Chief Engineer Yal'avi'kema was a Chiss military officer. In 27 BBY, Chief Yal'avi'kema was the senior engineering officer aboard the cruiser Springhawk, the command ship of Commander Mitth'raw'nuruodo and Picket Force Two of the Expansionary Fleet. In that capacity, he led the boarding party that successfully acquired a Vagaari gravity-well generator above the Geroon homeworld.