A member of an unspecified felinoid species with brown hair and yellow eyes, she was a proficient commando and a skilled slicer. She generally preferred to attack enemies with some form of grenade, and normally carried some sort of device which could generate a localized electromagnetic pulse. She could sprint at double her normal speed for a short duration.
Tani Ab'yla was one of several units which were cut from Star Wars: Empire at War before the game's release. Her abilities were usurped by Kyle Katarn, Han Solo, and the paired unit of C-3PO and R2-D2. The name of Tani Ab'yla's model is: "NI_TANI.ALO"