Jarik

"Skoot" Jarik was a male droid slicer, who upon attending the CSA Institute of Technology, returned to his homeworld of Biewa and struggled to earn a living as a droid technician. However, the citizens of his planet were not wealthy, and they spent what little credits they had on necessities, not droids. Jarik next attempted to support himself as an information broker, but met the same problem he had as a droid tech&mdash;on a backwater world such as Biewa, few individuals were to be found who needed his services. Eventually, Jarik performed some illegal droid modifications for a smuggler, and soon word of his abilities as a droid engineer spread around. Within a short period of time, Jarik had a profitable business as an outlaw tech.

Jarik decided to relocate to the StarForge Station, and was one of a few individuals on board the space station who worked on droids. His work was considered to be very reliable, and typically justified the high prices Jarik commanded for his expertise. He was a favorite among smugglers who visited StarForge and were owners of a droid.

At some point, the station was subject to an Imperial raid, however, the station's inhabitants managed to fight off the small patrol. Nevertheless, everyone was aware that it was likely more Imperial ships would arrive. Apparently someone had leaked information of the station's location to the Empire, and the evidenced pointed toward Jarik as the informant. He had only recently repaired a probe droid of some kind. Jarik enlisted the aid of a group of individuals&mdash;who had arrived right before the raid&mdash;to help in clearing his name, and finding the individual who he believed was the real traitor&mdash;a pirate who visited StarForge often. Jarik offered the group his services as a reward for their help.

Behind the scenes
Skoot Jerrik's proposal to help clear him of the implication that he is an informant is meant to be used as a scenario hook for gamemasters of the Star Wars Roleplaying Game. As such, Jerik will either offer to modify the player characters' droid, or build the group a droid from scratch, if they do not possess one already.