Hurio Carinda

"What crazy man brings his ten year old daughter to a place like this?"

- Zasan Fasarn

Hurio Carinda was a weapons maker and dealer native to Naboo, and the father of Rebel medical officer Yané Carinda.

Biography
===Early Years(64 BBY to 48 BBY)

Hurio first took an interest in all things mechanical when he was eight years old. On a planet that cared little for "superfluous" technology, he was marked as an oddity, and as a result he developed a resentment towards Naboo culture. By the age of twelve, he had gone into full-blown rebellion, focusing his work on weapons. As soon as he came of age in 51 BBY, he moved out of his parents house and set up a business in Theed. Business on Naboo was not very good, and for three years he struggled.

===Extending Off-Planet(48 BBY to 32 BBY)

When he was sixteen, he finally got his big break when a bounty hunter stopped on Naboo and came into his store. Admiring his work, the bounty hunter advised Hurio to try selling off-world, and agreed to give his name to his friends. Within a year, Hurio had become the preferred weaponsmaker for two bounty hunters, and he found customers amoung others, and even amoung more respectable populaces. Around this time he married his longtime girlfriend Tolla Kloiterrie.

Hurio's new business required frequent travel; in 44 BBY he missed the birth of his daughter Yané and first two months of her life, something he always regretted. After that he made effort to spend time at home with his family, but as Yané grew older and initially seemed much like her father, he found himself instead taking her with him on trips, introducing her to the greater galaxy and trying to generate in her the sense of wonder it never stopped holding for him.

Initially introducing her only to his more respectable customers, he gradually increased the range of things he exposed her to, though occasionally she met with people earlier than he had planned, such as Jango Fett. When she was ten, he judged her mature enough to deal with Nar Shadda, which led to an unusually eventful trip for them.

More Work on Naboo(32 BBY to 14 BBY)
When Captain Panaka chose Yané as one of Queen Amidala's handmaidens, he also signed contracts with Hurio, making him responsible for most of the palace weaponry. During the Trade Federation invasion and occupation, he escaped from a prison camp and joined the guards and militia in their resistance, fighting in the Queen's re-taking of Theed, part of it alongside his daughter. Afterwards he found himself working to help increase the arms and fighting power of Naboo, something that would continue through the Clone Wars.

After the war things changed. The Empire encouraged Naboo to downsize their defenses, especially after the death of Queen Apailana. However, Yané, who had started studying to become a doctor, suddenly showed an interest in taking over her father's weaponry business as well, and he happily began teaching her all he knew. He trusted her to the point that when she proved strangly adept at getting customers he did not ask why, until one of her fellow former handmaidens was arrested for smuggling, and he realized that she had been involved also, at which point he asked her to stop, for the family's safety.

The Need to Lie Lower(14 BBY to 4 ABY)
Two weeks after the arrest, Yané left, as did all the other handmaidens, leaving behind only a note asking that he use his position to protect all their families. Hurio had to pull in most the favors owed to him by now Moff Panaka and the Naboo government to keep himself, Tolla, and the other handmaidens' families out of hot water. After that, he reduced his travels offworld, wanting to avoid attention, and saddened by the belief that he would never see his daughter again.

Hurio made and sold many weapons to the Empire's higher-ups, something he never liked doing. In later years, he cautiously began smuggling weapons himself to the Rebel Alliance. After 2 ABY, he grew daring enough to also send letters to Yané with them, which she occasionally got.

In 4 ABY, he and Tolla witnessed the uprising of Theed, and she was killed when it was put down. He however, survived to see his daughter return, as second-in-command of a Rebel Force which drove the Imperials off Naboo. He was also introduced to one of his long-distance customers and now son-in-law to be, General Madine, which left him very impressed with Yané.

Final Years(4 ABY to 15 ABY)
Having by now learned that his daughter was not one to be pinned down, Hurio accepted it easily when she remained in the New Republic military and was gone from him again, though now that he was traveling frequently again he tried to track her down and see her whenever he could. He even cancelled a deal to be there for her at the death of her husband in 12 ABY.

Towards the end of 14 ABY he fell ill, and soon learned he was going to die. He tried to keep it from Yané, but she came home anyway, retiring from military service and taking over his business when he died.

Products
Hurio was capable of making almost every type of laser-based blaster in use, including unusual designs such as the Wookie bowcaster. All of his weapons were laser-based; he cared little for anything that used powder. He also sold a number of electricity-based devices and a limited amount of non powder-based dentonators. He also had an interest in lightsaber technology, though he could not make the blades himself. He was capable of making a useful lightdagger, though rarely did because of the expense; it had to be requested by the client, and the high payment made in advance. He did, however, make one for Yané's fellow handmaiden Ardré Kartik in 25 BBY; she was able in that year to synsthesize a small power crystal and thus reduce the cost for him.

One aspect of Naboo culture he never rebelled against was their love of beauty; unless he received a request otherwise all his weapons were made to be streamlined and aesthetically pleasing. This endeared them to more than one client.