The Caelli-Merced Syndicate produced both the CR-43 Low-Ride Gossbey Racing Edition and the CR-43XA. Unbeknownst to most, this organization engaged in illicit activities.
In the course of the Battle of Restuss, they engaged in arms dealing with both the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire, favoring the Rebels as clients, since they thought the continuous conflict, which seemed endless, would generate revenue for them. However, a dealer, while trying to make a weapons sales pitch, inadvertently revealed this plan to a disguised Imperial agent, who immediately executed him after buying weapons for his betrayal against the Empire.