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Gallus Drak
Biographical Information
Race	Corellian
Homeworld	Corellia
Mother	Pesti Drak
Father	Gordon Drak
Spouse	n/a
Siblings	n/a
Children	n/a
Born	Y:-6 D:30
Imperial Service
Branch	Order of the Sith
Positions	Staff Member
Prior Service	n/a
Awards

Gallus Drak is an Officer in service to the Regional Government of the Galactic Empire.

Early Life

Gallus and his father Gordon at Coronet Spaceport

Childhood

Gallus Drak was born in Coronet City on Corellia to Gordon and Pesti Drak. Gallus' Father, Gordon Drak was a dock worker at the Coronet Spaceport, on contract to load cargo for independent Bulk Freighters. Pesti Drak, Gallus' Mother, was a homemaker and part time waitress at Nerfs, one of the Spaceport's many restaurants. As the Spaceport and its docks were a second home for Gallus as a child, he quickly became a mascot for many of the workers and technicians that worked with his father. His extended family of freighter pilots, skiff and loader operators and other dock personnel took every opportunity they could to teach the young boy everything they could about life beyond the rainy city, and that there was a whole Galaxy of Adventure beyond the high walls of Coronet Spaceport. Gallus spent much of his childhood running around the Spaceport, playing "Hunt the Gundark" in the dark bellies of small freighters and in the bowels of the Corellian Sewers.

Afforded the unique opportunities that growing up near a large Spaceport offered, Gallus learned to understand Binary at a young age, and made quick friends with many of the droids and much of the heavy equipment in his Father's loading bay. On more than one occasion, Gallus was reprimanded for deactivating or disassembling Droids within the facility. At age nine, he was accused of leading Astromech Droids into the sewers below Coronet City where he allegedly sold them to Gangers. As a minor, he was never charged, though his Father spent more than one night in lock up for the allegations. Gallus' fond fascination with Droids would not last into adulthood. His interest in freighters and shipping, however, would be instilled in him for life. By the time he was ten, he knew the names and transponder codes of almost every ship that came into Coronet Spaceport, and would spend the wet Corellian summers shadowing his Father at the docks. He would often operate as a "Ramp Rat," directing large freighters and tugs with the hololaser guidance system.

Gordon Drak's Disappearance

It was around this time that Gallus Drak's father, Gordon Drak, left dock work and began a four year stint as a freighter pilot for a small privately held company, Five Redox Shipping. Though Five Redox was a small company, it had earned a reputation for providing incredibly fast service to new and growing colonies that were in desperate need of supplies. Often charging a premium for quicker service, the company would often cancel return trips to Coronet in order to make secondary and tertiary supply runs which frequently disregarded the contracts of the crew. Gallus' father was away from the family for months at a time, returning to Coronet City when he could for very short periods.

Gallus began working at the docks in his father's place, under the table as a Junior Ramp Rat in order to help provide for his Mother, who was frequently depressed and prone to drink. When Gordon Drak's ship, the Tartan Meadow, was damaged on a routine colony supply run, Gallus' father was left stranded on a colony in the Outer Rim. Despite having access to communication relays and remaining in infrequent contact, the family could not raise enough capital to secure Gordon's return home immediately. Five Redox Shipping could not arrange for his return as there were no ships available at the time of the incident, and went as far as filing charges against Gordon Drak for violations of his contract. After almost a year of being stranded in the colony, Gordon disappeared.

Last known image of Gordon Drak

It was believed at first that Gordon had secured transport by proxy through an independent shipping agent, most likely a smuggler. After his last communication with his family regarding good news and hope for return, it is likely that Gordon was bonded into indentured service to pay for his trip, and was never seen nor heard from again. The last images of Gordon Drak from the remote Outer Rim colony are two dimensional images - as the colony's holocams were malfunctioning at the time.

Five Redox held their claim of Gordon Drak's contract violation until they went out of business. They never recovered any funds from the Drak family, nor did they pay any compensation for the accident and Gordon Drak's stranding and disappearnace on the remote colony.

After two Government inquiries to the Colony with no resulting leads, Coronet Spaceport staff and family friends of the Draks raised enough money to charter a ship to the Outer Rim in search of the family patriarch. Gallus was not included on the crew of the rescue party, something that would eat at him for years to come. Maultier, the light freighter, spent six weeks in hyperspace and in system in search of Gordon Drak. The rescue party found no trace of Gordon in the colony, nor the surrounding systems. No one was aware of the smuggler with whom he had been making arrangements, and it was discovered that a small bounty had been placed on Gordon Drak in the colony itself for unknown reasons. After paying off the bounty holder and running out of money, the search party returned to Corellia with nothing.

Gallus was inconsolable following his father's disappearance, and buried himself in work, emulating the ethics of his father. Even at just twelve years old, it was not uncommon for Gallus to skip school for days on end in order to work at the Spaceport. For a family living in poverty, losing Gordon was not something the Draks would recover from quickly. Gallus and Pesti rarely saw one another for years after Gordon's disappearance, as they spent their time in school and work, respectively, only passing in the night as they collapsed from fatigue. Life in the Spaceport only got more difficult as swoop and sewer gangs became more influential and bold.

Gallus Drak in his mid-teens working at Coronet Spaceport

Corellian Gang Riots

Gang activity had been on the rise in Coronet City for years. The Spaceport was facing frequent shakedowns and riots from the lower level Swoop Gangs that plagued the poverty stricken area surrounding the Spaceport, and their territory war with the Sewer Gangs had escalated to riots in the spaceport itself. The resulting damage to the spaceport's reputation and infrastructure during this period forced many workers to go on furlough or be laid off while other, smaller, nearby spaceports became temporarily busier to avoid the escalating situation in Coronet City.

