Aijax changed his name as soon as he was old enough. He insisted to everyone that met him to call him "Ai-ax" as it seemed cool. The Mouse grew up on a ship outside of chartered space. It was safe there, for a while. Slavers and Pirates were the worst, no one drifted into their little area of space for a reason. It was worthless, devoid of anything remotely interesting. As soon as he was old enough, Aijax stole one of the emergency escape vessels and drifted for a while, living by himself, doing whatever he could to survive.

Teaching himself how to pilot the damn thing was hard work however. Soon enough he was flagged by a roaming cruiser of the Government. Told that he'd be unable to pilot his ship until gaining a license of his own, Aijax found that to earn a license was no joke. The fees alone would cripple him for life. Resigned to his fate of serving on the ship, he moped at the bar for a few hours until fate gave him a little nudge. One of the lieutenants of the ship was also in the bar and quite drunk. Clearly the man was looking for some action. A plan began to form in Aijax's head as he realised what he had to do.

Several hours later, the naked Mouse squeezed back into his clothes and turned to the lieutenant - now sleeping, drooling onto his pillow - and smirked. Robbing the poor man blind would pay for a level one license, enough for the Mouse to escape in his vessel and continue on.

There were not enough stars in space for him. He'd see them all if it killed him.

 Ruisu-kunWorks did this for me and I can't thank him enough for it!