History
Yridia IV and the Carida Academy
Seith Ornil was born on the independent planet Yridia IV in 8 BBY to a wealthy, aristocratic family and consistently attended the best schools the sector had to offer. When he was 18 he was sent by his parents to the Carida Military Academy where he studied astronavigation and leadership. In spite of coming from a backwater planet (when compared with Core Worlds like Carida) Seith's scores were astronomical, impressing even his most tough and skeptical instructors. Graduating fourth in his class after only four years Seith was immediately offered a commission in the Imperial Navy as the squadron leader of the TIE Fighter unit Hexchen Squadron (a relatively new squad based off of the Victory I-class Star Destroyer Wachtor).
VSD Wachtor and the 119th Imperial Fighter Group
While based aboard the Wachtor Seith's TIE squadron saw very little action until midway through 18 ABY. They were primarily assigned to small scale patrols in well secured areas and the occasional exploratory mission into the Unknown Regions. By the time the ship was recalled to the front to defend against Admiral Ackbar's renewed offensive against the Remnant Seith had been promoted to the rank of Captain and had earned the respect of his fellows who, due to the safe nature of their missions, had taken very few casualties over the years.
During the first few engagements against Ackbar's forces the Wachtor distinguished itself as a reliable and tenacious piece of the Imperial Navy. The ship was particularly glorified by its inexperienced, though tenacious, pilots whom, in spite of heavy casualties, made ace at an almost alarming rate. Seith himself acquired the title after only four engagements with New Republic forces, scoring 3 dated Y-Wings, an X-Wing and a B-Wing. Shortly afterward he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander and placed in charge of the 119th Imperial Fighter Group (the entire complement of TIEs off of the Wachtor).
However, despite the Wachtor's early successes during the campaign, the ship was cornered and destroyed at the Battle of Anx Minor (one of the final major engagements between New Republic and Imperial forces), stranding its entire TIE cadre in the chaos of the battle. Though the TIE pilots continued to fight bravely, when the EX-F was destroyed and Pellaeon ordered a general retreat the TIEs were forgotten and left behind. Surrendering to the New Republic forces left Seith disgraced in the eyes of his peers and superiors and, like many Imperial officers taken prisoner during the war, Seith was allowed to return home with the promise that he would not take up arms with the Empire again.
Returning Home and the Tarentum Navy
While many such officers deigned to join the New Republic Starfighter Command (or Navy in the case of fleet officers) Seith returned to Yridia IV in shame. However the planet's, now controlled by the dark jedi clan Tarentum began looking to the many such Yridian veterans returning home to enter both the newly reformed military and political system in order to keep their voices heard beneath the often oppressive gauntlet of the Tarentae. Acquiescing to the virtual pleas of his people, Seith took up the yoke of a fighter craft once again. He joined the Tarentum Navy, commissioned as a Lieutenant Junior Grade, where he fought valiantly until being promoted to full Lieutenant and assigned to Rapax Squadron under Lieutenant Commander Huldrych.