Name: The Harlequins

Membership: Membership is open to any pirate, mercenary, or bounty hunter desperate, suicidal, or hateful enough to join the Harlequins. Prominent members are: Marcus Beith, Qorl Rodigoz, Fareed Kassin, 'Hammerin' Harry Yangtz, Qotzcia Alkha'acr, Yooruss Al-Thawni, and Rosa Uros

Occupation: Medium to high level space piracy, with specialties in military convoys and luxury liners

Insignia: The Harlequins insignia is a bleached human skull with two crossed hammers in the mouth.

Composition: Marcus Beith, Harlequin Commander (Callsign MB-2c4)
Qorl Rodigoz, Harlequin Second (QR-Uc7)
Fareed Kassin, Gutter Pilot (FK-32t)
'Hammerin' Harry Yangtz, Interrogator and heavy weapons specialist (HY-2tk)
Qotzcia Alkaha'ar, Infiltration and exfiltration [aka 'the alien] (QA-44g)
Yooruss Al-Thawni, Gutter Pilot (YA-wk6)
Rosa Uros, Concubine and assassin (RU-t9k)

numerous other members, but they're mostly techies and grunts

Special Information:
The Harlequins are notorious for being a very stable pirate group, being unusually absent from the infighting of other pirates. Harlequins mark the Gutter Rat and their personal fighters with just about anything, even the insignia of other pirate groups, but they always have a stenciled skull with crossed hammers in the mouth somewhere on their ships. On shore leave, Harlequins are encouraged to be on their best behavior until they find what they want- then they are encouraged to take it.

Assets
Two military battleships, the Gutter Rat and Hellhammer. The Gutter Rat, being Marcus' flagship, is the one that does the actual piracy, while the Hellhammer guards the Harlequins base. The Hellhammer has no active commander, but it is rumored to be a love gift from Marcus to Rosa.

One base in the asteroid field of the gas giant Opcio 3c24. The base was formerly a fuel-production plant before being abandoned, and it was extensively remodeled and reshielded before being moved into the asteroid field by the Harlequins.

30 Vanderbilt starfighters, ten of which are stored on each ship, and a further ten in the base. Vanderbilts are almost exclusively used by the Harlequins due to the durability and endless customization options the line produces, and just about any fighter the Harlequins have can be modified from Dogfighter to scout to bomber to all-purpose in a little more than an hour.