Alfonso Luiz Obota Alfonso Luiz Obota , also known as Al , was a Human male native of the Adega system . A graduate of the Merchant Academy , Obota joined the Rebel Alliance and became the Second Officer on the Alliance Special Operations transport " Pride of Aridus " . During an infiltration mission on an Imperial planet , a Special Ops team fell under heavy fire from the Imperial forces , and the ship ' s commanding officer , Captain Nord , wished to leave them behind . Obota did not agree to do so and led a mutiny against Nord , confining him in his cabin and taking control of the ship . Obota was able to extract three SpecOps members , but during the escape from the planet , five crew members were lost when TIE Fighters attacked the " Pride of Aridus " . For his rebellious actions , Obota was court - marshaled and imprisoned in Military Correction Facility 63 on the planet Milagro , where he spent several months . In 5 ABY , he was visited by two Rebel agents , Jan Ors and Kyle Katarn . The two secured Obota ' s release so he could help them land on the planet Ruusan , which was under the control of the Imperial Inquisitor Jerec ' s forces . Obota was to impersonate the Imperial deck officer Hortu Agar in charge of the transport " High Hauler " , which was carrying a cargo of defective proton torpedoes that would attract the Imperials ' attention . Having reached Ruusan , Obota gave the torpedoes to Jerec ' s troops , and soon the " High Hauler " blended with the rest of the force . As members of the transport ' s crew , Ors and Katarn were then able to land on Ruusan in their ship , the " Moldy Crow " . Biography . Mutiny and imprisonment . The Human male Alfonso Luiz Obota — referred to as " Al " by his friends — was a native of the Adega system who studied at the Merchant Academy and graduated fourth in his class . By 4 ABY , he qualified as third officer on a freighter but soon resigned and joined the Rebel Alliance . Obota was commissioned as second lieutenant and became the Second Officer on the " Pride of Aridus " , an Alliance Special Operations transport commanded by Captain Nord . Approximately six months after Obota had been commissioned , the " Pride of Aridus " participated in a Special Ops operation on an Imperial - controlled planet . Under the guise of discharging a legitimate cargo , the ship landed a twelve - man team of commandos , who — according to the insertion plan — were supposed to come back in exactly six hours . The team ' s cover , however , was blown , and the group was late by two minutes . Nord was almost ready to leave without them when the commandos finally raced toward the ship under heavy fire from the Imperials . As the " Pride of Aridus " fell under fire as well , Nord gave the order to take off , intent on leaving the SpecOps team behind . Not willing to abandon his fellow Rebels , Obota punched Nord in the face and confined him in his cabin . Obota then seized control of the ship and waited for the commandos , three of whom were able to reach the ship and were successfully extracted thanks to Obota ' s actions . However , when the " Pride of Aridus " finally lifted off and reached the planet ' s atmosphere , it was attacked by several TIE Fighters . In the ensuing battle , five crew members were killed , and the ship suffered serious damage , barely escaping by making a jump to hyperspace . For his mutiny , Obota was court - marshaled and sentenced to Military Correction Facility 63 on the planet Milagro , where he was given the serial number " Prisoner 272 - 20 - 136 " and assigned to digging work under the watchful eye of detainment droid s . Obota spent the following six months working and contemplating his past actions . In 5 ABY , the Correction Facility was visited by two Rebel agents — Kyle Katarn and Jan Ors — who requested an audience with Obota . The two questioned him about the SpecOps operation and asked if , knowing the consequences of his actions , he would have made the same decision again . Without a second thought , Obota answered that he would , and his answer satisfied Ors . She proceeded to offer Obota a pardon and a reinstatement as a lieutenant , in exchange for his services as a deck officer during a secret Rebel mission : the infiltration of the planet Ruusan , which was controlled by the forces of the Imperial Inquisitor Jerec . The Inquisitor was intent on harnessing the power of the planet ' s Force nexus located in the Valley of the Jedi , and Katarn wanted to prevent him from doing so . Believing that the mission could not be worse than his imprisonment on Milagro , Obota accepted the offer . Scam . Jerec ' s forces had established a blockade around Ruusan and did not allow anyone near the planet without required recognition codes , which were unknown to Katarn and Ors . The two , however , formulated a plan to infiltrate Ruusan as part of the crew of the Imperial transport " High Hauler " , which would be carrying a cargo of proton torpedoes . Katarn and Ors hoped that Jerec ' s troops would not miss a chance to receive additional ordnance and would permit the transport to reach Ruusan without the recognition codes . To explain the absence of those codes and the transport ' s appearance near the planet , a fake story was formulated , according to which , the " High Hauler " had been carrying the torpedoes to the planet Byss , but had been caught in a battle with the Rebels , had suffered heavy damage , and had escaped