"I don't understand. W- we haven't done anything wrong. Jaller, what have your friends gotten us into?"

Zak was a himan male who lived during the Civil War

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

on the planet Ord Mantell

Ord Mantell Planet

. He resided in Oradam village with his wife, Jaller

Jaller (Twi'lek) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

.
Unlike her husband, Jaller was a devoted supporter of the separatist movement

Mantellian Separatists Organization Planetary and Sector

. Although Zak suspected that Jaller's friends were involved with the Separatists, he preferred to turn a blind eye to this. That all changed when she and Zak - who didn't know what was in a big crate - helped the Separatists move a stolen Z-57 bomb, receiving a large dose of radiation in the process and becoming terminally ill. Unaware of the cause of their illness, Zak went to Fort Garnik to ask for medicines, but medics who treated him weren't equipped to cure his condition - most of their supplies have been stolen by scavengers - and Zak returned to the village in critical condition. However, Zak's visit to Fort Garnik did not go unnoticed by Needles

Ryler 'Needles' Dorant (Human) Character Supporting Characters

, a member of Havok

Havoc Squad (Republic Special Forces Division) Organization Galactic Republic (GGW, CW and GW)

's squad who were looking for a stolen bomb. Needles found this suspicious because Zak, being a simple day laborer, would never have been exposed to radiation of such magnitude. He assumed that Zak must have been near the ZR-57, knowingly or otherwise and sent Meteor

Meteor Character Major Characters

, newest member of Havoc squad, to investigate.
Meteor eventually found the dying couple at their home in Oradam village and gave them medication, a mixture of Albozene and Vimidone, as per Needles' instructions. Zak injected Jaller and himself with the medicine, and despite his wife's protests, Zak, grateful for saving their lives and dusgusted with the Separatists who sold them out, told Meteor everything he knew about the bomb.
When Meteor said that Zak and his wife just got a second chance at life, Zak thanked Meteor and promised the sergeant that they wouldn't waste it. True to his promise, Zak did everything he could to keep Jaller away from the Separatists. She was unhappy and after that did not talk to him, but she did not contact her former comrades either.