On April 13, at an impromptu gang meeting in the compound, Flippy recommended that CG take the aggressive route by attacking the alliance first before it fully developed into a cohesive threat. Mr. K and the boys agreed to launch a preemptive war to test the alliance's resolve, and they would start by attacking R.U.S.T, partly due to the present tensions stemming from the beef with Wayne and La Flare. The boys, now accompanied by Dean Quincy of The Mandem, who just wanted to hang out, geared up and began hunting for any R.U.S.T. members that were awake, including driving through the scrapyard. During this, Mr. K and Ramee discovered that Vinny had sold R.U.S.T. the scrapyard for $20, at their shock. Before CG left the scrapyard, Guy Jones called Mr. K and asked for a meeting to discuss the alliances situation, and they agreed to meet on NBC's turf in Vinewood.
At the meeting, NBC informed CG that the Ballas, GSF, and Vagos all approached them about where their allegiance stood, with Guy Jones declaring they were not taking part in any alliance and chose neutrality. However Guy still wanted to know where CG stood on the issue, to which K explained his point of view, including how he was not sure why Speedy was even bothering to create any type of alliance; from K's point of view, CG had not been beefing with or "making moves" against the Vagos in any serious way in months. Peanut and Guy said they were told the alliance was only defensive and was meant to be a counter to multiple gangs jumping in during a war. For example, if a Vagos-CG war starts, the Vagos would have to deal with Street Team and Hydra as well. Mr. K countered that not only does Core CG rarely see the people making the alliance due to timezones anyway, he also confirmed that he considers Street Team and Hydra as extensions of CG (similar to a family tree), and not separate, standalone gangs in any kind of agreed upon alliance, so that point about "different gangs" jumping into a conflict did not apply. Nevertheless, K and Guy Jones agreed that if the alliance proved to be an offensive one and sought to take over NBC's turf, NBC and CG would be on the same side and CG would help them by supplying weapons. Dean Quincy, for his part, claimed that the Mandem were not approached and are neutral, but he could not speak for what Tommy would say if he was approached.
Hutch, wanting everyone to be on the same page, proposed to include the BBMC in the meeting, to which everyone agreed. "Crackhead" Craig also arrived and listened to the meeting. Dundee voiced concern that Speedy's alliance could "take over the west side" since the Vagos used to claim parts of Vespucci Beach before BBMC took over the area. Pez Speedwagon revealed that R.U.S.T. had approached him for assistance against CG two days prior (during the Wayne-La Flare drama), but K clarified it was likely Ray Romanov trying to turn BBMC against CG rather than an invitation to Speedy's alliance.
April 2022
Before the meeting concluded, a verbal agreement was made among the parties that no formal counter-alliance would be made among them and nobody would fight somebody elses's war or "jump in the same cars together", however, they understood that if Speedy's alliance all began attacking one group or trying to take turf on the west or north side, other groups would step in on their own volition. For example, if there was a BBMC-Vagos war, CG or NBC would not care, but if Gulag Gang or R.U.S.T. began jumping in to assist the Vagos or even trying to take BBMC turf together, CG would declare their own war against the attackers, not because of obligation due to any alliance with BBMC, but on their own accord due to perceived "bullying". In K's words, if the alliance went on the offense and began making "power moves", he would seek to "dismantle" it once and for all.