Tora Tora was a female Human engineer who played part in the revolt against the Eternal Empire as part of the Alliance . Biography . Born during the Cold War , Tora was an orphan who established herself as an engineer ing prodigy since childhood . Aged eleven , she built a miniature droid to help her cheat on the math exam and another to harass the classmate who ratted her out . For this , she was suspended and placed in counselling to treat her " antisocial behavior . " Tora reached adulthood during the Galactic War and became a Swoop racer on Nar Shaddaa by the time of the Eternal Empire conquest . Her career was cut short when her attempt to cheat by repurposing thermal detonator s into turbo boosters backfired , and the detonators exploded mid - race , destroying the race truck and injuring several racers . Tora survived by miraculously ejecting , but the racers put a bounty on her head as retribution . Tora was forced to flee the Hutt Space and offered her engineering services to captain Koth Vortena on the the first ship leaving the smuggler ' s moon . Vortena and his crew were themselves defectors from the Eternal Empire , willing to take a stand against Zakuul ' s new Emperor Arcann . Tora fit in with Vortena ' s crew , displaying her incredible talent for engineering and earning Vortena ' s admiration despite her short temper . In 3632 BBY Koth allied with Lana Beniko to rescue her associate from imprisonment in carbonite by Arcann . While making their escape from Zakuul , they came across the legendary vessel called the " Gravestone " , which they used to travel to Asylum , where Vortena ' s crew was based . There , Tora was making a supply run to the Free Zone black market , obtaining a pack of thermal detonators from Blast Crew gang run by Tanno Vik . Vik charged her 50 , 000 credits for one hundred detonators , which Tora found excessive and attempted to rob him instead . Vik ' s men caught her and Tora insulted Tanno Vik ' s mother , which angered the Weequay to the point where he was ready to kill her . However , they were interrupted by arrival of HK - 55 and the Outlander whom Beniko had rescued , send by Vortena to find and assist Tora after she had not returned in time . The bodyguard droid identified Tora as their target , and Vik acknowledged that the Outlander did him a favor by eliminating his old rival Oggo , but still refused to hand Tora over . The Outlander managed to settle things peacefully , allowing Tora to return to Asylum docks and begin her work on the " Gravestone " , scolding her captain for taking poor care of the ship and for alsmost frying the power core . When the Eternal Fleet arrived at their position and started the battle of Asylum , the crew managed to escape on the " Gravestone " , with Tora noting how bad the Outlander looked following a duel with Arcann and asking if she could take their things upon the Outlander ' s death . Everyone then traveled to Odessen , where Beniko set up a formal Alliance to oppose the Eternal Empire , which Tora joined along with the rest of Vortena ' s crew crew . Tora celebrated with others by drinking in a cantina , where she mistook HK - 51 series assassin droid for HK - 55 and eventually passed out . During the Battle of Odessen she joined the defense of the Alliance base aboard the " Gravestone " , helping Theron Shan fix the ship ' s omnicannon . Ib the battle of Odessen the Alliance managed to dethrone Arcann , only for his sister Vaylin to clain the Eternal Throne in his place , teaming up with SCORPIO . The two of them used subterfuge to launch a surprise assault on the Gravestone , boarding the vessel under the guise of a civilian freighter . Vortena himself managed to evade capture , but Tora , Len Parvek and the rest of the crew were held as Vaylin ' s prisoners on the ship ' s bridge . SCORPIO , who had ulterior motives , maneuvered Vaylin into leaving the bridge , allowing Koth and the Outlander to reach it and free Tora and the rest . Koth then revealed that he installed a quantum bomb on the ship and ordered Tora and others to the escape pods , where they managed to eject shortly before SCORPIO took control over the vessel and launched it into hyperspace . The Alliance eventually managed to defeat Vaylin and Tora joined the others in traveling to Zakuul on the " Gravestone " . There the Outlander claimed the Eternal Throne and proclaimed the age of the Eternal Alliance , unifying the militaty of Zakuul and the Eternal Fleet with the cause of the Alliance , which Tora continued to be a part of . Behind the scenes . Tora is a character in " " and " " expansions of " " , first appearing in Chapter VI : Asylum . If the player makes several Dark Side choices and drives Koth Vortena to abandon the Alliance , Tora will have a more prominent role in the events , becoming the captain of the " Gravestone " and taking Koth ' s role in the events of the GEMINI trap and the Battle of Odessen .