Serpentis Corporation
At the core of Serpentis operations is the corporation that V. Salvador Sarpati built to redeem the fortunes of his adoptive family. Ostensibly a research and development outfit gone rogue, the Serpentis Corporation oversees research, manufacture, and distribution of a myriad of illegal drugs and narcotics. In the main, Sarpati has chosen to keep the different activities that the Serpentis are involved in under the single roof of the Serpentis Corporation. The corporation therefore has large security and logistics divisions within its structure, as well as many research and industrial sections dedicated to various products. Secure in its Fountain and Curse stations, the Serpentis Corporation does little to hide the nature of those products. To be sure, the Serpentis are no strangers to clandestine activity, and the corporation’s distribution arm’s pilots are masters at the black arts of smuggling.

Serpentis Inquest
An exception to Salvador Sarpati’s preference for organizing all activity under the Serpentis Corporation umbrella, Serpentis Inquest is believed to be exclusively focused on research into areas other than the pharmaceutical concerns of its parent company. The rumors hold that Inquest’s research ranges from forbidden AI experiments, through black cyberimplants, and on to alternative methods of cloning and consciousness transfer. CONCORD appears to believe that Serpentis Inquest certainly has an interest in implant and cloning technology, but for the rest it makes no comment. The staff of Serpentis Inquest, so far as anyone can determine, never leave the corporation’s single research station orbiting the first moon of Serpentis Prime VI. It is certain that nobody, whether in the Serpentis organization or in interstellar law enforcement, has any interest in talking about anything that would force a confrontation in the Phoenix constellation.

Shadow Serpentis
While the Serpentis Corporation still relies heavily on the Angel Cartel for military aid and protection, the forces of Serpentis are by no means to be dismissed. While often seen working hand in glove with the Guardian Angels, the Serpentis military carries out its own operations with the efficiency and ruthlessness demanded by Salvador Sarpati. The commanders and elite fighters of the Serpentis fleets are known as the Shadow Serpentis.