If people would think of an exact date, the Brigands would have emerged, no one would be exactly certain, however most agree that the original packs were spotted near the end of the third century (AGS).

They date back to times of disgruntled mining and factory workers tired of their corporate oppressors and going rogue, where the old saying emerged of this romantic ideal of robbing the rich and giving it to the poor, which some Brigands might like to retain, even if just for fancytalk. In truth, from the very start many Brigands would rob as much and anyone if possible and involve themselves in any unspeakable vile act, as long as they saw profit.

Many forerunners eventually ended up forming a common band, even while retaining their fiercely free spirits as highwaymen. Either through merging or hunting down those in the way of the ruling packs, but keeping the decentralized and disorganized nature. In truth, anyone willing to steal a ship and pick up a gun could become a Brigand if they got the guts to and join the lines of a pack.

With staging gigs at even higher stakes and longer ranges to cover, they built up the means and information networks, to stage many raids in the Gallic Homeworlds, sitting on their spoils and expanding their hideouts, which usually were composed of stolen stellar infrastructure assets, carved out asteroids and former mining bases, which they had refurbished in their swashbuckling romantic picture of a morbidly beautiful Gallia covered in crimson red. During the many conflicts in and around Gallia, they expanded their smuggling convoys to aid former revolutionary organizations like the Council, providing them with various stolen assets and tools to keep a war industry running all in exchange for credits and for an blind eye in Council liberated systems, when they would perform their activities or need a quick resort.

Even more opportunities were found with the arrival of Nox, where they saw a chance of maximizing profits, bringing the drugs to the Gallic Homeworlds, using their various links to the black market. Soon the Hideouts were home to sprawling nightlifes of cramped gloomy illicit businesses, where raiders would return with their findings, gamble them away or buy things one could never imagine, in a morbidly free world of opportunities.

One would often immerse themselves with cramped dirty gangways and dim lit rocky hallways leading to many in neon lights covered spelunks, ominous bazaars and casinos on a Brigand installation, fashioned in stolen woodworks and ornate pillaged luxuries, as they like to hoard their riches and fancy themselves in a life they couldn’t have imagined before. Some clans use these cramped lively places as networks, to get into touch with all of Gallia and even let outsiders in, if they bring something of value and contribute to the Brigands motives, while not disrespecting them while at it.

The opening of Gallia and fall of the Kingdom, marked a new chapter for the Brigands, to reach their gaze outwards to engage in even larger smuggling caravans, immersing themselves into the other houses, seeing in what trouble they can get themselves in and returning with various goods, profitable or of use for their operations.

The Brigands rather avoid any sort of political struggle and their diplomacy would mostly link up to that of the Liberty Rogues - with only few exceptions, if it suits them. As the highly decentralized group of pirates as they’re, one is best prepared to be shot, then questioned and expect different outcomes per met individual. Brigands trust no one and even struggle with their own internal affairs at times. However they are still willing to trade their robbed spoils and are to negotiate with, staging any gig in Gallia, or involving them in any lucrative illicit activity, hence why even Gallic Corporate Agents seek them out sometimes, to root out the competition, and gather intel.