Shade is from the AY INDI system, his mother was an imperial officer and his farther was a ship mechanic, while his mother was away on tours of duty Shade spent most of his time with his farther, tinkering on ships and learning all the ins and outs of every ship he worked on. At the age of 18, Shade and his farther went to a ship auction with all the credits they had saved up over they last few years and wanted to buy a damaged ship they they could work on in their spare time. many hours went past and there was no ship that sparked their interest and just as they were about to leave, Shades farther spotted a damaged Anaconda was next on the list and the starting bit was very very low, so they bid hard and won the auction, they then paid to have it delivered to the orbital station where they lived. soon after their mother arrived back from her recent tour and greeted both Shade and her husband with smiles and tears, they then showed her the Anaconda they had brought and she was so excited as this particular ship was her favourite. fast forward 10 years later, Shade had fully taken over the business that his farther has started, while his farther continued to use the left over savings he had to finish off the Anaconda they won all those years ago, Shades mother took a desk job as a recruitment officer at the station they lived in, always taking her allocated breaks with her son in the shop to spend time with him as she missed so many years of his childhood. but then one day, Shades mother never came to the shop on her lunch break and he started to wonder where she was, at the end of the day his mother arrived in her old imperial officers uniform along with her superiors, she told him that the Thargoid threat would soon be over and that she is being shipped out to give back up to "Salvation" and the super weapon in HIP 22460 and that she would be home in a few weeks, little did Shade know that this would be the last time he will see his mother alive. fast forward 1 year later, Salvation has been destroyed, the anti Thargoid weapon was turned on its makers and HIP22460 is now under complete control of the Thargoids, Shades mother is declared as M.I.A, Shades farther refuses to give up hope and keeps telling Shade that she is alive and she will come back one day. a few weeks later Shades farther packs his belongings and boards shuttle bound towards HIP 22460 in search for his wife leaving Shade behind while he slept. a few hours later Shade wakes up to a video recording his farther left him, telling him where he had gone, what he is doing and not to follow or worry about him, the message also goes on to include that the Anaconda they brought all those years ago is in working order and that there is enough money for Shade to start his own life away from AY INDI. in a moment of rage and grief shade smashed up the shop, declared it out of business, grabbed his pack of beers and went to the Anaconda in the hanger and sat in the pilots seat and drank his sorrows away. he didn't know what to do with himself, where he could go, what he could do so he decided to grab another beer, opened it, looked at it and then threw it into a panel to his right, the panel swings open and a photograph album falls onto the floor, in his slightly drunken state, he gets up and walks to the album, picks it up off the floor and sits in the co-pilots seat looking at the cover titled "to my darling wife" opening the album and flicking through the pages Shade notices that it is full of different moments from shades past, from the 1st time fixing a power coupling at age 8 to test flying his 1st ship repair at age 16, Shades tears of sadness and grief soon turned to tears of joy, looking up out the cockpit window and seeing the vastness of space, his expression goes stern, wipes the tears away, stands up, places the album in the pilots seat and grabs the diagnostic tablet and spends the next 24 hours making sure the Anaconda is ready for deep space traveling. the next day Shade has packed up all his personal belongings and loaded them into his cabin on the ship, sold the shop to his neighbour, locked up his family home and prepped the ship for take off, the video message in hand from his farther to guide him on his journey among the stars, his 1st destination...SOLA PROSPECT in the BRESTELA SYSTEM.