"Fast" and "Space"... those were Axel's first two words as a baby, and they sum up most of his life. By the time he could walk, he was in the cockpit of a ship, fascinated by the buttons, the lights, and most of all, the feeling of being thrust into the seat as it gained speed at take off. Axel's mother was a pleasure slave to a Sevari crimelord, his father was an Imperial Surveyor to the system, supervising the construction of an Imperial Penal colony on the planet deep in the Outer Rim. As a child, Axel worked for the various criminal organizations on the planet, loading and unloading ships. When he was old enough to reach the controls he was learning the ropes, working for an older smuggler. By the time he was a teen, he had taken over the smuggler's business.