I wanted to name this thread "Black Market Contacts," but I didn't want people to get confused with the talent.

Anyway, I'd like to compile a bunch of NPCs - black marketeers, drug dealers, shadowport businessmen, etc. - for GMs to use in their compaigns. One of the leading characters in my group is looking to set up a smuggling ring for his clan's special brand of spice, and I'm trying to come up with some fun characters for them to run into, deal with, gets jobs from or owe favors to, etc.

I'll post some of my own as they are made, but I was wondering if some of you creative types have some fun ones you've already used or are planning to use. Some important bits to include:

Name

Species

Homeworld or Base of Operations

Rank/level (minor contact, crimelord, anything in between)

Range of operations (system, sector, trade route, etc.)

Personality

Any specialty in merchandice (drugs, guns, meds, oddities, etc.)

Any bits that set the group apart (symbol, custom, passphrase, secret-handshake, etc.)

Have at!

I will give you the name of my Smuggler who will eventually make his own smuggling ring as well.

Name:Jornek Accendere

Species:Corellian Human

Homeworld or Base of Operations:Corellia

Rank/level:Smuggler Baron(hopefully can be tweaked up or down as needed)

Range of operations:Anywhere not in Hutt Space,prefers Corellian Trade route

Personality:Han Solo like but with a twist that suggests that he has suffered great tragedy(This is not a depressed or sad state merely it manifests has hatered aggainst the Empire since he is the sole survivor of his family.)

Any specialty in merchandice:Weaponry and Medicine

Any bits that set the group apart:Communications sent in Smugglers Cant

NAME : Heliquay Shadfar

SPECIES : Human
SUMMARY : Officially a slaver, though this is a cover for a massive slave smuggling/liberation operation. Although he is technically one of the "good guys" behind the scenes, he firmly believes in "sacrifice of one for many."

BASE of OPERATION : 'Bellipotent,' a heavily modified Minstrel-class space yacht

RANK/LEVEL : Major slave smuggler

RANGE of OPERATIONS : Multiple planets, outer rim

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : Massive. Think: Ving Rhames at his biggest and baddest.

PERSONALITY : Man of few words. Gruff. Direct.

SPECIALTY IN MERCHANDISE : Slaves, especially the rough/strong working types