Wherever the adventure may lead, sooner or later the characters may find themselves in a seedier part of town and subject to members belonging to one of the Frontier's numerous yet infamous hovercycle clubs. Such characters tend to be rather shady and not very forward in conversation (especially concerning group business of which they will never speak of), and most citizens know better than to start any trouble with them. Still the occassional being may find themselves onthe wrong end of a bad situation, and things can get downright nasty when it happens.

Nok-A-Lug, a.k.a. "Lug-Nut", clan brother to Ook-A-Lug of the SS Omicron fame, has taken the time to compile a short list of the various well known organizations. Ranked alphabetically by name, each listing is followed by group affiliation (as to which races can be found amongst them), number of chapters and members within the organization (when applicable, most are loose estimates), the recognized symbol and colors that the members will be seen adorned with, and any known rival groups.

Just be warned that when encountering such individuals, the possibility exists that many more are close by. Taunts and jests can erupt quickly into something violent so it is wise to steer clear of such actions.


Amazon Princesses
affiliation: predominantly female humans and yazirians
Home Turf: Rupert's Hole (Cassidine)
# of chapters: at least one per planet in Cassidine, Araks, Athor, Gruna Garu, Scree Fron, Dixon's Star, Truane's Star, Zebulon, Prenglar, Madderly's Star, Timeon, Theseus, and White Light
# of members: unknown
symbol: crossed swords over a shield
colors: pink & black
Known Rivals: Worn Out Skanks


Black Mandrills
affiliation: Zigara Clan officers, mostly yazirian members. Hair dyed black when applicable
Home Turf: Yast (Athor)
# of chapters: semi-Frontier wide, at least one per planet in Araks, Athor, Gruna Garu, Scree Fron, Madderly's Star, Timeon, Cassidine, and Prenglar
# of members: unknown
symbol: Flaming Mandrill head
colors: orange & black
Known Rivals: most other clubs


Blubberhood
affiliation: mostly dralasites
Home Turf: Inner Reach (Dramune)
# of chapters: At least one per planet in Dramune, Cassidine, Prenglar, Madderly's Star, White Light, and Timeon
# of members: 700-800
symbol: Dralasitic Jolly Roger
colors: grey and green
Known Rivals: Jailhouse Ixheads, Killing Joke, Outcasts


Centaurs
affiliation: mostly vrusk
Home Turf: Zik-kit (Kizk'-Kar)
# of chapters: At least one per planet in Kizk'-Kar, K'aken-Kar, K'tsa-Kar, Fromeltar, Cassidine, and Prenglar
# of members: 500-600
symbol: demonic vruskan skull on horse body
colors: blue and green
Known Rivals: Goblins, Motor Bugs, Yellow Bellies


Dust Devils
Affiliation: mostly human
Home Turf: Laco (Dixon's Star)
# of chapters: three
# of members: several hundred
symbol: flaming hoverfan and crossed daggers
colors: tan and olive drab
Known Rivals: Exiled Spirits, Paladins, Rat Fanners, Xenophiles, Zealous Zeroes


Exiled Spirits
Affiliation: all
Home Turf: Anker (Zebulon)
# of chapters: at least one in each planet of Zebulon, Truane's Star, Dixon's Star, Prenglar, Cassidine, Timeon, Madderly's Star, and Dramune
# of members: 1200-1500
symbol: grim reaper
colors: red and silver
Known Rivals: Dust Devils, Shadow Hunters


Frontier Riders
Affiliation: all
Home Turf: Rupert's Hole (Cassidine)
# of chapters: at least one in each system
# of members: 1500-2000
symbol: skeleton on hovercycle
colors: red and blue
Known Rivals: Jailhouse Ixheads, Triad Sathar


Goblins
Affiliation: mostly yazirians and vrusk
Home Turf: Hargut (Gruna Garu) & Kawdl-Kit (K'tsa-Kar)
# of chapters: at least one on each planet of Araks, Athor, Gruna Garu, Scree Fron, Kizk'-Kar, K'aken-Kar, K'tsa-Kar, Fromeltar, and Prenglar
# of members: 1500-2000
symbol: half yaz/half vruskan demonoid
colors: yellow and green
Known Rivals: Black Mandrills, Centaurs, Motor Bugs, Yellow Bellies


