Michael Bourne

Michael Bourne
Biographical Information
Race	Corellian (Human)
Homeworld	Corellia
Father	Romulus Bourne (deceased)
Born	Year -12 Day 137
Physical Description
Gender	Male
Height	173cm
Eye Color	Grey
Political Information
Affiliation	n/a
Prior Affiliation	Tion Hegemony

"People will judge you because of where you come from. I tell you the only thing that's important is where someone's going."

Michael Bourne is a Corellian entrepreneur and a former Battle Star Captain in the 2nd Fleet of the Tion Hegemony.

Biography

Early Life

Born on a military base on the planet Corellia, Year -12 Day 137, Michael comes from a little known but influential family who are predominantly affiliated with the Galactic Empire. Not much information is available to the public about his family's dealings but there is a belief that their reach spreads deep into the various echelons of the Empire. Because of this, Michael and his family have enjoyed a noticeable amount of privileges in Imperial society, despite themselves not holding any important ranks or offices.

Graduation and the Tion Hegemony

Although Corellia is Michael's official homeworld he has actually spent a majority of his childhood on Coruscant, where he also attended university and recieved a Masters in Economics and Law. For a short while it looked like Michael was going to become a police officer for the Corellian Security Force (CorSec) but citing a desire to explore the galaxy he decided to fly to the Outer Rim where he was offered citizenship and employment with Tion. During his service in the Tionese armed forces, Michael was quickly promoted to the role of Executive Officer (XO) for the 2nd Fleet where he served under the leadership of Fleet Admiral Mercurio Plomez, until his temporary resignation after irreconcilable differences with a co-officer.

The period that followed within Tion was marked by turbulence. After a dramatic turn of events resulted in Neria Derycke being expelled from the Tion Hegemony less than 24 hours later by Lord Hegemon Typhon Corbin, Michael was offered to have his service reinstated within the Tionese military. He accepted and resumed his service albeit with reduced responsibilities. His redux would not last too long however, as Bourne would later more permanently resign after becoming disaffected and offered an opportunity to pursue outside of Tion. His exit from the Hegemony was closely followed by associates Xyre Weltmon and Calindra Hejaran.

Life Beyond Tion

These days it is understood that Michael has been spending time split between maintaining a closer relationship with his family and gathering resources for a project he is working on.

Discovery of Hermos

While on a routine patrol in nearby Spadja, Michael recieved a distress call in a frequency that was not used in galactic communications for a number of centuries. Upon further inspection, Michael discovered the Hermos system which had been forgotten by galactic cartographers after it was held hostage and cut off from the rest of the galaxy by pirates - thought to have descended from Yesgar's pirates; which were known to have once operated in the area.

After the ensuring battle in which the pirates were last seen fleeing from Hermos, the system and its inhabitants were liberated. A treaty was made between them and the government of the Tion Hegemony to offer them protectorate status and for Hermos to become a part of the Greater Tion Cluster.