Ayanos Bactra Ayanos Bactra was a Quermian male Sith Lord who ruled a region in the Grumani sector during the Republic Dark Age . While most of his Sith neighbors waged war against each other , Bactra avoided battles and established himself as an arms dealer , using corporations as a means by which he could expand his influence . In 1032 BBY , Bactra made a deal with the Sith Lord Daiman , whereby he would supply Daiman with an arxeum — a type of mobile university dedicated to the study of war sciences — in return for Daiman allowing him access to the world Vellas Pavo , which was competing with Bactra in the production of the superconductor Gadolinium . Bactra subsequently traveled to the planet Gazzari with a small fleet and handed over an arxeum to Daiman ' s forces , and he observed from afar a battle that took place on the world between Daiman and the armies of his brother Odion . However , during the fighting , the brothers ' grandmother Vilia Calimondra sent a message to Daiman and Odion , ordering them to turn on Bactra . The two siblings sent their forces to attack the Quermian ' s holdings , and within a few days , Bactra ' s empire had fallen . Biography . Ayanos Bactra served as the ruler of the Bactranate , a Sith state that was located in the Grumani sector , and established a capital on the planet Jutrand , on the Duros Space Run hyperlane . In 1040 BBY , the Sith Lord Chagras , the heir to the holdings of the powerful Sith Lord Vilia Calimondra , died . As a result , a conflict broke out between Calimondra ' s grandchildren , who competed against each other for the right to become Calimondra ' s new heir . Viewing the contention as an opportunity , Bactra began selling arms to all sides . Later in the war , Bactra conquered the world Sarrassia , and in order to protect the planet ' s deposits of the metal Sarrassian iron , he ended a conflict on the world between followers of the Grumani and Spumani religions . By 1032 BBY , Bactra was considered to be aged , and had entered a deal with the Sith Lord Daiman , a grandson of Calimondra , to grant agents of Industrial Heuristics — one of the Quermian ' s companies — permission to carry out recruitment operations within Daiman ' s territories . Around that time , the Jedi Master Vannar Treece compiled a report on the state of affairs in the Grumani sector , and , in it , he detailed all of the information that the Galactic Republic possessed on the subject of Bactra and the Bactranate . Following the destruction of a Daimanite testing center on the planet Darkknell , Bactra contacted Daiman on a priority communications channel . Daiman explained to the Quermian the details of the attack , and Bactra claimed to have no prior knowledge of the strike , or any recognition of Narsk Ka ' hane , a Bothan spy who was partially responsible for the loss of the research facility . In order to resolve the temporary weakness in the Daimanite defenses created by the loss of the testing center , Daiman requested that Bactra supply him with an arxeum , a mobile university devoted to the development of war sciences . Bactra agreed to the proposition , promising to hand over an arxeum to Daiman on the world Gazzari , in return for Bactranite forces being granted passage across Daimanite space to the world Vellas Pavo , for six weeks . Vellas Pavo was the site of mines extracting the superconductor Gadolinium , which were competing with Bactra ' s own superconductor interests , and Daiman ' s Woostri aide , Uleeta , believed that Bactra planned to destroy the Vellas Pavo facilities . Bactra traveled to Gazzari with a small flotilla and relinquished an arxeum to Daiman ' s forces . Shortly afterward , a fleet led by Daiman ' s brother , Odion , arrived in the system , intent on attacking Daiman ' s forces and their newly acquired arxeum . After sighting Bactra ' s fleet , Odion contacted the Quermian , and Bactra informed him that the deal with Daiman had taken place and that the Bactranites were no longer concerned with the fate of the arxeum . Bactra and his fleet then remained in the Gazzari system , observing the battle between the Daimanites and the Odionites from afar . However , Vilia Calimondra had decided that her family no longer needed Bactra , and , during the battle , Narsk Ka ' hane sent a message from Calimondra to Daiman and Odion , that ordered them to turn on the Quermian Sith Lord . The two siblings subsequently sent their forces to attack Bactra ' s fleet , destroying half of the Quermian ' s forces in the Gazzari system . The remnants of Bactra ' s fleet jumped into hyperspace and fled to Jutrand . However , the Daimanite and Odionite forces pursued them , and , within a few days , Bactra ' s empire had fallen to Daiman , Odion , and the Sith Lioko and Malakite . Vilia divided Bactra ' s corporate assets up among her grandchildren , and her granddaughter Arkadia Calimondra claimed to have received information that Bactra had gone into hiding in a Quermian retirement colony . Personality and traits . Ayanos Bactra was a strategist and one of the cleverer Sith Lords who operated in the Grumani sector . While most of his Sith contemporaries enslaved populations and dissolved corporations , Bactra instead viewed his subjects as assets , and he ensured that the Bactranate served as a safe haven for companies that had fled from contested worlds . He went out of his way to avoid fighting battles against rival Sith states , instead using companies as a means by which he could expand his influence in regions that he could not gain control of by military means . He openly and equally sold arms to all of the various Sith factions in the Grumani sector , because he realized that supplying weaponry secretly would earn him the enmity of the other Sith , since they would expect an arms dealer to supply all sides . Vilia Calimondra considered Bactra to be a friend of her family , but her grandchild Odion publicly displayed a dislike for the Quermian . Bactra also believed that members of the Bothan species had a tendency to meddle in matters that were above them . Behind the scenes . Ayanos Bactra was first mentioned in The " Knight Errant " Gazetteer , an article that was written by Daniel Wallace , Jason Fry , and John Jackson Miller and published on StarWars . com in November 2010 , serving as a tie - in to the comic series " " . The character was later featured in the " Knight Errant " novel , which was written by Miller and released in January 2011 . Bactra was also referenced in the " " arc of the comic series , and he received a mention in the 2012 guide book " The Essential Reader ' s Companion " , by Pablo Hidalgo .