Eric Ryder

==Biography==
==Background==
===Early Years===
Eric was born to Joseph and Sarah Ryder as a complete surprise pregnancy.  Medical experts had told the loving couple they would never be expected to have children.  This was something which troubled them greatly, but they did not give up hope.  They were excited when they discovered Sarah was pregnant.  The pregnancy was complicated, and in the end, not even the great technology of the day could save Sarah.  Eric grew up without knowing his mother, and as a result was very close to his father.  
Ric did not grow up wishing for his mother to be alive as some boys do.  Instead he clung to the life he had.  His father did his best to be both mother and father, but as he grew older it became more difficult.  Joseph tried buying his son's affection by getting him his first speeder bike at the age of nine.  It turned out to be the biggest mistake of Joseph's life as it was speeder bike accident which claimed Joseph's life when Ric was ten.  The rest of his childhood would be spent being shuffled around from home to home until his teenage years.
===Teen Years===
These years were difficult for Ric as he basically was left to figure out what it meant to be a man on his own.  This of course led to a lot of trouble, but not the kind which saw him running from law enforcement.  Ric experimented with all kinds of things, and threw himself into his studies and games.  At one point he picked up work with some men who seemed to care for him, but they were only interested in the credits they could make with him.  Ric learned how to handle a blaster from these men. The Rendili learned how to evade people, to hide from them.  He continued to play his games, and by the time he was eighteen, he had enough credits to leave the men who had acted as his guardians for the last five years.  He learned there were credits in the games he played, and soon found himself using his brains to design and test them.
===Adulthood===
During his tour with the gaming circuit, Eric was approached to test an experimental gaming experiance for an up and coming company.  After scoring high marks on the game and giving his assessment, Ric was soon approached by a representative from Rebel Intelligence.  It began a series of testing which led to a meeting with Braiden Sky.  Since then Ric has been working for the Rebel Alliance Inteligence.  This led to a meeting with the very beautiful Eliza Steele, a spirited Corellisi smuggler, who currently has his attention.  What will come of it is yet to be seen.
==Role Playing Threads==
Booze, Blasters, and Bombs (Sabotage on Mustafar, Meeting a Corellisi Vixen)
Call Me Ric (Ric joins Rebel Intelligence)
Side Jobs... Extra Credits... (Ric joins the Underworld)