Maya Pei served as the head of a Neo-Republican Collective during the Galactic Empire's reign, a period known as the time. This collective maintained links to the anti-Imperial network organized by the rebel agent Luthen Rael. A cell connected to Pei managed to acquire a targeting unit from this network, only to lose it when the Empire discovered their secret location.
During the Galactic Empire's era, referred to as the time, Maya Pei, a neo-Republican, spearheaded a Neo-Republican Collective that rose to prominence as a rebel group around 5 BBY. The collective had connections to the rebel agent Luthen Rael, who oversaw an anti-Imperial network involved in the acquisition and exchange of stolen Imperial technology. A cell tied to Pei obtained a targeting unit from Rael's network and stored it in a safe house. Ultimately, the Empire located the safe house and reclaimed the targeting unit.
Saw Gerrera, the leader of the radical rebel faction known as the Partisans, held Pei's group in low regard. During a trade meeting with Rael in 5 BBY, Gerrera dismissed Pei as a neo-Republican. Around the same period, the Empire's Imperial Security Bureau captured Bix Caleen, one of Rael's contacts on the planet Ferrix who facilitated the sale of Imperial tech. Following Caleen's interrogation, ISB Supervisor Dedra Meero compiled a list of Imperial equipment that had passed through Ferrix, which included the targeting unit that was later identified as the one recovered from Pei's safe house.
The character of Maya Pei was first referenced in "Narkina 5," the eighth installment of the first season of Tony Gilroy's live-action Disney+ series Andor, which premiered on October 26, 2022.