We should not trust the fallible inferior races, nor throw away our purity and unity. We shall remain a primarily female crew. Them Brainers have expanded our recruitment networks to every Black Market hub, but we gotta bear the upfront cost of $50k for each Hand and wait 5 days for each. Unlike our founding Escaped Lunatics, they must be paid at the end of each month: Swabbies $2500, Gals $7500. The starting quality of these troops will vary a lot, but with training, they will get invincible!
This decision, however, did create some misgivings amongst both the crew and the outsiders (-250 score).