The young pilot Keo Venzee was born on Mirial, but felt driven to wander the galaxy. They found fame and fortune on the galactic racing circuit, earning championship trophies but running afoul of the criminal syndicates who control races in the Outer Rim. Keo was saved by a kind stranger who opened Keo’s eyes to the struggle between the New Republic and the Galactic Empire. Determined to help, Keo brought their racer’s talents, intuition, and integrity to Vanguard Squadron.

With Emperor Palpatine dead, a new Imperial leader has emerged from the chaos after Endor -- Admiral Rae Sloane, a decorated veteran with a vision for the Empire’s future. Sloane believes that the Empire has purged itself of weakness and corruption, and that those who remain are worthy to uphold the Empire’s ideals. Uncompromising and tactically brilliant, Sloane holds the remaining Imperial loyalists together with an iron will.

LT-514 started life as Obon Yandro, a low-level clerk for a manufacturing corporation. A chance series of events saw him mistaken for an Imperial intelligence courier while carrying classified blueprints. Though the mistake was short-lived, Obon showed a knack for intelligence work, and joined the Imperial Information Office. Enhanced with Aj^6 cybernetic implants, and renamed LT-514, he became fascinated by the data patterns of war… always at a distance. After Endor, a shortage of intelligence officers finally let LT-514 be a part of the action he’d studied for so long.

A graduate of the Arkanis Academy, Willard Waylin grew up with both a love of Imperial design and a knack for engineering. Though he liked nothing more than working on Imperial starships, he never wanted to fly, allowing him to bypass the competitive life of TIE pilot training to focus on becoming a mechanic. Recently assigned to the Star Destroyer Overseer, Waylin knows that Imperial strength sometimes comes down to the right wrench in the right hands.

No one knows the true identity of the mysterious pilot known as "Shen". After being shot down and breaking his neck, Shen was reconstructed with Imperial cybernetics and never removes his helmet. Shen's enhancements allow him to survive battles and crash landings that would kill most TIE pilots, but at a cost each time. Though quiet and stoic, Shen nevertheless remains firmly loyal to the Empire that rebuilt him, and to his fellow Titan pilots.

The strategist of Titan Squadron, Rella Sol's parents both sat in the Imperial Senate before Emperor Palpatine consolidated power. Sol has inherited their political instincts and always keeps one eye on the bigger picture. While she's proud to serve, Sol's ambitions ultimately reach higher than piloting a TIE—perhaps even to a new senate. The renewed Empire will need not only strength but wisdom, and Sol is wise enough to bide her time.