Raid on the Dlarit estate The raid on the Dlarit estate , during the Bacta War , was an infiltration operation launched by the Ashern commandos and their allies against the Thyferran Home Defense Corps in 7 ABY on the planet Thyferra . The raid was planned and orchestrated by the mercenary Elscol Loro and her anti - Empire mercenary organization as a means of undermining Xucphra Corporation ' s Imperial - sanctioned regime on the planet . Loro , whose organization helped resistance movements overthrow their local Imperial governments , had originally planned to infiltrate the Dlarit estate and assassinate Defense Corps General Aerin Dlarit to frighten allies of the Xucphra Corporation . Loro ' s ally , Iella Wessiri , voiced moral objections to the plan and convinced the mercenary that the public humiliation of Dlarit would not only be more merciful but have a stronger propaganda effect . Loro and her partner , Sixtus Quin , successfully launched the late - night raid by exploiting a weakness that they identified in the security sensor arrays placed around the estate . Two Thyferran Home Defense Corps guards were killed during the infiltration , but Loro ' s team suffered no casualties . The mercenaries stunned Dlarit , stripped him naked , and took hologram images of him in his own personal office , which were quickly circulated to humiliate the Xucphran Corporation and the Defense Corps . The raid had exactly the effect that Loro and Wessiri had anticipated and proved to be a major source of embarrassment for the Defense Corps , both in the eyes of the Thyferran civilian population and their Imperial allies . Prelude . The Bacta War . Shortly after the New Republic took control of the Imperial capital , Coruscant , Director of Imperial Intelligence Ysanne Isard dispatched her forces to Thyferra , the planet where most of the galaxy ' s bacta was produced . The New Republic was left in desperate need of the medical substances bacta and rylca to combat the Krytos virus , a devastating illness that Isard had unleashed on Coruscant before her departure . Believing that she could ensure that the virus would ravage Coruscant and destroy the New Republic if she seized Thyferra ' s significant bacta supply and denied the New Republic access to it , Isard supported a revolution on Thyferra that placed the Xucphra Corporation in charge of the entire bacta cartel and installed herself as Chief Operating Officer and Head of State of the planet . Because the revolution was considered to be an internal Thyferran conflict , the New Republic Provisional Council was unable to order military action against Isard , as interference could frighten other potential member states away from joining the New Republic . As a result , Commander Wedge Antilles and his fellow pilots of the elite Rogue Squadron resigned from the New Republic to launch a private assault against Isard , thus starting what later become known as the Bacta War . Recognizing the complexity of overthrowing an entire planetary government , Antilles sought the assistance of Elscol Loro and Sixtus Quin , mercenaries who ran an anti - Imperial mercenary group that organized local resistance movements and helped citizens overthrow their Imperial governments . Loro had previously flown in Rogue Squadron under Antilles , while her ally , Quin , was a former commando with the Imperial Special Navy Force . During the Bacta War , Loro and Quin worked hand - in - hand with the Ashern , a commando group of Vratix . As the native species of Thyferra , the Vratix had produced bacta for thousands of years before the Xucphra and Zaltin Corporation monopolies had vastly dampened their business efforts , and the Ashern had been subsequently formed to fight against Human control of the bacta cartel . Targeting Aerin Dlarit . After the subjugation of Thyferra in 7 ABY , Isard created the Thyferran Home Defense Corps , a defense organization of Xucphra volunteers that worked in conjunction with ground - based stormtroopers to protect the planet . Aerin Dlarit , a wealthy and well - known manager with the Xucphra Corporation , was appointed a general with the Thyferran Home Defense Corps . Dlarit was primarily a figurehead who deferred day - to - day operations to Major Barst Roite , but he served a highly symbolic role hosting several functions and making many public appearances in his Corps uniform . Dlarit generated significant media attention , through which he assured his fellow Xucphra employees that conditions had improved and that the Ashern were under control . As a result of such a high - profile status , Loro and Quin determined he was a perfect target for assassination as a means to undermine the Xucphran regime ' s authority . Iella Wessiri , a former New Republic official working with Antilles and Loro , was uncomfortable with the prospect of killing someone without any real military responsibilities and instead suggested that they undermine him by attacking other targets and discrediting his public statements . Loro , however , insisted that Dlarit ' s prominent public role made him the ideal target because it would rattle the Xucphra society and bring home the nature of the war . Loro planned to kill Dlarit , film the act with a holocam and circulate the footage throughout the planet ; she further determined that the assassination would have an even greater impact if it occurred within Dlarit ' s own home , a strongly defended mansion within the remote Thyferran rainforests . Wessiri reluctantly agreed to participate in the plan , but convinced Loro not to kill any of Dlarit ' s children or staff if possible , arguing that it would demonstrate to the public that they were capable of mercy in ways Isard ' s forces were not . Although the more pragmatic Loro agreed , she also developed a backup plan : if the Dlarit raid failed , shooting random Thyferran citizens could prove to be an alternative though more ethically questionable way of instilling fear into the Xucphra population . Planning . By slicing into planetary computers and