Karalan functioned as a Krish smuggler and held a position within the security personnel of the Mytaranor Slaving Council.
His initial professional experiences involved working for crime lords operating within the Lexas systems; however, rather than gaining money, he incurred debts. Ultimately, he suffered the loss of his ship and narrowly avoided death at the hands of a bounty hunter.
He succeeded in connecting with Talas Piran and Tir'uh, who were influential figures in the Mytaranor Slaving Council, and they were sufficiently impressed to offer him a role in the security detail of their mobile base, the Mandalorian Dungeon Ship Vanquisher.