"Look, these poor sods have nothing, and we don't have enough supplies for even half of them."
- Ensign Ta to Republic operatives

Ensign Nak Ta was a female human who served in the Mantellian army

Mantellian Army Organization Planetary and Sector

of the Galactic Republic during the Cold War. In 3643 BBY, Ta, along with Corporal Dregg

Dregg (Human) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

, and Ensign Peters

Peters (Human) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

, was stationed on Ord Mantell

Ord Mantell Planet

during a civil war on the planet. She was stationed in the Avilatan Badlands where the Mantellian Separatist Movement

Mantellian Separatists Organization Planetary and Sector

planted unexploded mortar shells. She, Peters and Dregg devised a life-or-death game of chance in the region. They are forced to challenge refugees in the area to run the mines and gather three unexploded shells. A group of Republic operatives

Republic Operatives Organization Temporary Unions

attempted

Questionable Ethics Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

to stop this horrendous practice by reporting the game to the ethics officer at Fort Garnik, but to date no one knows if that helped or not.