Revolt aboard the Tsam P ' ah During the first year of the Yuuzhan Vong War , a revolt took place aboard the Yuuzhan Vong slaveship " Tsam P ' ah " . Aboard the vessel were thousands of prisoners , taken from many worlds by the Yuuzhan Vong . These prisoners were to be used as slaves on the conquered planet Artorias . On Artorias ' surface , the Artorias resistance had killed many Yuuzhan Vong guards , and replacements were required from the " Tsam P ' ah " . When many of the slaveship ' s guards were sent to the planet ' s surface , the prisoners saw an opportunity to revolt . Artorian Princess Kaye Galfridian and a captured warrior , Arbeloa , led the prisoners in their cell in an attack against two guards they had lured inside . Outside their cell , the prisoners continued their rebellion , freeing thousands of other captives and killing the remaining Yuuzhan Vong guards , as well as the slaveship ' s commander . With the ship now under the prisoners ' control , they escaped Artorias and renamed the ship " Heart of Artorias " . Prelude . In 25 ABY , the extra - galactic Yuuzhan Vong invaded the galaxy , intent on conquering and enslaving its inhabitants . One of the planets that fell to the invaders was Artorias , and many of its people were imprisoned aboard the slaveship " Tsam P ' ah " . Artorias ' Queen , Nina Galfridian , and Princess , Kaye Galfridian , were among those that were captured . The " Tsam P ' ah " remained in orbit above Artorias , as the prisoners were to work as slaves on the planet ' s surface after it had been Vongformed . The slaveship ' s commander , Sha ' kel , wanting to put his study of Galactic Basic into practice , ordered the Artorian Queen to be brought before him . As she was looking after a wounded friend , the Queen refused , but her daughter volunteered to go in her place . The commander told her of the Yuuzhan Vong ' s plans for the galaxy , and how they would teach the galaxy about pain . To illustrate his point , Sha ' Kel stabbed her in the shoulder . Back among the other prisoners , Kaye found that her mother ' s friend had died . Later , Nina Galfridian fell in a catatonic state due to the previous loss of her husband , son , and planet . Through her conversations with the slaveship ' s commander , Galfridian slowly gained his trust . However , she secretly worked on a plan to strike against her captors . Arbeloa , the last survivor of a warrior species that had been wiped out by the Yuuzhan Vong , was one the people who was eager to fight with her , in exchange for Sha ' kel ' s head . He worked on overcoming his bonds to aid her when the time for a revolt was right . The revolt . Meanwhile , on Artorias ' surface , the Artorias resistance had been working to disrupt the planet ' s Vongforming . Many of the Yuuzhan Vong sentries were killed , and the " Tsam P ' ah " landed on the planet to deliver reinforcements . Realizing that this was a perfect moment to strike , Galfridian and Arbeloa set their plan into motion . Acting as though Arbeloa had captured Galfridian — the commander ' s pet — and wanted to trade her for his freedom , they managed to lure two Yuuzhan Vong guards into their cell . The two guards realized too late that they had walked into a trap , as the entire population of the cell attacked them . The pair of guards killed and wounded many prisoners , but they were eventually overpowered . After the battle , Galfridian placed two Twi ' lek women in charge of her catatonic mother and had the arm of one the guards brought to her by another prisoner . Using the device attached to the guard ' s arm , Galfridian opened their cell . Before venturing forth , Arbeloa and some other prisoners created weapons by breaking off parts of their surroundings . Outside their cell , the prisoners continued fighting the Yuuzhan Vong guards and opening other cells , freeing thousands of other captives . Many of the prisoners died in the struggle , but with their superiority in numbers , they eventually managed to overcome their captors . After all the guards had been killed , Galfridian led Arbeloa to the ship ' s command center to make good on her promise : Sha ' kel ' s head . Arbeloa cut off the commander ' s head and would later fashion it into a hat . Aftermath . With all the Yuuzhan Vong dead , the prisoners were in charge of the slaveship . They were not safe , however , as the Yuuzhan Vong still had a big army stationed on the planet . The Queen , having recovered from her catatonic state after noticing the resistance on Artorias and realizing that her husband was still alive , assumed command of the ship through the cognition throne that Commander Sha ' kel had used earlier . She jumped the ship away from Artorias to help other refugees of the Yuuzhan Vong War , and the ship , renamed " Heart of Artorias " , eventually arrived at a battle over the planet Dibrook . Behind the scenes . The revolt first appeared in the of the Dark Horse comic book series " " , which was released on October 7 , 2009 . The of the series , released on November 4 , 2009 , continued the plotline and brought it to a conclusion . The revolt was mentioned again in the and of the series , released on May 26 , 2010 and July 28 , 2010 , respectively . All " Invasion " issues were written by Tom Taylor , illustrated by Colin Wilson , and colored by Wes Dzioba .