Cooper Dray Cooper Dray was a washed - up swoop racer that ran a swoop gang known as Cooper ' s Swoopers on the planet Bescane . Biography . Early life . When Dray was younger , he was a talented swoop racer that had a large following . However , his winning tendencies eventually came to an end , causing his popularity to dramatically decrease . He eventually settled down on the planet Bescane as the world had a large swoop racing following , and he was well - remembered by many of the citizens there . Dray eventually formed a swoop gang , the Cooper ' s Swoopers , which he named after himself . Although increasingly thought of as a wash - out , he was contacted by a Rebel agent who tried to convince him to join the Alliance and leave Bescane . Before Dray could make up his mind , the Rebel was murdered by Galentro Heavy Works marshals , who were loyal to the Galactic Empire . Shocked at the event , Dray resolved to join the Alliance , but to work within the system on Bescane . His swoop gang ran hit - and - run attacks on the corporation and the Imperials , fighting for the Rebellion . In order to hide his true allegiance , Dray posed as a thug , and only revealed his devotion to the Rebellion to his close friends . He operated within criminal circles , striking up a friendship with the noted counterfeiter , " Lucky " Ordomire . Operation Death - Hunter . Dray eventually got caught up in Operation Death - Hunter when he began to notice that Humans from the age of 15 to 25 were disappearing off of the planet . Unknown to Dray and the Rebellion , the Empire intended to use the Humans as templates for Death Hunter cyborg s . The Rebel spy , Lady Amber Comark , who had tracked the funding of the project all the way from the Core Worlds , contacted Dray to inform him of the Death - Hunter project . The two met up in the Arcade Omicron cantina and were eventually joined by Rebel SpecOps agents . As Dray and the Rebels attempted to hash out why the Imperials would want to kidnap young Humans , they were set upon by corporation marshals . Cooper , his gang , and the Rebels fled the establishment , but were pursued by speeder bikes and a flitter airspeeder . The airspeeder fired on Dray ' s swoop , throwing him from his craft into the street . Knocked unconscious , he was gathered up by the flitter and turned over to the Empire . Right on the threshold of the maximum age desired by the Empire , Dray was brought to the planet , Zeta 0 - 9 in the Wastes . Transported to the underwater base on the planet , he was placed into a stasis booth to wait for transformation into a Death Hunter cyborg . Within the detention center of the base , Dray was placed on a medical table and forced to undergo several painful tests by a medical droid and several medical technicians . These tests were performed to ensure that Dray would survive the transformation , but came at great physical pain to the former swoop racer . Before the final cyborg transformation could be performed , the base was infiltrated by the Rebel agents who had resolved to rescue Dray from his fate . In a rapid sequence of events , Lady Comark freed several of the other Imperial prisoners , leading to an uprising in the detention center . In the chaos that followed , Dray was rescued from the med techs and dragged along as they made their way to the base ' s docking bay . The group commandeered a torpedo attack carrier and fled back to the Rebel ' s starship . As they left the facility , Dray suggested to the Rebels to unleash a concussion missile strike on the base . The Rebels complied , causing the destruction of the Imperial base . The group then escaped the world in the Rebel ' s ship and returned back to their Rebel base . Personality and traits . Dray was a talented swoop racer that did not have the skill to make a perpetual career in the highest levels of swoop racing . He enjoyed being in the limelight , and disappointed with his waning popularity , he decided to settle down on a world that still appreciated his racing career . His wish for validity caused him to establish his own swoop gang , which he named after himself , Cooper ' s Swoopers . Cooper was notable enough to be contacted by a Rebel agent , who wished for him to leave Bescane and join in the fight against the Empire . After the Rebel ' s death , he become more concerned for those around him , working to overthrow the Empire and help Bescane ' s marginalized citizens . Acting in this capacity caused him to be somewhat paranoid , and he did not readily reveal his loyalty to the Rebellion , remaining coy about the topic even to fellow Rebel agents .