1337 N00B5

The 7337 N00B5, also known as t3h 7337 or the Leet Noobs, was a unique gang of pilots who claim to have suspected the dire consequences of either the CIS or the Galactic Republic winning the Clone Wars, and fought both sides in order to somehow find a compromise that would restore peace and freedom in the Galaxy without dividing it or making it into a dictatorship. The gang was formed in about 22 BBY, just before the emergency power act of the Galactic Senate was passed. Throughout the Clone Wars, they gained up to thirty skilled pilots at one time, most of them piloting Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptors. By the end of the Clone Wars, they had a force of about seventy pilots and over a thousand other eager individuals who performed specific tasks needed aboard their pirate-esque establishment. Towards 19 BBY, specially modified YT-1300 Corellian freighters that were fit for battle were captured, and additional freighters were either stolen or purchased to replace the Eta-2s

Throughout the rise of the Empire, the group jumped through hyperspace to seemingly random systems, raiding Imperial military establishments and making themselves look like separate generic pirate gangs to many different systems, in order to keep themselves on the low priority list for the Imperial Navy. This technique worked to ensure a steady enough income of new ships and supplies, while their goal of toppling the corrupt government was being sought.

It was by chance that they encountered Grand Moff Tarkin's fleet of Star Destroyers defending a secret superweapon establishment in the Maw, where they learned of the Empire's plans to fulfill the Tarkin Doctrine by wielding superweapons capable of judging entire planets irreversibly. Though they lost one of their Venator Star Destroyers in the chaos that ensued as a result of their sudden appearance, they were able to draft anti-superweapon plans and spread rumors on the less-regulated parts of the heavily censored HoloNet about some of the secret projects' existence.