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| - Grado-Ekk was born 171 BBY to a warrior father who had several wives. He followed the typical path of most Draethos in pursuing a life of a great warrior/hunter becoming skilled in several forms of hand-to-hand combat and proficient with various blasters by the time he reached maturity in his early 20's. The training Grado-Ekk acquired in his youth led to joining the elite guardian force that protected his home planet of Thosa and its corrupt, power hungry leadership. During his time in the Draethosian military, he trained as a fighter pilot due to the constant assaults from the neighboring Corporate Sector Authority. The CSA, which hoped to establish a presence and exploit the planet's natural resources, was finally turned away due to a daring move by Grado-Ekk. Taking the lead point in his squadron's formation he helped to tear a hole in the CSA's defenses. Unfortunately, their capital ships were still able to hold their position and push back the Draethosian forces. Ordered to return to the main battalion to regroup, Grado-Ekk instead broke apart from his squadron and flew his small, one-man snub fighter in a frontal assault against the largest of the capital ships. Skillfully evading the tubro-lasers he was able to penetrate the shields and strike the main bridge with two photon torpedos causing the ship to lose control and collide with another vessel. The damage done weakened the CSA enough that the remainder of the Draethos Navy was able to force them into a retreat out of Wyl star system. Many Draethos debated Grado-Ekk's decision to ignore direct orders, but his actions did gain the attention of another Draethos, Olrek-Urr, descendent of Odan-Urr.
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