• Aquilina Family: Traders. Touchy relationship. Partners in the Needle-Bat project, but the negotiation process involved some threats. You've heard that they just suffered a raid by a rival family. Allied with the Cygnus and Londra (shipbuilders) families.

• Aranea Family: Traders. Briefly encountered one of their ships at Tagata, carrying captives from Aril to Magara. While Sakin families are pretty laissez-faire about business, slavery is generally frowned upon and revealing this might cause them some embarrassment. Allies of Cygnus and Bisturi.

• Bisturi Family: Leaders in cybernetics and medical tech. Yorma Tormilla is from one of their client families, as is his cousin Arturo. Arturo has been invited aboard the Kielbasa for drinks and discussion. Allies of Aranea and Cygnus.

• Cygnus Family: biggest traders. Just suffered horrible disaster. Allied with the PCs from their first arrival in the subsector, recently tried to improve the connection via Maya Cygnus joining the crew. Her older brother Mauro is one candidate to become head of the family.

• Vizio Family: Leading bankers. Currently trying to take on a leadership role to deal with the crisis. Higgs is from a branch of the family. His cousin and childhood friend Jacinta Wellesley-Vizio is in Sakina Port.