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| - Born on Alderaan 1000 years before the rise of the Empire, the young Caine Orikan had a peaceful childhood - the Republic, though in decline due to constant harrowing attacks by the Sith. Caine's parents were merchants, not overly successful but not destitute, and provided well for Caine as he grew up on the peaceful world of Alderaan. Despite many arguments that his parents had in regards to his father's wishes to volunteer for the Republic's military, the battle of Korriban in 1006 was the breaking moment and he left with a tearful goodbye. The thirteen year old Caine came to understood his father's loyalty to the Republic and swore to himself that tearful day that he'd - one day when he was old enough - to follow the same admirable path. Caine excelled in the studies of math and science, though, and was torn as he reached the age of eighteen of which path to follow, instead of joining the military straight off he went to assist in a path that would lead his talents towards the efforts of designing a new ship, one that would be able to (when complete) assist the military by acting as a heavy troop and supply carrier by modifications to the engines and power supplies. These revolutions of technology included vast increases in speed - both subspace and hyperspace - as well as much stronger shields and exponential increases in firepower. After two more years of a few successes and many failures the drive was perfected enough to mount on a small craft, which would be brought to bare in an attempt to assist the tide turning during the many months of the battle of Ruusan. The mission planners had huge hopes for Caine's mission, as a testament to how strong the vessel was. As for why Caine volunteered for such a dangerous mission, the answer was simple in his mind: it's where his father was. The theoretic baselines had been tested over and over again in various practical tests, showing that the technologies were sound, but, perhaps not quite as solid at the levels required to actually turn the tide in the form of a single ship - but the funds for the project were nearly dried up and if successful then all worries would be set aside and victory forthcoming - victory which meant the potential for incredible peace that had been denied, in its full glory, from the people of the Republic.
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