Amaxine warrior crisis The Amaxine warrior crisis was a proxy conflict that occurred approximately 24 years after the Battle of Endor during the Cold war between the New Republic and the Amaxine warriors . In order to rebuild the old Imperial Navy , the First Order began chanelling funds into Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel through a paramilitary faction called the Amaxine warriors . Over a seven year period , Rinnrivin created a criminal empire based on smuggling and gambling . Eventually , Rinnrivin ' s activities exacted a heavy economic toll on the Gaulus sector . Following a request by the Ryloth government , the New Republic senator s Leia Organa and Ransolm Casterfo investigated the criminal syndicate and uncovered its links to the Amaxine warriors . The Amaxines , led by the former Imperial officer Arliz Hadrassian , bombed the Senatorial conference building in Hosnian Prime , in a failed attempt to distract the Galactic Senate . This drew Leia and Ransolm ' s attention to the Amaxines . The conflict also coincided with political tensions between the Centrists and Populists , two powerful factions in the Galactic Senate , and plans to create a new post called First Senator . While visiting Daxam IV , Casterfo gained Hadrassian ' s trust and learned that the Amaxines ' main base was located on the planet Sibensko in the Expansion Region . Meanwhile , Leia and her team discovered that Rinnrivin was also hiding on Sibensko . Before the two senators could travel to Sibensko , the two fell out after Lady Carise Sindian , a clandestine agent of the First Order , supplied information about Leia ' s true parentage as the daughter of Darth Vader . Due to the political fallout , Leia ' s credibility was undermined and she was forced to withdraw her nomination for First Senator . Undaunted , Leia and her team traveled to Sibensko and obtained information linking the Amaxines to Rinnrivin . Rinnrivin ' s cartel and the Amaxines were wiped out during an explosion which destroyed their underwater city . While most of the New Republic Senate believed that no more threats to the Republic existed , Leia disagreed and advocated vigilance . Seeking vengeance for the death of her Amaxine warriors , Hadrassian assassinated the Populist politician Tai - Lin Garr , who was standing as the new Populist candidate for First Senator . Lady Carise also fabricated evidence framing Casterfo due to his friendship with Leia . Disillusioned with the infighting and complacency of the Senate , Leia resigned and founded a new paramilitary organization called the Resistance . Prelude . The defeat of the Galactic Empire at the Battle of Jakku one year after the Battle of Endor ended the Galactic Civil War . The New Republic , the successor government to the Alliance to Restore the Republic , signed a peace treaty with the remnants of the defeated Empire known as the Galactic Concordance . The Galactic Concordance imposed strict disarmament treaties and war reparations on the remnants of the Empire . For the next twenty - nine years , the " Old Empire " became a remnant of political hardliners who eventually retreated to the Unknown Regions . There , they formed a new military junta called the First Order , which admired the policies and principles of the Old Empire . Believing that the Imperials no longer posed a threat , the New Republic turned its attention to reshaping galactic politics . About thirteen years prior to the destruction of the Hosnian system , the First Order began using a paramilitary faction called the Amaxine warriors to funnel billions of credit s into the Nikto crime lord Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel . Rinnrivin ' s cartel in returned channeled much of its smuggling and gambling revenue to unidentified sources and shadow corporations on Centrist worlds , which funneled the money back to the First Order . The First Order used these proceeds to rebuild the old Imperial fleet , which had retreated into the Unknown Regions following the Galactic Concordance . The Amaxine warriors on the surface acted as the financiers and partners of Rinnrivin ' s cartel . Their leader Arliz Hadrassian , a former TIE fighter pilot who admired the Old Empire and hated the New Republic , also began marshaling troops and starship s for an armed insurrection against the Republic . Hadrassian maintained a tenuous relationship with another First Order agent , the New Republic Senator Lady Carise Sindian ; who was a prominent member of the Centrists faction in the Galactic Senate . Lady Carise channeled Rinnrivin ' s profits back to the First Order . While Hadrassian saw the Amaxine warriors as the vanguard of the First Order , Lady Carise viewed them