Oric Harfard

"You'll wish you had been more cooperative."

- Harfard to acting Grand Master Kenth Hamner

Oric Harfard was a Human male and a captain of Galactic Alliance Security in 43.5 ABY. He led the Security forces that were sent to the Jedi Temple to arrest the Jedi Knight Valin Horn, who had been captured and placed in the Temple after going on a destructive rampage as the result of a psychotic breakdown.

Harfard later led the Security forces to the Jedi Temple in search of the rogue Jedi Seff Hellin, who had been secretly captured by Darkmeld&mdash;a covert organization formed by Jedi Knight Jaina Solo to counter the Chief of State Natasi Daala's anti-Jedi policies&mdash;and brought to the Temple to be studied. When Harfard questioned acting Grand Master Kenth Hamner, Hamner denied knowledge of Hellin's whereabouts, as Solo had kept her organization secret from the Jedi Masters.

Biography
A Human male, Oric Harfard was a captain in Galactic Alliance Security. In 43.5 ABY, Jedi Knight Valin Horn suffered a psychotic breakdown that caused him to go on a destructive rampage. Before long, he was caught and placed in the Mon Mothma Memorial Medical Center, and later moved to the Jedi Temple. Shortly thereafter, Harfard was issued a warrant by the Galactic Alliance Chief of State Natasi Daala for the arrest of Horn. Harfard led a group of Security troopers, along with the bounty hunters Zilaash Kuh and Vrannin Vaxx, to take custody of Horn. He was stopped outside the Temple entrance, where he had a dispute concerning the authorization of his entrance with the Jedi Master Kyp Durron. Master Cilghal quickly arrived at the scene and diffused the situation, reluctantly allowing Harfard to enter. Cilghal delayed the captain, but Harfard eventually took Horn into custody. Horn was then put on trial, encased in carbonite, and placed in the Armand Isard Correctional Facility, a Galactic Alliance prison.

Shortly thereafter, Jedi Knight Seff Hellin, who was suffering from the same disease as Horn, attempted to rescue the carbonite-encased Jedi from the prison. During his rescue attempt, Hellin was captured by Darkmeld, a covert organization formed by Jedi Knight Jaina Solo to counter Daala's anti-Jedi policies. During Hellin's capture, Solo was spotted with her lightsaber, and although she wasn't recognized, the sighting led the Galactic Alliance to believe that the Jedi had captured Hellin. The next day, Harfard&mdash;who had been made point man for Alliance-Jedi Order interactions&mdash;led a Security force to the Jedi Temple to take Hellin into custody. Harfard questioned the acting Grand Master Kenth Hamner, who truthfully denied all knowledge of Hellin's whereabouts, since Solo had kept Darkmeld's operations secret from the Jedi Masters. The captain became exasperated, and after exchanging threats with Hamner, Harfard and the Security forces left the Temple.

Personality and traits
Harfard believed himself to be superior to others and enjoyed being in control of situations. As such, he was often quick to anger when those beings around him didn't follow his orders. This led him to assume a dislike for the Jedi, who frequently defied him. Harfard was often condescending to those that irritated him, and slandered fellow Security Captain Savar, and also insulted Cilghal by calling her a fish-head&mdash;a derogatory name for her species, the Mon Calamari. Harfard also frequently threatened beings that annoyed him or got in his way.

Behind the scenes
Harfard was created by author Aaron Allston for Outcast, his first novel in the Fate of the Jedi series.

Appearances

 * Outcast