Bequesh, also known as The Cardinal, was the Human male administrator of the Tanquilla Beach shadowport located in the Kathol sector of the Outer Rim Territories. Born before 92 BBY, Bequesh was a member of an outlaw-tech group that took possession of a strip mined asteroid. The group relocated it to a nebulae in a corner of the Kathol sector and established it as one of the sector's main shadowports and smuggling hubs. Bequesh, the last survivor of the group, ruled the station with an iron fist, maintaining an active role in the day-to-day running of Tanquilla Beach. By 8 ABY, his great age forced him to use a hoverchair for mobility, but he retained the use of his mental faculties. When the New Republic CR90 corvette FarStar arrived at the station to repair its hyperdrive, Bequesh met wi