The Ministry of Transportation, a governmental division of the Galactic Empire, functioned on the planet of Lothal. This occurred a number of years preceding the Battle of Yavin. Its main office was located in the Capital City of Lothal. Merei Spanjaf, a youthful slicer, seeking information on the whereabouts of Zare Leonis's lost sibling, Dhara Leonis, successfully gained entry into the Transportation Ministry's central location. She did so by posing as a student from Phelarion School who was gathering funds. During this time, she was able to install three snooper applications within the facility, granting her the ability to compromise the whole Imperial data system present on Lothal. Jessa Spanjaf, her mother, was among those on the data-security team dispatched to look into the security violation.