"I was starting to lose faith that there were any good people left."
"There are still lots of good people in the galaxy."
"Maybe. It just seems like there aren't very many on Ord Mantell, I guess."
- Yael and Republic operatives

Yael was a female Cathar

Cathar Sentient Species

who lived on Ord Mantell

Ord Mantell Planet

during the Civil War

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

between the Ord Mantell Central Authority

Ord Mantell Central Authority Organization Planetary and Sector

and the Separatists

Mantellian Separatists Organization Planetary and Sector

.
She, like many others who were forced out of their homes, camped outside of Fort Garnik, but their lack of supplies forced Yael to steal medical supplies from the Republic. When one of Sergeant Hurd

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

's men fell asleep guarding Garnik's medical supplies, Yael stole it and fled back to the refugee camp. But a group of separatists stole the shipment from her before she could distribute the supplies. When Hurd asked a team of the Republic operatives

Republic Operatives Organization Temporary Unions

to investigate the missing supplies, they followed the guard's description of a female Cathar to Yael.
She forced the operatives to agree to bring her back the medical supplies in exchange for her revealing the location of the separatists. She informed them that the separatists had retreated to Talloran village, so the operatives traveled to the village and retrieved

Mercy Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

the medicine from them. They returned to Yael and gave her the supplies, allowing her to treat the injured and sick refugees - including Ryso

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

, a young human child who had asked for Yael's help before the operatives had arrived.