as a distraction that would allow the First Order to " restore order " to the galaxy . The conflict . Mission to Bastatha . In 28 ABY , Rinnrivin ' s cartel began to exact a heavy toll on interstellar trade in the Gaulus sector , which housed the planet Ryloth . Rinnrivin ' s smuggling operations drained revenue from legitimate commercial traffic . Legitimate ships were raided while merchant s were extorted into paying protection money . Rinnrivin ' s cartel was able to thrive in the Gaulus sector due to poorly - enforced New Republic financial regulations and infrequent naval patrols of the galactic traffic lanes . The New Republic ' s indecisiveness was the result of frequent bickering within the Galactic Senate between two powerful factions , the Centrists and the Populists . The Centrists advocated a stronger central government and military while the Populists championed the autonomy of individual worlds . Several Centrists included Lady Carise admired the Old Empire and had secret ties to the First Order . With Rinnrivin ' s cartel exacting a heavy toll on Ryloth ' s economy , the planet ' s Emissary Yendor traveled to the New Republic capital of Hosnian Prime to lobby the Galactic Senate into taking action . While several senators disputed Yendor ' s testimony and argued that this was an intrasystem matter , the former rebel leader and Populist senator Leia Organa and her Centrist colleague Ransolm Casterfo agreed to investigate the cartel . The two senators traveled to Bastatha , a casino destination in the Outer Rim Territories which housed Rinnrivin ' s headquarters . Despite their philosophical differences , the two senators struck a friendship when Casterfo rescued Leia from Rinnrivin , who had attempted to bribe the latter into easing the Republic ' s ban on illegal spice . While Rinnrivin and his henchmen escaped , Leia and her team managed to uncover computer data showing that Rinnrivin was channeling most of his profits into shadow corporations in the Outer Rim . The two returned to Hosnian Prime and called for the investigation to continue . However , the Senate was distracted by a Centrist motion to create a new office called First Senator that would have stronger executive power over the military and economy . Political intrigue . Senator Casterfo managed to sway the Senate into adopting the motion by pointing to the deadlock in the New Republic . After the Populists failed to block the motion , Leia ' s colleagues Senators Tai - Lin Garr and Varish Vicly urged her to stand for First Senator due to her charisma and respect as a rebel leader . Preoccupied with matters on Hosnian Prime , Leia dispatched her pilot Greer Sonnel and the starfighter pilot Joph Seastriker to Pamarthe to investigate whether Rinnrivin was recruiting pilot s from there . Greer was a native of Pamarthe and Leia believed that she would be ideal for the mission . There , the two pilots discovered that Rinnrivin was hiring Amaxine pilots from nearby Daxam IV , a barren Centrist world . Joph ' s preliminary investigations determined that the Amaxines were operating in Centrist - aligned worlds . Suspecting that certain Centrist senators were harboring the paramilitary section , Leia convinced Casterfo to investigate the Amaxine presence on Daxam IV . Casterfo , who was an avid collector of Imperial artifacts , was able to take advantage of a planned rendezvous with a prospective seller on Daxam IV to travel to that planet . Meanwhile , Leia met Lady Carise , who was interested in inheriting the Supreme governor ship of Birren . Since the previous governor Lord Mellowyn had died , Leia and her son Ben Solo were his designated successors due to Leia being the adopted daughter of Bail and Breha Organa . Since Leia was not interested in royalty , the Senator made arrangements with the Elder Houses for Lady Carise to procure the tile . Later , Hadrassian bombed the Senatorial conference building on Hosnian Prime in order to create a distraction for the Senate and to induce chaos . While Lady Carise had asked her to create a distraction , Hadrassian ' s action only drew more attention to the Amaxines . While no senators or staff were killed , the so - called " Napkin Bombing " was the first security incident since the end of the Galactic Civil War and led the Centrists and Populists to blame each other for the bombing . Despite the political infighting , Leia and Casterfo decided to continue with their investigations into Rinnrivin ' s cartel and the Amaxine warriors . After preliminary evidence suggesting that the bomber was a Twi ' lek , Leia and her team decided to travel to Ryloth . She send Casterfo and Greer to investigate the Amaxines on Daxam IV . Continuing the investigation . At the Ryloth archives , Leia and her team including C - 3PO , Korr Sella , and Joph discovered evidence that Rinnrivin had hitherto been a minor player who had risen to power under suspicious circumstances seven years ago . Meanwhile , Casterfo befriended Arliz Hadrassian and gained her trust by posing as an Imperial sympathizer . Greer also discovered that the Amaxines had a sizeable military encampment and at least five starfighter squadron s based on Daxam IV . After obtaining the helmet of Hadrassian ' s brother , who had been an Emperor ' s Royal Guard , Casterfo trained with her Amaxine warriors and learned that the organization had a larger base on the water y Expansion Region world of Sibensko . Armed with this information , Casterfo contacted Joph , C - 3PO , and Korrie and also told them that Rinnrivin had several spy satellite s above Ryloth . After C - 3PO sliced into one of Rinnrivin ' s satellites , Leia and her team discovered that Rinnrivin was hiding on Sibensko . Being able to track Rinnrivin ' s movements through his satellite , Leia traveled to Harloff Minor near Coruscant and met up with the crime lord . While Rinnrivin was not nvolved in the Napkin Bombing , he expressed admiration for Leia and attempted to bribe the prospective First Senator . Leia also planted a tracking device on a holocube that Rinnrivin had gifted to her for slaying Jabba Desilijic Tiure . She returned the device to the crime lord under the pretext that she did not need to be reminded of the past . Upon returning to Hosnian Prime , Leia and Casterfo shared their findings . Casterfo was also able to take video recordings of the Amaxine warriors and starfighters . While Leia agreed to guide the investigation into the Napkin Bombing , Casterfo agreed to investigate his fellow Centrist senators for possible linkages to the Amaxines . Knowing that several Centrists were avid collectors of Imperial artifacts and relics , Casterfo hosted a private reception . While his fellow Centrists did not reveal any incriminating information , several expressed admiration for the Old Empire and disdain for the New Republic . Meanwhile , Lady Carise stumbled upon a keepsake chest and music box on Birren which revealed Leia ' s identity as the daughter of Darth Vader . Due to Sibensko ' s reputation as a criminal haven , Leia made plans with Joph , Greer , and Casterfo for a covert mission . Joph and Greer traveled to Chrome Citadel disguised as smugglers and managed to obtain a smuggling job from Sibensko . Leia was also distracted by the Populist efforts to prepare her nomination for First Senator . Meanwhile , Hadrassian contacted Lady Carise and informed her that she had recruited Casterfo as a " sympathizer . " However , Lady Carise realized that Casterfo was working with Leia and decided to drive a wedge between the two friends . Knowing Casterfo ' s hatred for Vader , Carise disclosed the secret information to the junior senator . Leia ' s revelations . Feeling betrayed by Senator Organa , Ransolm Casterfo upstaged a Senate hearing into Leia ' s candidacy for First Senator by revealing her true parent age as the daughter of Darth Vader . Trapped , Leia confirmed that Vader was indeed her father . This threw the Senate into turmoil and many of Leia ' s political allies turned against her . Korrie resigned in protest and Leia quickly penned a message comforting her son about his grand - parentage . Most importantly , Leia ' s friendship with Casterfo was badly damaged with the two blaming each other for the scandal . Despite this major setback , Leia ' s husband Han Solo and several friends and companions including Tai - Lin Garr , Varish Vichly , C - 3PO , Joph , Greer , the former Chancellor Mon Mothma , Chewbacca , Lando Calrissian , Gial Ackbar , and Nien Nunb stood by her . Mission to Sibensko . Despite the political uproar , Leia was determined to continue her investigation into the Amaxine warriors ' presence on Sibensko . After withdrawing her nomination for First Senator , Leia managed to secure leave from the Galactic Senate . Disguised as an indentured servant , Leia traveled with Greer , Joph , and C - 3PO to Sibensko . While Greer and Joph loaded a shipment of detonator s destined for Hosnian Prime , Leia and C - 3PO managed to access a computer in a cantina in the Sibensko underwater city . C - 3PO managed to download banking records which proved that the Amaxine warriors were financing Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel . While C - 3PO headed back to Greer and Joph ' s freighter , Leia stayed behind to spy on the Amaxine base in the underwater city . She was cornered by Rinnrivin Di and two of his henchmen but managed to escaped by causing a water