Winston Fridur

Winston Fridur is a Human male engineer and droid mechanic, who held the rank of Commander while he served in the military of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, until the end of the Clone Wars in 19 BBY, after which he worked with the Glade cell to undermine the new Empire. He serves as the engineer on the Glade, and as the Glade cell's co-droid technician alongside Newt Liryas, using the callsign Glade Four.

Early Life
Born on Raxus Secundus in 40 BBY, Winston was raised by mechanic parents, who encouraged him to tinker with droids throughout his childhood. At some point before 24 BBY, he successfully constructed his fourth etiquette droid, and sold it for 2000 credits.

In 22 BBY, when the Confederacy of Independent Systems was declared, the Separatist capital was established on Raxus Secundus, and many young residents were drafted into service in the Separatist military. Believing the Republic was corrupt and the Separatists were a chance to improve the lives of his friends and family on Raxus Secundus, Winston volunteered for service in 22 BBY. Given his experience in droid maintenance and programming, he was assigned to the Techno Union's Second Army as a droid technician shortly after joining.

During the Clone Wars, he was responsible for the maintenance of many different types of droids in the Techno Union's army, including B1 and B2-series droids, BX-series droid commandos, and D-wing droids.

At some point before 19 BBY, he was promoted to the rank of Commander, and transferred to the central Separatist Droid Army's command. In 20 BBY he worked briefly on a small squad of IG-100 MagnaGuard droids, though he did not work on their programming.

End of the Clone Wars
In 19 BBY, when the shutdown order was transmitted to the Separatist Droid Army, Winston was stationed on Mygeeto, defending the planet from a Republic invasion. He was able to reprogram several droids personally and after hours to reactivate the majority of the droid army, though he was not able to effectively organize the army for a defense of the planet, and they lost ground to the clone troopers quickly.

As the end of the battle was nearing, Winston encountered Newt Liryas and Thomas Verdi, who had travelled to Mygeeto in search of survivors of the Great Jedi Purge. Winston informed them that the Jedi General on Mygeeto had been killed weeks earlier, but not by his droids. Knowing that his situation was not sustainable, he asked to leave with Newt and Thomas; soon after he joined the Glade cell.

Personality
A quiet and determined young man, Winston is strongly devoted to his family and his homeworld, and to the ideals of justice and democracy. He clashes initially with Aris Sauvet over the nature of the Republic and whether it is worth fighting for, but they eventually agree that the Empire is a much greater enemy. He is a hard worker and craves challenges and difficult problems to solve, especially when it comes to droids and their programming, maintenance, and construction. He usually prefers working alone, but admits that he ultimately works best when working with someone else, and is usually content to let others lead.