Outlaw Tech

An outlaw tech was a technician who's speciality lay in unorthodox mechanical work that was questionable by factory and safety standards (if not outright illegal). This ranged from performing repairs and modifications on smuggling ships to building and modifying military-grade hardware such as weapons, explosives and communications equipment. Under the broadest definition, this could even encompass technical crew working for pirate More than one outlaw technician lacked the formal training possessed by professional engineers, but instead got by on their instinctive mechanical genius. Given the nature of their business, an outlaw tech's work could be a mix of anything from salvaged parts and space tape to stolen military hardware and top-secret prototypes. Some were skilled enough to reverse-engineer complex devices and even develop their own, able to exceed anything else on the market (legal or otherwise). They tend to be efficient, competent, discrete, and mobile; they often change their base of operations to avoid security forces and the competition or otherwise operate out of remote or hidden areas, such as Shug Ninx's Spacebarn. Many Outlaw Techs also tended to become utterly absorbed in their projects, sometimes forgoing food and rest while they worked. In light of how often things such as ships and weapons need repairs, the outlaw tecs are a critical part of the underworld.

Famous outlaw techs included Klaus "Doc" Vandangante, Jessa Vandangante, Shug Ninx, and BoShek.