Is the Pedna Scotian in Solo Command related to the Will Scotian in Shadows of the Empire?
No. There is a sort of connection between Will and Pedna that leads to them having the same last name, but it isn’t actually family ties. Pedna is a Chev, an albinoid female from Vinsoth (see West End Games’ Galaxy Guide 12). The Chevs are kept as slaves by the indigenous race of Vinsoth, the Chevin, many of whom are smugglers and mercenaries. Pedna, who does not know who her family is and has no family or clan name, was rescued from a Chevin ship during a Rebel Alliance raid on mercenaries supporting the Empire. One of the pilots who rescued her was Will Scotian in his post-Rogue Squadron days. Pedna, seeing that most humans in the main galactic culture had two names, adopted the name Scotian to honor one of her rescuers. Later, she enrolled in Starfighter Command as a pilot-in-training. Just prior to the beginning of Wraith Squadron, Will Scotian was temporarily transferred to the “alternate” Rogue Squadron, then transferred back to his other unit as soon as Wraith Squadron’s events
