Shilaea Motacc Doctor Shilaea Motacc was a female Human scientist . A prestigious expert in planetary propulsion and large - scale propulsion systems before she was thirty , Motacc was an unwitting pawn for dark Jedi Karae Nalvas in his scheme to build a flying city to wreck havoc in the planet Genarius in 31 BBY . When she discovered the truth , she left Nalvas and joined his enemies in an attempt to stop the chaos she had helped to build . Biography . Born in 60 BBY , Shilaea Motacc became a scientist and a recognized expert and researcher in her specialized field , large - scale propulsion for both planets and planetary platforms , before she was three decades old . As she had always been fascinated by the unrelated field of archaeology , Motacc also found time to work in archaeological probing projects , getting some field experience . She had already worked as an independent researcher in propulsion for a number of years before 31 BBY . Motacc was then approached by Fesvk Wefos , a manager of Usable Resource Location , Recovery , and Development Corporation , with a job offer . Wefos told Motacc that U . R . L . R . D . wanted to expand their operations to the gas giant Genarius , in the Cularin system , and wanted to hire her for the development of a new propulsion system for flying cities . However , Wefos was really a dark Jedi , Karae Nalvas , who aimed to build a flying fortress with which he could attack and destroy the cities of Genarius . Nalvas used the Force and his personal charm to convince Motacc without revealing his identity or scheme . Motacc joined U . R . L . R . D . , and was given a vacation in Rorkee , a resort city of Genarius , as a bonus . Rorkee featured simulated archaeological digs with supposed proofs of pre - Republic aliens inhabiting Dorumaa , and Motacc was eager to visit them . U . R . L . R . D . wanted to send some college students later , to join Dr . Motacc and research with her . During her vacation , Motacc visited the Sanads of Rorkee hotel , befriended sabacc ringer Kli - Klu Niib and repeatedly visited the Cabana Bar to enjoy barman Hurrwarr ' s Double - Dip Outer Rim Rumdrop s . Some of Nalvas ' s business partners were looking for a less - than - licit way to profit from Motacc ' s abilities , and were ready to obtain her help forcefully . They organized a kidnapping to take place during a caused cave - in , with local archaeologist and guide Blibbie helping them ensure that nobody would be harmed in the disaster . The conspirators , who found jobs in the dig site , would take Motacc to a work area under the Sanads building and retain her there in a prepared cage . The only access to their lair was through a tunnel ending in the hotel ' s kitchen . The capture was a success , even if Motacc had a chance to kick several of the sentients grabbing her . Motacc was secretly confined , and Rorkee ' s authorities notified her accidental decease . Motacc ' s wardens did not want to reveal their identities or any information leading to them . She was kept in a cage with weight - sensitive alarms , and watched by two guards . She was visited by an unidentified hooded male sentient , who said that his master would be satisfied to use Motacc ' s knowledge to finish his job . Beyond that , she only heard partial conversations with no useful information . Motacc ' s kidnappers took her personal effects from the hotel to the dig site , apparently to avoid the kitchen entrance . They also bought all the available Double - Dip Outer Rim Rumdrops from the Cantina Bar , paying in cash but forgetting there the glasses of one of them . Some of them visited local masseur Ulo Enan because of their injuries during the capture . Several of the involved dig workers , including Bibble , began behaving strangely . Although Rorkee ' s authorities refused to answer any question about the happening , or to return Mottac ' s corpse to her relatives , many locals such as the bellsentients Ta ' Sen and Trago Smusch , believed that Dr . Motacc was still alive . Karae Nalvas , wanting to recover his minion , pretended to be worried boss Wefos and hired some independent adventurers . Nalvas sent them to Rorkee , where they pretended to be college students sent by U . R . L . R . D . The adventurers eventually found and rescue Motacc , although the guilty people ' s identities were still unknown . Motacc and her rescuers traveled to the planet Cularin , where they met the false Wefos again . Wefos paid the adventurers a bonus and partied with them and Motacc in a local bistro , Bath Rabbud ' s . Soon afterward , Nalvas ' s old enemy Alec , a Jedi Knight , discovered Wefos ' s secret identity and began hoarding contacts and resources to fight him . Alec stole the blueprints of the flying city Nalvas had been building , " Conkesta " and copied them in case Nalvas could recover his originals . Nalvas unsuccessfully took measures to kill Alec . At the same time , Motacc discovered that some of her new workmates were involved in her previous kidnapping in Rorkee . Scared , Motacc looked for a way to escape . She found or was found by Alec and some contacts of his , who were eager to help Motacc . After discovering Nalvas ' s true plans , Motacc agreed to assist Alec and his friends in their own plan to stop Nalvas . Motacc told Alec that the " Conkesta " had an important , still - unsolved deffect in its propulsion software : The correct string of commands could disable the controls and sent the city to space , where it would surely explode as it was not spaceworthy . Motacc and several of Alec ' s slicer friends worked together to develop a computer virus to cause that effect once uploaded in the propulsion system main control . However , unbeknownst to them , their obviously - untested program would really cause the opposite effect : Instead of catapulting the city away from the planet core , it would make it fall " to " the core . Alec and Motacc met with the heroes of Cularin in the Bath Rabbud ' s . Alec wanted the so - called heroes to perform an individual raid in the " Conkesta " with the specific purpose of accessing the main computer and loading the virus . Motacc explained the workings of her code , the data she knew about the " Conkesta " and her personal motivations in the same briefing . Motacc , who was not a fighter , would not participate in the raid ; and Alec vainly tried to stop Nalvas elsewhere while the heroes of Cularin were busy with their mission . The " Conkesta " was destroyed when it fell to the planet core . Personality and traits . At 29 years old , when she was dealing with Karae Nalvas , Motacc was five feet tall , had an athletic build , and was fairly attractive . She was known to have living relatives at this point . She was a brilliant and passionate researcher . Due to her expertise in planetary propulsion and its uses for large - scale artificial propulsion systems , in 31 BBY she was considered one of the greatest young minds in her field in the whole galaxy . She was also a talented archaeologist and at that point she had worked in several research projects and academic digs . Motacc was a strong - willed , courageous young woman : She attacked the people trying to overpower her even if she was alone , unarmed and against a clearly - prepared , numerically - superior force in Rorkee . Later , when she was thrown into a cage , she withstood her seizure and , apparently , suffered no permanent sequels after her liberation . She was not fearless , however : When she discovered that some of her new fellow workers had been after her ordeal , she felt worried and looked for a way out . Once the Jedi Alec helped her , Motacc bravely offered to help him against a powerful and sly dark Jedi — although she herself ran little physical risk .