Gram Cortess was a Human male from the planet of Alderaan. During the Galactic Civil War he became a pilot for the Alliance to Restore the Republic, where he preformed with enough skill and was deemed trustworthy enough to be selected by Leia Organa to be part of a team to uncover a mole within the alliance. The team worked entirely off the books, with only Mon Mothma knowing of their existence outside of the team's members. As well as discovering the mole they were also tasked with finding a suitable planet on which the alliance could set up a new base.