Locke

While the archives will generally spit out the Battle of Idris IV as the defining event of the planet’s history, an equally enduring struggle took place years before that decisive battle.

When the Tevarin invaded the system in 2542, Idris IV suffered a series of orbital bombardments. Though most of the population fled before the Tevarin finally took the planet, a few hundred stayed. One in particular, Rachel Locke, a local with no military training, organized these survivors for increasingly daring strikes to disrupt the Tevarin occupiers. This group, which became known as the Greys, proved to be instrumental in the success of Operation Nemesis by providing groundside intelligence for the attack.

When the war ended and Idris IV became officially recognized, the Governors Council decided to name the planet after that famous freedom fighter.