"You never take those things off?"
"Thought I lost them, once. Bonded them to my skull with industrial adhesive. Now I'm always ready."
- Ovold and Voidhound about Ovold's X-1 goggles

Ovold was a male Zabrak

Zabrak Sentient Species

engineer

Engineer Miscellaneous Roles

living during the Cold War

The Cold War Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

. He worked on Taris

Taris Planet

and performed deep-core drilling operation to obtain the samples from the planet's core; though the samples were in fact were an ancient relics that as part of his contract he provided

Relic Hunters Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

to Beryl Thorne for smuggling off Taris.

A Devaronian

Devaronian Sentient Species

named Tyrodall

Tyrodall (Devaronian) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

, a smuggler

Smuggler Organization Communities

and former business partner of Beryl who faked his death and began working with the pirates

Death's Claw Organization Planetary and Sector

, told his new partners about Ovold and they raided his equipment stores three times in a week. The pirates stole Ovold's valuable equipment, as well as the last batch of relics he discovered.

After two smugglers

Voidhound's Followers Organization Temporary Unions

hired by Beryl arrived

Illusions Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

to pick up the samples, Ovold told them about the pirates and directed them where he believed the stolen samples and his equipment were taken to - a pirate camp in the ChemWorks area. He also asked them to return his equipment, if possible, for a fee.

While on Taris, Ovold wore X-1 combat goggles

X-1 Combat Goggles Armor Headgear

at all time, he even bonded them to his skull with industrial adhesive, keeping visual scanning for rakghouls

Rakghoul Creature Non-sentient

and other dangerous wildlife. He played sabacc until his former opponents stopped letting him play with them, thinking that his goggles were somehow helping to cheat them.