Kaijin Harrak was a Human pilot in the Imperial Army of the Galactic Empire, the Zero Command, and later Imperial Remnant. Born on Eriadu in Eriadu City, the capitol, he used his father's friendship with Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin to get into the prestigious Raithal Academy. However, he quickly proved himself worthy of attendance and was noted by Commander Orlok to be a skilled walker and tank driver. Orlok had the young pilot join his unit, a garrison on the planet of Daluuj. After a skirmish on the planet with Rebel forces, he was transferred to the 3rd Heavy Armor unit. By 3 ABY, however, he was reassigned to Thundering Herd, the elite All Terrain Armored Transport squadron of General Maximilian Veers, in which he served as the pilot of Veers' AT-AT, the Blizzard 1. As part of the elite