hmmm, you get a somewhat gang of rebels(6or8ppl) to do illegal activities(bank-fed-prison), they get caught, that's 180-240k in gear alone.
now lets say rebel v rebel at a cartel, you would have "temper" with more than 16 ppl fighting "stellar" with 10 or less. the odds aren't in stellar favor to begin with. so lets say they manage to wipe temper but take some heavy casualties. 4 are left from stellar. that's 660k work of gear(22ppldied). more fights happen are bound to happen because temper hate losing to stellar, and that number is bound to go up.