The Kierra was the ship of the Corellian smuggler Thaddeus Ross. She was a YT-1300 transport whose computer systems were inhabited by a droid consciousness of the same name with a feminine voice and personality. Ross stumbled across and activated her subroutines when he acquired the ship. It was Ross who first applied the ship's name to the virtual entity.
Appearances
"The Final Exit" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 4 (reprinted in The Best of the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Issues 1-4; Tales from the Empire; Classic Adventures: Volume Four — The Best of the Journal; Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club; and Setkání v mlze) (First appearance)
"Laughter After Dark" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 15