Adam Shadow

Growing Up
Born the eldest son of a middle class family on Corellia, Adam Shadow grew up with a comfortable, if none too exciting, childhood. His father, following in his grandfather's footsteps, worked at Corellian Engineering Corporation; where he worked on engineering and building the highly modifiable ships that the Corellians are famous for. His mother was a housewife, who spent her time caring for Adam and his two brothers, Tyler and James. His family always instilled a sense of duty in him, and combined with his Corellian wanderlust, led him to sign up for the Imperial Academy.

Imperial Service
At the Academy, Adam distinguished himself in a command role. He was unorthodox in his tactics, but got results, particularly in the role of small group tactics command. Graduating from the Academy, he received a posting as Squadron Commander and Flight Director aboard the Nebulon-B Frigate "Night Fall". Adam quickly rose through the ranks, being placed on the fast track to command. He was transferred to the Imperial Star Destroyer Avenger as Lead Flight Director, and then promoted to Commander and XO of his first ship, the Night Fall. During his time as XO of the Night Fall, Rebel piracy of Imperial convoys began to really pick up. Imperial Fleet Command began increasingly assigning Nebulon-B's to escort duty for trade convoys, and the Night Fall was one of them. As Night Fall began moving more into the rim territories, Adam began to see what Imperial rule had done to these "backwater" planets. Nevertheless, he continued his stellar performance, even writing up some of the anti-ambush tactics that the Empire began using to combat Rebel lightning raids. He also showed the family flare for starship design when he helped to design and implement the construction of the Imperial Star Galleon with Kuat Drive Yards, in an effort to free up his ship for her primary duties of Star Destroyer escort and pirate hunter. For these efforts, he was promoted to Captain of the Night Fall when her previous Captain was promoted to command of an I2SD, the Bloodfist.