Mission to Bimmiel A reconnaissance mission was conducted by Jedi Knights Corran Horn and Ganner Rhysode in the year 25 ABY to locate and then investigate a missing xenoarchaeology research team from the planet Agamar which had lost contact with the university that had dispatched it to the planet Bimmiel . The Jedi intervened because the research team was thought to have encountered the extragalactic Yuuzhan Vong after their initial invasion through the planet Sernpidal . Upon arriving at Bimmiel , they discovered that the team ' s communication satellite had been damaged , which was likely the cause of the communication loss , as communication was already difficult due to the planet ' s sun . It also reaffirmed the Jedi ' s belief that the Yuuzhan Vong had occupied the planet , as they were technophobic . After they successfully located the research team hiding in a cave , they learned that the team was in possession of the body of Yuuzhan Vong warrior Mongei Shai . When two members of the team were captured , the Jedi mounted a rescue attempt during which Horn killed the Yuuzhan Vong overseeing the camp , Neira and Dranae of Domain Shai , suffering injuries in the process . However , he was saved by Rhysode , who thus disobeyed orders . After learning that his grandfather ' s remains had been disturbed and his relatives killed , Shedao Shai vowed to kill Horn . Shai ' s quest for vengeance would result in his death at the hands of Horn during the Battle of Ithor and the subsequent devastation of that planet . Prelude . In the year 25 ABY , after the New Republic Senate refused to hear Leia Organa Solo ' s pleas to fight the invading Yuuzhan Vong in the Outer Rim , Jedi Master Luke Skywalker called a meeting of the New Jedi Order on the moon Yavin 4 . Once the meeting had concluded , he sent most of the Order out on missions to learn about the extra - galactic species , commanding Jedi Knights Corran Horn and Ganner Rhysode to go to the planet Bimmiel and find a missing Agamarian xenoarchaeology team which was believed to have encountered the Yuuzhan Vong . Rhysode was part of Kyp Durron ' s faction of the New Jedi Order , which supported aggressive action against the Yuuzhan Vong . Horn was one of the strongest opponents of Durron ' s faction , as a result Rhysode rejected the senior Jedi ' s authority , seeing him as weak - willed . Rhysode was then swarmed by garnant s , set upon him by Horn ' s son Valin Horn . The mission . When Rhysode and Horn arrived in the Jedi ' s shuttle the " Dalliance " , they discovered that the satellite the xenoarchaeology team would have used to communicate was damaged . They continued walking through the desert in hopes of finding the team , the duo unintentionally crossed a slashrat killing field . The fierce and aggressive slashrats attacked . After holding off the slashrats , the Jedi fled to a cave where the hostile xenoarchaeology team under the leadership of Dr . Anki Pace had been hiding . After meeting the team , they discovered that certain sites on the planet had been home to old Jedi artifacts however they had been stolen . Rhysode was angered by the implication that the Jedi would steal the artifacts and along with Horn convinced the team otherwise . Exploring deeper into the cave , the leader of the team , Dr . Pace , showed Horn a strange group of bones they ' d discovered which he immediately recognized as Yuuzhan Vong . Worried that the Yuuzhan Vong had returned to the planet , possibly for the body of their advanced scout , Horn and Rhysode went out on a reconnaissance mission to see if they had . It didn ' t take much time for them to discover that they were right . After discovering that the Yuuzhan Vong had a way of keeping slashrats away , Horn took samples of beetles only found at the aliens ' camp . The beetles were examined by the archaeology team , who discovered that they were releasing excess carbon dioxide gas that would disrupt the planet ' s delicate ecosystem . Horn suggested attracting slashrats to the camp using killscent and the use of bio - engineered bacteria to counter the release of the gas , while using the Jedi ' s shuttle the Dalliance to extract them , but Dr . Pace vetoed this plan saying the were academics and would not get involved in a fight . While discussing the matter Horn and Rhysode realized that two students were missing from the camp . It was explained to them that they had gone to repair a meteorological station but , When Dr . Pace attempted to contact them and could not , the two Jedi immediately went out to search for them . At the meteorological station they discovered signs of a struggle and a trail leading back to the Yuuzhan Vong base . They then proceeded to watch over the camp for several days . Watching as the Vong searched for the remains the team had found . They also discovered that , other than slaves there were only two Yuuzhan Vong warriors at the camp . Seeing the Jedi ' s plan as the only way to rescue her students Dr . Pace gave her team permission to proceed . Rhysode and Horn went in to the Yuuzhan Vong camp to rescue the missing students , where they found that they had been tortured but not enslaved . They had been strapped to boards that kept them in constant pain . They then discovered that the boards release their grip when the person attached was in more pain , so Horn decided that the only way to get them out was to put himself in pain and transmit it through them . After the board released them , two Yuuzhan Vong warriors came back to the camp . Horn told Ganner to leave and take the students to the Dalliance despite him being wounded from the pain he inflicted through him on the students . He fought and easily killed the first warrior . Then , after a long fight with the second , Horn was bitten by the Vong ' s amphistaff but his enemy had been badly wounded and couldn ' t kill him . However , the venom slowly started to numb him , but he summoned a pack of slashrats and told them to eat the Yuuzhan Vong , then blacked out . Eventually , contrary to his orders , Ganner swung the Dalliance around , picked Corran up and put him in a bacta tank on board , saving his life . Aftermath . The mission would have great effect on the immediate future of the war . Horn , who had assumed himself to be dead when he blacked out , woke up in a hospital on Coruscant days later . Corran ' s reports of Jedi artifacts being on Bimmiel lead to an investigation . Yuuzhan Vong Commander Shedao Shai also swore he would kill Corran Horn for the death of his nephew ' s and the disturbance of his grandfather ' s remains . Shai ' s quest for vengeance ended during the Battle of Ithor , when he was killed by Horn in one - on - one combat . In spite of this victory , and the retreat of the Vong fleet , a Vong biotoxin devastated Ithor and exterminated its jungles . Horn would harbor guilt over this for a long time after holding himself responsible for the devastation of the planet , leading him to take a temporary leave of absence from the New Jedi Order . After the conquest of Bimmiel , the Vong fleet continued to attack the worlds along the Veragi Trade Route : the next was Argazda which surrendered . The Yuuzhan Vong eventually met some New Republic forces in the Ciutric system which they defeated . Behind the scenes . The mission to Bimmiel first appeared in the novel " " , which was written by Michael A . Stackpole . The mission was later mentioned in Onslaught ' s sequel " " also written by Stackpole . The mission was also mentioned in the " The Essential Atlas " and " The New Jedi Order Sourcebook " . The Mission is also Ganner Rhysode ' s first appearance in Star Wars canon .