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In-Universe family history.
Shayn Mikel was a human male pilot who served in the Resistance during the First Order–Resistance conflict. He served with distinction during the Battle on Takodana and the Battle of Starkiller Base, destroying 10 enemy vehicles during this time.

Paal Mikel
Shayn's mother's side of the family consisted of a long line of accountants that stretched back to pre-Republic times. His father's line, on the other hand, did not have as much documentation, but was full of distinguished military service. Shayn's great-grandfather, Paal Mikel, had served in the Naboo Royal Space Fighter Corps, flying an N-1 starfighter in Bravo Flight. Paal flew under the callsign Bravo Two, as Ric Olié's second-in-command. In a stark contrast to Olié's vocally observant nature, Paal was very quiet and withdrawn, only speaking up when absolutely necessary. He had a romantic interest in Dineé Ellberger, and married her at age 23. A year later, they had a son together, named Gheri, who would grow up to be a gifted starfighter pilot in his own right. 13 years later, both Paal and Dineé flew a combat mission in the Battle of Naboo against the Trade Federation's Vulture droids. During the brief engagement, Paal shot down five droids, and both he and Dineé witnessed Anakin Skywalker's destruction of the Lucrehulk-class Droid Control Ship Saak'ak.

Gheri Mikel
Shayn's grandfather, Gheri Mikel, was 13 at the time of the Battle of Naboo, in which both his parents fought bravely against the Trade Federation. Inspired by his parents' bravery, Gheri decided to join the Grand Army of the Republic at the outbreak of the Clone War. Because of his impressive flying skills, he was accepted into the Republic Navy and began flying Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry gunships in Battle of Geonosis at age 23.

Kamino
Shortly after the Battle of Geonosis, Gheri was assigned to fly an LAAT/i gunship to Kamino, accompanying ARC trooper Colt's visit to oversee the training of Bravo Squad and Domino Squad. Although Gheri considered this a boring assignment, he also knew he was fortunate to be away from the dangers of the battlefield.

Rugosa
Shortly after his assignment on Kamino, Gheri flew an LAAT/i gunship to pick up Grand Master Yoda, the Toydarian King Katuunko, Clone Lieutenant CC-4477, Jek, and Rys at the conclusion of the Mission to Rugosa. After being selected for two "milk run" assignments in a row, the monotony was beginning to wear thin on him. He requested (and was immediately granted) a transfer to a starfighter squadron.

Bith
After the Mission to Rugosa, Gheri transferred to Anakin Skywalker's fleet, flying in a squadron of V-19 Torrent starfighters based out of the Venator-class Star Destroyer Resolute, Skywalker's personal flagship. Upon first hearing of the transfer to Skywalker's fleet, Gheri was delighted to serve with the man who fought alongside his parents over Naboo so many years before. Immediately after the transfer, Skywalker embarked on a mission to rescue Jedi Master Plo Koon after the latter's fleet was destroyed by the Subjugator-class heavy cruiser Malevolence. Gheri would ultimately be faced with disappointment when he learned that Skywalker had decided to only take his personal G9 Rigger freighter Twilight without a fighter escort. He longed for the thrill of combat, and didn't appreciate being left on the sidelines of the war.

Kalida Nebula
After a disappointing lack of action in the V-19, Gheri asked General Skywalker if he could join Shadow Squadron. Despite the fact that Gheri was not a clone, Skywalker allowed Gheri to serve as Shadow Five's gunner in the Battle of the Kaliida Nebula. Despite Shadow Squadron suffering almost 50% casualties in the attack, the mission ended up being a partial success. The Malevolence was disabled, but General Grievous escaped harm. During the battle, Gheri destroyed five droid starfighters with the Y-wing's dorsal turret. Due to his obvious skill, Skywalker granted Gheri the rare privilege of flying on any mission he wished. This one-of-a-kind arrangement would allow Gheri to participate in some of the most crucial battles of the Clone War. After the mission to take out the Malevolence's ion cannon, he would return to flying V-19s in order to hone his skills as a starfighter pilot.

