Lana Beniko Lana Beniko was a Human female Sith Lord of the resurgent Sith Empire . During the Galactic War against the Galactic Republic she served as a key advisor to Dark Council member Darth Arkous . Investigating Arkous ' unusual activities in the wake of the Korriban Incursion , Beniko discovered that Arkous was a traitor , secretly working for the Order of Revan . To expose Arkous , Beniko teamed up with some unusual allies , which included Republic SIS agent Theron Shan , a Wookiee smuggler named Jakarro , and other figures of importance on the galactic scale . The group tracked Arkous and his Revanite ally Rian Darok to Rakata Prime , where both were killed , only for Revan himself to enter the scene and attempt to kill Beniko and her allies . Proclaimed a traitor to the Empire , Beniko was forced into hiding along with Theron Shan and Jakarro . The three eventually tracked Revan and his allies to Rishi and with the help of their allies were able to expose the conspiracy to Darth Marr . To stop Revan from resurrecting the Sith Emperor , Beniko and Marr joined forces with Jedi Grand Master Satele Shan and traveled to Yavin 4 , forming a temporary coalition between the Republic and the Empire . After it became clear that the Emperor was planning on consuming all life in the galaxy , Beniko stood against Revan himself alongside Darth Marr , Satele and Theron Shan , Jakarro and Shae Vizla . Though Revan was defeated , the Emperor nevertheless returned to life . In the aftermath of the confrontation , Darth Marr appointed Beniko as the new head of the reformed Sith Intelligence . As the new Sith Intelligence Minister Beniko opposed Vitiate ' s resurgence on Ziost , working with her assistant Rane Kovach and her partners from the Yavin Coalition on a plan to stop the rampage caused by the former Emperor ' s puppets . Though Theron Shan and Beniko were able to shock a large number of Vitiate ' s victims unconscious and remove Sixth Line Jedi Master Surro from the planet ' s surface , Vitiate still performed the ritual that wiped out all life on the planet . Later that year , the galaxy was invaded by the Eternal Empire of Zakuul , which overwhelmed both the Republic and the Sith Empire , causing massive casualties to high - ranking Sith of the Dark Council . The Sith Intelligence effectively ceased to exist and Beniko ventured into Eternal Empire space , looking to find her partner from the Revanite crisis , believing that person to be the galaxy ' s last hope of defeating the Eternal Empire . Over five years Beniko made multiple underground contacts , such as a former Knight of Zakuul Senya Tirall and exiled Zakuulan naval officer Koth Vortena , with whom she eventually managed and free the one Zakuulans took to call the Outlander from being frozen in carbonite . While escaping the pursuit , Beniko ' s group located and repaired the " Gravestone " - a legendary vessel that could rival the might of the Eternal Fleet . Beniko called her multiple contacts from the Sith Empire , the Republic and the criminal underworld to converge on a remote planet Odessen , where she laid the foundations of an Alliance dedicated to defeat Eternal Emperor Arcann , becoming the right hand to her old associate , who led the new Alliance as its Commander and a public face . The new Alliance made several bold strikes against the Eternal Empire , which attracted multiple new contacts and recruits , who brought with them starships , weapons and ammunition , allowing the Alliance to grow into a power that could threaten the Eternal Empire . In a bid to remove the advantage of the Eternal Fleet , the Alliance agreed to SCORPIO ' s plan to remotely take control of the GEMINI captains , unaware that SCORPIO followed her own agenda and used that opportunity to claim the Eternal Throne for herself . In the resulting battle of Odessen Beniko accompanied the Alliance Commander up until their duel with Arcann , which resulted in him defeated and taken away by his mother Senya Tirall into hiding . Arcann ' s sister Vaylin allied herself with SCORPIO and proclaimed herself the new Eternal Empress and Beniko stood by the Alliance Commander ' s side as they battled her forces on Voss . At attempt by Vaylin to take control of the " Gravestone " led to the discovery of a hidden artificial world called Iokath , which the Alliance forces had to temporarily abandon when it was covered by deadly radiation . Beniko then assisted the Alliance mission to sabotage the Grand Festival of Empress Vaylin and accompanied the Commander to Nathema , where she strongly felt the absence of the Force on the dead world . Vaylin soon launched another assault on Odessen where Beniko again fought on the front lines and which led to Vaylin ' s death at the Commander ' s hand . Subsequently , the Alliance forces traveled to Zakuul where the Commander claimed the Eternal Throne and took control over the Eternal Fleet , transforming the Alliance from an anti - Zakuul insurgency into the Eternal Alliance . As one of the highest - ranking members of a new galactic powers , Beniko had to contend with new threats from the earliest hours of its existence . She identified and ordered to neutralize several local uprisings against the Alliance and personally led a mission to Iokath once its radiation levels had subsided . Faced with both the Republic and the Sith Empire fighting over control of an Iokath superweapon , Beniko followed the Commander ' s decision to side with one galactic power against another . Beniko soon discovered that the battle for Iokath was orchestrated by an unknown outside party , which leaked information to all three major galactic governments , hoping to start a war between them over control of Iokath . Beniko began for a traitor inside the ranks of the Eternal Alliance , which eventually gave a led to the shadow - world of Umbara . Beniko , Theron Shan and the Commander traveled there to intercept and stop the traitor , only for Theron to reveal himself as one and sabotage the Hovertrain the Commander and Beniko were on , announcing his plan to kill them . Escaping the train before the crash , the Commander and Beniko were unable to stop Theron before his shuttle left Umbara and returned to Odessen empty - handed , where Beniko was ordered to use every resource at her disposal to locate Theron ' s whereabouts . Biography . Early life . Lana Beniko was the daughter of Kelsa and Jaren Beniko , one of her parents being one of the most celebrated entrepreneurs on Dromund Kaas . Her Force - sensitivity meant she was to undergo training in the Dark side of the Force by the laws of the Sith Empire . Lana became an Acolyte in the Sith Academy on Korriban , training under Overseer Harkun , who took sadistic pleasure in demeaning his Acolytes . As part of her final trial Beniko was sent into the Valley of the Dark Lords to retrieve the helm of Tulak Hord along with a group of other acolytes , which included Greck , Kagan and Bensyn . Knowing that Harkun deemed the task before them impossible , Beniko told the other acolytes that they could only survive by working together . Upon entering the Tomb of Tulak Hord the group was overwhelmed by k ' lor ' slugs , which left Greck dead and Kagan severely wounded . Beniko eventually found Tulak Hord ' s helmet among the rubble , but before they could leave , Kagan was killed by an insane Zabrak acolyte . Beniko and Bensyn were the only two acolytes to survive the trial and leave the tomb alive . Sometime during the Treaty of Coruscant , Lana Beniko was stationed on Hoth when an unexpected skirmish broke out between Republic and Imperial forces . She called for an end to hostilities , but when an Imperial commander refused to obey , she responded by chopping off his right hand . In service of the Sith Empire . Advisor to Darth Arkous . Lana Beniko was eventually given the title of a Sith Lord and was hand - picked as his new advisor by Darth Arkous , a member of the Dark Council and the head of the Sphere of Military Offense since the death of Darth Arho during the Battle of Ilum in 3641 BBY . Beniko accepted the offer despite not being impressed with Arkous , her initial impression of him being that of a vain and pompous statesman . Her first military engagement in a new role was the Imperial invasion of Talay , a major Republic outpost and communications hub . Arkous ' plan was to minimize resistance while maximizing confusion amongst the locals , but the Talay initiative was endangered when the Republic send a team of Republic Strategic Information Service agents to infiltrate his ship as it departed from Dromund Kaas . Meditating aboard the ship , Beniko sensed four individuals using mind - shielding