Tari had been a problem since the moment they'd brought her to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Her circumstances were strange, as was she: what was a baby gurlanin doing in the care of a group of Mandalorians?
She did not like to listen to what the teachers were trying to tell her. She wanted to go back -- if her clan was gone, she wanted to find a new one. She had caused more headaches than anyone thought was reasonable.
So in the end, they'd given her over to Master Lyn Vrei, hoping the twi'lek could put some sort of discipline into the obvious rebellion Tari showed. She did not do well in Vrei's care, but they had no other options.
And then -- and then Geonosis, and though Master Vrei had not been sent to the planet, she still turned up missing -- leaving the still resistant gurlanin child.
In the days after Master Vrei's disappearance, Tari seemed to shake herself off and be almost...happier. And then, she'd laid eyes on four commandos, and something had clicked.
Four Republic commandos and their gurlanin commander, deployed to dig up any information they could by whatever means they deemed necessary.
Intelligence would help to win the war, and with a downright enthusiastic gurlanin on their side, perhaps she could make some small difference -- but any information was better than none.