Arno Zelig

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## History

### Early Childhood

Arno was born in Kaas City on the Imperial Capital world of Dromund Kaas. The eldest of 3 children and Heir of House Zelig, a well respected and notable House in Imperial society having served the Empire for countless generations. Like many children of the Elite class in the Empire, Arno spent his early years blissfully unaware of the state of the Galaxy, instead spending his time being educated on the proper etiquette expected of Nobility, as well as having a firm Imperial ideology instilled in him.

His father was often absent from the young Arno's life, only beginning to show more of an interest in the boy after his 13th birthday, starting to teach the young Zelig the art of war and how to handle not only himself but the various weapons employed by the Imperial Armed Forces. Soon after this Arno would be enrolled in the Imperial Naval Academy, like any Zelig he was expected to serve the Empire and he was more than happy to oblige, the ultra loyalist teachings of his family drilled a resolute sense of duty in the young Imperial.

### Teen years - Early Adulthood

Zelig entered into the Imperial Naval Academy at age 15 (23 ATC), the first year of his training he would be housed in a boarding college with many other sons of the Empire, spending this time either studying, improving his fitness or participating in drills to ensure he would become a well rounded cog in the Imperial war machine. At age 16 (24 ATC) he would officially become a Cadet of the Imperial Naval Academy, being sent off-world for further training as the War for Iokath was all but over, he would spend the next year going through both Basic Training and Pilot's School, following his father's footsteps to being a Fighter Pilot.

His training would soon be put to the test as the Third Galactic War (25 ATC) breaks out, initially the fresh Private would do nothing but clock hours in shuttles as he ferried the crew of the *I.S.S. Virtue*, a *Gage-Class Frigate* he was assigned to upon graduation, it was an older ship that has been in service for two decades and was certainly past its prime and used as a patrol vessel on the outer boarders of the Empire to ward off Pirates. This however soon granted Arno a unique opportunity while the *Virtue* was in the Munto Codru system for resupply, he was taking the Captain of the *Virtue* around for a routine inspection flight when a pair of pirate ships dropped from Hyperspace and began firing upon the Imperial vessel, taking advantage of the remoteness of the system and the fact the *Virtue* was on its own.

As fighters streamed toward the still docked vessel, Arno would spring into action, trusting in the training he had been given to maneuver the shuttle back to the parent ships hangar bay, taking out two pirate fighters on the way and catching the eye of the Captain. Arno had no sooner turned the engines off on the shuttle when the Captain ordered him into a fighter and sent him back into the void where he racked up several more kills and aided in warding off the pirate attack, he was awarded a commendation for his actions and assigned to a fighter squadron full time where he soon began his rapid rise through the ranks of the Imperial Navy. He was noted for his ruthlessness and tenacity in exterminating resistance and piracy, while he would spend the next several years patrolling the outskirts of the Empire as the Third Galactic War raged, he would easily achieve the rank of Commander in less than a decade.