Battle of the Rishi Moon
While Clone Commander Cody and Clone Captain Rex were making the rounds on listening station inspections, Gheri continued training in the V-19. His training was cut short, however, by General Skywalker ordering all fighters to return to their carriers so that the fleet could make a hyperspace jump to the Rishi moon. Cody and Rex had come under attack by BX-series droid commandos, B2 super battle droids, and B1 battle droid at the Rishi station. Together with the help of three surviving troopers from Domino Squad, the clones destroyed the station to disable the all-clear signal, alerting the Republic Navy that the nearby planet of Kamino would shortly be under attack. Upon the clones' extraction, Gheri continued with his starfighter training.

Coruscant and Cato Niemoidia
Three years into the Clone War, Gheri would fly Aggressive ReConnaissance-170 starfighters in the Battle of Coruscant and the Battle of Cato Neimoidia. By this time, he had destroyed 15 Separatist droid starfighters, including both standard Vulture droids and the more advanced droid tri-fighters. Unbeknownst to almost everyone in the Republic, every clone trooper had an inhibitor chip implanted in his brain to ensure immediate compliance with the every order. One of these commands, code-named Order 66, instructed every clone trooper to execute his Jedi General as a traitor. During the Battle of Cato Neimoidia, Gheri witnessed Darth Sidious issue Order 66 over his cockpit holoprojector. His clone pilot comrades, who had served the Republic honorably for more than three years, immediately obeyed Order 66 and executed the Kel Dor Jedi Master and Jedi High Council member Plo Koon by shooting down his Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor with their laser cannons. Gheri watched in horror as the catastrophe unfolded right before his very eyes, making him one of very few people who knew the truth of the Jedi "rebellion." Fearing for his life, Gheri fled the battle and flew home to Naboo. Meanwhile, in the Galactic Senate building on Coruscant, Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine issued the Proclamation of the New Order, which established the Galactic Empire and declared that the entirety of the Jedi Order were traitors to the New Order. The clone troopers, once symbols of hope, became associated with death and destruction as they were reorganized into the first generation of Imperial stormtroopers. Having seen the cold-blooded brutality of the Galactic Emperor firsthand, Gheri swore to never kill for the Empire.

Steevin Mikel
Shayn's father, Steevin Mikel, was deeply influenced by the war stories from the Battle of Naboo and the Clone War, and decided to defect to the Alliance to Restore the Republic at age 18. He quickly proved himself to be a gifted pilot, and was assigned to fly Y-wing starfighters with Gold Squadron on Yavin 4 under the callsign Gold Three. Steevin quickly became very fond of his craft, since it packed plenty of firepower with its laser and ion cannons. Two years later, at age 20, Steevin would take part in the pivotal Battle of Yavin, in which Luke Skywalker destroyed the battlestation by using the Force to shoot a pair of proton torpedoes into a thermal exhaust port, starting a chain reaction in the space station's superlaser reactor core. Steevin was the only Y-wing pilot to survive the attack on the Death Star, but the loss of his entire squadron would only fuel his commitment to destroy the Empire. Upon the recommendation of General Jan Dodonna, Steevin took an extended leave of absence back home to Naboo while Gold Squadron rebuilt its ranks. This took longer than expected, and when he returned to the Alliance, he was temporarily reassigned to fly with Rogue Squadron, under the callsign Rogue Five, at the newly-established Echo Base on Hoth. Steevin was not very happy with this arrangement, since it meant that he would mainly be flying T-47 airspeeders, only seldom getting a chance to fly his beloved Y-wing. Compared to flying in space, Steevin considered the airspeeders to be the most boring vehicles in the galaxy. Three-and-a-half years after losing his squadron at Yavin, he would finally get some much-needed excitement during the desperate Battle of Hoth, a bitter defeat for the Rebel alliance. The Empire had located Echo Base, and Darth Vader had sent General Maximilian Veers and Blizzard Force, a unit of All Terrain Armored Transport walkers, to destroy the planet's deflector shield generator. Rogue Squadron was sent to intercept and down the walkers using their magnetic harpoons, though Steevin went into battle without a rear-seat gunner. The walkers eventually broke through, allowing Imperial cold weather assault stormtroopers to enter the base and forcing the rebels to evacuate. Despite his speeder being downed by crossfire, Steevin escaped the planet without injury aboard his starfighter. Six months after the Rebellion's defeat on Hoth, he would again fly his trusty Y-wing with the newly-rebuilt Gold Squadron during the pivotal Battle of Endor. During this engagement, General Han Solo led a ground-based strike team to destroy the Death Star's shield generator on the moon. Solo's longtime smuggler friend Lando Calrissian led Gold Squadron, flying the Millennium Falcon into the depths of the Death Star II to destroy the reactor core. Besides the destruction of the Death Star, the battle also resulted in the death of Galactic Emperor Darth Sidious, the redemption of Anakin Skywalker, the destruction of Darth Vader's flagship Super Star Destroyer Executor, and the complete defeat of the Stormtrooper Corps at the hands of Endor's indigenous Ewoks of the Bright Tree Village. It was at this point that Steevin considered his quest fulfilled. Although the Rebel Alliance still had more battles to fight, Steevin requested and received an honorable discharge from the Rebel military. By this time, 15 enemy TIE/LN starfighters and TIE Interceptors had fallen victim to his starfighter's cannons over the course of his military career. After the victory celebrations on Endor, Steevin settled down on Naboo to start a family as the Rebel Alliance reorganized itself as the New Republic.

