Born in the Sol system, Commander Ed Alexander made his initial name trading rares within the bubble. Investing his earnings into a Clipper, the Eliana, he struck out for Colonia by the slow road. Gaining Elite status as an explorer on his arrival his appearance in the Colonia system coincided with the first great mining boom. Billionaire status followed, along with Trade Elite, before the urge to explore overtook him once more. Returning to the Bubble via the Galaxy Centre cemented his status as an top level explorer, the income from which he invested in a fleet of engineered ships. After becoming a gun for hire in the growing Canopus cluster of settlements in return for Federal rank, he attained the rank of Admiral in the Federal Navy. Currently he is to be found hunting the scum of the universe at the controls of his ships, the Attitude Adjuster and the Asmodeus, in pursuit of Triple Elite Status, operating out of his new home base of Jameson Memorial in Shinrata Dezhra