Colonel Picu Mertess of the ISB heads an operation using the Outer Rim Exploratory Mining Corps to infiltrate the Corellian Council, the Aleron Trade Cooperative, a Temporary Consulting Committe of the CSA involved in improvment of mining operations, the Human-Qieg Guild on Lan Barell, the Corporate Committe on 244Core, the Exex on Cloud City, the Merchants' Consortium on Iol and have a presence on Tallaan to influence the Trade Commission (and by extension, together with the Aleron Trade Cooperative, the League of Tapani Freeworlds).