Nescan Tal'yo, a canid-esque information broker, employed Hermos as his protector. On Farwell Station, he murdered a Rebel messenger, seizing a holocube that contained the coordinates of key Rebel installations. Tal'yo intended to become wealthy by trading this holocube to the Galactic Empire on Elerion; however, Leia Organa and the Quetzal Sisters disrupted his scheme.