SPADES SLICK LORE

Spades Slick was a regent of the Black Queen back on Derse. He was very dissatisfied with her reign however and along with HB, CD, and DD, they plotted to overthrow the monarchy.

BQ catching wind of this confronted Slick and took his eye. He resigned from his position under her authority and decided to flee. Fortunately WV and PM had just recently established a connection with Earth to both Prospit and Derse and so Slick was able to escape.

Unfortunately Slick, who was unsure of a guaranteed escape decided to smuggle himself onto the ship transporting refugees to Earth and sustained major injuries. He was taken into medical care and his new robotic parts were designed and built by Dirk Strider.

He was introduced to Karkat Vantas through Sollux Captor and CD. Though they shout at each other almost exclusively, Karkat appears to be the only person outside of his crew that he trusts, perhaps due to their similar untrusting nature and mistreatment by their respective societies.