tunnel to collapse on top of them . Leia managed to take a lift into the Amaxine base where she discovered they had several starfighters . She was soon pursued by several Amaxine youths but managed to escape up a landing platform which rose to the sea . The Amaxines dispatched two starfighters , a Y - wing and a B - wing to destroy her . However , Leia was rescued by her husband Han Solo , who arrived on a modified racer . During a brief dogfight , the couple shot down both starfighters . The B - wing crashed into the underwater city ' s ammunition depot , destroying the Amaxine base and eliminating the organization as a threat to the New Republic . The death of Rinnrivin also presumably decapitated the leadership of his criminal cartel . Later , Leia managed to address the Senate on her investigation into Rinnrivin ' s cartel . While the Amaxines and Rinnrivin ' s cartel had been eliminated , the Senator warned the Galactic Senate that other threats to the Republic still existed . She urged the senators to abandon their complacency and their petty differences to protect the Republic . However , Leia ' s warning was met by hostility and skepticism until Casterfo sprung to her defense and pointed to the pro - Imperial sympathies of the Amaxine warriors . Casterfo ' s actions earned him the ire of Lady Carise , who decided to eliminate the dissident Centrist senator . Aftermath . Wrapping up loose ends . Following the events on Sibensko , Lady Carise severed her support for the remaining Amaxines , finding Hadrassian more of a liability than an asset . After learning about Tai - Lin Garr ' s plans to stand as the new Populist candidate for First Senator , she decided to eliminate her problems by hiring Hadrassian to assassinate Tai - Lin . Hadrassian then killed herself before she could be taken into custody . With Hadrassian ' s death , many believed that the Amaxines were Rinnrivin ' s partners and financiers , and that they had staged the Napkin bombing . Following Tai - Lin ' s assassination , Lady Carise fabricated evidence framing Casterfo as an ally of Hadrassian , who had supplied her with funding and intelligence . Lady Carise and her Centrist colleagues then officially disowned Casterfo as a rogue member of their faction . Due to the political tensions , the Senate passed a motion to suspend future elections including those for First Senator . Lady Carise supported this motion since it allowed her to begin planning another motion to secede the Centrist worlds from the New Republic . Lady Carise decided to follow the late Hadrassian ' s request to secede from the Republic and join the First Order . However , Senator Organa determined that Lady Carise had been responsible for the revelations into her parentage and Casterfo ' s frame - up . On the grounds that Lady Carise had violated her oath as Supreme governor , Leia convinced the Elder Houses to expel Lady Carise and strip her of all her titles . Path to War . The Amaxine warrior crisis was part of the Cold war . Disillusioned with the Galactic Senate , Leia made preparations to resign as Senator . She also invited several rebel veterans and New Republic personnel to a secret meeting in the Senate complex ' s hangar bay where she founded the Resistance , a paramilitary outfit aimed at protecting the Republic . For the next six years , the Resistance kept an eye on the movements of the First Order , which had begun to cross the Trans - Hydian Borderlands and made repeated incursions into New Republic space . While General Organa regularly petitioned the Republic for support , the Republic leadership was too preoccupied with other matters . The New Republic tolerated the Resistance but was wary of risking war with the First Order . Over the years , Leia recruited more Republic personnel including the starfighter Commander Poe Dameron to her cause . Dameron and his fellow pilots Iolo Arana and Karé Kun would play an important role in exposing the Centrist Senator Erudo Ro - Kiintor ' s dealings with the First Order during . During this period , the First Order ' s Supreme Leader Snoke succeeded in seducing Leia ' s son Ben Solo to the dark side of the Force . Ben adopted the persona Kylo Ren and became the leader of the Knights of Ren . Kylo Ren destroyed his uncle Luke Skywalker ' s Jedi and caused the latter to flee to Ahch - To . After the Resistance embarked on a campaign to find Luke , the First Order launched a preemptive strike on the New Republic ; using Starkiller Base to destroy the Hosnian system . In response , the Resistance launched an attack and destroyed Starkiller Base . Behind the scenes . The Amaxine warrior crisis serves as the main plotline of Claudia Gray ' s 2016 novel " Bloodline " .