Tik was a male starfighter pilot who flew as Rogue Twelve in New Republic Starfighter Command's Rogue Squadron in 25.2 ABY. The elite twelve-person squadron of X-wing fighters was led by Colonel Gavin Darklighter, and Tik flew within Three Flight, a flight group of four commanded by Major Alinn Varth. When the New Republic's Chief of State, Borsk Fey'lya, ignored reports of a mysterious alien threat called the Yuuzhan Vong that was lurking in the Outer Rim, Admiral Traest Kre'fey recruited Rogue Squadron to clandestinely investigate, under the guise of simulating pirate attacks. After capturing the privateer Urias Xhaxin, who had already tangled with the Yuuzhan Vong's coralskipper fighters, the Rogues spent their time aboard Kre'fey's Ralroost running simulations against the coralskippers