conducting surveillance using satellites owned by the Zaltin Corporation , a rival company to Xucphra , Loro and her mercenaries studied the Dlarit estate ' s security system , downloading real - time holograms of the estate and thermal images of the Human guard patrols outside the mansion . They gathered a great deal of reconnaissance information from this surveillance , determining that the estate was surrounded by G - 003 Tri - Tracker s and sensor arrays , and they also discovered weaknesses in the security . The Dlarit estate was surrounded by rainforest on all sides except the back , which was set against mountains with cascading waterfalls . The sensor arrays on the mountain side of the estate were muted so that the movement of water and sound from the falls would not constantly trigger alarms . Although the satellite surveillance revealed that the Human patrols were concentrated most strongly on the mountain side , the muted sensor arrays led Loro to identify that side as the most vulnerable spot from which to launch an attack . The attack was planned so that the mercenaries would enter the estate between midnight and dawn , when most of the residents and staff would be asleep . The core of the commando team consisted of Loro , Quin , and three former members of the Imperial Special Navy Force , the same organization in which Quin had previously served . The rest of the group consisted of Wessiri , two Vratix , and four Human Zaltin refugees . Each of them was armed with a blaster , a blaster carbine , and a comlink , and they also wore dark clothing and a light - armor blast vest with armored plates . Although the armor would likely not stop blaster bolts , Loro hoped that they would deflect them enough from the body ' s midline to minimize the overall impact of any wounds . The raid . Led by Quin and his SpecNav troops , the mercenary squad approached the Dlarit estate from the far side of the mountain and ascended the summit at dusk . Once darkness fell , they descended toward the mansion ; staying as close to the waterfalls as possible , they rappelled down one of the larger falls and hid behind the curtain of water , which helped shield them from the sensors ' range . Reaching the base of the mountains , they swiftly and silently moved along the fringes of the sensor ' s range and cut through the jungle in a winding path , with Quin and the SpecNav troops leading the way . As they reached the estate , Loro spotted two Thyferran Home Defense Corps guards on patrol , Quin and his men attacked from the shadows on Loro ' s signal . Unable to risk alerting others with the sound or blue light of a stun bolt , the mercenaries had no choice but to kill both guards , cutting their throat s so that no noises would be made from shouts or shots being fired . Once two SpecNav troops had confirmed that the solarium was clear , the rest of the squad proceeded that location . At the entrance to the mansion , the SpecNav troops used an electronic device to override the solarium ' s door lock , and the team entered the Dlarit estate . After fanning through the mansion ' s lower level and securing it without incident , the team slowly and silently ascended the stairway to the main floor , which was entirely dark except for light emanating from an open door in the large hallway . Wessiri inched slowly toward the door and took a quick glance inside , only to find Aerin Dlarit asleep , sprawled in his office chair , and wearing his Thyferran Home Defense Corps uniform . Loro planned to shoot him and film the assassination with a holocam , but Wessiri stopped her , insisting that she had an alternative idea that would be just as humiliating and devastating . She proposed shooting Dlarit with a stun blast so he would not wake up , then strip his clothes and film him laying naked in his own office chair . She insisted that the embarrassing image would serve a stronger propaganda role than an assassination while demonstrating that the rebel movement was not a murderous and bloodthirsty one . Loro was initially hesitant , but when the normally somber Quin cracked a smile at the idea , Loro was convinced and agreed to implement the plan . After stripping Dlarit and filming him , the mercenary group left the Dlarit estate the same way they entered , taking Dlarit ' s dress uniform with them . Their party was not detected and suffered no fatalities or injuries . Aftermath . The public humiliation of Aerin Dlarit had exactly the effect that Loro and Wessiri had anticipated . The holocam footage served as a major source of embarrassment for the Thyferran Home Defense Corps and , by extension , the forces of Ysanne Isard . Word of the raid on the Dlarit estate traveled quickly ; Isard ' s " Victory II " - class Star Destroyer " Corrupter " was en route to Halanit for a planned attack while the raid was happening but received the news before arriving at Halanit . Dlarit ' s daughter , Erisi , was heading the Defense Corps fighter wing aboard the " Corrupter " when the news was received , and in addition to dampening both her own morale and that of her pilots , the news of the raid also fueled her desire to seek retribution against her enemies . The raid not only damaged the reputation of the Thyferran Home Defense Corps among the civilian population of Thyferra , but also among Isard ' s Imperial forces . Many within the Empire already viewed the Corps as incompetent , idiotic , and inferior compared to the Imperials , and the raid on the Dlarit estate only strengthened that conviction — although the crew of the " Corrupter " knew that Aerin Dlarit was Erisi ' s father , they felt no reason to hide the news or their contempt about the Corps personnel from her , even as they were proceeding to a major battle . The New Republic ultimately defeated Isard ' s forces in the Bacta War and wrested control of Thyferra away from her . Behind the scenes . The raid on the Dlarit estate was created by Michael A . Stackpole and was featured in his book " " , the fourth installment in the " X - Wing " novel series .