The Ebon Strikers were a band of pirates that were based on the planet Volik, in the Unknown Regions. The Ebon Strikers first traveled to the Unknown Regions as part of a large pirate gang, but following a disagreement over a female, the band split into two rival factions: the Ebon Strikers and the Crimson Stars, with the Human Vallkos taking control of the Crimson Stars and his brother Mallikhan becoming the leader of the Ebon Strikers. The two pirate gangs feuded with each other and at one point, their dispute threatened descend into an all-out war.