Skirmish on Rekkiad In 3954 BBY , a skirmish took place on the planet Rekkiad between the Mandalorian clans Ordo and Jendri . During the search for Mandalore ' s Mask , Clan Ordo invaded Clan Jendri ' s territory , and in retaliation some Jendri soldiers and four of their Basilisk war droid pilots attacked Ordo ' s campsite , attempting to keep Clan Ordo away from their Basilisks . The Jedi Master Revan — who joined Clan Ordo with Mandalorian mercenary Canderous Ordo during the search — created a distraction to cover six of Clan Ordo ' s pilots long enough so they could reach and mount their semi - sentient machines . Once in the air , Ordo ' s Basiliks outnumbered the remaining Jendri pilots , and the surviving Jendri troops fled the battlefield . Prelude . In 3954 BBY , the remaining Mandalorian clans leftover from the Mandalorian Wars with the Galactic Republic left their homeworld of Mandalore . They later gathered on the planet Rekkiad to search for the ancient ceremonial artifact known as Mandalore ' s Mask . Jedi Master Revan of the Jedi Order and Mandalorian mercenary Canderous Ordo journeyed to Rekkiad to help Clan Ordo , Canderous ' clan , in the search for the mask . Each clan chose their own territory on the planet to hunt for the artifact . One night , Revan — led by a memory of his last visit to Rekkiad with his apprentice , Malak — convinced clan chief Veela Ordo , Canderous ' wife , and her clan to move into Clan Jendri ' s territory in search of Mandalore ' s Mask . The skirmish . Early one morning , just before dawn , Clan Jendri attacked Clan Ordo in retaliation for the invasion of their territory . Jendri ' s soldiers , who outnumbered those of Clan Ordo two to one , targeted their campsite while four of their Basilisk war droid pilots razed the battlefield from above , pinning down the invaders from reaching their Basilisks . Veela Ordo led her clan into battle , while Revan , who had already taken out a sniper and soldier , realized Clan Jendri ' s strategy . He then created a distraction using his lightsaber to grab the attention of the Jendri pilots and proceeded to attack the nearest one . Revan ran underneath the machine , leaped high into the air , and damaged one of the tails stabilizing fins . The pilot flew back around to get a bead on the Jedi Master , only to have the Jedi jump onto his machine and kill him . His diversion allowed Canderous and five other Clan Ordo pilots — who previously couldn ' t make it to their machines without getting strafed — to safely reach their own Basilisk mounts , get their machines into the air , and proceed to attack the remaining Jendri pilots . Quickly realizing that they were outnumbered , some of the remaining Jendri troops abandoned the battlefield . The rest who chose to stay were slaughtered by Clan Ordo , and the battle ended in a rout for Clan Jendri . Aftermath . Following the skirmish , Clan Ordo claimed the captured territory from Clan Jendri . Later that night , Veela had a funeral pyre built for the thirty warriors — consisting of one Clan Jendri pilot , one Jendri sniper , and twenty - two Jendri soldiers , as well as six members of Clan Ordo — granting those who had fallen a warrior ' s funeral . The pyre burned for hours as Clan Ordo honored their memories through songs and a feast . They grieved for the fallen but also celebrated their victory . The next day , Revan and the rest of Clan Ordo climbed the First Spear — the home of the Sith Lord Dramath the Second ' s tomb — of the Twin Spears , a pair of columns of ice several kilometers tall , with flat plateaus on top . After ascending to the top , Canderous and Revan rediscovered and investigated the tomb , finding Mandalore ' s Mask inside of Dramath ' s crypt . Shortly after finding the mask , they were ambushed by Veela and five Mandalorians , and in the ensuring firefight , they were forced to kill Veela and the others . Behind the scenes . The skirmish first appeared within Drew Karpyshyn ' s novel " " , which was published on November 15 , 2011 .