Shard of Alderaan

The Shard of Alderaan was a slicing program. It ended up in the hands of Begas Tok shortly after the Battle of Yavin. Tok intended to auction the Shard of Alderaan off, in order to pay off his debts to Jabba the Hutt. However, during a moment of confusion (induced by a sudden sandstorm) on Tok’s sail barge, the Dune Princess (where the auction was being held), Tok lost control over the datapad which held the activation code for the Shard of Alderaan, rendering the whole program useless. It is known that the battle droid 0-1B, disguised as one of Tok’s medical droids, had been assigned to retrieve the program before it was sold. It is unknown if he succeeded, but his intervention may have been something to do with the datapad’s sudden malfunction. However, another suspect is Nos-Carron, an agent of the Imperial Security Bureau under cover as a drifter in Mos Eisley. He ‘accidentally stumbled’ onboard the Dune Princess just before the auction. In reality, he was under orders to ensure that the program was delivered to Jared Tome.