Madel Wharen

"So what, yer' a fancy Corporate Exec? Can you fix a busted C-227 motivator for an agriculture droid? Can you? I didn't think so! So quit buggin' me!"

- Madel Wharen

Madel Wharen was a researcher for the Drever Corporation, a minor weapons manufacturing company in the Parmel sector.

Biography
Madel Wharen was known as the inventor of one of the Drever Corporation's most innovative products: the Phoenix plasma punch. For a time, he served on the Board of Directors for the corporation.

Wharen was a discrete, yet staunch supporter of the Rebel Alliance. Too prudent to publicly support the Rebel cause, Wharen nevertheless constantly pushed for business policies which would be beneficial for the Alliance, or detrimental for the Empire. This led to many arguments with Jenson Drever II, the managing director of the Drever Corporation. Ultimately these arguments resulted in Wharen being transferred to a backwater research and development station.

In many ways, this transfer was beneficial to the Drever Corporation, since Wharen thrived in this environment, and was able to improve many of the corporation's product lines.

The Rebel Alliance was aware of Wharen's leanings, and wished to recruit him. This was complicated by the fact that the Imperial Security Bureau was also aware of his sympathies. ISB agents closely watched Wharen, along with his wife, Bea, and his young son, Padyn.

Personality and traits
Madel Wharen was thin, gangly, and usually wore a lab-coat and rumpled, unkempt clothes. Wharen was erratic and tempermental, and would often break off in the middle of a sentence to go to a nearby computer terminal with an idea. Wharen considered himself an inventor rather than a corporate drudge, and had little tolerance for anyone who advocated putting profits ahead of quality. Despite his eccentricities, Wharen's extreme engineering skills and ability to consistently engineer profitable products led a large portion of the Drever Corporation's staff to be loyal to him personally.