Erudo Ro - Kiintor Erudo Ro - Kiintor was a human male that served as the senior New Republic senator from Hevurion . About six years before the destruction of the Hosnian system , Ro - Kiintor was part of a faction known as the Centrists which advocated a stronger central government and a powerful military . Six years later , Erudo was suspected by the Resistance of colluding with the First Order by blocking motions critical of the Imperial remnant in the Galactic Senate . In response , General Leia Organa sent Poe Dameron and his colleagues on a to steal his starship " Hevurion Grace " . Despite the arrival of a First Order fleet , Poe and his colleagues managed to bring Ro - Kiintor ' s ship back to the Resistance . As a result , the Resistance uncovered evidence that confirmed Ro - Kiintor ' s collusion with the First Order and information relating to Leia ' s quest to find her Jedi brother Luke Skywalker . Biography . The Centrists . Erudo Ro - Kiintor was the senior senator representing the planet Hevurion in the Galactic Senate of the New Republic , the successor to the Rebel Alliance . In 28 ABY , Ro - Kiintor was a member of the Centrists faction in the Galactic Senate which advocated a strong central government and a powerful military . The Centrists were opposed by the Populists who believed that individual planets should retain full sovereignty . One of Senator Ro - Kiintor ' s political adversaries was Leia Organa , a former hero of the Rebel Alliance and the daughter of Darth Vader . As tensions between the two factions escalated , the Centrists began calling for the creation of the position of First Senator to bring order to the divided Senate . Fearing that the Centrists would use the office of First Chancellor to promote authoritarianism , the Populists nominated Senator Organa for the position . However , Lady Carise Sindian sabotaged Organa ' s career by revealing her true parentage to the Junior senator Ransolm Casterfo , a promising Centrist politician who had befriended Organa during their investigation into Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel . Feeling betrayed by Leia , Casterfo announced that Leia was the daughter of the reviled Darth Vader ; a move that tarnished Organa ' s political career . Following the revelations of Leia ' s parentage , Senator Ro - Kiintor hosted a meeting on military appropriations . Casterfo , hoping to be invited to one of the relevant Senate committees , attended the meeting . When Erudo discussed his appropriates bill , Casterfo interjected and expressed concerns that the scale of the bill was excessive ; adding that the New Republic already maintained a sizeable military for a peacetime government . Ro - Kiintor responded that the New Republic ' s armies were adequate to the recent security threats posed by the Amaxine warriors and Rinnrivin ' s cartel but asserted that they needed to be ready for future conflicts . Ransolm then pointed out that the New Republic comprised the majority of worlds in the galaxy with the exception of a few small , disconnected sectors , which had shown no sign of hostility . Ro - Kiintor contended that the New Republic was made up of separate systems and claimed that it had neglected individual planetary defenses . As a member of the far - right of the Centrist faction , Erudo believed that even the lowliest moon needed enough firepower to take out a Super Star Destroyer on its own . Ransolm suspected that the Senator saw the armaments bill as away of earmarking more government funding to Centrist worlds . When Casterfo suggested reducing the amount of defense funds to planetary defenses , one of Ro - Kiintor ' s staffers laughed under his breath . Ro - Kiintor then turned his attention to Senator Leia Organa ' s plan to address the Senate following her trip to Sibensko . While Senator Ro - Kiintor was confident that Leia would be unable to master the quorum needed to grant her the floor , his staffer pointed out that Leia had only fallen short by one vote and that the Populists and independents had already voted . In response , Ransolm voted for Leia to be permitted to address the Senate ; giving her a one vote majority . Erudo and his Centrist colleagues presumably listened to Leia ' s address and Ransolm ' s speech defending her report . Following the assassination of the Populist candidate Tai - Lin Garr , Erudo presumably joined forces with his Centrist colleagues in expressing their condolences and disassociating themselves from Ransolm , who was framed by Lady Carise for Tai ' s murder . The Centrists then supported a motion to