The Space-A-Gades are a loose collection of freelance mercenaries, bounty hunters, privateers, and pilots who answer to no one. They were founded during the 1st Syndicate-Outcast War, forged from career outlaws and deserters who walked away from the bloodshed rather than die for someone else's cause. Unlike the Syndicate or even the independent Outcast clans, the Space-A-Gades have no leader at all. Most work alone or in small crews, taking contracts from whoever is paying.

Both sides expected the Space-A-Gades to fade away once the war ended, but as the fighting ground into a stalemate the movement only grew. Today, being a Space-A-Gade is as much a lifestyle as a profession, built on personal freedom and the promise of exploring the frontier. The Syndicate officially calls them violent criminals, even as it quietly hires them time and again.