In August 2001, a G.U.A.R.D. recovery and salvage team was sorting and boxing up equipment from the wreckage of the Soltan Star Empire's Flagship that had crashed in the Sahara Desert during the final battle of the Soltan Invasion of Earth in 2000.  Buried under 700,000 tons of debris, a severely damaged 'pancaked' alien robot was found under the tons of debris. It initially didn't merit concern...until the team saw the robot trying to fix itself.

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Initially labeled "SSE Debris Item 67-560423", the alien robot was placed in a highly secure underground bunker, with techs all trying to communicate with it and determine if it was a threat or not. No records were translated from it other than the word 'Exiler' and 'Itozian' in the Soltan language. It's self-repairs were slow and it was evident that the robot was missing critical memory and/or components (obviously destroyed in one manner or another, possibly even before it was placed in the flagship's prison wing). 

 

For the next decade, the GUARD techs and the robot slowly started to learn from each other. By 2012, the 'Exiler' (which became its unofficial name) was mobile and able to distinguish (relatively) amongst Terran languages, although it routinely mixed up the languages (e.g., Aloha, varmint! Donde' [indescribable noise] der wienerschnitzel?).  One particular thing the Exiler had in its memories were its knowledge of its own Intergalactic Laws - and what judgement an 'Exiler' was to perform on those breaking those laws.

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The Intergalactic laws, which it could only remember 50 of, were the basis through which the 'Exiler' operated from. One such law, murder, was considered a Level 5 (out of 6) offense and, unless performed as an act of protecting innocents or destroying a being that was a great threat factor to others, usually meant 'Exile' from the Exiler. It wasn't until 2015 that ASTROGUARD, the division that was 'voted upon' in GUARD to contain/work with the Exiler robot, was able to see what the Exiler's capabilities were. In a deadly altercation between an escaping prisoner and an ASTROGUARD security guard, Exiler identified the escaping prisoner in violation of law #2 - Murder and was to be immediately sentenced to 'exile'.  In so doing, the Exiler created a gun from its arm and blasted the escapee with a strange energy beam.  The beam looked like it had killed the escapee, but upon later information provided by Exiler, he'd instead 'Exiled' the escapee to the Exiler's last loaded Exile-placement coordinates...which were completely across the galaxy. When is was discovered that Exiler 'Exile weapons' did not have the range to reach those coordinates, Exiler surmised that the escapee was instead 'left floating in space at the edge of the "Exiler Ray's" maximum range of 2, 000 light years. As a result, Exiler and GUARD worked in 'new parameters' for Exiler (since Exiler would NOT agree to NOT perform his duties he was programmed with), wherein Exiler would instead send those in violation of the Intergalactic Laws to instead be sent to coordinates in either the Peacekeeper prison system or in GUARD's own prisons, thus allowing judgement to be performed by Earth-based trials instead. Exiler agreed to this, but stated that if it was attacked to within 50% damage, that Exiler's programming allowed it to 'override' exile parameters and instead authorize kill/death protocols upon the attacker.  Again, GUARD relented to these new 'parameters', however, after dozens of scary and dangerous altercations with the Exiler, it quickly became apparent that it had to be separated from humans and kept under lock and key.

 

Awhile ago, an Earth-centric movement started by despondent and upset world citizens wanting to take the fight back to the retreated Soltans from the 2000 Soltan Invasion of Earth that were amassed on the dark side of Mars.  This 'pro-offense' movement wasn't able to get world governments to rise to the occasion, but instead a faction of people (and some resident, marooned galactic aliens) decided to take action. A secret strategic plan was put in place to 'commandeer' Earth's only operations star cruiser, Terracer 1, load it up with pro-offense movement fighters and people, arm it with every capable weapons (including nuclear weapons) and take the ship in what considered to be a suicide run to obliterate the Soltans camped out on the dark side of Mars once and for all. A large group of GUARD personnel joined the movement and, knowing of the Exiler, decided to ask it (Exiler) if it wished to come along on their mission.

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The Exiler stated that it was 'in its programming' to have to go with them to met justice onto the Soltans for thousands upon thousands of intergalactic transgressions.  The GUARD personnel broke Exiler out of his cell and got him aboard Terracer 1.

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Today, Exiler is now on Terracer 1 with the Starfighters; the name given to the ship's crew and warriors that are all on their way to Mars to met revenge (and for some, justice).  Exiler, not having a lot of experience with normal humans, will have a very conflicting and enigmatic trip as it has to learn to deal with human laws, practices and solutions to its Intergalactic Laws as they apply to any and all that Exiler sees occur before him.  It's only a matter of time before Exiler's 'Exile Ray' will have to be used...and to that degree, where will that exiled person go?  Humans are not perfect, and since they are unaware (or uncaring) of another alien's rules or laws, there is bound to be a LOT of drama in their journey with Exiler to Mars.

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Exiler is a robot. It is programmed, but does have a limited AI to allow itself to learn and adapt. It's Intergalactic Laws and the actions that Exiler has been programmed with to enforce or adjudicate these laws is absolute...however, it has learned to impart local jurisdictions in place IF and only IF Exiler agrees to the local jurisdiction terms, which it has done on SOME occasions. The Starfighters do NOT have a separate legal system and is definitely not withing any 'local' jurisdiction in space, thus making Exiler 'confused' with how to proceed on different legal violations.

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Exiler is at only 20% of its rated capabilities and power. Due to the damage it took with the Flagship crushing it (and subsequent damage Exiler took from being captured by the Soltans), it still needs to work on itself reconstructing itself, somehow, to find the additional 80% capabilities it states it is 'required' to have prior to engaging Soltan forces on Mars. At this point, it is fashioning scrap metals and armoring as best it can to help in building itself up...but it is in desperate need of its own special form of metal used in its own self repairs; a metal that can only be found in other Exilers, none of which, save one, is anywhere close to Earth.