Melchi was a Herglic spacer native to the Tapani sector, captain of the medical frigate Benevolence and agent of House Pelagia. Melchi spent several decades running a small transport company on Pelagon in the Pelagia Province. He traveled across the entire sector shipping cargo or acting as a messenger service. It was honest work but not enough to make him financially stable. He was popular with all the noble houses and had many friends across the sector.