Ran Machado Ran Machado was a Human male who worked for the Lok Revenants , a group of pirates led by a Feeorin named Nym . Sometime after the Battle of Yavin , during the Galactic Civil War , Nym put Machado in charge of eliminating various kinds of unwanted plants that had grown in and around Nym ' s Stronghold and the city that surrounded it on the planet Lok . While he supervised the eradication of the weeds , Machado attempted to enlist the help of individuals by enticing them with promises of credits and notoriety . During his time in charge of the weed pulling in Nym ' s Stronghold , Machado wore armor on his body and a Borg Construct Aj ^ 6 cybernetic implant attached to the back of his head . Biography . Ran Machado was a Human male who , during at least part of the Galactic Civil War , served as a member of the Lok Revenants , a pirate group led by a Feeorin pirate known as Nym . For at least part of his tenure with the group , after the Battle of Yavin , Machado was at Nym ' s Stronghold on the planet Lok , where Nym assigned him the duty of leading an effort to pull up a large number of unwanted plants that had grown up in the stronghold and the surrounding city . Machado stayed at the entrance of the fortress and tried to entice people who walked by with credits and notoriety if they helped him . Eventually , a spacer agreed to take care of some of the weeds . Machado gave the spacer a quota of different types of weeds to pull , including paddle cacti , yellow pod weed s , some low - growing weeds , tall weeds , and flowering cacti . He instructed the spacer to complete the quota and then take the waste to a dumpster located in Nym ' s Stronghold . When the spacer completed the task and returned to Machado , the pirate paid out 2000 credits for the work along with a small bonus for pulling up extra weeds . However , the task was still not complete after the spacer ' s quota was complete , so Machado continued to ask for more help . Personality and traits . As of his weed - pulling assignment , Machado was completely bald with brown eyebrows . His eyes were also brown in color , and he had fair skin . During his work for Nym , Machado celebrated by clapping , raising his arms into the air , and shaking them . Equipment . As one of Nym ' s pirates , Machado had a dark - gray Borg Construct Aj ^ 6 cybernetic implant attached to the back of his head , a device that covered his ears . The implant had dark - red and light - blue markings on it , as well as small red lights . He also wore a suit of armor that covered all of his body except for his head . The parts of the armor that covered his upper torso , the upper arms , and the tops of his boots were light - gray in color . However , the parts that covered his lower torso , waist , hands , thighs , some of his lower legs , and the toes of his footwear were a slightly darker shade of gray . He also wore a dark - gray pauldron on his left shoulder and a belt . His lower arms and most of his lower legs were covered with darker and lighter armor . Machado had access to equipment that allowed him to communicate with the spacer who pulled weeds for him . Behind the scenes . Ran Machado first appeared in " Star Wars Galaxies " , a 2003 MMORPG online video game produced by LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment that was shut down on December 15 , 2011 . He was added to the game as part of the 2010 " Nym ' s Theme Park , " which was part of Game Update 16 . Machado could be approached by the player to activate a quest that required the player to pull a certain number of various kinds of weeds for completion . Completion of the quest gave the player experience , credits , and a random weed , which was a part of a collection that gave the player a badge when completed . Talking to Ran Machado was the player ' s choice , so it is not guaranteed that anyone helped him with his weed pulling or even spoke to him at all .