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Cal Alder was a Human male lieutenant of the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War. A highly trained, expert scout from the Outer Rim Territories planet Kal'Shebbol, Alder served with Major Bren Derlin for many years during some of the Rebel Alliance's most dangerous operations before being assigned to the Alliance High Command headquarters of Echo Base on the ice planet Hoth by 3 ABY.

Alder was responsible for patrolling the base's outer perimeter under Derlin's command, and he was the officer to inform Derlin that fellow Rebels Luke Skywalker and Han Solo still had not reported in to the base after Skywalker had gone missing during a routine scouting mission. Despite their absence, Derlin tasked Alder with closing the base's shield doors for the night, reluctantly trapping both missing men out in the cold.

During the subsequent Battle of Hoth, Alder helped to direct Rebel snowspeeder groups against the invading Imperial forces and survived the engagement. Later, in 8 ABY, he helped to organize the DarkStryder Campaign, a New Republic operation to stop the rogue Imperial warlord Moff Kentor Sarne.