Lot Niss was a false named used as a signal by intelligence agents on the planet Junction. The agents were tracking a courier carrying credits meant as payment to the Zygerrian slaver family named the Thanda clan from a rich shipping magnate named Brevis Taug. When the courier arrived at the Grand Terminal spaceport on Junction they played an announcement including the name Lot Niss over the Terminal's speaker system to alert a group of hired spacers staking out the area as to the arrival and identity of the courier.