Backstory

Grel Toffa spent four decades deep within the monolithic data-spires of Verokha Prime, serving as a senior Cypher Tech for the Trade Constellation. His career was defined by the silent war of information; he broke codes that were meant to be unbreakable and wove digital tapestries to obscure the Constellation's illicit dealings. However, as the Trade Constellation began to increasingly bow to the draconian demands of the Red Sun Dominion, Grel's conscience—dormant for years—awoke. He viewed the Dominion's encroachment not just as bad business, but as an existential threat to free thought.

He defected, but not before copying terabytes of incriminating logistics data. Retiring into the shadows, he waged a private guerilla war, jamming Red Sun comms and leaking troop movements. His "eccentricity" and paranoia kept him alive until a slip-up led to his capture and imprisonment in a Red Sun detention center on Meristine. Recently sprung by the Free Stars insurgency, Grel is a man on the run, technically an ally of the rebellion but trusting no one. He is currently obsessed with The Nexus Processing Hub , believing it holds the specific quantum-decryption algorithms needed to unlock the final layer of his "plan".