Pseudonet encryption represented a specific form of cryptographic technology. Around the year 21 BBY, the Metatheran Cartel, a trading organization, was actively engaged in developing pseudonet encryption at a secret base. This base was located on the moon called Tilnes. This endeavor was considered the facility's most critical ongoing operation. A Caarite technician named Celis Bol was tasked with the pseudonet encryption project. Following an incident where Bol was reprimanded for spitting into the bean juice intended for Ko Bas, the overseer of the Cartel base, Bol was fortunate enough to remain assigned to the encryption project, avoiding a punitive reassignment, which he greatly appreciated. Approximately 18 days after the bean juice incident, a team of freelance agents infiltrated the Cartel base. They successfully retrieved Bol's log from the installation's computer, discovering a mention of pseudonet encryption. The agents, unfamiliar with the technology, found the reference to pseudonet encryption to be quite interesting.
The term "pseudonet encryption" appeared in Caaried Away, a roleplaying adventure module authored by Morrie Mullins and released in March of 2003. This adventure was part of the Metatheran Caution trilogy within the Living Force campaign. This campaign served as a supplement to the Star Wars Roleplaying Game published by Wizards of the Coast. The adventure allows players to assume the roles of the freelance agents who explore the Metatheran Cartel base situated on Tilnes, offering them the opportunity to uncover references to pseudonet encryption within the base's computer systems.