Background
Grew up on Alderaan heavily indoctrinated by the Empire. Joined the Imperial Navy as a Pilot and served for a time, getting to see more of the galaxy and also seeing the reality of what the Empire does to those that oppose it. Resentment gradually grew until my home world of Alderaan was destroyed by the Death Star, which was a major tipping point and caused me to defect. I tried to escape on my TIE Fighter but was chased down to a nearby populated planet and shot down. I managed to get to a settlement before being found and sold my imperial gear for credits to bribe a smuggler to smuggle me off the planet- but was unsuccessful and I was found during a random search during the ships escape into orbit.
Motivation
Peace