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Gast, Edda

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this Imperial doctor was one of the key figures in the genetic research of Project Chubar, performed at Binring Biomedical and sponsored by Warlord Zsinj. Using the studies of her uncle as a starting point, Doctor Gast developed several new ways to take humanoid alien species and manipulate their brains to make them smarter and meaner. Zsinj had hoped to create an army of aliens which would help him better infiltrate the New Republic's ranks and destroy it from within. Gast, a native of the planet Saffalore, was only too happy to help. One of her first subjects was the Gamorrean, Gamma-9104. After Zsinj learned of the escape of Gamma-9104 - who called himself Voort saBinring - and the Ewok Kettch from her uncle's facility, he confronted Doctor Gast and Doctor Novin Bress. He provided both with blasters to kill each other, as punishment for the escapes. Edda didn't hesitate, shooting Bress to maintain her own existence. She was allowed to continue, but was eventually captured by agents of Wraith Squadron on Saffalore. Zsinj tried to kill her with one of his brainwashed subjects, but Nawara Ven prevented that death by getting her injured body into a bacta tank quickly. In return for a huge sum of credits and a new identity on Coruscant, she agreed to tell the Republic all about Zsinj's plans. She opted to collect her payment in Imperial credits, and was accompanied to Coruscant with Ven himself as her bodyguard. This suited Ven just fine, since Gast was arrested by Republic agents upon her arrival, on charges of trying to smuggle Imperial credits onto the planet for seditious purposes. Her own cunning had backfired, and she was imprisoned.