Although born into an ignoble life of crime on an Amarrian colony world as the son of a formal naval officer turned smuggling kingpin, the Al-Kul family's shady contacts and ambivalence towards the law led to some suspicious - though not verifiably illegal - interactions with capsuleer program recruiting officials. After passing selection and surviving the augmentation and training process, he followed in his father's initial honorable footsteps and became a starship captain. Several years later, Zairo continues to further his own capitalistic and familial interests wielding the significant powers typical of a pod pilot.