Lady Salome Hrek CSO was an officer of the Royal Navy of the Golden Empire, a Legate in the Vagaari War, and the first member of the Empire's nobility. Born on the Leik homeworld of Mir Kaldu`uz, she was eleven years old when her planet submitted to the governance of the Golden Empire. She was the first Leik woman admitted to a Royal Military Academy and graduated the Royal Naval Academy in the top ten percent of her class. Commissioned as an ensign, she served in several command and staff positions throughout her naval career.