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Michael "Torpedo"
Steinberg was the son of a rich Imperial Merchant and a baroness
on the Imperial Capital, Coruscant. Torpedo's father was a strong
supporter of the Empire, and Michael had very high expectations:
A military career, combat, glory, and power. When he was tested
for the Imperial Naval Academy, it was determined that he would
make a very good officer, but he only had the skills of a mediocre
pilot.
Determined to
make his family proud, Torpedo forced his way through flight school,
managing to become an adequate pilot despite his initial test scores.
Although he would be an asset in most fighter squadrons, his real
value is on the bridge of a capital ship. Torpedo graduated near
the top of his class, specializing primarily in communications but
also in command and intelligence. Torpedo is certified to command
anything smaller than an Interdictor Class Star Destroyer, and can
serve as communications officer on ships as large as an Imperial
class Star Destroyer.
Michael was
happily serving as the Communications Officer on the Modified Frigate
Contempt when he heard news of his mother's death: it seems
that her space yacht had "accidentally" crashed when someone
had "accidentally" put an explosive in the vertical stabilizer
port of her ship. Just as her yacht passed over the zenith of the
planet it was orbiting, the stabilizer was destroyed and the smoking
hull burned up upon entry into the planet's upper atmosphere. Torpedo
took leave from his post to go to her funeral, and afterwards used
simple aspects of his intelligence training to find out that his
mother had been murdered by an Imperial assassin on the false grounds
that she was a rebel sympathizer. Enraged, Torpedo defected to the
Alliance where he now uses his extensive training to further the
Rebel cause.
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