The Basilisk Consortium

Background
With Africa’s long turbulent history and unstable governments, a powerful conglomerate known for it’s large mercenary army steam rolled over the divided and under armed African nations, taking control of the continent. The Basilisk Consortium is open to hiring it’s troops out as mercenaries to the highest bidder. As most mercenaries are, they are not afraid of getting their hands dirty.

Ultimate Opportunists
Following the fall of the European colonial powers after the two world wars, the African continent was the last region to be released from colonization and the worst off in the process. The Region for over a century since it's release experienced economic and political instability, as well as constant conflict all over the continent. The continent was the perfect place for Private Military Contractors to find work and thrive.

The Basilisk Consortium started as one of the many PMCs active in the globe. However, unlike many PMCs they had a reputation of being questionable in morality and hired people of questionable character. Accepting anyone willing to fight and listen to orders of higher ups. Their loose recruitment standards allowed them to admass a large force of blacklisted mercenaries and killers to their ranks. Eventually, the armies of a number of African governments turned to their side on the promise of power and richest never before seen in Africa. The Basilisk Consortium would take over the continent using a combinations of bribery, coups, and military conquests.