Maris Ferasi Maris Ferasi was a female Human from Corellia . In 27 BBY Ferasi acted as a co - pilot on smuggling vessel " Bargain Hunter " , which was captained by Ferasi ' s boyfriend Dubrak Qennto . Along with their third crewmember , Jorj Car ' das , Ferasi and Qennto were captured by Commander Mitth ' raw ' nuruodo of Chiss Expansionary Defense Force when their hyperdrive malfunctioned during a smuggling run and they got lost in the Unknown Regions . During their captivity Ferasi and Car ' das became friends with the commander , and Ferasi even saved Thrawn ' s life . When the Chiss commander had studied his guest / prisoners enough , he allowed them to return to the Galactic Republic . Together with Qennto , Ferasi returned home on the " Bargain Hunter " while Car ' das chose to accept an offer from Kinman Doriana — another Human who had been captured by Thrawn — to travel with him . Biography . Maris Ferasi was born on Corellia during the last decades of Galactic Republic . She was idealistic and believed the galactic government to be corrupted . To protest against the corruption , Ferasi hooked up with small - time smuggler Dubrak Qennto , a fellow Corellian . During her time on board Qennto ' s ship " Bargain Hunter " , Ferasi became accustomed to Qennto ' s temperament . Around 27 BBY Ferasi and Qennto were joined by third member of the crew , Jorj Car ' das , who acted as a navigator . When the group was transporting furs and hidden firegem s to a Hutt gangster named Drixo , Progga — Drixo ' s rival — ambushed the " Bargain Hunter " . To escape the Hutt , the smuggling group made a risky jump into hyperspace , but their hyperdrive engine was damaged , stranding them far into the Unknown Regions of the galaxy . Progga had followed their jump and moved to attack them again , but instead both ships fell under attack from a local patrol . " Bargain Hunter " was captured in a shock net , which disabled the ship ' s electronic systems , while Progga ' s ship was destroyed . The leader of the patrol , Commander Mitth ' raw ' nuruodo of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force , captured Ferasi and her two companions , taking them and their ship to his base in Crustai system . During her stay at the base , Ferasi became fascinated by the Chiss commander , which caused friction between her and Qennto . Together with Car ' das , Ferasi attended language lessons with Thrawn — the two Humans teaching basic to the commander , who taught them Chiss language Cheunh and local trade - language Minnisiat , in return . Maris asked to accompany Thrawn and Car ' das when they went to investigate the Vagaari attack . Thrawn decided to accommodate her , and she and Car ' das accompanied him on the " Springhawk " . Maris supported Thrawn even when he attempted capture of one of the Vagaari ' s Gravity - well projectors ; a dangerous task . At one point during the battle Thrawn called for a close - up on the hull of one of the opposing warships and discovered that in each of the Zero - g plastic bubble s a slave was held . When Maris saw this she ordered Thrawn to find a way to destroy the warships without hurting the slaves , and then got mad at him when he said he could not . She soon forgot about it , however , when there appeared a sudden flash of light and subsequent disintegration of part of the canopy . When the dust cleared , she saw Thrawn laying on the floor , wounded , with a tear in his Vacc suit . She and Car ' das rushed to him and tried to fix the rip with a Sealant patch , but it would not stick to the material . Maris went chest - to - chest with Thrawn to stop the air from leaking out of his suit with her hands clasped behind his back . She stayed this way until two Chiss came with a bigger patch and transported him to a medical room . One of them declared that she had saved Thrawn ' s life , and Thrawn himself expressed his gratitude to her when he was better . When they returned to base , they discovered Qennto ' s aggressive behavior had gotten him thrown in the brig . She convinced them to release him , but Qennto knew about Maris ' s ' esteem ' for Thrawn and became so hostile that both he and Mavis were assigned escorts whenever they tried to leave their room . When Maris and Dubrak Qennto returned to Republic space after the destruction of " Outbound Flight " , they managed to pay back their debt to Drixo and continue their smuggling activities . Ferasi , along with Jorj Car ' das , would later be known to the Chiss as The Visitors due to their teaching Basic to the Chiss while they were guests / captives of Commander Thrawn .