You're a freeloader. A glorified smuggler."
"I'd like to think of myself more as an opportunist but hey, to each his own, eh?
—Eyna Therall with Alistair Kuat
Alistair Kuat was a human male businessman and starship manufacturer, a member of the Techno Union and CEO of Kuat Drive Yards. Throughout his career, Alistair was praised as being one of the finest starship manufacturers in the Core Worlds. Coincidentally, Kuat was also a corrupt tech magnate in league with several gangsters and criminal organizations; most notably the Shadow League.
Kuat was the original architect behind the Shadow Fortress, the Shadow League's headquarters. Kuat was also a close associate and contact of the first Shadow Broker, Dorne Teague. Towards the end of Teague's career, however, Kuat was arrested by the SIS due to money laundering and fraud charges. Kuat spent three years in prison before being released in his elderly years, and afterwards continued to serve on Kuat Drive Yards' advisory body and dying a wealthy man.