techniques commonly taught to spies and confronted one of them . The interrogation revealed to her their plan to slice all possible data and then detonate a hidden explosive device from the safety of an escape pod . Beniko informed only Arkous of the danger to avoid alerting the other three spies and two Sith managed to silently eliminate two of them . The final SIS agent had surgical enhancements that allowed her to escape from Beniko when the Sith found her priming the explosive device . Beniko sounded the alarm but had to stay to disarm the bomb , allowing the SIS agent the reach and launch the escape pod , from which she detonated a secondary device hidden inside the ship ' s electrical hub . Without weapons or jamming devices the Imperials were unable to stop the agent from broadcasting their plans to the Republic , but Darth Arkous himself put on a spacesuit and rocketed towards the pod , where a single plunge of his lightsaber was enough to decompress the pod and kill the agent inside . That act made Beniko respect Arkous for his service to the Empire , no longer doubting her choice to become his advisor . Beniko spent a considerable amount of time as Arkous ' advisor , during which she had no reason to mistrust him . This changed in 3638 BBY , when she assisted Darth Arkous and Lord Goh in planning the Assault on Tython ' s Jedi Temple . Arkous recruited a prominent Imperial figure to lead the first wave of the attack , whom Beniko met on the Vaiken Spacedock and remotely guided as they progressed from the landing point in the Gnarls to the Jedi Council chamber . Lord Goh stayed behind to search for additional hidden stores and Beniko learned that the goal of their attack was to retrieve an artifact from the Temple . The fact that Arkous hid the true objective from her , made Beniko lose her trust in him , which was only compounded by a growing presence she felt in the Force . As Arkous ' chosen figure returned , he and Lana were informed by Sergeant Tarsten about the Republic ' s Korriban Incursion , in which they took the Sith Academy and killed Dark Council member Darth Soverus . Furious , Arkous ordered a retaliation strike and Beniko again guided her new acquaintance through the Lower Wilds of Korriban , barely hiding her anger at the audacity of the Republic ' s invasion . After the Dark Council Chambers were reclaimed , Beniko again congratulated the Imperial on their service , asking them to meet in private , away from Arkous ' ears . There , she confided in her Imperial ally about her suspicions regarding Arkous ' motive for the attack on Tython , revealing that in her mind the simultaneous timing on two attacks was neither coincidence , nor retaliation for one another , but instead planned from the beginning . Believing that Darth Arkous was involved in a conspiracy that could threaten the entire Sith Empire , Beniko put the trust in her new ally , asking them to stay alert and promising to file a report regarding Arkous ' activities . Pretending everything was business as usual was not easy , as Beniko was now concerned that the man she once trusted was now lying when talking to her and she was no longer given a reason for why she was not privy to some of his activities . Eventually , her suspicions proved correct when Arkous made arrangements for a shuttle trip to Onderon , but traveled to Manaan instead . She secretly followed her superior to the planet ' s surface , where she learned from a Selkath customs official that Arkous obtained a travel permit to the underwater Genetics Laboratory G - 1 . Revanite conspiracy revealed . Beniko urged her astromech droid A7 - M1 to alert their Imperial ally to the new development and come to Manaan at once . Revealing her discovery that Colonel Rian Darok , the Republic commander who had overseen the attack on Korriban , had traveled to the same location as Arkous , Beniko send her ally to investigate . Meanwhile , she came in contact with with Republic SIS agent Theron Shan , who was investigating a similar ploy on the part of of Darok . Shan alerted Beniko ' s associate to the location of Jakarro , a Wookiee smuggler imprisoned by the Selkath geneticist Gorima . The Imperial freed the Wookiee and his droid C2 - D4 and together they discovered that Gorima had received Rakata technology from Arkous and Darok , and was using them to build self - repairing cyborg warriors for an " Infinite Army " . Arkous and Darok revealed themselves to be working together and escaped in a submarine , detonating a bomb intended to sink and flood the facility , though Beniko ' s new allies managed to make it to the surface . Meeting them together with Shan , Beniko revealed their joint discovery that Arkous and Darok were both members of the Order of Revan , once believed to be a minor cult operating in the Empire , and now seeking to destroy both Republic and Empire to establish a new order . Unable to return to Arkous ' side and lacking the evidence to expose him , Lana agreed to pursue leads within the Empire while Theron , Jakarro and their ally went to pursue different leads . Beniko soon received a message from Arkous , who revealed that he saw potential in her and was planning to recruit her into the order , changing his mind only when Beniko started investigating him . Continuing her collaboration with Shan , Jakarro , and C2 - D4 , Beniko uncovered a number of other Revanite traitors within the ranks on the Empire , while Shan and Jakarro tracked Arkous and Darok to Rakata Prime , the homeworld of the Rakata and capital of their Infinite Empire . The Revanites were building their new Infinite army there based on Gorima ' s research and to stop them Shan and Beniko arranged for Jakarro and their other ally to assault the Temple of the Ancients , while they provided tactical intel from onboard Jakarro ' s XS stock light freighter . Asking Theron Shan to leave the cockpit and check the ship ' s sensors , Beniko secretly asked her Imperial ally to retrieve the data on the Infinite Army cyborgs from a Rakata console for further study . Jakarro and their ally confronted the Revanite leaders on the roof of the Temple and were forced to kill them when it became clear they would not cooperate . It was then that the true leader of the conspiracy revealed himself - none other than Revan , the " growth " in the Force that Beniko had sensed . His Harrower - class dreadnought dropped out of Hyperspace and bombarded the Temple of the Ancients , though Beniko ' s allies made it out alive in Arkous ' shuttle . Going off the grid . Regrouping with her allies on Manaan , Beniko discovered that the Revanites had used their influence in the Empire to place a bounty on her head for the murder of Darth Arkous , a charge she could not contest unless the Revanites were exposed , while it had become clear that their influence would not make it easy . She was forced to go into hiding along with Shan and Jakarro , who faced similar charges . Beniko advised her Imperial ally to go on with their life , but to remain on the watch for the Revanites and above all avoid contacting her . In an attempt to find lodging , Beniko and her companions traveled to Tatooine . However , Beniko sensed Imperial agent Sharack Breev attempting to shadow her and thus returned to Jakarro ' s XS stock light freighter to depart the planet . Eventually , the trio discovered that the Revanites had allied themselves with the Nova Blades pirate gang based out of Rishi , having them target key hyperlanes . Requiring their ally to find out what the Revanites were up to without being revealed , Beniko made contact with Corellian Run Scoundrels leader Kai Zykken , using a mind trick to persuade him to spread rumors that their ally was a fearsome leader of a pirate gang , while Theron Shan remotely sliced their ally ' s ship navicomputer to draw them to Rishi . After their associate followed the trail of breadcrumbs left by Lana and Theron to their safe house , the duo revealed themselves and explained their current situation . They needed to manually slice the files on the Nova Blades ' base of operation while avoiding drawing the Revanites to themselves , hence the masquerade to make it look like a common pirate rivalry . Theron and Lana sent their ally , masquerading as the faux pirate gang , out to harass the Nova Blades , attacking their operations and slave camps , threatening the pirate ' alliance with the Revanites . Eventually , they targeted the Blades ' base at the crashed " Aggressor " , killing Commodore Dael Margok and recovering intel on Revanite agents . While Theron got busy decoding the intel , Lana sent their ally to meet with Shae Vizla , whose Mandalorian clan was formerly allied