Ross, Thaddeus
this Corellian pilot and freighter owned the battered YT-1300 Kierra, which he had outiftted with a sophisticated computer he nicknamed Kierra. Thaddeus himself was a former bounty hunter who returned to the smuggling occupation which had been in his family's blood for many generations. As the computer in his developed its own personality, they developed a mother-son kind of relationship, with Kierra constantly nagging Thaddeus and making sure he was okay. Kierra filled a void in Thaddeus' life whiich had been formed when Saahir Ru'luv broke off their three-year relationship. Later, while smuggling weapons to the Alliance from Merich's Bend, Saahir died in Thaddeus' arms. The Empire had discovered the base, and raided it before all personnel could be evacuated. When he took a job transporting Adalric Brandl to Trulalis, Ross got caught up in an Imperial operation to recover the Dark Jedi. They were ambushed on Trulalis by Menges, and Ross fled the planet with Brandl. They were intercepted just outside of Trulalis by Imperial Captain Grendahl, who had been sent by High Inquisitor Tremayne to recover Brandl. Grendahl held Ross for questioning, but eventually let him go with a 10,000 credit "reward."