A Bothan Rebel operative, a male, was part of the Rebel Alliance group tasked with investigating Gobindi. The Galactic Empire quickly initiated a planet-wide quarantine as they were testing the influenza necrosi virus, falsely claiming that the lockdown was due to piracy. The Empire detected the presence of the Rebel agents and subsequently branded them as wanted pirates.
Following the capture of a Rodian member of the team, Wedge Antilles, the Bothan, and a Human confederate approached Tash Arranda, seeking her assistance in their escape from the planet. During their conversation, the Human Rebel was assaulted by a blob creature carrying influenza necrosi. Although the Bothan and Antilles managed to remove the blob, he was infected and soon lost consciousness. Antilles and the Bothan then transported him back to their secure location.
Subsequently, they observed Zak Arranda, Tash Arranda's brother, and the droid DV-9 descending one of the ziggurats upon which the city of Mah Dala was constructed. They followed and were able to assist when Zak Arranda and the droid were attacked by blobs. Surrounded and searching for an exit, Tash Arranda and Mammon Hoole, the Arrandas' guardian, emerged from the ziggurat. Hoole, a Shi'ido shapeshifter, transformed into a mammoth frog and leaped with the others to safety on top of the ziggurat. Doctor Kavafi, an associate of Hoole, successfully created a cure for the virus, and the entire group fled Gobindi aboard Hoole's starship, the Shroud.