with the Blades and Revanites , to acquire more information . Meanwhile , Lana joined Jakarro and Theron in infiltrating a Revanite safehouse in Raider ' s Cove , but their attempt went sour and Theron was spotted . Lana allowed Theron to be captured and restrained Jakarro from intervening and revealing themselves , judging that Shan could gain more information in captivity and wouldn ' t betray their secrets - she herself had previously probed his mind with the Force to no effect . When their ally returned , Beniko and Jakarro were told that the Revanites had a fleet waiting somewhere on the planet . Beniko then realized that by changing the hyperlanes the Revanites were drawing the Empire and Republic fleets to Rishi , luring them both into an ambush . Thankfully , by that time C2 - D4 decoded that the Revanites were based on the Sky Ridge Island nearby and suggested taking up lodging with the Rishii village based there . The trio traveled there and met with the local Chieftain named Arankau , who allowed them to stay in the village . Beniko stayed behind to help with slicing , sending her ally to scout the Revanite camps . Learning that Theron Shan was being kept at their main base , Beniko ' s ally went on the rescue mission , though Shan was able to escape the captivity by himself . He then revealed Revan ' s plan - upon both fleet ' s arrival at Rishi , Revanite sleeper agents on both sides would sabotage key systems while the signal jammer on the ground would prevent the fleets from coordinating , at which point the Revanite fleet would move in and massacre the survivors . With his plan exposed , Revan set his stronghold to self - destruct , but Lana was able to remotely abort the sequence thanks to the slicing tricks she picked from Theron . The Yavin Coalition . With the signal jammer protected from slicing and aerial bombardment , Beniko ' s ally quickly moved in to deactivate the signal jammer , enabling communication with the fleets and revealing to them the Revanite conspiracy . Theron Shan uploaded the identities of double agents , resulting in their impromptu detainment . Grand Master Satele Shan and Darth Marr , who commanded both fleets , agreed to meet in Raider ' s Cove to discuss a temporary truce so they could deal with the threat posed by Revan . With the order exposed , Beniko ' s name was cleared and she once again answered directly to a Dark Council member . Both Republic and Imperial sides agreed to form a temporary truce to stop Revan from resurrecting the Sith Emperor , who was intending to consume all life in the galaxy . The coalition made their way to Yavin 4 , where Lana lamented that what trust she had in common with Theron was gone after he learned that she was the one who allowed him to be captured . The coalition forces established a staging area on Yavin 4 and were able to apprehend the Imperial Guard Commandant Iven . As their situation became clear and the time drew to a close , the coalition forces were able to overcome their vast differences and worked together to storm the Temple of Sacrifice and stop Revan ' s ritual . To deal with Revan himself , Beniko stood side by side with Darth Marr , Satele and Theron Shan , Jakarro and Shae Vizla , confronting him at a forgotten temple terrace . After a prolonged fight , Revan was defeated , though the Sith Emperor was nevertheless able to return to life , feeding off the lives taken by Coalition forces during the fighting on Yavin 4 . To the confusion of Darth Marr , the Emperor left without possessing a body or taking a physical form , while Revan finally became one with the Force . In the aftermath of the battle , Darth Marr appointed Beniko as the new head of the reformed Sith Intelligence . She said goodbye to Theron Shan , Jakarro and her ally , before departing the jungle moon alongside with Marr . She later sent a mail to her ally , commenting on her new job as the Sith Intelligence Minister . Leading the Sith Intelligence . Beniko ' s responsibilities as the Minister of Sith Intelligence were soon put to the test on Ziost . The now - former Emperor Vitiate resurfaced on the ancestral world of the Empire and extended his influence across the globe , controlling the planet ' s population and feeding off of the chaos and death that his puppets caused . Despite possessing both Imperials and Sith alike , Vitiate gave up trying to possess Beniko due to her mental defenses , making her suspect that the former Emperor was not as strong as he once was . Beniko opposed Vitiate ' s chaos , working with her assistant from the Intelligence Rane Kovach and sent an emergency alert for her Yavin Coalition partner to arrive as well . Introducing her old associate to Kovach , Beniko went to deal with growing crisis in New Adasta , where she became aware that Theron Shan was also on Ziost just as Republic Supreme Chancellor Leontyne Saresh launched an invasion of Ziost , giving Vitiate hundreds more puppets to control . After warning her ally about the Monolith s , Beniko explained her plan to hinder Vitiate ' s puppets . Theron had previously discovered that shocking Vitiate ' s thralls into unconsciousness broke his control over them . Thus , he modified New Adasta ' s electrostatic weapon , originally designed to counter major civil uprisings , to be non - lethal , while their ally taunted Vitiate over the hologram , causing his puppets to swarm the People ' s Tower in New Adasta . There , Theron fired the weapon , incapacitating all Vitiate ' s pawns except Jedi Master Surro , Sixth Line commander , who subdued Lana and Theron , only to be defeated by their ally . Beniko later evacuated Ziost before Vitiate performed his ritual that consumed all life on the planet . Despite failing her first major crisis as Sith Intelligence Minister , Beniko resolved to carry on . The Eternal Empire ' s invasion . At the same time Vitiate fled from Ziost towards Wild Space , a pair of twin conquerors of a mysterious faction launched an attack on Korriban before disappearing into the Unknown Regions . Darth Marr led a joint Imperial - Republic fleet staffed with former members of the Yavin Coalition and accompanied by Beniko ' s ally into the Wild Space in pursuit of Vitiate , unintentionally encroaching on the territory of the invaders , the Eternal Empire of Zakuul and triggering first skirmish with the Eternal Fleet . Beniko felt Darth Marr ' s death through the Force , soon followed by a ripple in the Force felt by everyone who came in contact with the former Sith Emperor , who secretly created and ruled the Eternal Empire under the name of Valkorion until the assassination of his physical body . His son Arcann claimed his father ' s Eternal Throne and claimed that Beniko ' s ally whom he called an Outlander assassinated his father . In retaliation , he launched a full - scale invasion on the Core Worlds , though Beniko , among others , discerned the truth of Arcann ' s treachery . Within a year , the Empire and Republic had all but fallen to the Eternal Empire and were forced to pay heavy tribute to Arcann . Most of the Dark Council was dead or in hiding and rule over Sith Empire was assumed by Darth Acina . The Sith Intelligence effectively ceased to exist and Beniko ventured into Eternal Empire space , looking to find her ally from the Revanite crisis , believing that person to be the galaxy ' s last hope of defeating the Eternal Empire . Opposing the Eternal Empire . Years in Wild Space . Beniko spend the next several years travelling the Wild Space , trying to learn the fate of her ally , whom Zakuulans took to call the Outlander . Suspicious on why the tribute demanded by Zakuul was more than what was necessary for the Eternal Empire , Beniko dedicated some of her resources to finding out Arcann ' s plans for it . Early on , she met and exchanged information with Senya Tirall , a former member of the Knights of Zakuul , who resigned after Arcann ordered the massacre of the Scions of Zakuul , who used to serve alongside Knights as brethren . She later encountered an exiled Zakuulan naval officer Koth Vortena , who defected following the Occupation of Denon along with his crew . Beniko and Vortena spend a lot of time opposing the Eternal Empire together , growing to trust each other during their shared experiences on planets such as Arron Prime and Altair 3 . Beniko also continued to build a networks of contacts of those determined the oppose the tyranny of Zakuul from both the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic and obtained a bodyguard droid HK - 55 and an astromech droid T7 - O1 . Rescue of the Outlander . Five years after the Assassination of Valkorion Beniko was finally able to learn that her ally