Vee Gee, a droid in the service of General Airen Cracken, met an unfortunate fate on the aquatic planet of Barison. Pirates seized the droid and forcibly attached a restraining bolt to him. Cracken, resourceful as ever, devised a plan. He repurposed a tight-beam emitter, combining it with a pivar spinner taken from a holoprojector. This modified device could disrupt the signals controlling the restraining bolt, thereby freeing Vee Gee.