Reuben and his mother relocated themselves to an orbiting settlement high above Aitos' chaotic surface where he would spend the next fourteen years of his life. After finishing his primary education in the settlement, he attended a local Alliance-based piloting school in the system. While studying, he also served as a relief pilot for mining transport ships as well as local garbage scows. While he didn't graduate at the top of his class, he was able to earn his piloting license and has since formally signed his localty to AIE in hopes of piloting full-time for them.