Kurjak served as the captain of the Fast Friend and operated as a smuggler. Not long after the Battle of Yavin, specifically in 0 ABY, Kurjak and his crew provided transport to Inferno Squad operatives Gideon Hask and Del Meeko. These two were pretending to be siblings as part of a scheme to infiltrate the Partisan splinter group called the Dreamers. During their journey to Eriadu, while transporting a force field-protected container, the Fast Friend was ambushed and seized by the Blood Bone Order, a pirate group helmed by the Pantoran "Pirate Queen", Lassa Rhayme. Rhayme and her pirates captured Hask and Meeko, leaving Kurjak bound to his captain's chair.