Alin Eerin was a female Mon Calamari and a member of the Data Seekers, a secretive organization that sought to unravel the mysteries of the Anoat sector's shrouded history during the reign of the Galactic Empire. Caught behind the Iron Blockade enacted by Imperial Governor Adelhard in the wake of the second Death Star's destruction, Eerin operated in the sector on worlds such as Bespin and Burnin Konn, where she publicly posed as a traveling merchant, while covertly trading in a variety of secrets stored on holodiscs. She directed the acquisition specialists, whose role was to travel to locations and acquire any data, cargo, or artifacts that would further expand the Seeker's archives.