Pluripleq

A pluripleq was a tentacled creature that was created with bioengineering and possessed shapeshifting abilities. With only a few made, one was stolen from a biofarm on the astronomical object Thannt by the criminal surgeon Cornelius Evazan, using it to disguise himself as an alien named "Lopset Yas." Evazan's disguise tricked Chelli Aphra, his fellow inmate at the wreckage-prison Accresker Jail who believed he was a changeling.

Aphra used "Yas's" apparent shapeshifting powers, in reality the pluripleq, to lie to the vigilante Tam Posla, who was hunting Evazan. However, the surgeon was able to use his disguise to fool the vigilante, and in the confusion captured Aphra and the assassin droid 0-0-0, the latter having killed Posla. Evazan revealed his identity to Aphra afterwards. Later on, Evazan used the pluripleq to pose as Princess Leia Organa in order to hire the hunters Winloss and Nokk, although the latter's sense of smell made him suspicious of a ruse.

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