Born on Iridonia in 21 BBY to a family of politicians, Boltriz was not expected to see anything but the Empires rule. As loyal to the Empire as they were to the Republic, her family found themselves favoured by the imperial administration, rising to a station of some renown and influence. While transferring to one of the Iridonian colonies to follow her parents to their new posting, the transport she was on got intercepted by a pirate raid striking from the Outer Rim all the way into the Mid Rim, taking hostage all aboard. When her family failed to respond to the communication ransoming her, she was scheduled to be sold into Outer Rim slavery, as were all passengers who did not yield a ransom. A group of Pirates centered around the gangs second-in-command however proved hesitant to deliver a twelve year old into slavery, and, after a lengthy dispute, managed to convince the commander to allow her to adopt the child as one of their own.
When the commander died to Imperial security forces four years later and her adoptive mother of sorts took charge of the pirate fleet, Boltriz felt her time to fulfill her obligations had come, volunteering as a fighter pilot. She was assigned an old republic V-Wing she took to rather quickly. A good number of her fellow pilots were Veterans of the Planetary Defense Forces of Republic Planets who had tried to resist the ascension of the empire and were forced to flee to the Outer Rim and turn to lawlessness to escape the Imperial Crackdowns, but when Mon Mothma proclaimed the Alliance to Restore the Republic in 2 BBY, they wished to take up arms and answer the call. While trying to rally additional pirate pilots to the Rebel Alliance, they came into conflict with the Pirate Leadership, who felt that while they were free to leave, they were overstepping their boundaries by trying to recruit more fighters away from the pirate cause. As the sitatuion escalated, the factions came to blows, ending when the Pirate Commander fell, leaving the Republic Loyalists to take control. Unsure of her loyalties, but with nowhere else to go, Boltriz followed them to join the Rebel Alliance, where she was assigned to the Polis Massa Base as part of the strike force acting on the intel gathered by the Listening Post.