At 16, Gallus Drak began taking piloting courses at Coronet's technical schools. Though his public education records were average, his interest seemed to lean more towards the exciting life of space travel, likely spurred on by the drive to find his father. Gallus was running small atmosphere taxis for a planetary taxi firm by the time he was 17, until the company was bought out by Gangers. Though frequently propositioned by Gangers in the Corellian underworld, Gallus Drak managed to keep his nose clean and his actions above board - an important footnote in the vetting process upon his assignment to the Regional Government years later.

Despite increased gang activity and violence in and around the Coronet Spaceport, the Drak family were some of the lucky ones, who managed to keep working at the docks unimpeded until Imperial reform swept away the undesirables in the area, and a safe existence was once again possible on Corellian Docks. Though the Gangs had employed hundreds of Battle Droids and used violence to torture the civilians of the Coronet, ultimately it was the persistence and manpower of political changes by the Galactic Empire that won out. Social reform and public programs lifted a people suppressed by corruption and violence - individual rights became a center point for the people to retake their own city, under the guidance and with assistance from the Imperial Government.

It was this social and economic victory that ultimately inspired Gallus to join the Empire, and it was during these formative years that Drak's opinions on Droid Rights solidified - as he strongly opposed Droid Rights and recognizing the sentience of Droids, Ships and Machinery. Seeing Droids as weapons of war, used specifically to hurt his people during the Ganger riots imprinted on Gallus Drak that droids, ultimately, acted on the behest of their owners or operators - not of their own free will. This would be a strongly held belief that perpetuated throughout his young adult life until he later joined the Galactic Empire.

Views on Droid Rights

Though often referred to as Sentient, Gallus would argue that Droids, Ships and other mechanical lifeforms are nothing more than complex machines. A staunch opponent of expanding Droid Rights, Drak spent a portion of his later teenage years supporting anti-Droid Rights groups on Corellia. Even during his time at the Junior Academy, Gallus opposed non-restrained Droids from work at the Academy, and won a small victory by convincing school faculty, by petition, to use restraining bolts on all Droids on campus. Drak has been much less vocal on the subject since being recruited by the Galactic Empire.

Imperial Career

Gallus Drak at the Imperial Junior Academy on Corellia, prior to his acceptance at the Imperial Academy.

Junior Imperial Academy, Coronet City

Gallus Drak enrolled in the Imperial Junior Academy on Corellia once it was established following the quelling of the Ganger Riots. As a Junior Academy Student, Gallus excelled as a pilot and in law. Science and math were difficult subjects for the Corellian boy who had spent most of his life lifting crates at the Spaceport. His hard hands were foreign among the diplomat students who also sought education in law and politics, but that often earned him more respect than it did trouble. With the strong work ethic he had acquired from his parents, Gallus was a model student at the Junior Academy.

Being involved in school politics allowed him to advance to the Academy Council of Students, where he petitioned the faculty and school on many reforms inspired by the Imperial Government's own changes to the face of Corellia. As the city became a bright and shining beacon to the might and wisdom of the Galactic Empire, so too did the Junior Academy's policies reflect those aspects.

Imperial Academy, College of Government Sciences

Drak was accepted into the Imperial Academy on Prakith on his first application. Advancing to the Imperial Academy's College of Government Sciences made Gallus the pride of the impoverished Spaceport workers in Coronet City, who had become an extended family to him throughout his childhood. His attributes as a pilot, dedication to serving the citizens of the Empire, as well as being an excelled student of Imperial law made him a prime candidate for the Regional Government.

Upon admission, Drak often felt out of place among his class, as he perceived the majority of his fellow students to be members of the planetary aristocracy or nobles who often stood above him with their thick Imperial accents. As a dock worker at Coronet Spaceport, Gallus rarely crossed paths with these kinds of people, only ever glimpsing them through the transparent plasteel walls of the First Class landing pads that literally sat above his loading bay back home.

The comparisons with his previous life were stark. The dirty, muddy bottom level of the city had been replaced by pristine gardens and well lit classrooms. There were no cracked mortar walls or rainy summers that lasted for days - he felt like he was trapped on a space station inside the Academy - too clean and sterile for a young man with hard, calloused hands. Regardless of his surroundings, Gallus Drak kept his hands and mind busy, staying at the top of his class as an honor student. He was named Fourth Pilot in his class' Flight Club.

Joining the Empire

Upon graduation from the Imperial Academy, Gallus Drak left Prakith for parts unknown. His whereabouts and current activities for the Regional Government are classified Restricted.

His first assignment for the Regional Government are as a regional transport and construction overseer. Though his specific responsibilities and actions are Restricted, his logs and correspondence home recount excellent times among his crew onboard each of the five ships with the crews under his command. Upon completion of his mission and declassification of his assignment, he intends to update his logs and remove redactions.

Education & Certifications

• Class A, B and C Pilot Certifications
• Graduate of Junior Imperial Academy, Coronet City, Corellia
• Graduate with Honors of Imperial Academy, College of Government Sciences

Imperial Records

Ranks

Grade	Rank	Insignia	Branch	Date
[T-1]	Recruit		Imperial Academy	Year 17 Day 16
[O-1]	Junior Superintendent		Regional Government	Year 17 Day 23

Imperial Service Awards

Abbrevation	Ribbon	Name	Date	Awarded By
[IABG-H]		Imperial Academy Basic Graduate - Honors	Year 17 Day 23	Regional Government
[MID]		Mentioned in Dispatches	Year 17 Day 59	Regional Government

Imperial Passports

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