"Well, it's about time! Do you have any idea how long I've been sitting in that cell, Republic dog? Now get me out of here."

Veem Set was a male Rodian

Rodian Sentient Species

pirate living during the Cold War.
During the Civil War

Mantellian Separatist Crisis Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

he was captured on the planet Ord Mantell

Ord Mantell Planet

by the Separatists

Mantellian Separatists Organization Planetary and Sector

and locked inside the their stronghold inside the old volcano. Republic SIS

Strategic Information Service (SIS) Organization Galactic Republic (GGW, CW and GW)

agent Milo Phipps

Milo Phipps (Human) Character Minor Characters (Cold War era)

believed Set had important information on the Mantellian Separatist Movement that could potentially end the war and hired a team of Republic operatives

Republic Operatives Organization Temporary Unions

to free him. However, Lieutenant Bendick

Bendick (Human) Character Minor Characters (Cold War era)

, who worked with Phipps, had a different opinion and suggested that the blood-thirsty pirate could meet an unfortunate incident instead.
According to Bendick, Set's ships attacked Republic supply routes for years and countless people have died because of his actions, the pirate even took out Bendick brother's battle cruiser.
The operatives freed

Witness Protection Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

him during the assault on the Separatist base, but he was captured by SIS agents when he went outside the separatists' base - and later, according to Phipps, told SIS enough to crush the life out of the rebellion.