Progga, also known as Progga the Hutt, was a hermaphroditic Hutt with a male persona who was a minor crime lord and pirate. From the edge of the Unknown Regions, Progga was active during the last years of the Galactic Republic. In 27 BBY, Progga, aboard his starship, ambushed the smuggling freighter Bargain Hunter in the Outer Rim, hoping to steal the Bargain Hunter's cargo of rare furs and firegems. The Bargain Hunter fled into hyperspace, and Progga gave chase, eventually following the freighter to a remote star system in the Unknown Regions. However, when Progga finally trapped the Bargain Hunter in the system, Picket Force Two of the Chiss Ascendancy Expansionary Fleet attacked both parties. Progga's starship attempted to engage the new interlopers, but the Chiss forces proved too powe