who accompanied Darth Marr was frozen in carbonite and kept by Arcann in a secured vault that housed his most prized possessions . Beniko mounted a rescue mission and in 3632 BBY she and T7 - O1 infiltrated the Spire while Vortena and HK - 55 waited in the shuttle that served as their escape route . Locating her old ally inside Arcann ' s vault and unfreezing them , Beniko quickly noted that the carbonite freezing process was imperfect and poisoning the Outlander , and quickly administered an antidote just as her ally was thawed out . Almost immediately they were attacked by Skytrooper guards and with no time to explain the full situation , Beniko proceeded to escort her ally to the extraction point while T7 - O1 went a separate route to generate false alarms in other sectors . Their escape discovered , the two here pursuited by High Justice Vaylin , Arcann ' s sister and an extremely powerful Force user . Attempting to cut off their escape route , Vaylin destabilized a Sun Generator , forcing Beniko and the Outlander to make their way through a Skytrooper factory . The generator threatened to explode taking innocent lives and the Outlander took a detour to disable it despite Beniko ' s protests . With Vortena having problems with their escape shuttle , Beniko and the Outlander had to hold their ground against a couple of Knights of Zakuul and were eventually cornered by Vailyn . Beniko prepared to sacrifice herself to buy the Outlander time for escape , but instead they were picked just in time by HK - 55 and Vortena in their shuttle . Vaylin caused damage to the shuttle as it escaped , which required Vortena to put in down , crashing in the Endless Swamp . Beniko stayed behind with Vortena to hide evidence of their crash - landing while the Outlander and HK - 55 went ahead to investigate a large technological object . When Beniko and Vortena caught up to their companions , HK - 55 informed them that the object was not native to Zakuul and Vortena quickly identified it as the " Gravestone " , the legendary starship that single handedly stood up to the Eternal Fleet . Vortena was convinced that the recent events were a sign that they would beat Arcann , though Beniko disagreed . Leaving Vortena to work on the ship , Beniko and the Outlander ventured back into the swamp to locate fresh drinking water . Beniko used this opportunity to bring her ally onto speed on the past five years of galactic events and the current state of the major organizations . She also confessed that she felt an unfamiliar presence within the Outlander , who shared the suspicion that Emperor Valkorion was still alive within his mind , an act of honesty which Beniko appreciated . The two then returned to the " Gravestone " and got working alongside Vortena to repair it , eventually restoring major systems to working conditions . At some point Beniko sent a message to Senya Tirall asking her to join them and provide backup , which proved helpful when their position was discovered by Skytroopers and Zakuulan Knights . Senya arrived to join the defense of the " Gravestone " mid - fight , in which the Knights used Zildrog ' s Wedge to isolate Beniko , managing to land a blow on her . Koth and HK - 55 arrived to finish off the last of Zakuulan forces and immediately showed hostilities upon spotting Senya , as she had spent years hunting him down back in her days as Knight of Zakuul . With more Zakuulan forces on their way , the group set to getting the " Gravestone " off the ground , with Beniko and Tirall using the Force to raise the ancient ship from the swamp . As everyone got onboard and the ship left the atmosphere , the Eternal Fleet appeared to intercept them , only for the Outlander to fire the " Gravestone " s omnicannon , destroying more than two dozen Eternal Fleet warship s in a single shot , enabling the " Gravestone " to jump into hyperspace . Hostilities soon erupted on the bridge as Koth and Senya ' s past history prevented them from working towards a common goal . Beniko used this time to test her strength and tend to her wound , asking the Outlander to seek common ground with both Vortena and Tirall . The vessel suffered damage , so the group decided to make a stop at the Asylum shadowport for repairs . The Asylum . The " Gravestone " managed to limp and to the shadowport and dock as the Asylum , where Vortena ' s crew of Zakuulan exiles joined him to work on the ship , while Beniko went to a contact her network by herself . On her way back to the " Gravestone " she found HK - 55 wandering the streets with his most recent memories missing . Vortena informed her that the droid was accompanying the Outlander to a rendezvous with Tirall ' s allies and assumed that the turncoat Knight had betrayed them . However , Beniko suspected that the mystery contacts were the most present danger and asked HK - 55 for his last location before the memory gap . Beniko rallied Vortena and his crew to that spot , locating a concealed entrance to a hideout of the Scions of Zakuul , where they found the Outlander and Tirall in a standoff with the Scion leader Heskal . Beniko demanded for Heskal and his Scions to put away their lightsabers , which they did as Heskal had no further information to learn from the two , revealing to everyone that Valkorion still lived within the Outlander ' s mind . Vortena believed that Valkorion ' s survival meant hope for Zakuul and was excited , while Beniko replied that the Immortal Emperor was a threat to all life in the galaxy and vowed to find a way to extract him from the Outlander ' s mind . At this revelation , Senya Tirall also confessed that she was Arcann and Vaylin mother , of which Beniko was previously unaware . Returning to the " Gravestone " , Koth again expressed hostility at Senya for withholding information . He expressed that restoring Valkorion to the Eternal Throne should be the group ' s primary goal , to which Beniko again countered that Valkorion was a world devourer . The argument was interrupted by HK - 55 , who relayed a message from T7 - O1 on Zakuul , informing them that the information broker known as " Lady of Sorrows " wished to have a dialogue with the " Gravestone " ' s computers . Beniko deemed bringing the " Lady of Sorrows " worth the risk and Senya Tirall volunteered to accompany the Outlander back to the Old World of Zakuul in a shuttle . Before they departed , Beniko asked the Outlander to act as an example for Koth and Senya to cooperate . Koth Vortena followed Senya Tirall and the Outlander to provide backup and the group successfully made it back , along with T7 - O1 and the " Lady of Sorrows " , who revealed herself as SCORPIO , an advanced artificial intelligence who was familiar to Beniko from her past work for the Imperial Intelligence . While SCORPIO set to work on the " Gravestone " , Beniko informed the Outlander of her Imperial and Republic contacts , who were willing to join their resistance against the Eternal Throne . The Outlander was then summoned by Heskal back to the Scions ' hideout , and Beniko advised her ally to be cautious around Scions , calling the zealots unpredictable . It turned out that Heskal revealed the Outlander ' s location directly to Arcann in accordance with a prophecy that he had . The Eternal Fleet emerged from hyperspace and opened fire on the shadowport , and Beniko called the Outlander , who had just escaped a confrontation with Arcann himself in the hideout . Beniko defended the " Gravestone " alongside Vortena ' s crew until the Outlander and T7 - O1 returned , then informed them that Arcann ' s forces had taken control of docking clamps keeping the " Gravestone " in place . The group was ambushed by Vaylin , but her Senya Tirall intervened and engaged her daughter , allowing Beniko and the Outlander to retreat and reunite with Koth Vortena . Beniko volunteered to hold a choke point so that Vortena and the Outlander could reach the Control Spar and disable the docking clamps . There , the Outlander was confronted by Arcann again , who destroyed HK - 55 seemingly beyond repair . Despite suffering a great physical toll , the Outlander managed to release the clamps keeping the ship grounded and escape the confrontation with Arcann alive , returning to " Gravestone " by shuttle just as the vessel was taking off . The ship escaped from the Eternal Fleet to hyperspace , just as the Outlander collapsed from sustained injuries . Beniko was at her ally ' s side when they woke up and confirmed HK - 55 fate , mourning his loss and threatening to deactivate SCORPIO for demeaning his mode . The Alliance against Zakuul . Early victories . The Battle of Asylum served as a rallying cry for those who wished to oppose Arcann , and