suspend the election for First Senator in anticipation for their plan to secede from the New Republic and join the First Order , a remnant of the " Old Empire " . Serving the First Order . About thirty years after the Battle of Endor , Senator Ro - Kiintor was secretly colluding with the First Order , a remnant of the " Old Empire " that had emerged in the Unknown Regions . He aided the First Order by blocking motions extending sanctions to the First Order or increasing support for the Republic Navy . In return , the First Order transferred large sums of money into his accounts through shell and third - party corporations in the Corporate Sector Authority . Erudo ' s " Pinnacle " - class luxury ship " Hevurion Grace " was spotted by Resistance operatives in First Order space . Some like the Resistance leader General Leia Organa suspected that he was in contact with senior First Order officials like General Armitage Hux and Supreme Leader Snoke . While General Leia believed that Senator Ro - Kiintor was engaged in treason , she lacked hard evidence to charge the Senator . In response , General Organa sent her best pilot Poe Dameron and his former Rapier Squadron colleagues Karé Kun and Iolo Arana on a to steal the " Hevurion Grace " so that the Resistance could access his ship ' s navicomputer . Flying vintage Z - 95 Headhunter s , the Resistance pilot s intercepted Ro - Kiintor ' s ship in the Uvoss system and Iolo managed to disable the " Hevurion Grace " with a concussion missile . Upon sighting Poe and his comrades , Senator Ro - Kiintor and his crew mistook them for pirates and sent a distress signal to the First Order . Wearing an EVA suit , Poe Dameron managed to eject from his Headhunter and climb aboard the Senator ' s starship in space . Posing as a member of the Irving Boys , Poe ordered Senator Ro - Kiintor , his servant , and the pilot at gunpoint to move to the ship ' s escape pod s . When Ro - Kiintor protested , Poe shot at the floor and threatened to enslave him and his entourage . Ro - Kiintor and his entourage fled into the escape pods . Despite being attacked by several First Order warships and TIE fighters , Poe and his comrades managed to flee into hyperspace with Erudo ' s stolen yacht . The following day , Leia and her crew examined the " Hevurion Grace " navicomputer and uncovered evidence which confirmed that Senator Ro - Kiintor had indeed working for the First Order . Leia feared that Erudo was not alone and that there were other like - minded senators conspiring with the First Order . Among the information that the Resistance salvaged from the ship ' s navicomputer was information about a puzzle leading to her missing Jedi brother Luke Skywalker . Using this information , Leia sent Poe on a mission to find her old friend Lor San Tekka , whom she believed could lead them to Luke . Personality and traits . Erudo Ro - Kiintor was a tall , thin man who liked to dress in extravagant robes and wore a narrow visor over his head . He owned a " Pinnacle " - class luxury ship called the " Hevurion Grace " . Erudo supported the views of the Centrists , a faction in the Galactic Senate , which wanted a stronger central government and a more powerful military . Later , Ro - Kiintor became a secret ally of the First Order and helped derail motions critical of the Imperial remnant in return for financial support . His duplicity earned him the ire of several Resistance members including Leia Organa and Poe Dameron . Fearful of having his dealings with the First Order exposed , Ro - Kiintor contacted the First Order for help when he was accosted by members of the Resistance in space ; who were disguised as the pirate gang known as the Irving Boys . When confronted by a disguised , Erudo attempted to challenge the " pirate . " However , he and his entourage were easily cowered when Poe fired a blaster and threatened to sell them as slaves if they did not leave the " Hevurion Grace " . Behind the scenes . Erudo Ro - Kiintor first appeared as a minor antagonist in Greg Rucka ' s 2015 junior novel " Before the Awakening " , which was released as a prequel tie - in to " " . Rucka ' s novel served to outline the strained relationship between the Resistance and the New Republic . He later appeared as a minor character in Claudia Gray ' s 2016 novel " Bloodline " , which chronicled the beginnings of Leia Organa ' s estrangement from New Republic politics . In addition , Ro - Kiintor was briefly indirectly mentioned in Charles Soule ' s Marvel Comics issue " " ; which was released on May 4 , 2016 around the same time as " Bloodline " .