A native of Samodiva, Lt Cmdr Spirax graduated from the famous school of swordsmanship on her home planet, the top of her class, before signing up in the military.
As a minor noble, she was able to easily get into the navy's officer academy, but unable to stand out without a great deal of effort. She performed decently in her days in the academy, but achieving nothing spectacular, leading her teachers to think she would be a reliable but unexceptional officer.
This was disproved, however, by her performance in the field. By happenstance she's been in over a dozen battles, and has made a name for herself as a daring and skilled leader, commanding the boarding action at the battle of Thyros VI, and single handedly stopping a mutiny on board the
Revenant, a ship she was second in command of.
With a stellar reputation, Spirax seemed perfectly positioned to climb up the ranks, but after the Battle of Gertren, where Emperor Agamemnon was killed in action, she disappeared, and was considered KIA until Imperial Intelligence unearthed footage of her taking command over a gathering of pirate crews. Why and how she went pirate is currently unknown.