Randall Ridenour was a non-commissioned officer of the Imperial Army and the Galactic Empire Special Operations Command, serving as a special warfare operator of Army Special Activities Battle Expeditionary Regiment, and attached to the elite Joint Special Operations Task Force 452. After training in the 1st Special Forces School on Coruscant and undergoing counter-proliferation indoctrination on Korriban, he would become attached to Joint Special Operations Task Force 452, serving in a Saber Force detachment led by Major Cassandra Dice and Sergeant Major Aiden Page.