Dorian Harlocke was born into the shadows of war. At the age of seven, his life was shattered when a UEE Navy transport carrying civilians was ambushed by Vanduul raiders. The ship was torn apart, and amid the chaos his parents escaped with him to the ruins of a long-abandoned UEE forward base.

His father’s injuries never fully healed, and bitterness filled the man’s heart. He taught young Dorian that the UEE had abandoned them, choosing to save political image over human lives. Those words — “The Empire leaves its people to die” — forged themselves deep into Dorian’s soul.

Alone but unbroken, Dorian Harlocke forged himself into a pirate. Not one of senseless cruelty, but one of principle. His targets: corrupt UEE officials, megacorporate convoys, and profiteers fattened on the suffering of others.

His Corsair became his banner. He struck like a ghost, redistributing stolen wealth to outlaws, forsaken colonies, and those left to die by the very empire that claimed to protect them. Ruthless in combat yet merciful to the innocent, he became known as a Robin Hood of the stars — a paradox of fear and admiration.

The UEE declared him a criminal. To frontier worlds, he was a liberator. To the Syndicate underworld, he was a rising legend.

The Fallen X Syndicate

As his reputation grew, others gathered under his banner. Outcasts, smugglers, mercenaries, and exiles — all bound by Harlocke’s creed:

“Live by the Code. Die by the Code. The forgotten will not be forgotten again.”

Thus was born the Fallen X Syndicate — a brotherhood of rogues and reapers, spacefarers who saw justice in defiance. They were pirates, yes, but also protectors of those abandoned by the empire.