Crote, a Bimm, acted as an intermediary when the Empire hired some bounty hunters to locate Han Solo and Leia Organa following the Battle of Hoth. Crote's mission was to reach out to the secretive hunter, Nariss Siv Loqesh, and let him know the Empire wanted to employ him. Nariss declined, instructing Crote to relay to the Empire that he was no longer available. Crote followed these instructions, which led to a credit bounty of twenty-five thousand being placed on the hunter.