"No One Escapes a Black Hole."

If your travels take you to the sort of seedy spaceports frequented by petty gangs scrabbling for turf, where the value of a sentient life is often little greater than a bent credit chit, you may have heard the rumble of black Lhosan swoops heralding the passage of the Black Hole Gang.

Always clad in black riding leathers covered in stitched-on patches, members of the Black Hole Gang swooper club prominently display the symbol of a jagged black spiral with a stylized vrblther skull at the center. Though few in number, members of the gang are notorious for being unusually violent and unusually willing to handle even the most rotten task. Previously implicated in running blasters to several separatist factions within Republic space, the Gang swiftly found a place on numerous Republic watch lists.

Once a considerable nuisance for law enforcement and military authorities on several Outer Rim worlds, the Black Hole Gang recently suffered a setback following an SIS sting---many of the lower level soldiers and some fully patched members were arrested, and the though the Gang's leadership and chief muscle escaped direct implication, their illegal pipeline of low-grade blasters dried up.

Other petty gangs said the Black Hole had vanished... swallowed up by the void. But a new brand of premium, high-grade deathsticks recently hitting the market on Nar Shaddaa, Tatooine, Hutta and even sporadically in Imperial space have been linked to these resourceful bikers. Rumor has it that the Gang has found a new specialty trade, one far less likely to end up on Republic radar---though the brains behind these high quality deathsticks remains a mystery to all but a few.

"They're Mean as Gundarks and Twice as Likely to Charge if You Make Eye Contact."

Though the gang's few remaining members have been struggling to keep a low profile following the string of arrests, they remain easily recognizable by their swooper patches and black bikes. Feelers have gone out into the underworld looking for buyers and distributors for their new brand of deathsticks, and some of the more notoriously violent members of the Gang remain available for hire as expensive muscle.

The gang's leadership has been hesitant to recruit new patch members and prospects of late, fearing that should any of their currently jailed associates turn 'womp rat', then informants or undercover SIS could be right around the corner. But recent power struggles and setbacks in attempting to move their new product have convinced some that its worth the risk----the gang now always has its eyes open for the right sort of swoop-biking scum to carry their colors.

The Gang's 'public' facades, intact for almost a decade, remain known to underworld contacts across the Outer Rim. Word has it that anyone brave or foolish enough to seek an audience with these swoop-riding cutthroats need only reach out to "Queelo Brothers' Scrapyard" in the wastes of Tatooine or one of several swoop garages from Nar Shaddaa to Mos Ila.

OOC Info:

Who are we?

The Black Hole Gang has been a small family guild since the launch of TOR on Ebon Hawk. We've only recently begun immersing ourselves in the RP community here, but our experience RPing in other MMOs is extremely extensive. While we are presently few in number in terms of players, we have numerous distinct characters available for criminal RP of all kinds. We tend to enjoy PvP (a lot), and it's likely we'd be better recognized in that aspect of the game than any other---but we've always been RPers first and foremost, and are eager to become more involved in that part of the game.

What can we offer?

As rough-and-tumble swoop bikers, we're game for just about any criminal activity you can conceive. Need a couple extra enforcers / bodyguards / muscle for a shipment, meeting, party or other function? We're happy to oblige, and game to partake in any form of conflict resolution that may arise. Need suppliers of premium deathsticks? The Black Hole Gang has recently come to the market with an extremely pure derivative of the balo mushroom, one that has customers begging for more. Need an enemy or nuisance taught a lesson? We have goons just itching for a fight. Need a small shipment of guns, spice or other commodity transported at speed planet-side? Those bikes aren't just for show.

What are we looking for in a potential member?

Historically the Black Hole Gang has been a small guild that partakes in PvP, PvE and RP with equal enjoyment. We're self starters who are happy to throw ourselves into any aspect of the game. As we've become more involved with the RP community, we've finally decided to open recruitment to others with a similar frame of mind. What we're looking for are mature adults who enjoy all aspects of the game and are eager to RP a rowdy, tough-as-nails swoop biker.

While we do try to run regular RP outings ranging from exchanges with other criminal guilds to dealing deathsticks at high traffic hotspots to stand-alone episodic events and gang meetings, we're also happy to simply get together and engage in social hijinks amongst ourselves at the drop of a hat. It's important to point out that as players, we also greatly enjoy the game's PvP and PvE content and so we'd ideally want players of a like mind. While we will provide RP content as much as possible, we can't promise to hold everyone's hand on an hourly basis.

We're not aiming for a huge guild where the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. What we hope to have is a relatively small, tight-knit group of scum and villains that regularly interact and are quickly recognizable.

Candidates MUST own a black swoop bike (ideally a Lhosan Manta or Hyrotii Racer, but any black swoop bike is acceptable) and your character must wear some mix of black and/or dark gray. Vests/jackets/swooper gear is ideal, but we're open to anything that looks cool.

Contact Us:

If you're interested in employing the Black Hole Gang or reaching out to us to inquire about possible membership, the Gang owns several legitimate front businesses that can be contacted, per above. Simply send a tell to one of the following characters (your choice if you want to commlink us IC or inquire OOC) and we'll go from there: Gorax, Rotor, Z-Flare, Vor-Voon, Julilla, Velshia, Longspur. Alternatively, you can post here and we'll follow up with you in-game.