Orphas James was born into a fairly wealthy family who were known for their military history, so from early childhood Orphas practiced with stun weapons and heavy satchels to simulate Republic armour. In his early teens, he was accepted as a Private into the Republic Navy, quickly acclimating to the local troops and learning quite suddenly the basics most people learned over months of constant training. This allowed him to pass his tests with flying colours, and put him in some of the leading groups of fighters sent out as air support for various ground and vehicle groups on various objectives. In this time, he also learned a bit about vehicles, and defusing possible explosives aboard the ship. This would come in handy in the future on operations with the 322nd with explosives present that