Daren Kaath

Daren "Ghillie" Kaath was a scout commander serving the Empire aboard the ISD Overlord. He was the first senior officer assigned to the ship's scout compliment at the time of its commissioning.
== Background ==
Born to a single mother in gang-ruled Crullov City, Corulag, Daren Kaath never had much chance at a normal upbringing. Hardly a day went by in his youth without the need to fight for survival in the violent slums of the industrial districts, with fistfights becoming a twice-daily occurrence in his teen years. Daren was adopted by a small-time gang at age fifteen following the untimely death of his mother, and worked as their thug into his adulthood. Following a raid which saw the leaders of the gang killed, Kaath fled the city in 7 BBY. He spent the next two years as a transient, living off the land and travelling from city to city, making the wilderness just as much of a home to him as the layered cityscape he was raised in. 
== Recruitment and Early Career ==
In 5 BBY Kaath found himself in a holding cell after being arrested for squatting in a housing project in the city of Adjesk. It was at this time that he was approached by a recruitment agent from the Corulag Military Academy, who gave him an enrollment offer for the Stormtrooper Corps' scout division. In return for his service, he would be granted amnesty for all past infractions and given a new home in the ranks of the Empire. Kaath accepted.
Kaath's early days in the training program were littered with behavioral issues, a product of his criminal upbringing. He showed no respect to his superiors and often started fights with other recruits who showed distain for his status as a former gang affiliate. On several occasions he received disciplinary action for his unruly behavior, sometimes spending days at a time in the stockade. His senior instructor, however, refused to court martial him, citing his potential being too valuable to throw away. Kaath gave merit to this claim during his time in survival training, where he surpassed his peers by a wide margin. He eventually graduated and was assigned to the 73rd Pathfinders under Major Ubikwitas Krait along with a handful of his peers in 4BBY.
Over the course of his time in the 73rd, Kaath participated in several recon operations against both political dissidents and criminal organizations. Though his problematic behavior persisted, he gained the favor of his superiors by providing additional training to the other scouts whenever possible, eventually rising to the rank of Master Sergeant. After the Battle of Yavin, Master Sergeant Kaath was selected for a position aboard the newly-commissioned ISD Overlord as a senior officer, and was awarded the rank of Second Lieutenant.
== Galactic Civil War ==
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