Living in the roving tribes of the desert goblins, Trekt knew brutality before he could talk. Facing the Azeti, the manscorpions, and the occasional People of the Wind in a fierce competition for water, he knew what the world had to offer. He grew up a strong, proud warrior of the Goldenfang. Then, the recruiters came to his area. The Atanaxans needed non-arthropodals for their armies for an invasion of Maraddon, and "no" was not in their vocabulary. Trekt joined, reluctantly and angrily. The warfare he saw was not honorable.

So, when he got to Maraddon, he defected. Offering survival skills, inside information, and raw prowess, the Maraddonians accepted him on a trial basis, then fully into the Special Forces.