The Badland Originals’ top-end “elite” members, reserved for gangers who’ve proved their worth to the gang through years of service, as well as distinguishing themselves in the art of combat. After these requirements are met, the particular candidate vying for this rank is issued an extremely difficult assignment and is sent to complete it with no help from the other gangers. These are no small feats, and while many fail, those that complete their task and come back alive are rewarded the prestige and rank of being among the elite Pit Snake status.
Named in honor of Shub’s original gang of vagrants from Needles, the Pit Snakes can be identified by some token item to distinguish themselves from the other Badland Originals. These trophy items could be anything from an extravagant set of gang leathers with the Pit Snakes emblem, or in some cases, ornate, highly-visible tattoos of the emblem, which is a massive white rattlesnake coiled around a large pair of spiked knuckles.
Lesser gangers caught in posession of Pit Snakes trophy leathers, or decorating themselves with the emblem in form of tattoos, are punished brutally for what the higher-ranked gangers view as making false claims of status.
Members of the Pit Snakes are issued their own personal Trashbike, and also gain access to the best of the Badland Originals’ armory. They’re typically the first gang members to get their hands on the more rare and exotic lines of equipment from N’grath Arsenal.