to Ruusan . During the " battle , " the ship ' s commanding officer , Captain Drax , and the majority of the bridge crew had been killed , and the engineering officer , Lieutenant Hortu Agar — whom Obota was to portray — assumed command . Since recognition codes were issued on a need - to - know basis and engineering officers were not cleared to receive them , that would have explained their absence to the Imperials . To accommodate this story , the entire ship was given a battle - weary look , complete with makeshift patches , dangling cables , and fire - blackened control consoles . Reflecting " heavy casualties , " the transport was crewed with only twelve men out of the intended twenty - five . The crew members , including Obota , wore blood - stained bandages and carefully applied makeup . After running more than twenty simulations , the transport embarked on the actual mission . Having reached Ruusan , the crew of the " High Hauler " witnessed a large battle group orbiting the planet . The battle group consisted of three frigates , about two dozen picket ship s , and Jerec ' s personal flagship , the Super Star Destroyer " Vengeance " . Although he had been expecting to see something similar to this , Obota was still frightened by the size of the enemy force . Nevertheless , when the " Vengeance " hailed the " High Hauler " , Obota answered the call and played his part , telling the Imperials the fabricated story . Although the Imperials initially wanted to destroy the " High Hauler " , the mention of the proton torpedoes forced them to change their mind . They dispatched a boarding party to inspect the ship ' s condition and secure the torpedoes , which , in fact , were defective and would explode in the launch tube if used . After the boarding party , led by an Imperial lieutenant , finished its cursory inspection and left , a lighter arrived and took all the torpedoes . After that , Obota signaled to Jerec ' s troops that he was going to make necessary repairs to his vessel and dispatched Katarn and Ors aboard their ship — the " Moldy Crow " — on a series of errands to the surface of Ruusan . Those errands included the delivery of spare parts , the securing of food rations , and a fictional training " mission " that allowed the two agents to pass through Ruusan ' s heavily guarded northern hemisphere . In fact , the objective of such missions was to help Katarn and Ors familiarize themselves with the Imperial operation and establish the " Moldy Crow " within the pattern of the battle group ' s comings and goings . Sixteen hours later , the " High Hauler " was ready to leave and received all necessary clearances to do so . While preparing for a jump to hyperspace , Obota steered the ship toward a restricted Class I security zone at Ruusan ' s atmosphere , where the " Moldy Crow " , with Katarn and Ors on board , left the transport ' s hangar and set off for the planet ' s surface . Although Obota ' s maneuver had been noticed by the fleet operations officer , he did not report it and wrote it off to the commanding officer ' s lack of experience . Eventually , Katarn was able to reach the Valley of the Jedi , where he confronted and killed Jerec . Personality and traits . Obota was an experienced deck officer and was caring toward his fellow Rebels . His unwillingness to abandon the Special Ops team led him to start a mutiny , although Captain Nord implied that Obota showed a fair amount of disobedience since the beginning of his service aboard the " Pride of Aridus " . Obota fully realized the results of his decision and spent countless days and nights on Milagro thinking about it . He remembered the faces of the five crew members who had died and wished that he had died instead of them . Overall , however , he did not regret his actions and thought that he would have done the same thing even if he had known the outcome . Even on Milagro , Obota still displayed defiance by taking an unauthorized break from his work . When a detainment droid noticed this and gave him a warning , Obota behaved sarcastically toward the machine . He also did not like to be addressed as " Prisoner 272 - 20 - 136 " and unsuccessfully tried to make the droid call him by his real name . After running many simulations of the Ruusan operation , Obota expected to find an Imperial battle group above the planet but was nevertheless scared by the sight of it . During the inspection , he could not help but like the lieutenant in charge of the boarding party , who was very friendly and talkative . Still , Obota listened carefully to everything he said , as he realized that every bit of information could be important . He was cautious and did not allow the pilots of the lighter to step aboard the " High Hauler " . He did so by leaving the hangar open to space , thus forcing the Empire to rely on droids during the loading of the torpedoes . Obota had some acting talent , which allowed him to play the role of Hortu Agar . He had dark brown hair a tattoo on his right shoulder . After the Imperials finished loading the torpedoes from the " High Hauler " , Obota wished to remain near Ruusan long enough to see the damage the defective ordnance would cause , but he complied with Ors ' order to leave the planet as soon as he received all clearances . Behind the scenes . Alfonso Luiz Obota first appeared in " " , a 1998 novella written by William C . Dietz . He later appeared in the of the novel , voiced by Emil Herrera .