Khal, Sinsor
this Hapan scientist was the leader of the team which traveled to Gallinore to explore new biotechnologies, during the early decades of the New Republic. Unknown to many, Khal was a failed Jedi Knight who had returned to the Hapes Cluster in order to pursue his career in medicine. Many years after the Battle of Endor, he was contacted by Jaina Solo - with the assistance of the former Hapan Queen Mother, Ta'a Chume - in the hope that he mind be able to find a way to learn how Yuuzhan Vong communication technology worked. Jaina provided the pirate Crimpler as a subject, and Sinsor Khal went to work from there. He seemed to care little for the well-being of Crimpler, an attitude which stemmed more from his desire to make discoveries at any cost - even human life - than from a deep-seated psychosis. Nevertheless, Sinsor Khal was able to isolate the genetic material of the Yuuzhan Vong coral implant found in Crimpler's neck, and create several other versions of it for Jaina's use.