Bela Whinn, a Lieutenant in the Republic Military, was a Human female who served in the era of the Cold War. In the year 3643 BBY, she found herself aboard the starship known as the Carida when it underwent an attack perpetrated by the Sith. Following this assault, she put out a call for assistance regarding the wounded Jedi Knight named Laranna Fain. When Fain, influenced by the Dark Plague, turned against her fellow soldiers, Whinn reached out to the Jedi Order for aid, which came in the form of a Jedi Consular.