Suudaa Nem ' ro ' s disease During the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire , the Hutt Suudaa Nem ' ro became infected with a disease that slowly dissolved his biological tissue . Nem ' ro was cured by the xenopathologist Archiban Kimble , who had studied the disease while in medical school and was able to develop a treatment using the chemicals ardanium , accellerite , and cyanogen silicate . However , the Houk bounty hunter Skadge killed Nem ' ro before reporters from the Journal of Xenomedicine could verify Doc ' s achievement . Description . A disease gradually dissolved the victim ' s biological tissue over time , and the Hutt species was susceptible to infection by it . While it was considered incurable by the time of the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire , the xenopathologist Archiban Kimble , better known as Doc , was able to formulate an experimental cure for the disease using the primary ingredients of cyanogen silicate , ardanium , and accellerite . History . Around 3642 BBY , the Hutt Suudaa Nem ' ro was infected with the disease on the planet Nal Hutta . A powerful crime lord , Nem ' ro offered a significant sum of credits to any doctor who could save his life . While traveling with the Jedi Knight known as the Hero of Tython , Doc was alerted to Nem ' ro ' s affliction by a former acquaintance named Kaliyo Djannis , a Rattataki who had formerly worked as Nem ' ro ' s enforcer . Remembering that he had studied the disease during his time attending the First Republic Medical Academy of Coruscant , Doc began to work on an experimental cure that had been proposed but never utilized in an effort to develop a cure and thereby gain himself both Nem ' ro ' s credits and galactic fame . After successfully developing a cure , Doc offered his treatment to Nem ' ro , who had lost almost half of his biological mass by that time . However , in order to ensure that Nem ' ro did not try and force him into the Hutt ' s employment , Doc arranged for Djannis to pose as a hostage on the Hero of Tython ' s " Defender " - class light corvette , as Nem ' ro had a soft spot for his former enforcer . Doc traveled to Nem ' ro ' s Palace on Nal Hutta and successfully cured Nem ' ro of his disease , halting the Hutt ' s dissolution and earning Nem ' ro ' s gratitude . However , Doc ' s attempt to gain fame by having his achievement recorded in the Journal of Xenomedicine failed when Nem ' ro was killed by a Houk bounty hunter named Skadge , whom Nem ' ro had crossed several years earlier . The Journal ' s reporters were unable to verify Doc ' s treatment , as Skadge ' s assault had left very little of Nem ' ro ' s body behind . Behind the scenes . Nem ' ro ' s disease was first mentioned in " " , a video game released by BioWare and LucasArts in 2011 . Featured in a number of conversations with the Jedi Knight class ' s companion character Doc , the disease is the focus of a crossover between the Jedi Knight , Bounty Hunter , and Imperial Agent classes , as Kaliyo Djannis and Skadge are companion characters for the Agent and Bounty Hunter classes respectively . The conversation " Slugfest " with Skadge takes place between the conversations " Healing a Hutt " and " So Near , Yet So Far " with Doc , as it features the Houk departing the player ' s ship to gain revenge on Nem ' ro for attempting to kill him several years before the game . According to the text files of " The Old Republic " , the conversations involving the disease were originally full - fledged missions during which the player would have to retrieve ingredients from several planets . These would have included a mushroom from the planet Taris and the fruit of a venom cattail on the planet Quesh , and the player would have then met with a contact on the moon Nar Shaddaa . However , these missions were removed before the game ' s release . The disease is also mentioned , albeit indirectly , in the 2012 reference guide " " in the entry for Nem ' ro .