Difference between revisions of "John Glayde"

Verton Glayde had always hoped his son would follow him into CorSec, but unfortunately John was sucked in by the Imperial propoganda machine, and was indoctrinated by COMPNOR into a future Academy recruit. John and Verton often argued about their respective political views, which ultimately led to a massive falling out shortly before John left for the Academy. When John's mother died years later, the last bridge between them was burned down, and the two have yet to reconsile.

Glayde went on to serve in a number of Imperial ground units, mainly as part of the expeditionary and reconnaissance elements of units stationed both aboard Star Destroyers and as part of fixed garrisons. Eventually, five years of distinguished service, glowing reports and recommendations from his superiors caught the attention of the Imperial Academy, who invited him to participate in Jump Trooper training. Considered to be one of the tougher branches of the Stormtrooper Corps, Glayde managed to earn the respect of his fellow recruits, and was eventually made Squad Leader not only of his training squad, but of his Squad on deployment as well.

For seven years, Glayde served as one of the Empire's Jump Troopers, eventually reaching the ceiling of the Enlisted ranks. He was offered the opportunity to assume command of his Platoon with the rank of Lieutenant, but an alternate proposal from a different branch of the Stormtrooper Corps caught his attention: the Storm Commandos. After several months of training, Glayde entered service as part of the Empire's elite covert operations division.

Glayde's career continued to progress; unfortunately it all went horribly wrong during a seemingly routine operation. While conducting covert reconnaissance on a community suspected of Rebel sympathies, a new recruit to his team suffered a breakdown and began opening fire on civilian targets. In the interests of preserving life Glayde opened fire on his teammate, inadvertantly killing him in the process. Glayde argued that his actions had saved the lives of innocent non-combattants: his superiors, and a military tribunal, ruled that he had sacrificed a resource worth millions of credits in terms of training and experience, in order to save what it termed as "viable Rebel targets". Glayde was discharged from Imperial service, although with little reluctance.

Initially serving as a a SpecForce Pathfinder, Glayde eventually found himself serving as a Captain in charge of a Platoon of SpecForce Rangers aboard the Alliance Cruiser Valiant. During his service there, he was contacted by his younger sister's closest childhood friend, Selinica Miriya - a girl who had almost been an extra sister too him - who had managed to get herself in too deep with the wrong sort of people. With the help of collegue Amos Iakona, Glayde came to her rescue. (A Friend in Need)

While still serving aboard the Valiant, Glayde participated in a mission to help with the liberation of the Bothan homeworld. (Liberation - Liberation of Bothawui)

After being officially established, Glayde led a Dorn Force team to Ruuria, to steal communications protocols from a new Imperial facility that had been constructed there. Glayde was subsequently promoted to Major, and was appointed as one of Dorn Force's Senior Officers. He and Lieutenant Charlotte Tur'enne were deployed on an undercover mission to Corellia, to extract an Imperial weapons designer who was attempting to defect. (A New Dawn, Rebel Dawn)

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