Born 28 BBY on the planet of Glee Anslem, the Nautolan homeworld, Tane had a comfortable middle-class upbringing with his parents, Rakina and Olmu, and his sister Methea. This life was uprooted with the Imperial pro-human policies, and soon his family was forcibly displaced. They'd flee to an underground insurgent group, who provided smuggling services to a rural outer-rim planet. They would escape, adapting to a life of solitude. Tane would learn rudimentary survival and combat skills from this community of refugees during this period.

In the year 8 BBY, during a smuggling run to a local trading post, Tane would hear word of a local rebel cell. He eventually decided to contact this cell, taking up arms against the empire with two of his closest friends in the community, Andrial and Kodo. While his decision was deeply unpopular with his family he still left, determined to fight. Here he would sharpen his already advanced skill set, rising up through the ranks, with his cell eventually entering the Alliance. His talent for scouting and stealth would be recognised by Rebel commanders, and he was selected for the newly formed Special Forces Trackers Unit, aka the Pathfinders.