Gene Shadow

Smuggler and pilot, Galactic adventurer. "I'm a wanderer; I got two fists of iron, but I'm going nowhere."

Early life
Gene was born into a relatively wealthy family of starship engineers. After a quiet childhood on the peaceful world of Kalarba, wanderlust and a general craving for adventure led Gene and his older brother Serron to seek off-world in their late teens. After a few years of initial drifting, and when their money ran out, the brothers settled on Ord Mantell where they set up shop as outlaw technicians, primarily installing illegal equipment and weapon systems for smugglers. It was during this time that Gene managed to acquire his own spaceship. A client had delivered the ship, but soon after he was reported missing, supposedly due to a debt he owed a local crime syndicate. The brothers flipped a credit to decide who would take the ship, and Gene won.

Going solo
After renaming the ship to "Tri-Lighter," Gene took off to explore the galaxy on his own while Serron decided to remain behind on Ord Mantell. In the ensuing years, Gene started his career as a legit spacer and freighter pilot, but soon enough he began experimenting with more lucrative and nefarious ways of earning credits, and he began running spice and smuggling weapons. During these early years as a smuggler, Gene spent most of his time in the Outer Rims, particularly in the vicinity of Tatooine where he had no difficulty picking up new jobs or getting himself into trouble. While he quickly gained a reputation for his skills as a pilot and his uncanny abilities in subterfuge, his free-spirited and not always reliable personality soon gave him his share of enemies. Eventually, after evading a few bounty hunters, Gene decided to head inwards to the Mid-Rims.

Appearance and Abilities
Often seen clad in casual, dim-coloured spacer clothes or in his signature dark gray, white stripped flight-suit which prominently features a triangular neon green patch. If the locale permits, Gene is armed with a heavy blaster pistol slung around his waist as well as a back-up blaster in one boot and a vibro-blade in the other. While by no means muscular, he has a lean and agile body, and he can hold his own in a fist fight. His greatest traits are arguably: his natural piloting and navigational skills, superb reflexes, his high-spirited "never say die" attitude and abilities in the highly useful art of subterfuge. Gene tends to speak in an understated and casual tone, which, depending on the topic, can be interpreted as a sign of arrogance.