Kidi Aleri Kidi Aleri was a Cerean female communications specialist who served the Rebel Alliance in the Galactic Civil War . She was one of several individuals that were part of team headed by Prince ss Leia Organa for a mission known as Operation Yellow Moon . Biography . Kidi Aleri was a female Cerean communications specialist in the Alliance military . Before that , she was a signals analyst in the Imperial Survey Corps until she defected . She was assigned to Operation Yellow Moon at the suggestion of General Airen Cracken . Basteel . On the way to the planet Basteel , Aleri got into a heated argument with her team member Lokmarcha . She expressed hope that her former colleagues would be pardoned if the Alliance won the war , but Lokmarcha suggested that they should be imprisoned or executed . When the team arrived at Basteel , Leia Organa commanded Aleri to scan for both rebel and Imperial communications . Aleri did this , but was greatly unnerved by the rough approach to Eladro City and Nien Nunb ' s casual piloting . After they landed , she accompanied Nunb and Antrot to the bazaar while Organa and Lokmarcha met with a local contact . She rejoined the team in Bon Yoth ' s home and climbed up into the tunnels above the city so she could enter the encryption codes into the hyper - transceiver beacon . Lokmarcha realized she had all the Alliance codes memorized and chastised her . Aleri admitted she hadn ' t thought of that . She climbed to the surface and waited for Nunb to pick her up . Despite the harsh climate , she was able to hear Nunb ' s call and sent him the location of the team . Sesid . Once on - board the " Mellcrawler " , Aleri bickered with Lockmarcha about the best way to warm up and wondered why the Empire had shown up so quickly on Basteel . The next day , Aleri realized that the codes she was using were older codes that had been discontinued due to the fact that Imperial slicer s might have broken them . She was worried that she might be responsible for the Empire ' s presence in the Corva sector . She showed the rest of the team an unauthorized holofeed of the Imperial crackdown on Basteel . Aleri wanted to change the encryption codes but was dissuaded by Organa . After they landed on Thrinaka , Aleri wondered why they hadn ' t just landed at the site of the beacon placement and was informed by Nunb that it was more inconspicuous to take a boat to the island instead . She bought some local clothes to better blend in with the tourist , including a garish tropical shirt . When Lokmarcha complained how the locals were more worried about the local weather than the Galactic Civil War , she reminded him that that is what they were fighting for . Lokmarcha admitted he hadn ' t thought of it in that way before . She traveled with the rest of her team to the volcanic island that was the location for the beacon . She and Antrot were escorted by Lokmarcha up the slope of the volcano to setup the beacon while Organa stayed behind on the beach to await a rendezvous with Aurelant . After activating the beacon , she returned to the beach and proceeded to head back to Thrinaka . On the way back , they were intercepted by Imperial forces . Organa ordered Aleri to find a comm channel to use in cause the Imperial attempted to jam them . Aleri was able to eavesdrop on their communications and informed Organa that it was Khione who was chasing them . After being captured by the pirates on the " Daggadol " , Aleri offered their ship in exchange for freedom , but was rebuffed . Once Organa convinced the pirates to ally themselves with the Rebel Alliance , Aurelant asked Aleri if she could tune a Horvax - 16 transmitter . She replied that she was familiar with the Horvax - 8 but did not have any knowledge on the subaquatic amplifying array that the Horvax - 16 used . Antrot spoke up and said he had experience with customizing communication equipment . The pair was tasked with configuring the equipment so they could arrange their escape off the planet . Jaresh . On the way to their next destination , Aleri showed Organa footage of Imperial action on Sesid and expressed her dismay . She was upset that everyone they interacted with was suffering . Organa reminded her of how evil the Empire was and that is why they were fighting against it . Above the planet , she remarked about how quiet it was in terms of electronic communications . Nunb explained that the inhabitants of the planet concentrated mostly on farming and feeding nearby planets . After landing , she accompanied the team to meet up with Nyessa , the local contact on the planet . Nyessa provided riding animals so that the rebels could make it to the communication tower and plant the beacon . After falling of her urda three times , Aleri rode with Lokmarcha . When they reached the tower , Aleri realized it wasn ' t a transmitter , only a conduit , and that she would need to modify the signal from the beacon so that it wouldn ' t be lost in the planet ' s communication traffic . After placing the beacon , the tech returned to the ground where Organa revealed the true nature of Operation Yellow Moon . The Cerean was shocked and upset at the deception and refused to participate in any more actions that might lead to innocents being harmed . They returned to Jowloon and setup an ambush in Old Grimshaw ' s barn . When Organa left the barn to engage the Imperials , Aleri grabbed an E - 11 blaster rifle and joined her . She attempted to shoot a stormtrooper , but forgot to undo the safety on her weapon . Aleri turned off the safety and mistakenly fired a bolt by the princess ' s head . As they were leaving the planet , the " Mellcrawler " was intercepted by the " Shieldmaiden " . Aleri noticed that the Star Destroyer was hailing them and expressed dismay when the captain threatened to attack Jaresh if they did not surrender . After they escaped , Aleri met with the rest of the team to decide on a plan of action . When Organa decided that they would continue to Yellow Moon in an attempt to warn off any ships that might show up , Aleri stated that she wanted to go also to help in any way possible . Lokmarcha pointed out that they couldn ' t warn anyone without the possibility of tipping off the Empire to the true nature of Operation Yellow Moon , but Aleri conceived of a plan to use a tightbeam to broadcast a new encryption code directly to any ships that responded to the beacons ' call . After the meeting broke up , she and Lokmarcha shared a romantic encounter on the acceleration couch . Galaan . When they arrived at Yellow Moon Aleri contacted and sent the encryption code to all the ships that showed up . As they were being captured by the Imperials who had followed them , Aleri expressed fear at the possibility of interrogation . She was able to escape her cell after Lokmarcha detonated the electromagnetic pulse bomb in his chest that disabled all the electronics in the area . She became distraught when she saw his corpse . Organa ordered her to find some binders to use as props in a ruse to get by Imperial scrutiny . When they were discovered in the landing bay , Aleri was able to escape and board the " Tydirium " . Once on - board , she got on comm and followed Organa ' s order to broadcast to the rebel ships that they were friendly so they wouldn ' t get shot down during their escape . She also informed them that there was another Star Destroyer in the area , and there was a fleet comprised of all the ships that had responded to their beacons that was engaging the Imperials . After they escaped , Aleri mourned the fact that she had lost Lokmarcha but Organa reassured her that he did love her . She later broadcast an encrypted transmission to R2 - D2 so that Organa could converse with Luke Skywalker . Personality and traits . Aleri was thin and pale , with a large conical head and blond hair . She was upbeat but naive about the workings of the Galaxy . Skills and abilities . Aleri was very adept in finding signals and hiding messages in standard communications . She was adept at riding aryz . She was capable of using a blaster , but not very competent with it . Equipment . Aleri wore multiple datapad s and headphones . The datapads were strapped to her limbs for easy access . Her headphones had a built in translator unit .