Erudo Ro-Kiintor

Erudo Ro-Kiintor was the senior New Republic senator from Hevurion about thirty years after the Battle of Endor. He was a tall, thin man who liked to dress in extravagant robes and wore a narrow visor over his head. He owned a Pinnacle-class luxury ship called the Hevurion Grace. Senator Ro-Kiintor secretly colluded with the First Order, a remnant of the "Old Empire" by blocking motions extending sanctions to the First Order or increasing support for the Republic Navy. In return, the First Order transferred large sums of money into his accounts through shell and third-party corporations in the Corporate Sector Authority.

Suspecting Senator Ro-Kiintor of treason, the Resistance leader General Leia Organa sent her best pilot Poe Dameron and his Rapier Squadron colleagues on a mission to steal the Hevurion Grace so that the Resistance could access his ship's navicomputer. Wearing an EVA suit, Poe Dameron used a Z-95 Headhunter to reach the Senator's starship in space. Upon sighting Poe and his comrades, Senator Ro-Kiintor and his crew mistook them for pirates and sent a distress signal to the First Order. Following a pursuit, Poe managed to board the Hevurion Grace.

Posing as a member of the Irving Boys, Poe forced Senator Ro-Kiintor, his servant, and the pilot at gunpoint to move to the ship's escape pods. Despite being attacked by several First Order warships and TIE fighters, Poe and his comrades managed to flee into hyperspace with Erudo's stolen yacht. The following day, Leia and her crew examined the Hevurion Grace navicomputer which confirmed that Senator Ro-Kiintor was working for the First Order. Among the information that the Resistance salvaged from the ship's navicomputer was information about Lor San Tekka, a man who had information about Leia's missing Jedi brother Luke Skywalker. Using this information, Leia sent Poe on a mission to meet with Tekka on Jakku.

Appearances

 * Before the Awakening