Red War. Facing the armies of Charle Dalion's Red Legion, the world governments grew strong again, rejecting the WWU and unifying against a greater threat.