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DR98, or Dzenla Rosi' Skej Nom ('Velvet Silence Nine-Eight' in English) is a Dalkaisk gang based in Tayven that acts a leader of the active drug trafficking and gang conflict in the city's poor neighborhoods. It actively works to distribute drugs within the Dalkaisk nation and to foreign markets as well. It often fights with other gangs and law enforcement in Tayven and Menefa.
History
Origin
The gang started out as a group of hustlers during the Great Migration, where the members would distribute morphine (Tsevero as the Dalkaisk called it) either stolen from medical bays or synthesized from their bunks. They distributed tsevero across the entire migratory fleet, and often worked out of the eye of Dalkaisk officials. In late 2990, the small group had grown to 98 members, and they officially adopted the name DR98, after the velvet tattoos used to identify one another.
Names
In casual conversation, DR98 is pronounced as "Dar Skom," an abbrevation of both DR and Skej Nom. Dzenla refers to the code of silence for the members, similar to Omertà. Those who break Dzenla are threatened while in prison, while their family is threatened on the outside. Rosi' is a shortening of the Dalkaisk work for Red/Velvet, Rosinen. Gang members will refer to one another as Lefa, or Cousin, and no real names are used. DR98 names are formed by Lefa, followed by an object or trait, and a number. For instance, the founder Kharidin Gaterinel has a name of Lefa Pata Zvi (Cousin Hand Three.)