 Wedge grew up around freighters and
starships. His parents managed a fueling station off the last planet
in the Gus Treta system. They were used to dealing with both pirates
and the police, as it usually wasn't over a very serious matter.
But one fatal day while Wedge was away at upper division schooling,
a smuggler got spooked while refueling and blasted free from the
hanger without releasing the shiplock couplings. The ship and the
station went up in flames.When Wedge learned of this, he abandoned any aspirations he may have been kicking around, and used the insurance money to buy a stocklight freighter of his own. He knew stardrives and repulsorlift mechanics and modified the ship to serve his own purposes. He wanted his ship to be good enough to earn him money legitimately. He wanted work amongst the minority, the honest businessmen. But this was a fruitless dream, as the money made honestly was not enough to sustain him. He had to resort to smuggling.
He made sure that if he was going to become a pirate, it would be for
a noble cause, and the Rebellion seemed more than noble. It was
admirable. He began by running arms to Rebel outposts throughout the
galaxy, learning of more and more atrocities committed by the Empire.
He had a fair number of run-ins with Imperial fighter craft, where he
proved himself to be an indispensable fighter pilot. Since then, he
has flown escort sorties for Rebel convoys and surveillance ships.
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