Jeremiah Dawntreader

Biography:
Born on Coruscant to an unhappy middle-class family, Jeremiah was the third child, and a troublemaker from the start. He frequently missed out on school and occasionally got himself in fights. Then one day when he was seven, several ARC-130s did a flyover as part of a celebration for a military victory, and watching them loop and twist, Jeremiah decided right then and there that he was going to fly. He actually put some effort into his school work, and although he still didn’t do all that well, he learned.

At age 13, fed up with the constant fighting in his home, he ran away, bought a Starhopper, and flew off to Correllia. He started business as a mechanic just outside Coronet City. In this endeavor he was quite successful, making a good sum of money, but never dampening his dream of being a pilot. He eventually bought the Twilight's Gleam from a family friend living on Corellia.

Dawntreader always looked up to the Jedi, but never even considered trying to join them. In his mind, the Force wasn’t a power, but more of a mindset that helped you fight better. He also liked the Republic for it’s democratic system, but thought it was too much of a bureaucracy. That didn’t keep him from hating the Confederacy. Jeremiah began putting together a crew and buying modifications for the ship, and hoped to join the clone wars as a privateer on the side of the Republic. In need of wiling and able troops, the Republic accepted his crew, and placed them in charge of a small volunteer task force.

His stint wrecking the CIS lasted only several weeks, ending when Palpatine seized power. After Order 66 and the collapse of the Republic, fearing retribution due to his profession, he and his crew retreated to space near the Maw Cluster, finding XB-4723 there. They landed the ship and began working on the asteroid, quickly setting up a large shield around it to create an atmosphere, and building large landing pads.

Throughout most of the Galactic Civil War, Dawntreader supported the ARR, but didn’t officially join them. This changed after the third attack on XB-4723. After repairs were completed, Dawntreader realized his operation could not survive without joining the rebels. The Alliance, in need of additional ships and crew, accepted his proposition. The Consortium’s first attack with the rebels was the Battle of Endor, where his flagship destroyed numerous ties and dealt significant damage to the [i]Devastator[i], leaving it open to the attack by Blade squadron that finally ended it. After the battle ended, his and his fleet’s service was rewarded with several damaged fighters and two new CR-90s. The fighters the Consortium repaired, and now are in active service with Twilight Flight.



Ship:
Dawntreader’s pride and joy, the Twilight’s Gleam, is a modified CR-90 with a hangar bay, additional engines, and single turbolasers replaced with quad laser cannons. The ship is sparsely adorned, with all modifications focused on improving combat ability.