Fort Turan was a Human male scientist, a space geologist with an "ample body," who lived in the years before the outbreak of the Clone Wars. In 26 BBY, Fort Turan, as head of the mission, traveled with fellow scientists Tic Verdun, Joveh D'a Alin, Reug Yucon, and Talie Heathe on an expedition to the planet Haariden to carry out investigations on geological and volcanic activities there, to accomplish global mapping for the mineral titanite, and to determine the effects of the world's environment on its ecosystem.