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Drent was a Kel Dor from Coruscant. Born during the reign of the Galactic Empire in 15BBY, Drent and Varon were orphaned at a young age and was adopted by a member of an underground criminal gang. Due to this, Drent spent most of his formative years learning the arts and crafts of lawbreaking, and his unusual intelligence lead to him surpassing his mentors and becoming one of the most effective members of the gang before it was shut down by an Imperial Raid in 2BBY.

## **Biography**

### Early Life

Drent's youth spared him from execution by the Imperials, however his fellow gang members were all killed. Drent and Varon spent 5 years in an Imperial prison before he was freed during the Coruscant revolution in 3ABY, after the Battle of Endor. The two however split apart as Varon was taken on by Pite Tverlo in order to become a Jedi while Drent continued in his underworld work.

After the Empire fell, Drent found a job working for the New Republic, however this made him very bitter as he felt his and the gang's efforts to destabilise the Empire's rule on Coruscant had been ignored by the New Republic due to their activities being considered criminal. He also found it difficult to convince anyone of his skillset, finding himself working a menial job he considered below him. In 6 ABY, Drent hacked into the New Republic's credit bank and stole 3 million credits, before fleeing the planet and hiding out in the Outer Rim.

### Jawajuice Corporation

During his time spent hiding, Drent met a group of Jawas on Tatooine. Drent formed a close relationship with the Jawas, and became an apprentice mechanic. Similiarly to his time in the gang, Drent eventually became more skilled than his mentors, and he began to create his own mechanical designs. Drent eventually left the Jawas, however he returned during 7ABY and formed Jawajuice Corporation with them, moving their operations from Tatooine to an old space station he had bought with his stolen credits.

Jawajuice Corporation began as a continuation of the Jawas' work in droid and vehicle repairs, however Drent began to offer vehicle upgrades as well, using his own designs. This proved to be successful, as Drent's upgrades were often cheaper than widely available alternatives. Jawajuice Corporation became very popular with the Hutt Cartels, Black Sun Pirates and other criminal groups. During this time, Bounty Hunters from the New Republic began to find Drent, however his connections with the underworld, in addition to carefully designed traps around the Jawajuice Corp. station, meant that most of these Bounty Hunters were never seen again.

### Curt Maverick

In 8ABY, Curt Maverick tracked down Drent and confronted him on board the Jawajuice Corp. station. Drent surrendered to him, with the intention of paying back his debt and any additional fees the New Republic might demand from the profits he had made from Jawajuice Corp.'s success. Curt escorted Drent to Coruscant, where he was able to negotiate his punishment down to 3 years of community service.

Drent spent 6 years working with Curt Maverick, slowly upgrading their ship The Freedom, both with and without Curt's knowledge. During 14ABY Drent was captured by Mara Lane and was taken to an Imperial Star Destroyer where he met the Zith Lords Darth Zorn and Darth Zen. After being tortured, Drent agreed to betray the New Republic - and his friend Curt if necessary - in exchange for his freedom. Drent's real intention however was to use his new allegiance to expose the location of the Imperial fleet. Drent returned to The Freedom and told Curt that he had managed to escape. When they arrived at Coruscant, Drent arranged a meeting with Mon Mothma, during which he shot and killed her. Drent was captured and stunned by Curt, however he was unwilling to hand Drent over to the New Republic authorities and so they fled the system.

Due to his secret modifications to The Freedom, Drent was able to escape from his cell. Drent staged an elaborate escape, in which he supposedly flew out from The Freedom in a small Fighter they had been carrying in the cargo bay, while the Freedom's systems were temporarily disabled. In reality, the Fighter was empty and was being remote controlled, while Drent was actually hiding inside secret compartments on The Freedom. Curt spent several weeks trying to track down Drent, however he didn't realize that Drent was actually hacking into the ship's database and inserting rumors of him being sighted to lure Curt into flying where he wanted to go. During this time Drent was able to break into a top secret Imperial research lab and steal the plans for Darth Surect's modifed Super Star Destroyer The Eliminator.

Drent eventually revealed himself to Curt and was able to convince him of his loyalty by showing the stolen Imperial data. Drent began running experiments in the cargo bay based on the Imperial data on refining Kyber crystals or 'Force Gems'. Drent discovered a similar process to refine Ysalimar, and discovered that mixing refined Kyber crystal with refined Ysalimar caused an explosion which was over ten times more powerful than any previously known substance. After discussing this with Curt, they agreed to keep it a secret.

### Death

Drent accompanied Curt during their attempt to retake the Jedi Temple on Yavin IV from the Imperials. When The Eliminator appeared in orbit above the planet, Drent left in The Freedom, which Curt and the Jedi believed to be a second betrayal. However, Drent actually flew The Freedom into the superweapon of The Eliminator, which caused the refined Ysalimar in the cargo bay of The Freedom to react with the refined Kyber crystal used in The Eliminator's superweapon to react, resulting in an explosion which tore The Eliminator in two, destroying The Freedom, and killing Drent.