The Black Fangs are the only sizable pirate
group currently operating within the Conheav sector. Their arsenal is large,
consisting of a Bulk Cruiser, 2 Corellian Corvettes, 1 Corellian Gunship,
4 Skipray Blastboats, and 3 squadrons of Gauntlet Starfighters, which are
carried by the Bulk Cruiser. The Bulk Cruiser, Twilight, which serves
as the fleet's flagship was christened the Pride, and was purchased
by the Nadaca shipping corporation to serve as an escort. Members of the
Black Fangs managed to hijack the large ship when it was being transferred
to Nadaca's corporate headquarters on Conheav
Prime just after the company bought it.
It is believed that the Black Fangs don't have a
permanent base of operations, and that they prefer to roam around the sector,
always staying one step ahead of the Imperial Navy's patrols. This is true,
and the leader of the pirates, a charismatic man by the name of Fruush,
seams to have a knack for knowing where the patrols will be, and when.
Some of Fruush's underlings believe that he simply has extraordinary luck,
while others believe that he has a spy within the Navy. None of them know
the truth, that Fruush is a member of the Nestor crime
syndicate, and that they provide him with his intelligence, while he
siphons a portion of the booty back to them. Somehow Moff
Lesbeat discovered that the Black Fangs were, in fact, owned by the
Nestors. Since then he has provided the Nestors, and consequently the Black
Fangs, with a list of acceptable targets, primarily the holdings of his
rivals, and those whom he suspects may be sympathetic to the Rebel Alliance.
In return for agreeing to only attack targets on this list, Lesbeat has
agreed to provide the Black Fangs with a list of "safety coordinates" where
Naval vessels will never be ordered to patrol, as well as providing them
with detailed flight plans of his pirate hunting patrols. Lesbeat has used
these pirates as an excuse for the massive military buildup that he has
implemented in the Conheav sector. In order to show results he often gets
the Nestors to hire some patsys from outside of the sector to masquerade
as Black Fangs. His ships then capture these "members of the notorious
pirate gang" and the public is convinced that the increased Naval presence
is having the desired effect. The actual members of the Black Fangs, the
only ones other than the Nestors and the moff who know that thoses captured
aren't really Black Fangs, believe that it is Fruush who sets up these
patsys, in order to draw the heat off of them.
Because of the incredible success that they have
seen under his leadership, the Black Fangs are devoted to Fruush. The one
point that his lieutenants have always disagreed with him on is the Lucky
Despot Casino. They believe that the rich pickings that are available
there are worth the risk, while Fruush doesn't. The real reason that Fruush
doesn't want to attack the Despot is because it is one of the Nestor syndicate's
headquarters, but he can't tell his crew that. Instead he sites their large
private defence force, and the frequency of Imperial patrols. Fruush leaves
the pirates from time to time for meetings, ostensibly with informants
and potential purchasers of the goods that they steal, but actually with
the Nestors. His lieutenants are considering sending the Fangs against
the Despot while Fruush is at one of these meetings, in order to triumphantly
show Fruush that he was wrong. If this were to happen it would be a disaster
for all involved.