Liash Keane Liash Keane was a female Ubese technocrat who founded Epsis , an organization made up of con artist s , slicers , outlaw tech s , and general thieves . Epsis was the second largest ruling syndicate on Point Nadir . Biography . Typical to her species , Keane had an affinity for technology which led her to leave her home planet of Uba IV to search for newer and better technology to have at her disposal . She became a mercenary performing assassinations and other black - op to fund her arsenal . She had little regard for her employers , be they corporate executives or crime lords . They simply filled a need to provide desired credits . She did her job well though and was considered a reliable agent by those who contracted her services . After completing an extremely profitable job , Keane had earned enough credits to start her own business , named Epsis , which she based on Nar Shaddaa . She specialized in finding and procuring rare and hard - to - find technology . After a time , she branched out to include other technologically - minded thieves in her business . As her experience and reputation grew , she came to the notice of the powerful kajidics of the Hutt crime lords on the Smugglers ' Moon . She was faced with the decision of being absorbed into the Hutt criminal organizations or be eliminated . Neither was acceptable to her , so she chose to disappear and continue her business operations while on the run and under several aliases . Keane eventually made her way to and settled on Point Nadir where she reformed her own criminal organization . Epsis was involved in black market dealing , forgery , money laundering , and included slicers , outlaw tech s , con artist s and thieves . Epsis became one of the governing syndicates on Point Nadir . It was the second largest criminal organization , not because of its size , but because of the tremendous power and influence they wielded . This power came from their having the only ability to tap into the Galactic HoloNet . Personality and traits . Liash Keane was a female with a lanky build . She wore traditional Ubese armor and never removed her mask in public , preferring to keep the air of mystery around her physical identity . Like other Ubese , she was very xenophobic and only dealt with individuals of other species , particularly Humans , out of necessity . Keane could speak Barabel , Basic , Huttese and Ubeninal in addition to her native Ubese language . She could also understand Binary . Although she was xenophobic , Keane seemed to have a dislike for slavery . Twelve years before she stationed herself on Point Nadir , she encountered a Barabel slave named Yissk who was forced to compete in a gladiatorial arena . For some reason , she took an interest in the mistreated brute . She attempted to purchase Yissk from his captors , but was given the brush - off . She returned some time later with six of her Epsis associates and convinced one of Yissk ' s owners she was making him an offer he couldn ' t refuse . Yissk was originally wary of his new master , but Keane took the time to help him acclimate to his new freedom , going so far as to learn the Barabel language . In his native tongue , Keane offered Yissk a choice : return home to Barab I or stay and work as her personal bodyguard . Though desiring to return home , Yissk chose to stay and repay his debt to the mysterious woman who had given him his freedom .