Josh Baranyai was a Solarian citizen and merchant service officer.
Around 1920 PD, while holding the rank of Lieutenant, he served as third officer of the Dromedary-class cargo liner Emerald Dawn. When his ship was captured by former Havenite Commodore Henri Clignet's People's First Liberation Squadron[1], most of the crew was killed. Only twelve people, led by Baranyai, survived until the time when HMS Hexapuma took the ship back in the Battle of Nuncio. (SI1)