Gallus Drak

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. 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. His fascination with Droids would not last into adulthood. Drak's 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.

Gordon Drak's Disappearance

It was around this time that Gallus Drak's father, Gordon Drak, began a four year stint as a freighter pilot for a small privately held company, Five Redox Shipping. Gallus' father was away from the family for months at a time, returning when he could for very short periods. Gallus began working at the docks in his father's place, under the table. When Gordon Drak's ship, the Tartan Meadow, was damaged on a routine operation, Gallus' father was left stranded on a colony in the Outer Rim. Despite having access to communication relays and remaining in constant contact, the family could not raise enough capital to secure Gordon's return home immediately. 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.

After two Government inquiries to the Colony with no resulting information, 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. 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 regarding his father's disappearance, and buried himself in work to likely cover the pain. It was not uncommon for Gallus to work 18 hour shifts at the Spaceport for days on end. For a family living in poverty, losing Gordon was not something the Drak's would recover from quickly. Gallus and Pesti both worked long hours and rarely saw one another for years after Gordon's disappearance, despite the assistance of family friends.

Gallus Drak in his mid-teens working at Coronet Spaceport

Corellian Gang Riots

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 in and around the Coronet Spaceport, the Drak family and their friends 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 centerpoint 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 attacks 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.

Joining the Empire

Excelling at the Imperial Junior Academy on Corellia, and advancing to the Imperial Academy made Gallus the pride of the impoverished Spaceport workers, his extended family. His attributes as a pilot, dedication to serving the citizens of the Empire, as well as a student of Imperial law made him a prime candidate for the Regional Government, and he graduated..

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

Education

• Graduate with Honors of Imperial Academy, College of Government Sciences

Imperial Service

Gallus Drak entered the Regional Government upon graduating the Imperial Academy with Honors from the College of Government Sciences.

Regional Government

Further information Restricted.

Imperial Service Awards

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