Hutt Cartel

"The Hutts wouldn't dare incur our wrath, master."

- Sev'Rance Tann

The Hutt Cartel was a powerful criminal syndicate, or business alliance of Hutts. Jabba Desilijic Tiure held considerable power in the Cartel. It maintained a personal military consisting of both an army and a starfleet. It raged war with the Zann Consortium until the Battle of Hypori.

History
It is known that the Cartel had control of the Kaer Orbital Platform a few decades before the Clone Wars after they forced the InterGalactic Banking Clan off the Platform, however they later abandoned the platform when they regarded it as worthless.

Clone Wars
Boorka the Hutt held considerable power in the Cartel. During the Clone Wars he co-operated with Sev'rance Tann during the early days of the War after he gathered information about the Decimator a Republic superweapon which was still in development. He was annoyed by the Galactic Republic's trade activity near his territory and agreed to reveal their secret plan to the Separatists.

He lost most of his forces (except a few mercenaries) for turning against Jabba but he instead was protected by the Separatists. As a reward, he would give them information about the Decimator, provided that Sev'rance destroyed the Republic Spaceport. After she destroyed the spaceport, Boorka gave her the information she needed.

Boorka was later killed by Republic forces during the Second Battle of Tatooine, who were deeply encouraged to do so by Jabba the Hutt after he offered the Republic a 5000 nova crystal bounty to kill him. Jabba assisted the Republic General Echuu Shen-Jon in return during the Second Battle of Tatooine.

Galactic Civil War
Sometime before the Rebels had emerged The cartel took control of a few planets such as Felucia. Jabba also set up a communications relay on Saleucami to keep an eye on the Empire.

During the Galactic Civil War, Jabba formed an alliance with Tyber Zann which was quite successful until Tyber stole his valuable Sith artifact on Felucia. Zann was caught, however, and he gave the artifact to Urai Fen, his second in command, and Zann was imprisoned on Kessel. Since the artifact was quite costly, the Hutt Carteel acquired all assets of the Zann Consortium as compensation.

Later on, Zann broke out of Kessel and rebuilt his forces. Using his Defilers, the Zann Consrtium corrupted many of the Cartel's planets and took control of Saleucami. This conflict lasted until the Battle of Hypori, when Tyber Zann forced Jabba to give up his holdings on Hypori and Saleucami. This left the Cartel crippled but not destroyed and allowed the Zann Consortium to grow unhindered.

After Jabba the Hutt died the Cartel seemed to have died also. What most dont know is the there was another Hutt named Darba the Hutt who was rebuilding it. The rebuilding process was not know about until Darba began to bring in an abundance of followers. The Crime World was aware when the Hutt Cartel was back in business when Darba took established his new Headquarters on Brentaal IV.

Structures

 * Hutt Palace
 * Power Generator
 * Shield Generator
 * Hutt Command Center
 * Rapid Fire Laser Cannon
 * Anti-Vehicle Turret
 * Bacta Healing Station
 * Anti-Air Turret
 * Vehicle Repair Station
 * Sensor Node

Military units
The Cartel's military consisted of Mercenaries of various species, old outdated vehicles, and obsolete vessels and starfighters.

Army

 * All Terrain Attack Pod
 * Armored Assault Tank
 * AST-5 Armored Sentinel Transport
 * Bantha-II cargo skiff
 * Gamorrean guards
 * Infantry Support Platform
 * Khetanna
 * Klatooinian
 * Mercenaries of various species
 * Nikto
 * NR-N99 Persuader-class droid enforcer
 * Vodran

Navy

 * Alpha-3 Nimbus-class V-wing starfighter
 * M3-A Scyk fighter
 * G1-M4-C Dunelizard fighter
 * GR-75 medium transport
 * M12-L Kimogila Heavy Fighter
 * M22-T Krayt Gunship
 * Marauder-class corvette
 * IPV-1 System Patrol Craft
 * Star Jewel
 * Z-95 Headhunters

Known Planets/Locations

 * Hypori (Until captured)
 * Kaer Orbital Platform (Until Abandoned)
 * Mandalore (possibly temporarily)
 * Nal Hutta
 * Saleucami (Until captured)
 * Shola
 * Tatooine
 * Teth

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Missions 10: Showdown in Mos Eisley
 * Star Wars Missions 11: Bounty Hunters vs. Battle Droids
 * Star Wars: Galaxies
 * Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
 * Tales from Jabba's Palace
 * Shadows of the Empire (novel)
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike

Non-canon appearances

 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga