Emerson Shryne was a Human Male born in 75 BBY on Dantooine. He grew up as a farmer until his eighteenth birthday, when he was allowed to leave the farm for a new life. He moved to the center of the galaxy, in hopes of a higher quality life. He took a job as a police official in the Coruscant Security Force. He rose through the ranks until he was a Colonel in 33 BBY. Afterward he became the highest ranking non-Jedi in the Republic Defense Space Force. He was on board with the force through the Coo-Neo Crisis and the Great Galactic War.