Lana called her multiple contacts from the Sith Empire , the Republic and the criminal underworld to gather on the planet Odessen , a remote and unsettled world which she hand - picked herself for its strong connection to the Force . There she laid foundation of an Alliance against the Eternal Empire , putting aside the past hostilities of the Galactic War to free the galaxy of Arcann ' s tyranny . Beniko publicly made the Outlander into the Commander of the hew Alliance , herself becoming the Commander ' s right hand and most trusted advisor . Some of the most prominent faces who decided to join the new Alliance included former Republic Admiral Bey ' wan Aygo , a legendary smuggler Hylo Visz , a Hutt scientist Juvard Illip Oggurobb and her old associate Theron Shan , who by that point had broken ties with the Republic SIS . Lana and Theron took time to reminiscence on their past together , with Theron jokingly offering to recruit the Order of Shasa , while Lana stated that she would rather let galaxy fall than ally with Rishi ' s Corellian Run Scoundrels . Lana personally asked the new Commander to recruit Sith Empire ' s Major Pierce , whose talents were wasted at his current posting on Dromund Kaas . The new Alliance made several bold strikes against the Eternal Empire , which attracted new members and volunteers . On Theron Shan ' s suggestion the Commander recruited Kaliyo Djannis , an experienced anarchist known as " Firebrand " , who survived on Zakuul for two years . The Commander also assisted Republic Special Forces Division Havoc Squad under Major Aric Jorgan in wire - tapping a Zakuulan listening post in the Eternal Swamp , a missing for which Lana and other Alliance members provided a major distraction . Combining the information from the new sources allowed SCORPIO to reveal the existence of the GEMINI frequency , by the means of which Arcann controlled the Eternal Fleet . The Alliance planned an attack on the Hyperwave relay station hidden ten kilometers beneath the Spire on Zakuul and connecting the Eternal Throne to the Eternal Fleet , sending the Havoc Squad and Kaliyo Djannis on the mission , one of them providing a diversion for the other ' s main objective . Before the Commander could depart to lead them , Beniko suggested to contact Valkorion on how to best infiltrate the facility he had build . Unfortunately , the Commander decided to do so in Odessen wilderness , where Valkorion tested them for a prolonged period of time before the Commander could return to the Alliance base . The Alliance had no choice but to proceed with the mission regardless and in the process the contact with the infiltration team was lost , prompting the diversion team to attempt a rescue . At that point , the Spire went into full lockdown with no transmissions coming in or out , making any rescue attempt all but impossible and leaving the Alliance leadership no choice but to wait . Relaxing in the Alliance cantina , Lana Beniko engaged in a game of Holo - Sabacc with Theron Shan , Koth Vortena and Gault Rennow , a former partner of Hylo Visz . Beniko attempted to read the Devaronian ' s mind but all she saw was a series of clouded images , enabling him to beat her at cards . Gault then approached the Alliance leadership with a proposition to raid the " Gilded Star " , an Eternal Empire treasury ship hiding in the atmosphere of the gas giant Vandin . Strained for funds , the Commander agreed to the plan and accompanied Gault to Vandin along with Lana Beniko , Theron Shan , Senya Tirall and SCORPIO . Bringing in his partner Vette and an identity slicer Dretcher , Gault outlined his plan to infiltrate the ship and sabotage a warhead inside its reinforced vault , vaporizing its contents so that they could be siphoned away from the ship . The heist went mostly as planned , as Lana and Theron piloted the tanker ship and made a safe getaway , while those aboard the " Gilded Star " itself were picked up by Hylo Visz . Returning to Odessen , Gault and Vette expressed their desire to join the Alliance , but the celebration was interrupted by the return of Aric Jorgan and Kaliyo Djannis , who managed to escape Zakuul with a database on the GEMINI droids , although four of Havoc Squad ' s six members were lost in the process . Hoping to salvage this fiasco , Beniko ordered SCORPIO to analyze the data archive . The GEMINI trap . SCORPIO revealed to the Alliance leadership that the GEMINI droids were produced from a template called GEMINI Prime in a weapons factory on Darvannis . Obtaining the Prime could be the key to take over the GEMINI and the Eternal Fleet , but Beniko noted that the factory had tunnels running kilometers deep and the Alliance did not yet have enough forces for a major assault . Theron Shan responded by calling in a favor to Shae Vizla , now holding the title of Mandalore the Avenger . Vizla ' s Mandalorian clan was itching for both payback against the Eternal Empire and a chance to re - arm themselves with the spoils from Darvannis factory and provided enough distraction for Commander to infiltrate the factory and retrieve the Prime . During the raid on Darvannis Beniko contacted the Commander and passed on detailed schematics of the factory obtain by Theron to help with the assault , while also cautioning the Outlander regarding a long - term alliance with the Mandalorians , comparing them to wild animals craving violence . With GEMINI Prime in her possession on Odessen , SCORPIO was able to analyze the template and easily crack the droid ' s internal protocols due to their similar designs . SCORPIO explained that by plugging the Prime into the captain ' s console on any warship in the Eternal Fleet , she would be able to take control of the entire network , and with it the Eternal Fleet . Identifying a lone warship scheduled to recharge its hyperdrive as their target , the Alliance leadership moved to intercept it . Koth Vortena piloted the " Gravestone " to the location of the Eternal Fleet warship and SCORPIO confused its targeting systems while Theron Shan piloted a shuttle inside its hangar . Inside , the GEMINI captain noted their presence and separated the Commander and SCORPIO from Lana , Senya and Theron . While making their way to a rendezvous point , the three found that the ship was transporting prisoners for Arcann to interrogate - Imperial Admiral Zasha Ranken , Republic Senator Tai Cordan and Zakuulan holostar - in - exile Malita Tal . By the time the Commander could rejoin them , SCORPIO apparently was destroyed in her attempt to override the GEMINI captain . Lana and Theron escorted the freed prisoners to the escape pods , as Senya and the Commander confronted and defeated the GEMINI captain . The GEMINI however , revealed their sabotage to Emperor Arcann and transferred her consciousness into the frequency , triggering the ship ' s self - destruct . One of three escape pods was destroyed and the Alliance could barely manage to escape the destruction in time . As Arcann and Vaylin arrived with the Eternal Fleet , the " Gravestone " managed to escape to hyperspace , while GEMINI Prime has completely shut itself down . SCORPIO then contacted the Alliance and revealed that she faked her death , using the GEMINI network to transport herself to Zakuul , where she took control of the Eternal Throne . Returning to Odessen , the Alliance learned that a portion of the Eternal Fleet remained under Arcann ' s control and that SCORPIO revealed to him the location of the Odessen base . With Eternal Fleet on its way , the Commander left behind some forces in case of a ground assault , while taking the fight to Arcann from the " Gravestone " . As the battle of Odessen began , Beniko determined that the only way to ensure safely of the Alliance was to annihilate Arcann ' s Eternal Flagship . Lana , Senya and some others accompanied the Commander in the infiltration of the flagship , where Senya was separated from them by Vaylin . As they made their way to confront Arcann on the bridge , Lana was informed by Theron that the rest of the Eternal Fleet had turned on Arcann as well , targeting the Arcann ' s flagship to eliminate both him and the Commander in one fell swoop , which Lana recognized as SCORPIO ' s true plan from the start . Reaching the bridge , Beniko stayed behind to deal with a squad of Zakuul Knights , leaving the Command to confront Arcann alone . By the time Commander informed her that Arcann was finished , Beniko and the rest of the infiltration team were in the hangar prepared to leave , though there was no sign of Senya Tirall . As the ship was coming apart , Beniko and her team commandeered a Zakuulan shuttle while the Commander narrowly escaped in a Zakuulan