Rafe Aquilla is a human mercenary and soldier and Captain of the ship
Razor's Edge. He is of Alderaanian descent. Aquilla was born on Alderaan to a family of moderate wealth in 31 BBY. At the age of seven his parents were killed in an accident, and he was placed in the custody of his uncle Rand Aquilla on Coruscant, at the time a trusted aide in the office of then-Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. He coordinating a secret project to experiment on the genetic augmentation of humans for use as soldiers (the Republic's Military Creation Act was proposed the next year). Rand was pressured into using Rafe as a test subject, and he ended up being one of it's few successes, but the project was abandoned as the expense and high fatality rate and only marginal enhancement made their solution unfeasible. After creation of the Empire, Rand was commissioned as an officer in it's Imperial Security Bureau, where he has risen to the rank of Lieutenant General.
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