Shayn Mikel
Shayn was born 14 years after the Battle of Yavin, on Naboo. Much like his father and grandfather, Shayn Mikel grew up with war stories from bygone eras. He learned how to fly behind the controls of his father's beat-up old Y-wing, which Steevin was allowed to keep after leaving the Rebellion. Much to Shayn's frustration, the New Republic failed to seriously consider the threat posed by the First Order, a military junta that considered itself a successor to the old Galactic Empire. By this time, Shayn had gained flying considerable experience behind the controls of his T-85 X-wing starfighter in the New Republic Starfleet, and defected to the Resistance Starfighter Corps. There, he downgraded to an older X-wing model, the T-70. It was in this craft that Shayn distinguished himself from his peers in Red Squadron. The less sophisticated systems put less weight in the spacecraft, improving maneuverability to the point that Shayn sometimes felt that it responded to his thoughts, instead of his touch. He would further modify the craft by removing all provisions for proton torpedo launchers, concussion missiles, and targeting computers, turning it into a pure fighter.

34 years after the Battle of Yavin, at age 20, Shayn would get his first opportunity to put his piloting skills to the test at the Battle on Takodana. Rey, a female scavenger from Jakku, had encountered the astromech droid BB-8, who was being hunted by the First Order. With the help of defecting Stormtrooper Finn, she had escaped Jakku aboard a stolen YT-1300 light freighter, none other than Millennium Falcon itself. Rey and Finn sought the assistance of General Han Solo and his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca to return the BB unit to the Resistance base on D'Qar, in the Ileenium system. The five traveled to Maz Kanata's castle on Takodana, where spy droids alerted both the Resistance and the First Order to the droid's presence. Along with Black Squadron Commander Poe Dameron, Shayn flew his X-wing in combat against the First Order's TIE/fo space superiority fighters, just as Solo, Chewbacca, Finn, and BB-8 were about to be taken prisoner by the First Order. Rey was captured by the evil First Order leader Kylo Ren, but BB-8 was safely returned to the Resistance base. There, Shayn and the other Resistance fighters listened as Finn and Solo briefed Red Squadron, Blue Squadron, and General Leia Organa on the upcoming attack on Starkiller Base, a mobile planet with a built-in superweapon that posessed the power to destroy an entire star system. The base had already wiped out the New Republic's capital on Hosnian Prime by destroying the Hosnian system, and the Resistance base had already been selected as the next target. The Resistance decided to target Starkiller Base's thermal oscillator, which would lead a collapse of the entire planet and the destruction of the superweapon. Despite both Resistance squadrons suffering heavy casualties, Dameron was able to successfully complete the mission, and Shayn returned with his 6 surviving comrades to D'Qar.