starfighter . On their way back to the " Gravestone " , Senya contacted them and revealed that she was alive and so was Arcann , whom she was taking away in the hopes of redeeming , before she escaped into hyperspace aboard Arcann ' s personal shuttle . With little time to focus on Senya ' s betrayal , Lana reminded eevryoone that the Eternal Fleet was still their primary concern , at point which the " Gravestone " fired the omnicannon on the Eternal Flagship , creating a massive explosion that wiped out the present portion of the Eternal Fleet . Back on Odessen , Beniko assured the Commander that despite the betrayals they ' ve endured , the Battle of Odessen had become the rallying point the Alliance needed for all the forces seeking to oppose the Eternal Empire , swelling their ranks and giving them the capability to repel future invasions . The continued fight . With Arcann gone , his sister Vaylin allied with SCORPIO and proclaimed herself the new Eternal Empress , carving a path of destruction across the galaxy in search of her family . Her search led her to Voss , where she launched an all - out attack to draw her family out of hiding . The Alliance fleet moved to intercept and engage the Eternal Fleet , while Beniko piloted a Zakuulan shuttle carrying the Commander and Torian Cadera who led a squad of Mandalorian warriors down to the planet surface to break the siege of the capital city of Voss - Ka . Engaging Skytrooper s throughout the burning city , Beniko and the Commander attempted to beach the northern city plateau before it was completely destroyed , then made their way to the Tower of Prophecy , where Theron Shan had been waiting for them . After defending their position from Vaylin ' s Horizon Guard , they received a holotransmission from Senya , who was at the Shrine of Healing hoping the Voss Mystics would heal her son ' s body and spirit and pleaded for the Alliance ' s aid , believing Arcann would join their fight . Agreeing that Arcann had to be neutralized one way or another , Beniko led the Mandalorians towards the Shrine while the Commander and Theron separately rode Torian ' s walker " Storm Rider " through the Old Paths . By the time they reached Senya ' s position , she had already ordered the Mystics to use her strength to heal her son in a Voss healing ritual , which let her comatose . The Commander and Beniko chased escaping Arcann to his shuttle , but were too late to stop his departure . By this point Vaylin has ordered the Eternal Fleet to burn her family regardless of casualties on Voss , but the battle was turned by the arrival of the Imperial fleet , which turned the Eternal Fleet away . Sith Empress Acina then greeted the Alliance Commander and invitied them to Dromund Kaas to discuss a potential alliance against Vaylin . Beniko deemed that the trip should be interested in any case , as she was away from the Sith Capital for a number of years by this point . On Dromund Kaas the Commander , Lana Beniko and Theron Shan were greeted by Gelmid Lorman , who introduced himself as the new Minister of Logistics when Beniko addressed him by his old title of Moff . Lorman escorted them to Acina , who insisted on speaking with the Commander privately on her personal shuttle . The Commander agreed , leaving Lana Beniko and Theron Shan behind to keep an eye on Lorman . Beniko set to meditate while Theron sliced the Imperial databanks and later told him to stop when she sensed someone approaching . Lorman informed them that the Empress ' s shuttle had crashed in the wilds and was possibly vaporized , with its emergency beacon not responding , coming to the conclusion that both the Empress and the Commander were dead , which Beniko found to be impossible . Though the two advisors decided to investigate the crash , Lorman insisted that a hazardous storm in the vicinity of the crash that would make that impossible . As they waited , Lana and Theron were contacted by former Republic Supreme Chancellor Leontyne Saresh , who expressed her condolences and offered to take over the leadership of the Alliance . Lana reminded the Twi ' lek that her term as a Chancellor was already over , while Theron insisted that the Commander was still considered missing and thus refused her offer . After Saresh signed off , Beniko decided to forgo the risk of traversing the storm and go search for the Commander . On their way there were informed by Bey ' wan Aygo that Saresh had already arrived on Odessen , taking advantage of the disarray among the Alliance forces over the Commander ' s supposed demise . Leaving the turbolife , the two were held at blasterpoint by a trio of Imperial troops sent by Lorman to stop them . Beniko and Shan easily took care of them before answering a call from a holotransmitter on one of the troopers . On the other hand was Lorman , who was working alongside Saresh and the GenoHaradan in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate the Commander and the Empress , who by now had cornered their pursuers . After quickly informing them about Saresh ' s machinations , Lana and Theron quickly followed the Commander to Odessen , Saresh was making a speech in front of the Alliance personnel . Beniko personally cut off her way of escaping and the Commander ordered her imprisoned , to Theron ' s approval . Re - discovery of Iokath . However , even though Saresh was neutralized , the chaos she caused was used by SCORPIO and Vaylin to secretly board and take over the " Gravestone " . Koth Vortena escaped capture and provided the Alliance base to his coordinates , with the Alliance fleet moving to intercept . Beniko accompanied the Commander to the " Gravestone " in a boarding pod and helped dispatch skytrooper patrols along their way to Vortena . Koth revealed that Vaylin ' s forces took over the bridge and now risked triggering the quantum bomb that he installed as a precaution against SCORPIO . Lana let Koth and the Commander disarm the bomb fuses , while she went to distract Zakuulan patrols throughout the ship . Figuring that Vortena was not alone , Vaylin went ahead and cornered Beniko in the Dark Sanctuary section of the ship . The Commander and Vortena arrived in time to save Beniko from Vaylin ' s lightsaber , but their fighting still triggered the bomb . About to strike the Commander , Vaylin suddenly turned and fled , giving Vortena the necessary time to disarm the bomb . Vortena ordered his crew to evacuate in an escape pod , just as Theron Shan brought Kaliyo Djannis , Aric Jorgan , Torian Cadera and Vette as reinforcements by landing an Alliance shuttle inside the hangar . At this point , SCORPIO took over control of the " Gravestone " , sending it towards an unknown location and locking the hyperdrive . Converging on the bridge , Alliance forces witnessed as the vessel jumped out of hyperspace in an unknown system , surrounded by the entirety of the Eternal Fleet . SCORPIO left the ship in her shuttle and Vaylin threatened the lives of the crew again , but could not nothing as a blinding white light engulfed the ship . Alliance members found themselves on the surface of the strange world that computers called Iokath , separated from each other and placed in scenarios that resembled combat simulations . Theron Shan managed to get his cybernetic implant working , contacting everyone and directing them to a structure called the Tributary , as they became aware that not only Vaylin , but every Zakuulan and GEMINI droid from the Eternal Fleet found themselves in a similar situation as well . When every Alliance member from onboard the " Gravestone " got back together , their position in the Tributary came under attack from local hostile droids , forcing them to find another way out of it . The Commander and Vette went ahead , while the rest eventually followed , meeting them at a disabled colossus droid . There , Theron realized that even though he was unable to locate the " Gravestone " , he could still use his implant to remotely pilot the Alliance shuttle that was left in its hangar . To provide themselves with a distraction from the droids outside , the team repaired the colossus droid , leaving the Commander to pilot it against its much weaker , but more numerous brethren . With everyone safely onboard , the shuttle that Theron landed on the Tributary roof took off . However , before they could leave , SCORPIO contacted the group and revealed that ARIES , the droid that controlled Iokath , raised an energy shield that would destroy any vessel attempting to leave . With ARIES re - charging the weapon that incapacitated them to begin with and promising to use on a lethal setting , the only way out was to stop ARIES . SCORPIO revealed that ARIES base was