To: General Crix Madine, Special Operations Division Commander
From: Lt. Morges Gardeur, New Republic Military Investigative Services
Subject: Major Travis Devin, a.k.a. Travis Darsten, New Republic Officer, Intelligence and Spec Ops Division.

Sir, at your request, the Investigative Services Division has conducted a background check and profile of a one Major Devin. Over the past few months, MIS has been reviewing all available data on Major Devin, and has come to one conclusion: no one seems to know much about the major. Very few records of any kind about the major's past exist, and those that do are not very long or detailed. What the MIS has discovered about Major Devin is enclosed herein.

Born Travis Darsten approximately twenty six years ago in the Tri'Lest star system of the Outer Rim Territories, he was orphaned by his mother at the age of two. He spent the next fourteen years of his life in an orphanage located roughly one hundred meters south of the starport Cauldron. Apparently, upon reaching the age of sixteen, he escaped the orphanage and signed on as a cabin boy aboard a bulk freighter, using the alias Travis Devin. Not much else is known about the years of his life beyond this point. Several sources (former crew members) indicate he was sighted two years later aboard a pirate vessel serving as a gunner's mate (using the alias Tev Derlin), but these reports are as yet unconfirmed. Two years later, other unconfirmed sources indicate that a Travis Darsten signed on as a copilot aboard the Nova-Shadow, a smuggler's ship captained by a Twi'lek named Mulga'tala. This ship was presumed to have been destroyed by an Imperial patrol in the Kessel system, with all hands on board.

The next year, Travis Darsten resurfaced in the Outer Rim Territories as the captain of his own vessel, the Phoenix. During the next few years, the mysterious captain and his ship became quietly famous among the Outer Rim Territories as a fearless blockade runner, provided the price was adequate. A former passenger of his described Mr. Darsten as being "reckless, greedy, conniving, and dangerous". He goes on to say that he has never had such an exciting trip in his life. Other unconfirmed accounts place the Phoenix running blockades and smuggling cargoes all over the Outer Rim Territories until his involvement with the Rebellion, smuggling weapons to our Hoth base prior to the Battle of Hoth. His career as an officer has been exemplary, but his loyalty is still questionable. It remains to be seen if he can still be bought for a high enough price.

Lt. Morges Gardeur, MIS

By Thomas Hill