The Cell

The Cell was the name of a secret conspiracy within the criminal Organization of the Cularin system. The aim of the conspiracy was to dispose of the Organization's leader, Nirama, and reinstitute the practices that Nirama had banned, such as dealing in the slave trade. In addition, they wanted to join forces with the Metatheran Cartel to form a trade monopoly within the Cularin system.

Although there had always been those opposed to Nirama's policies since he took over from Riboga the Hutt in 53 BBY, the Cell didn't come together until decades later. In 31 BBY, they took advantage of the Metatheran Cartel's attention-drawing actions under Velin Wir to shift resources and approach other powers within the system. This did not escape Nirama's attention, however, and he discovered that there was an organization calling itself "the Cell" active within his Organization which wished to depose him.

Not trusting his own people, Nirama turned to outsiders to investigate the situation. The outsiders were brought in as new recruits and set to work inside the Organizations's primary asteroid base. A recruiter for the Cell soon had a conversation with the outsiders, and found them to be sufficiently ambitious enough for recruitment. Soon, the outsiders were questioned by the Cell's leadership and then had their skills tested in Mokada's Place.

A group of Trandoshans within the Cell discovered that the new recruits were plants, and wanting full credit, attempted to kill the recruits without reporting their find to the rest of the Cell. The recruits, however, were armed and defeated the Trandoshans. The recruits were quickly arrested by Nirama's guard, and in punishment, were cycled out to less prestigious assignments&mdash;a common enough punishment that it did not raise suspicions that the recruits had been working for Nirama. To cover their tracks in case the recruits had talked, the Cell's meeting places were abandoned and all the Cell members who had been involved in the Mokada's Place testing were killed.

To protect their identities, the Cell members often wore hoods and black clothing. Even most of their leaders wore hoods when speaking to new recruits through a wall of boxes. One of the leaders of the Cell was Force-sensitive.

Known members

 * Beebo
 * Blarg
 * Duus
 * Gebs
 * Hooded Wookiee
 * Horssk
 * Janna
 * Mack Oides
 * Kor Pastar
 * Vel Pastar
 * Re'Nicu

Appearances

 * Topworld