Yarian Kak was a male Cerean who worked as a trade advocate for the Metatheran Cartel during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. In circa 31 BBY, Kak was present on the planet Cularin, where he was staying in the Chancellor's suite at the Reidi Artom Luxury Resort in the city Gadrin. After the Sullustan Salld Nrump obtained evidence of the existence of three data transmitters that the Cartel had covertly placed on Cularin, Nrump gave a datapad containing his findings to the Heroes of Cularin, a group of freelance agents who operated in the Cularin system. Kak contacted the agents on the behalf of the Cartel via a holographic recording contained within a messenger droid, stating that he was authorized to pay them File:AurebeshSans-Serif credit.png 20,000 if they handed the datapad in