Phoenix Avalon joined the Strikeforce at the very beginning. He was a pirate by trade, but a Rebel at heart. He has never revealed his homeworld, but an old friend who became an enemy had lived on Belderone. He was lured to Belderone City by Derin Heightson, his childhood friend, on the pretext that he was a Rebel spy whose cover was blown. Phoenix, with Shanna Toarinar and Viveede Colore in tow, rode to the rescue and was almost caught in a trap, set by Heightson, who was a newly-promoted Imperial Star Destroyer captain. This was the first time Phoenix, and the Strikeforce, tasted bitter betrayal.

He bought a used Mon Calamari MC-4E jump freighter six months later and named it the Firebird. He flies this ship still, despite the fact that gangsters Lemo and Sanda of Keyorin claimed that the ship had been stolen from them and would attempt to recover the ship, by deadly force if neccessary.

He wears an eyepatch but there is nothing wrong with his eye. Many an opponent underestimated and was unpleasantly surprised by this fact. After thinking you'd temporarily blinded him, he'd just switch the patch to the other eye and unloaded his two DL-44s onto you, with painful consequences.

Once, during a mission to find a missing KDY Escort Frigate, Phoenix encountered a group known as the Kinooine Pirates. Their retired leader, Bek Aboleth, was impressed by his skills and integrity that he recommended Phoenix to be their next leader. Phoenix declined at the time, and promised to return to them once the Empire had fallen.

Now, retired 10 years after Yavin, he has kept his word and is now the leader of the Kinooine Pirates. Once in a while, he still visits his old friend Shanna Toarinar who is Security Administrator on Theiouree and get into adventures.