The woman known today as Commander Cynflaidd came from very ordinary beginnings. Her interests were in sports and scrapping; kickboxing was her pastime, and in her youth, it was what she thought of as her vocation. Naivety unfortunately took its toll at the age of 19, in the year 3296, when a crooked "underground promoter" promised her a lucrative fight deal to 'debut' in the competitive scene. Naturally, she was taken for a ride. The contract left her on the hook for expenses she had no hope of addressing, and the fight left her with medical costs to boot. The promoter was all too happy to offer her security work as a slave, to work off the debt. This, too, was a bad arrangement, and a consistent end date was not forthcoming.

Come early 3301, talk was growing of the organisation 'SSS', and this attention peaked when Princess Aisling announced a liberation drive, seeking the help of independent pilots in delivering Imperial slaves from bondage. As luck would have it, a Commander negotiated a healthy sum for the entire cadre of slaves under the "promoter's" ownership, and the future Cynflaidd was soon loaded aboard the cargo racks of a Gutamaya Clipper. One last flight in the undignified conditions of a slave, towards a hopeful future.

As part of re-initiation into citizenship, SSS assisted in organising a patronage from a wealthy citizen who required an assistant for personal security, which suited her skillset well. More than simply generous, this patron was thoughtful and inquisitive. She took a real interest in her new employee's life, wellbeing, and ambitions. Said ambitions were nebulous at best, early on, and she had resigned herself to working as muscle for the rest of her days, but the earnest warmth of her host caused her to think about what she might want to do for the first time in very many years. The seed of an idea that eventually germinated was simple, but of a daunting scale: she wanted to become an independent pilot, to explore the stars. Thoughts of her anonymous saviour had put a romantic notion of a CMDR's life into her head, and the notion of learning about the vast galaxy felt exhilarating. After some years of dedicated work, her patron offered her an incredible gift: her Pilot's Federation training and certification would be paid and provided for at no immediate expense, and she could pay the cost back freely, when her career as a pilot landed her with independent financial security. She took the offer gratefully.

The newly-christened CMDR Cynflaidd took to the black with a name taken in honour of a culture her patron claims a lineage with, from ancient times on Earth. She launched in her first Sidewinder in early 3311, in the wake of the 2nd Thargoid War and some years after Vista Genomics had begun working with pilots in earnest, and their bulging coffers afforded payouts for Cynflaidd that allowed her to pay back her patron within a year of her first delivery to them. Ever grateful to her patron and to the Diva Duval, in the time since repaying her life debt, she has of her own free will dedicated herself to the furthering of the Princess' causes across the galaxy, knowing first-hand the nobility of her goals. With the continued success of her work in the black, she has of late parleyed her financial security into the procurement of a fleet carrier, and with its capacity for haulage, has established herself as the architect of a colony in the HIP 116879 system, installing the Adamantine Union as the overseeing power. Her hopes are to provide another place of work, leisure, and comfort for liberated slaves, viewing this usage of her wealth as far more worthy than simple accumulation would be.