Shuuru Shuuru was a male Selkath who served as representative of the planet Manaan , the sole producer of Kolto , during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the resurgent Sith Empire . He became part of the Rift Alliance at one point . Biography . Shuuru was active politically at least from the time of the Devastation of Manaan , during which time , despite his loathing of the Sith , he was instrumental in negotiating the resumption of trade relations with the Sith Empire . Shuuru believed that offering the use of the Mercantile Plaza to both the Republic and the Sith , as Ahto City had in the past , would galvanize the Republic into action , and make them pay more attention to defending Manaan and acting in its interests . During the Cold War , he represented the Selkath with the Rift Alliance , a separatist group that thought to secede from the Republic if it did not respond to the groups protests . The Selkath provided scientists and troops to the Alliance , despite its policy of neutrality . Shuuru was exceptionally skeptical of the Republic ' s ability to meet the Alliance ' s needs , and was very bitter about the lack of Republic aid after the Sith bombarded his homeworld . Attack on the Fortitude . Having joined the Rift Alliance , Shuuru set out with his bodyguard , to the alliance ' s flagship , The Fortitude , in the outer rim where they would await a negotiator from the Republic . Close to the planet of Deralia , the ship was however suddenly attacked and boarded by a Sith taskforce led by the Sith Lords Arrax , Tasandra and Melikah . Shuuru was taken captive along with his fellow representatives on the ship ' s bridge and was told to be executed . Senator Grell ' s daughter Nadia Grell had however eluded capture , and managed to contact the newly christened Barsenthor and informed him of their situation . The Barsen ' thor fought his way to the bridge where he was just in time as the Sith Lord Arrax was about to execute Senator Grell . The Jedi dueled with the Sith and won . After being freed , Shuuru and the other alliance members rushed to the Jedi and Senator Grell . They were informed that the ship was set on a collision course with the nearby planet of Deralia . The Sith had also destroyed the life support , so they hoped that the Barsen ' thor had a ship to use for their evacuation . Senator Grell proposed to overload the engines in the hopes for a course change , but it would crash the ship in the nearby moon of Deralia . Nadia Grell , the senator ' s daughter blurted out that they couldn ' t do that , but Shuuru cut her of as they had no time for such babbling . The Jedi found her idea noteworthy though , as the impact would change the tide of the moon and affect the situation on the planet , disastrously . In the end they decided to use the ship ' s thrusters to maneuver the ship into the planet ' s orbit . They would each man a console manually and steer the Fortitude using teamwork . They followed the Jedi closely as he battled through the remaining Sith forces from the command deck to the cargo bay . In the cargo bay , the surviving bodyguards , including Shuuru ' s were in the midst of battle against the Sith Lord Tasandra . The Barsen ' thor joined the fight and defeats the Sith . They proceeded to the Engine room where each manned a thruster console and successfully steered the ship into a steady orbit . They then evacuated to the Barsen ' thor ' s personal ship . Freeing Balmorra . Safely aboard the Barsen ' thor ' s ship , the representatives gathered for a meeting with the Jedi who was the Republic ' s representative . The Jedi was there to serve their needs to some extent and to show that the Republic respected them . Each of the representatives introduced themselves , but while Senator Grell introduced Shuuru , he forgot the name of his planet . Shuuru became irritated and replied that it was nice to know his devastated homeworld was so memorable . They then agree that the Jedi assist Balmorra ' s representative , Tai Cordan in freeing his homeworld . This would prove that the Republic isn ' t a failure , and if Balmorra was freed they would rejoin the Republic once more . Shuuru comments that since the Fortitude is out of commission , they will stay on the Barsen ' thor ' s ship and keep an eye on things . The Jedi was successful in liberating Balmorra , and Tai Cordan became its new president . So in accordance with their agreement they rejoined the Republic and offered their droid forces . Shuura participated in the farewell of Tai as the latter was leaving the ship for his planet . Atiss Station . During the time of their stay at Balmorra , the Rift Alliance had received reports of Imperial activity near their research facility , Atiss Station on Quesh , and the updates from the facility had ceased at the same time . They did not want the Jedi to know of this , especially as Shuuru had still considered himself neglected by the Republic . Unbeknownst to the other diplomats Senator Grell spoke in private with the Jedi and revealed the situation . The Barsen ' thor set out immediately to save the facility and save any researchers still alive . The Jedi returned successful , and even saved two researchers of the Selkath species , where one was the head researcher Tsuusha . The Barsen ' thor called for a meeting , which the representatives already knew the subject of . They apologized to the Jedi , who said that trust could not be built on mistrust . They agreed and focused their attention on the research facility , as they now felt it needed to have double the guard efforts . Pirates on Hoth . Sometime prior to the event on Atiss Station , the Rift Alliance started receiving strange reports from their coalition forces on Hoth . They were tasked to find and root out the pirates responsible for attacks on their shipping lanes . They thought it would have been a quick mission , but the pirates had not deigned to stay defeated . Senator Grell asked the Barsen ' thor once more to aid them , so they steered the ship to Hoth . While being asked to standby for landing clearance , Shuura couldn ' t keep his irritation in and berated the Republic bureaucracy for treating them like pirates . Senator Grell reminded him that the Republic had a right to be cautious . Upon being granted clearance , Shuuru bid the Jedi good luck and to show those pirates who was in charge . Shuura and the others met with the Jedi as it returned victorious . The Selkath would have preferred that the pirate leader Valon had been killed instead of imprisoned , but such was not the Jedi way . He agreed and thanked the Jedi for saving their soldiers , as they were the ones that mattered the most . Waypoint Station 3 . The royalty of the planet Serkhai which Senator Grell represented had decided to donate several troops to the Rift Alliance ' s cause . But since the Barsen ' thor had been on Hoth at the moment the alliance received the message , Blaesus was sent as an envoy . He had not been in contact with the alliance since then , so the Rift Alliance asked the Barsen ' thor to go and see what had happened . It would be revealed that Blaesus was in fact a Sith lord , and the master of Kyrus who had orchestrated the attack on Attis station . The Jedi would defeat them both and rescue the royal dignitaries , but at the cost of the soldiers ' lives . They all convened at the holocommunicator on the ship where Tai Cordan informed them that he had also experienced a possible betrayal . The Jedi Master Syo Bakarn contacted them at the same time , informing them that the Empire had attacked and that the galaxy was at war once more . Bakarn pleaded for the Rift Alliance to help them as they were the last remaining worlds that stood strong . He also informed them that the Supreme Chancellor had invoked the law for Jedi to serve in military leadership positions . The Barsen ' thor would be in charge of the Rift Alliance forces and strike back at the Empire . All representative , including Shuuru acknowledged their support . Personality and traits . Shuuru was a stoic Selkath with little patience for unnecessary squabbling . After the bombardment of Manaan he held the Republic in slight contempt for not aiding them during the crisis , and was skeptical of the Republic ' s ability to meet the Rift Alliance ' s needs . Behind the scenes . Shuuru was created for " " , a released by BioWare on December 20 , 2011 . He appeared in the Consular ' s class quest " An Alliance of Opposites " .