Horsemen of Apocalypse
Affiliation: mostly human
Home Turf: Minotaur (Theseus)
# of chapters: at least one on each planet of Theseus, White Light, Madderly's Star, Timeon, Prenglar, and Cassidine
# of members: 1000+/-
symbol: fire-breathing horse head
colors: black and gold
Known Rivals: Shadow Hunters


Iron Minors
Affiliation: young adult/delinquents
Home Turf: Lossend (Timeon)
# of chapters: at least one on each planet of Timeon, Theseus, White Light, Madderly's Star, Prenglar, Cassidine, Truane's Star, and Zebulon
# of members: several thousand
symbol: steel hammer gripped by skeletal hand
colors: black and blue
Known Rivals: none, known to participate in skirmishes. Other clubs typically recruit from IM as the members come of age.


Jailhouse Ixheads
Affiliation: all
Home Turf: Clarion (White Light)
# of chapters: at least one on each planet of White Light, Madderly's Star, Cassidine, and Dramune
# of members: 500-600
symbol: Chukkah Skull
colors: black and tan
Known Rivals: Blubberhood, Frontier Riders, Shadow Hunters


Killing Joke
Affiliation: dralasites
Home Turf: Groth (Fromeltar)
# of chapters: at least one on each planet of Fromeltar, Dramune, Cassidine, Prenglar, Truane's Star, and Zebulon
# of members: 600-700
symbol: Joker playing card stabbed with a dagger
colors: red and green
Known Rivals: Black Mandrills, Blubberhood


Leather-Heads
Affiliation: Yazirian
Home Turf: Hentz (Araks)
# of chapters: 12
# of members: 400-500
symbol: studded leather hood
colors: brown and gold
Known Rivals: Nomadic Maulers, Venusian Skidmarks


Motor Bugs
Affiliation: vrusk
Home Turf: Ken'zah-Kit (K'aken-Kar)
# of chapters: 7
# of members: 200-300
symbol: spider with crossed swords underneath
colors: blue and yellow
Known Rivals: Goblins, Centaurs


Nomadic Maulers
Affiliation: Yazirian
Home Turf: Hakosoar (Scree Fron)
# of chapters: 8, including one each at Histran, Hentz, and Yast
# of members: 300-400
symbol: yazirian claw
colors: red and yellow
Known Rivals: Black Mandrills, Leatherheads, Venusian Skidmarks

Outcasts
Affiliation: all
Home Turf: Outer Reach (Dramune)
# of chapters: at least one in each planet of Dramune, Fromeltar, & Madderly's Star
# of members: 800-1000
symbol: red circle with diagonal line over stylized UPF symbol
colors: red and grey
Known Rivals: Blubberhood, Paladins, Shadow Hunters


Paladins
Affiliation: all, veterans of UPF spacefleet, Landfleet, Planetary Militia, Star Law, etc
Home Turf: New Pale (Truane's Star)
# of chapters: at least one in each planet of Truane's Star, Zebulon, Dixon's Star, Prenglar, Cassidine, Madderly's Star, and White Light
# of members: 2000-2500
symbol: flaming UPF symbol
colors: red and white
Known Rivals: Outcasts, Dust Devils, Zealous Zeroes


Quitters
Affiliation: all, former mega-corp execs and workers
Home Turf: Morgaine's World (Prenglar)
# of chapters: at least one per planet in Prenglar, Cassidine, Truane's Star, Madderly's Star, Fromeltar, Dramune, Theseus, Timeon, Whie Light, Gruna Garu, Araks, and Scree Fron
# of members: 2000+
symbol: all megacorp logos in a disposal bucket
colors: green and brown
Known Rivals: mega corporations, Shadow Hunters


Rat Fanners
Affiliation: all
Home Turf: Volturnus (Zebulon)
# of chapters: at least one per planet in Zebulon, Truane's Star, Dixon's Star, Prenglar, Cassidine, Dramune, Madderly's Star, and Timeon
# of members: 1200-1500
symbol: rat riding single hoverfan
colors: black and grey
Known Rivals: Exiled Spirits, Dust Devils, Sahdow Hunters


Shadow Hunters
Affiliation: mostly human
Home Turf: Kdikit (Madderly's Star)
# of chapters: several in each major city of Kdikit
# of members: 100-200
symbol: demonic skeleton with laser rifle
colors: black and yellow
Known Rivals: Black Mandrills, Exiled Spirits, Frotnier Riders, Horsemen of Apocalypse, Jailhouse Ixheads, Outcasts, Quitters, Rat Fanners, Stellar Demons, Xenophiles


Stellar Demons
Affiliation: all
Home Turf: Gran Quivera (Prenglar)
# of chapters: Frontier wide, at least one per planet
# of members: unknown
symbol: steel demon head
colors: red & black
Known Rivals: most other clubs. SD is "it" when it comes to Frontier wide recognition.