located in the southern hemisphere and Theron dropped off the Commander and Vette there to deal with ARIES , while the rest went to reclaim the " Gravestone " based on the shuttle ' s last known location . SCORPIO herself arrived to help the Commander defeat ARIES , who repaid her by letting her consciousness merge with Iokath , removing her from a list of galactic threats . However , the capacitors on ARIES ' weapon overloaded , threatening the cover the entire world with a pulse of deadly radiation . The " Gravestone " just barely managed to escape to hyperspace , as did Vaylin with most of the Eternal Fleet , but Iokath remained inaccessible for the time being . Returning to the safety of Odessen , Beniko assured the Commander that the Alliance was stronger than ever , with " Gravestone " secure and SCORPIO out of the picture , though she transmitted schematics on further upgrading the " Gravestone " with Iokath technology . Alliance Intelligence continued to search for Arcann , but was unable to locate a solid lead amidst the numerous rumours . Beniko also finally asked the Commander what exactly caused Vaylin to flee back onboard the " Gravestone " , to which the Commander replied that Valkorion shared him them a code phrase " Kneel before the Dragon of Zakuul " that when spoken triggered Vaylin ' s conditions and made her powerless to strike . Moving against Vaylin . An opportunity to use Vaylin ' s newfound weakness presented itself when Indo Zal , an Alliance sympathizer who previously helped T7 - O1 contacted the Alliance and informed them about the upcoming Grand Festival of Empress Vaylin , where the Empress planned to execute a host of Zakuulan rebels . Indo proposed to provide disguises for the Alliance to infiltrate the party , then cause a revolt among the prisoners , causing enough chaos for the Commander to get close to Vaylin and activate her conditioning . Theron Shan vouched for Indo and volunteered to accompany the Commander inside the Palace of the Eternal Dragon , while Lana Beniko and T7 - O1 provided remote support from a shuttle that served as their getaway vehicle . The Commander ' s confrontation with Vaylin was interrupted by Arcann , who arrived with a group of his loyalists , intending to reclaim the Eternal Throne from his sister . However , the Commander found that Arcann was indeed healed on Voss , no longer consumed by hate and anger he offered to join the Alliance and attempt to atone for his crimes . Though Vaylin escaped to her flagship and ordered the Palace bombarded to rubble , Beniko arrived with the shuttle just in time to get the Commander , Theron Shan and Arcann to safety . Upon their return to Odessen , Arcann was initially treated as enemy by the Alliance personnel , many of whom suffered under his rule for years and joined the Alliance to oppose him in a first place . However , the Commander insisted that having the former Eternal Emperor on the side was good for both the morale and for putting additional pressure on Vaylin . The Commander soon learned from Valkorion of Nathema , a dead world where Vaylin ' s conditioning took place and where she was now returning to break it . Theron piloted the Commander ' s shuttle to Nathema , and Lana began feeling the effects of the Force void before even setting foot on the planet . Even Valkorion found his power diminished in this place , though he promised to shield the Commander and Beniko from its worst effects . Making their way through the planet ' s surface , left lifeless ever since the Ritual of Nathema over a millenia ago , the Commander and Beniko reached the Sanitarium , the only structure still showing sings of life on the planet , with Vaylin already inside . Dispatching several Horizon Guards , Nathema Zealot s and Keepers , the two explored the inner workings of the Sanitarium , learning about Vaylin ' s past there from holorecording left by Anomid named Jarak . Meanwhile , the ritual to break Vaylin ' s bonds when out of control , with Vaylin ' s power vaporising those in her vicinity . Beniko and the Commander came upon Jarak , who offered to take them to a place where they could take shelter . In the Sanitarium ' s lower levels they reached an Immortal Emperor ' s vault , where Valkorion stored artifacts even he deemed to dangerous , and barely managed to get inside in time . With not even Valkorion having a power inside and finding the door stuck , Beniko and the Commander went to activate the backup power generator , while Jarak was killed by a vault guardian . Inside , the two made an important discovery of Dramath ' s holocron , which still housed the essense of Valkorion ' s father that he killed over 1300 years ago . Dramath told them that the holocron held the power to destroy Vitiate once and for all and the Commander ordered Beniko to take care of it , as soon as they stepped outside Valkorion would have access to his body once again . Eventually unlocking the door that trapped them inside , the two learned from Theron that Vaylin has already left the surface and escaped the Sanitarium so that Theron could pick them up . Before they could rest , they learned from Bey ' wan Aygo that Vaylin launched another assault on Odessen . Returning to Odessen , the Commander , Theron and Lana found the battle already raging on multiple fronts . Theron volunteered to sneak behind the enemy ' s lines , while Lana and the Commander made their way to the " Gravestone " , which was still in dry dock , unable to take off until the Iokath upgrades were completed . Commandeering an Eternal Empire Walker , the two made their way through the front lines , eventually meeting Arcann and awoken Senya Tirall at the " Gravestone " , as it was finally able to take off . Lana went to join the open battle , while the Commander , Senya and Arcann confronted Vaylin at the Alliance base , where Commander was able to land a killing blow on her , though at the cost of one Alliance member ' s life . The fighting on Odessen was over as Zakuulan forces surrendered en masse , but the war was not , as with Eternal Throne empty the GEMINI Captains have gone rogue , bombarding the capital worlds of Coruscant , Dromund Kaas and Zakuul into rubble . With claiming the Eternal Throne as the only way to stop the destruction , the Alliance leadership departed for Zakuul . The Eternal Alliance . The end of Valkorion . Dropping out of hyperspace , Beniko and the rest witnessed the Spire blockaded by the Eternal Fleet , though Iokath upgrades allowed the " Gravestone " to breach it . Senya and Arcann volunteered to accompany Commander and the three traveled down to surface in a boarding pod . Making their way to the Spire , they reached the Eternal Throne room , where the Commander claimed it and pacified the Fleet . Valkorion attempted to take over the Commander ' s body , but with the help of Arcann and Senya and the use of Dramath ' s holocron he was defeated once and for all , putting an end to his millennia - long existence . The Commander then proclaimed the age of the Eternal Alliance , unifying the military of Zakuul and the Eternal Fleet with the cause of the Alliance as one under their leadership . The Eternal Alliance was now one of the biggest galactic powers , and as one of its highest - ranking members , Beniko had to contend with new threats from the first hours of its existence . Anti - Alliance uprisings sprung across the galaxy , with Beniko identifying and ordering to neutralize such new threats as Renegade Sith Lords Adacin and Zanisk , former Imperial Intelligence Major Korven and exiled Zakuulan Battalion Commander Tassar . A traitor close to home . By the time the radiation levels on Iokath had subsided , Beniko personally led an Alliance team to map and claim it for the Alliance . She contacted the Commander and Theron with a status report , which was interrupted by her discovery of Imperial and Republic forces on Iokath , who shot her droid C6 - X and appeared to be fighting for control over the superweapon . Beniko established a secure area with the Alliance forces at her disposal and detained two emissaries send by the Republic and the Empire - Captain Elara Dorne and Major Malavai Quinn . The Commander and Theron soon joined her on Iokath , though an unknown interference left the Eternal Fleet , now controlled from Odessen , unable to assist . Beniko greeted the Commander back to Iokath and let her captives introduce themselves , before joining in a holoconference with Sith Empress Acina and Republic Supreme Commander Jace Malcom , Theron ' s father . Both sides arrived on Iokath looking to claim the superweapon and both pleaded the Alliance to join forces against the other . She followed the