During the final decades of the Galactic Republic, a search for Roonstones was undertaken by an agricultural freighter belonging to the Baobab Merchant Fleet. The ship ultimately met its end in a crash on the planet Roon. This left Oggem Baobab marooned. For the subsequent sixty years, he resided within the confines of the freighter until his great-nephew, Mungo Baobab, discovered him in 15 BBY.