Triad Sathar
Affiliation: all
Home Turf: New Hope, Triad (Cassidine)
# of chapters: one
# of members: 30-40
symbol: sathar head
colors: purple & white
Known Rivals: Frontier Riders, Xenophiles, occassional tangle with Black Mandrills


Uneasy Riders
Affiliation: all
Home Turf: Gran Quivera (Prenglar)
# of chapters: several each in Gran Quivera, Morgaine's WOrld, Triad, and Rupert's Hole
# of members: 400-500
symbol: ghost on hovercycle frame
colors: red & purple
Known Rivals: Stellar Demons


Venusian Skidmarks
Affiliation: Human and Yazirian
Home Turf: Histran (Scree Fron)
# of chapters: 2-3 each in Histran, Hakosoar, Hentz, Yast, and Gran Quivera
# of members: 100-200
symbol: Winged Yazirian "Angel of Death"
colors: brown and grey
Known Rivals: Nomadic Maulers


Worn Out Skanks
Affiliation: female humans
Home Turf: Kdikit (Madderly's Star)
# of chapters: 1
# of members: 40-50
symbol: skeleton in lingerie
colors: purple and yellow
Known Rivals: Amazon Princesses


Xenophiles
Affiliation: all
Home Turf: Triad (Cassidine)
# of chapters: at least one in each planet of Cassidine, Prenglar, Madderly's Star, Dramune, Dixon's Star, Truane's Star, Gruna Garu, and Fromeltar
# of members: 900-1000
symbol: Sathar and Zuraqqor heads on a lance
colors: purple and green
Known Rivals: Triad Sathar, Dust Devils, Shadow Hunters


Yellow Bellies
Affiliation: vrusk and dralasites
Home Turf: Terledrom (Fromeltar)
# of chapters: one
# of members: 75-100
symbol: rabid chicken
colors: yellow and green
Known Rivals: Centaurs


Zealous Zeroes
Affiliation: all
Home Turf: Pale (Truane's Star)
# of chapters: one in each planet of Truane's Star, Zebulon, Dixon's Star, Prenglar, and Cassidine
# of members: 400-500
symbol: executioner's hood
colors: black and green
Known Rivals: Paladins, Dust Devils

Carnivorous Vrusk
fictitious club generated for undercover mission by Dosärmas

affiliation: vrusk
Home Turf: Zik-Kit (Kizk'-Kar)
# of chapters: one, recently formed
# of members: 12-20
symbol: Vruskan Skull
colors: red & grey
Known Rivals: none, but the Centaurs could certainly be an eligible name to drop if anyone were foolish enough to do so...

You might send this to ART for his new gang. Mention it on SF.com too! This stuff is dynamite! Thanx!!

Some open great possibilities for UPF Fleet intelligence and Star Law to plant operatives. Obviously the Quitters and Paladines but some others too. Sathar would also be able to use theese guys. Not to mention being great places for slavers and pirates to recruit muscle! Fantastic!

Already forwarded it to Art.

The Stellar Demons are the biggest Frontier-wide, but the Black Mandrills are the nastiest to tangle with. Nothing more dangerous than a bunch of blood thirsty battle raged Yazirians that back each other up!

The Stellar Demons are also rumored to be backed by the Star Devil, as they sport a similar logo and the SD colors are the same ones that appear on the Star Devil tattoos/symbols. Naturally they won't confirm or deny such accusations...

Iron Minors are the least predictable as they're juvenile delinquents, very random and loosely organized if at all. Chapter leaders are quickly recruited by other clubs as they mature.

The Centaurs can be dangerous, as they take a lot of time gathering intel and plotting their moves. Like their vruskan hertage, they are very business oriented.

Jailhouse Ixheads are a newer club and in heavy disfavor by Clarion's ruling government. Rumored to be supported by the Clarion Liberation Party.

Xenophiles don't care much for the Triad Sathar and expectations of an entanglement are usually high whenever the two occupy the same vicinity. The TS have proven themselves a worthy adversary as they've grown lately, and as a result the Xenos don't drop in at New Hope very often, unless in superior numbers.