Alex Thorne, Born within the Stanton system in a shake & Bake Asteroid mining station in the systems halo. He was inducted into the UEE Navy's "RED JAX" Valkyrie assault Squadron. During multiple engagements with the UEE 5th Fleet at the frontier of Vanduul and Banu Space. Alex was involved in multiple Planetary assault actions against both human and Xeno controlled areas. After being injured in a particularly hot landing in which Alex lost his Left leg and right arm, he was promoted to commander and given command of a Perseus class gunship of which he served aboard for 23 years before his discharge at the age of 44.