Obviously, Cadence is not his real name. It is a nickname that has been given to him, due to the rhythmic clicks and clacks of his native language sound like the "cadence" of a percussion instrument.

When Cadence was young, he was part of a group of Melittos who left a large hive in hopes of settling on a new colony. In setting up the new colony, Cadence showed great skill in building new tunnels and reenforcing the older ones. But, as usual, after colonizing in a small rocky patch of the planet Li-Toran, there was a power struggle between the myrmitrices (female Melittos) to see who would become the queen of the new colony. An internal war raged for a few months, until there was a victor. Unfortunately, Cadence was one of the few surviving followers of a myrmitrix who lost the power struggle and was left with no choice but to leave the planet and try to make it in the greater galaxy.

After several years traveling scraping by doing general maintenance work at small outposts. After getting sick of living week-to-week off his earnings, Cadence found himself working as a mercenaries who paid more, but weren't always the best characters. Even with that, he fell into this life with ease, and seemed to thrive in the most dangerous situations and with the most adventitious individuals. Even after several lack luster contracts, he still has been able to live a decent life, if not a transient one. Now, with little work in the outer rim, he decided to take his services to someone with more stability and whom he knows is able to pay, which is why he decided to work with the Republic.

RELATIONSHIP - COMRADES:
Though he enjoys the excitement that comes with the mercenary life, he has not been able to find a group that makes him feel as he did when he had his Hive. Because of this, he has been in search of a group that could become a replacement for what he lost, even for a short time. But the life of a mercenary does not lend itself to making friends, which may be another reason why he has sold his services to a larger organization this time.

BOUNTY (20):
To create a clean slate, the new Melitto queen of his old hive has put out a bounty on all of the survivors, mainly to make sure that none of them come back for revenge. The good thing is, is it doesn't seem like this bounty has gone out to the guilds, yet. But in the past few year, Cadence has run into several other Melittos hellbent on killing him, either for the credits or the honor they will receive from their queen. Because of this, he is highly suspicious of any other Melitto that he sees in the galaxy, especially the further he is from Li-Toran.
But, since he has fought back all of the attempts on his life so far, he assumes that the Melitto queen will soon spread the contract out to more efficient killers in the future.

5'5"
to other species, Cadence looks completely like any other Melitto, since the most obvious characteristic about the whole race is that they are covered in natural chitin-plating.