Among the most promising cadets at the Empire’s Skystrike Academy was Rake Gahree. Secretly, however, Rake wished to leave his Imperial life behind and join the rebellion. But it was not meant to be; during an attempt to escape with undercover rebel Sabine Wren and two fellow trainees, Governor Pryce remotely disabled their ships. She ordered one of the fighters -- now defenseless and floating listlessly -- destroyed, and Rake was no more.