Doctor Phalla was the Patient Facilitator at the Q'Maere Research Facility while it was under the control of Moff Kentor Sarne. The main torturer and interrogator at the facility, he volunteered to remain behind when Sarne was withdrawing his forces from the outpost, and even refused to join those staff that fled in the aftermath in 8 ABY. Several weeks later, during the jailbreak engineered by the crew of the FarStar and the prisoners, Phalla was savagely attacked. Phalla enjoyed his job, and was extremely intense. Always polite, Phalla was also perpetually cheery.