during the Cold War. He was stationed on the planet Ord Mantell during part of the war, where he held the rank of Sergeant and fought against the Mantellian Separatist Movement
.Whilst stationed on Ord Mantell Hurd worked out of Fort Garnik and the Republic troopers under Hurd's command were responsible for guarding the Fort's medical supplies. Whilst guarding the supplies one of Hurd's soldiers fell asleep at his post and a Cathar
named Yael, who was living in the refugee camp outside of Garnik at the time, saw an opportunity to take the supplies to help her fellow refugees. The guard awoke just in time to see the thief escape but managed to identify her gender and species to Hurd.Hurd then asked a couple of Republic operatives
to retrieve the medicine for him claiming that good men were dying without it. The pair using the guard's description of the thief tracked Yael down to the refugee camp and confronted her about the supplies. The Cathar admitted she'd taken them but said she no longer had them as Separatists had stolen them and taken them to Talloran village. The operatives then managed to retrieve the supplies but chose to give the back to Yael to help the refugees instead of giving them to Hurd.