diff --git a/_maps/configs/syndicate_gorlex_komodo.json b/_maps/configs/syndicate_gorlex_komodo.json
index 0cefb4ca08b3..5044590efb15 100644
--- a/_maps/configs/syndicate_gorlex_komodo.json
+++ b/_maps/configs/syndicate_gorlex_komodo.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-	"faction": "/datum/faction/syndicate",
+	"faction": "/datum/faction/syndicate/hardliners",
 	"prefix": "ISV",
 	"namelists": [
 		"GORLEX",
diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/factions.dm b/code/__DEFINES/factions.dm
index 596060d6610e..1fa102e8687a 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/factions.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/factions.dm
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #define FACTION_SYNDICATE "Syndicate"
 	#define FACTION_NGR "New Gorlex Republic"
 	#define FACTION_CYBERSUN "CyberSun"
+	#define FACTION_HARDLINERS "Hardliners"
 	#define FACTION_SUNS "Student-Union of Naturalistic Sciences"
 #define FACTION_SOLGOV "SolGov"
 #define FACTION_SRM "Saint-Roumain Militia"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 #define PREFIX_SYNDICATE list("SEV", "SSV")
 	#define PREFIX_NGR list("NGRV")
 	#define PREFIX_CYBERSUN list("CSSV")
+	#define PREFIX_HARDLINERS list("ISV")
 	#define PREFIX_SUNS list("SUNS")
 #define PREFIX_SOLGOV list("SCSV")
 #define PREFIX_SRM list("SRSV")
diff --git a/code/modules/faction/faction_datum.dm b/code/modules/faction/faction_datum.dm
index 017c324f5011..993fee1e37f3 100644
--- a/code/modules/faction/faction_datum.dm
+++ b/code/modules/faction/faction_datum.dm
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 	name = FACTION_CYBERSUN
 	prefixes = PREFIX_CYBERSUN
 
+/datum/faction/syndicate/hardliners
+	name = FACTION_HARDLINERS
+	prefixes = PREFIX_HARDLINERS
+
 /datum/faction/syndicate/suns
 	name = FACTION_SUNS
 	short_name = "SUNS"