Criminal: Trandoshans are not inherently evil or bad, their culture and upbringing differs from many in the known galaxy. They become criminals because society labels them as such for not conforming to their ways of following laws and rules. Alexerus was labeled as a criminal for hunting a group of trespassers at a young age. Not long after his incarceration he formed a guild for poachers to hunt where they wanted when they wanted and who they wanted to hunt. He helps sponsor them by giving them legal protection and plausible deniability anywhere in the galaxy.
It has been quite a while since he himself joined in a hunt since he has a guild to run, however, recently, Count Dooku of the CIS has approached him and informed him that a group of do-gooders have taken it upon themselves to legally capture amazing creatures.

Status: Alexerus and his Guild have worked mostly in the underworld and have a modest following and patronage, however, he wants it to a well known hunting guild. Count Dooku has promised that when the Clone Wars have ended, the Guild will be made legal and given a full pardon and allowed to operate within the newly established government.

Sponsorship: Count Dooku has agreed to sponsor the Poachers Guild and give them the same services that is offered to their members. He has given them permission to chase Arbol's crew across the galaxy to disrupt his goal of collecting rare and exotic creatures for his zoo.