Vel Sartha was a human Chandrilan female during the Imperial Era who was a rebel within a network operated by the revolutionary leader Luthen Rael in resistance to the Galactic Empire. An heiress to a fortune and the cousin of Senator Mon Mothma, Sartha sacrificed personal comforts and ran off from her family to join the budding rebellion. In 5 BBY, Sartha led a team of rebels, which included her partner Cinta Kaz, on a mission to steal an Imperial payroll from the armory of the garrison on the planet Aldhani. Together with her fellow rebels Kaz, Taramyn Barcona, Arvel Skeen, Karis Nemik, and Imperial Lieutenant and inside man Gorn, they planned to infiltrate the Aldhani Garrison, steal the credits, and steal a Max-7 Rono box freighter to escape in.