The No Brains

Motto: “No plan. No mercy. No brains.”

Primary Focus: Bounty Hunting & High-Value Piracy

Flagship: RSI Polaris “The Brain-Dead”

Origins

No one really remembers who shouted it first — “Use your brain next time!” — right before a catastrophic misfire in a bounty op turned an easy capture into a fireball that took half a hangar with it. Out of that wreckage, a small, ragtag group of misfits decided to embrace the insult. They weren’t the smartest, the richest, or the most disciplined… but they survived.

They called themselves The No Brains, a tongue-in-cheek jab at every smug corporate pilot or overconfident UEE officer who thought brains were the only thing that won a fight. In the void, it’s not about IQ — it’s about instinct, guts, and who’s willing to pull the trigger first.

Rise of the Crew

Starting out in barely-flyable Cutlasses and Retaliators scavenged from black markets, The No Brains earned their infamy in the Pyro system, where they took contracts no one else would touch — high-risk bounties, pirate-on-pirate jobs, and “asset recovery” missions that blurred the line between law and crime.

Their philosophy was simple: catch the bounty, strip the wreck, sell the salvage. Why waste a payout when the real money floats right there in space?

As their kills stacked up, so did their spoils. With enough UEC pooled from bounties, they purchased their first capital vessel — a RSI Polaris, retrofitted to hell and back, now known across fringe systems as “The Brain-Dead.” It became both a home and a symbol: a mobile fortress for those who didn’t care about ranks, uniforms, or bureaucracy — just the next target and the next score.

h.2 Structure and Operations

The No Brains don’t follow traditional command structures. Every crew member earns their place by action, not title. Roles shift depending on the op — one day you’re manning turrets, the next you’re leading a boarding party. The Brain-Dead is manned by loyal, if slightly unhinged, specialists: gunners who live for the recoil, engineers who worship chaos, and pilots who can thread a needle at full burn.

Their operations span UEE and outlaw space alike. They’re known for:

• Precision bounty strikes: Coordinated multi-ship operations using stealth, decoys, and overwhelming firepower.

• Salvage piracy: After neutralizing a target, high-value components, data cores, and cargo are stripped and sold.

• Escort interception: Ambushing security fleets guarding VIP bounties or valuable cargo.

Rumors say the UEE Advocacy has an open file on them under “Privateer Collective — Unaffiliated, Highly Organized.” Others claim they’re occasionally contracted by black-budget agencies to take out inconvenient targets. The truth? Only The No Brains know — and they’re not the talking type.

Creed of The No Brains

“We don’t plan,

We improvise.

We don’t retreat,

We reload.

We don’t think,

We act.”