Hod Rumnt (Earth-2180)

"We should not have made this bargain."

- - Hod Rumnt to Viceroy Ord Casto

Invasion of Naboo
A Settlement Officer within the Trade Federation, Hod Rumnt was an experienced and aged businessman who started to serve as the trusted ally and advisor to Viceroy Ord Casto. Alongside Casto and Lod Mron, the San'Shyuum trio allied with the Sith Lord Darth Sidious and his apprentice, Darth Maul, to achieve wider profits. When Sidious commanded, the Trade Federation performed a blockade over Naboo, as a response for the new heavy taxation of the once liberated Free Trade Zones, going to extreme lenghts as to invade the planet later on, initiating the Invasion of Naboo. During the conflict, the San'Shyuum attempted to force Queen Padmé Amidala to sign a treaty that would legalize their invasion, but she was able to escape with the help of Jedi Master Chirrut Îmwe and his Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Noticing the problem, Sidious sent Darth Maul to oversee the occupation of the planet and ensure the Trade Federation, unnervering the naturally cowardly and suspicious San'Shyuum. Casto later held Sio Bibble, Governor of Naboo, as a prisoner, while OOM-9 informed to the Viceroy they would kill the Gungans. The Invasion of Naboo eventually ended with a disastrous loss to the Trade Federation, with the death of Mron and the delivery of Casto, Rumnt and Senator Zo Resken to Coruscant for a trial on war crimes. However, because they had important and powerful allies within the corrupt Galactic Republic Senate, they were able to escape emprisionment.