Tel Kurska

Tel Kurska is a Skakoan arms dealer who hides his illegal activities through the front of a noodle restaurant.

History
Tel Kurska was born in 95 BBY on the planet Skako. Like many of his species, he eventually found work for the Techno Union, the commerce guild of high technology firms headquartered on the planet. In 30 BBY, after decades of dutiful service to the organization, he made a decision that would completely change his life. He engaged in an act of corporate espionage that was eventually discovered, forcing him to flee the planet. An agent of the Black Sun successfully tempted Kurska to steal blueprints for a prototype ion weapon from the Techno Union's Research and Development Wing.

Successfully petitioning his Black Sun contacts, Kurska was able to flee Skako before any personal harm befell him. They were able to smuggle him to Coruscant, where they set him up in the Sector 7 Slums. Behind the front of a noodle restaurant, the Skakoan manages an illegal weapons dealing operation. Taking a percentage off the top for himself, he recieves weapon shipments from his Black Sun contacts and sells them to locals, including the Tunnel Snakes.

Personality
Like other Skakoans, Tel Kurska is xenophobic, but his drive for self-preservation is stronger than his distrust and dislike of other alien species. As a result, he generally is brusk in his transactions with others, both legal and illegal. Not helping things is the fact that the special pressure suit that Kurska wears provides to him a deep, baritone emotionless metallic voice.

Appearance
Tel Kurska appears as a tall, gaunt humanoid with greenish skin. He is never seen without the protective suit that all Skakoans wear. The suit maintains his internal pressure and pumps methane into his lungs through special piping. Designed to look like a gown, the device is also is fitted over his face and shoulders.

Equipment
Skakoan Pressure Suit