Spang was a Human male starship engineer. He owned and operated Spang's, a repair bay which was located on the Tanquilla Beach shadowport in the Kathol sector of the Outer Rim Territories. Regarded as a genius engineer, his services modifying and repairing vessels were in great demand by the various individuals who frequented Tanquilla Beach, and he had a waiting list several months long. Spang was responsible for acquiring and installing Tanquilla Beach's defensive weaponry, and was a solid ally of Bequesh, the station administrator. In 8 ABY, his granddaughter, Fia, supervised the engine refit of the New Republic CR90 corvette FarStar with Spang's blessing as he was too busy to work on the vessel himself.