Pec Deplisk was born on the Zabrak colony world of Iridia to a family of hyperspace scouts. He planned on becoming a starship pilot from an early age, but the outbreak of the Clone Wars caused his plans to change. Republic restrictions and regulations crippled his family's business, forcing them to blaze riskier and more hazardous hyperroutes in order to get by. On one fateful occasion, his family accidentally discovered a hidden Separatist fleet while scouting a new hyperroute in their ship and were subsequently killed to protect the secret. An orphaned Deplisk joined a mercenary unit, eager to do battle with just about anyone. In his eyes, the Republic had merely led his family to the deathtrap while the Separatists had been their executioner.