With humble beginnings as a scientist working in the posperous Verge Vendor, Arthur was enjoying his new found prosperity. He sat in the midst of a technological renessance, which was inspired by the eager young minds of the Verge Vendor sector. Hoping to stake a claim in this was a Caldari industrialist named Haldere hirde Arthur for a research expedition deep insde one of the many wormholes that populated Null sec. The offer was nearly too good to be true, as the secrets which lay inside these anomalies could push modern technology hundreds of years ahead.

It was of course too good to be true. Haldere had set them up. As Arthur and his fellow scientists were studying the wormhole's exterior, strange anomalies began to appear from within. It was too late to run when Arthur relized they were a band of Caldari soldiers. The soldiers tore through the research ships, stealing everything they could get their hands on and destroying Arthur's life work. He managed to escape on an Atron