Orlian, a Human physician and male, resided within the reborn Sith Empire amid the Galactic War. During the Quesh war, while positioned on the world of Quesh, he functioned as the primary researcher at the Empire's venom refinement facility there, but later opted to desert to the Galactic Republic. Captain Jesh, his supervisor, discerned his questionable conduct and imprisoned Orlian, yet he was rescued and evacuated by a Republic individual soon thereafter, and Meldo, an operative of the Republic Strategic Information Service (SIS) and a agent, relocated Orlian to a secure location maintained by the SIS.