Clive Chodak was a sergeant in the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet. Before defecting to the Dendarii, he was a combat drop shuttle squad commander with the Oseran Mercenaries, serving aboard the Triumph. He took part in a Dendarii commando raid against the Oseran payroll transfer during the Tau Verde Ring war, and by the end of the war had the Dendarii rank of corporal.