Commander in the decision that was made , though she was ordered to guard the base , while the Commander and Theron went on the offensive . However , Beniko soon discovered that the ongoing battle for Iokath was orchestrated by an unknown outside party , which leaked identical data regarding the superweapon to all three parties , hoping to lure them in the same place and the same time and restart the Galactic War . Since the Eternal Throne ' s control over the Eternal Fleet could only be sabotaged by an Alliance member , Lana suspected a traitor in their ranks . The Commander and Theron moved to prevent the superweapon activation and though they were unsuccessful and the legendary Six Gods were awakened , the control over the Eternal Fleet was restored , allowing to push the first of them , Tyth , back . With no way to narrow down the suspects from almost half of the Alliance personnel Beniko and Shan started to look for the traitor . Eventually she found a trail that led to the shadow - world of Umbara , where a transmission with the same encryption as the one from Iokath was detected from a Hovertrain with a large stockpile of Adegan crystal s . Lana Beniko , Theron Shan and the Commander traveled there and boarded the train to intercept and stop the traitor . After defeating an Umbaran Shadow Assassin the three reached the empty cockpit of the train , where Theron revealed himself as the traitor , locking the Commander and Lana inside and sabotaging the train to crash before escaping . Managing to bail before the impact and survive the crash , the Commander and Lana pursuit Theron on foot , while also fending off local wildlife . They caught up with Theron , but were unable to stop him before his shuttle left Umbara . Returning to Odessen empty - handed , the Commander ordered Beniko to use every resource at the Alliance ' s disposal to locate Theron ' s whereabouts . Personality and traits . Lana Beniko had a very unusual personality for a Sith Lord . She spoke in a very serene and considerate manner , and possessed a keen mind with a preference to analyze the problem rather to charge it head on . She was a patriot of the Sith Empire and seemed to care more about its safety than her own goals or achieving new titles . She frequently used the saying " May the Force ever serve you ( serve you well ) " when addressing people she respected . As the advisor to Arkous , she felt bad when her suspicious of him turned true , and even years later would remember him , wishing that Arkous could see what she had become . Her patriotism made her pragmatic enough to ally with unlikely individuals against the threats to the Empire . She genuinely grew to care for her friends on both sides and would show worry when they were in danger . Unlike practically every other Sith , Beniko held no disdain for non - Humans , people without Force - sensitivity and even loyal citizens of the Galactic Republic , neither did she have the urge to remind them of their place . Her outward appearance showed little to no effect of Dark Side corruption apart from the yellow eye irises and she possessed a healthy sense of humor , free from sadistic tendencies typical of Sith . She easily fit with unlikely companions for weeks , it took the combined force of an extremely stressful situation and constant annoyance to get her to even raise her voice ; a situation most Sith would choose to settle with either a Force - choke or their lightsaber . Despite all this , Beniko was able to make hard decisions and remained a loyal Imperial even after she was branded a traitor and refused an offer to defect to the Republic . Beniko sincerely regretted when Theron lost his trust in her after Rishi , she parted with him on good terms though she already prepared to made his life difficult in her new role at the Sith Intelligence . Her calm outward demeanor was also contrasted by her prowess in combat , and she had no qualms of using Force lightning against Revan during the fight . The stress of her new post as a Sith Intelligence Minister combined with the power Vitiate displayed on Ziost took a toll on Lana , visibly wearing her out . She put her trust in Rane Kovach and when his betrayal was revealed to her , immediately ordered his death , attempting to Force - choke him if her order was denied . Though Theron still mistrusted her , she had no problem working with him to stop Vitiate . She became angry when he refused to let her experiment on Master Surro , though only because she believe sacrificing her life could help save the entire galaxy from annihilation by Vitiate . Despite being a patriot , she abandoned the Sith Empire after the Zakuul – Imperial treaty and went to search for her old ally in the Wild Space , believing from their past efforts that they were the only person capable of stopping Arcann . She made multiple friends and contacts during her years in Zakuulan space , enough that when called upon enough showed up to start the Anti - Zakuulan Alliance . Lana worked alongside Koth Vortena for years , growing to genuinely like and trust him . Although not violent or cruel by nature , she was prepared to sacrifice the innocent when she believed the fate of the entire galaxy to be at risk , at evidenced by her desire to experiment on Master Surro and to let the Sun Generator on Zakuul explode to cover their escape . Despite leaving the Sith Empire behind , she still thought of herself as Sith , taunting the Zakuulan Knight Tanek that the Knights were never taught to properly channel their anger like she was . After becoming the master of HK - 55 , Beniko had become quite attached to the bodyguard droid and when SCORPIO insensitively labeled the HK - series droid to be inferior , she threatened to deactivate her . Beniko was initially saddened to see HK destroyed during the Battle of Asylum , but happily embraced its ultimate reconstruction at the hands of Juvard Illip Oggurobb . In the early days of the Alliance , Lana acted as a voice of reason , trying to settle the petty disputes and past grievances , such as those between Koth Vortena and Senya Tirall or between Theron Shan and SCORPIO . She was always wary of SCORPIO and showed no sign of sorrow at her supposed death , but was nevertheless unable to foresee the depth of SCORPIO ' s deception . Putting her trust in the Commander , Beniko expected trust in return and did not take lightly to being lied to . Protective of the Commander , she promised to tear the Scion Sanctuary should something happen to him and was extremely worried when the Commander was trapped in Odessen wilderness by Valkorion . When the Commander took harsh actions against the traitors , Lana always stood by their side , even if she brought the people in question in to begin with . She tolerated ruthless decisions only if they were pragmatic , and was quick to point out when mindless violence only led to more problems down the line . Behind the scenes . Lana Beniko is a character in " " voiced by English actress Lydia Leonard . First appearing as part of the " Forged Alliances " storyline in game update 2 . 7 , released in April 2014 , she played a major role in every subsequent expansion and story update , becoming one of the most prominent NPCs in - game . She serves as the mission control for the player during the four Forged Alliances flashpoints , the Temple of Sacrifice operation , three Uprisings introduced in the " " and the Odessen Proving Grounds warzone . Lana becomes a companion for the player in the " " expansion , which signifies the five - year time skip by changing her character model , outfit and hairstyle . Both male and female player characters of the Republic and the Empire factions have the option to flirt with Lana on several different occasions during the " Forged Alliances " storyline , potentially leading to a more developed romance and culminating in a passionate kiss at the end of the " Shadow of Revan " expansion . The player can resume the romance or initiate it from clear slate during the " Knights of the Fallen Empire " storyline . Lana remains a critical character throughout the " " being the Outlander ' s most frequent companion , particularly on Nathema . In the Light Side path her prominence diminishes slightly during the last two Chapters as Senya Tirall and Arcann accompany the player in the fights against Vaylin and Valkorion . However , if the player follows the Dark Side path , both Senya and Arcann die prior to that and their roles are assumed by Lana and Theron , who will remain by the player ' s side throughout the showdown with Vaylin and during the final push to the Eternal Throne , and will be the one to broadcast the Outlander ' s ascension on the HoloNet .