Tik Tik was a male starfighter pilot who flew as Rogue Twelve in New Republic Starfighter Command ' s Rogue Squadron in 25 . 2 ABY . The elite twelve - person squadron of X - wing fighters was led by Colonel Gavin Darklighter , and Tik flew within Three Flight , a flight group of four commanded by Major Alinn Varth . When the New Republic ' s Chief of State , Borsk Fey ' lya , ignored reports of a mysterious alien threat called the Yuuzhan Vong that was lurking in the Outer Rim , Admiral Traest Kre ' fey recruited Rogue Squadron to clandestinely investigate , under the guise of simulating pirate attacks . After capturing the privateer Urias Xhaxin , who had already tangled with the Yuuzhan Vong ' s coralskipper fighters , the Rogues spent their time aboard Kre ' fey ' s " Ralroost " running simulations against the coralskippers . They later returned to the location of Xhaxin ' s earlier skirmish and engaged a group of the alien fighters , and Tik was killed when his fighter flew into a miniature black hole created by a coralskipper ' s gravity - manipulating dovin basal s . His place in the squadron was filled by a new pilot , Anni Capstan . Biography . Tik was a male starfighter pilot who served New Republic Starfighter Command in the year 25 ABY as a member of Rogue Squadron . Led by Colonel Gavin Darklighter , the Rogues were a twelve - person fighter squadron who piloted T - 65A3 X - wing starfighter s . Tik flew as Rogue Twelve in Three Flight , a flight group commanded by Rogue Nine , Major Alinn Varth . It also included Rogue Eleven , Dinger , and Rogue Ten . In 25 . 2 ABY , Admiral Traest Kre ' fey recruited Rogue Squadron to simulate pirate attacks in the Outer Rim so that his forces could pursue them . New Republic Chief of State Borsk Fey ' lya was ignoring warnings of the Yuuzhan Vong , a deadly alien threat lurking in the Outer Rim , but Kre ' fey was independently investigating , pretending to prepare for piracy so as not to openly defy the Chief of State . The Rogues were given complete freedom of movement . Rogue Squadron was transported to the Rim aboard the admiral ' s Bothan Assault Cruiser , the " Ralroost " . When they received reports of a scavenger freighter encountering unknown fighters in an asteroid belt , they ceased their pirate activity and went with Kre ' fey to the asteroid belt ' s system . Darklighter led Tik and the rest of the Rogues into the asteroids , where they were attacked by a group of salvaged ugly fighters whose shields , hulls , and lasers were severely underpowered . Darklighter convinced the group ' s leader , the privateer Urias Xhaxin , to surrender , and aboard the " Ralroost " , Xhaxin reported that his forces had been attacked by mysterious fighters before blindly jumping to lightspeed and ending up at their current location . The fighters had used gravitic anomalies to absorb laser blasts and had fired plasma that ate into their enemies ' suddenly unshielded hulls . The information was consistent with data that Kre ' fey already had on the Yuuzhan Vong fighters : They possessed living creatures called dovin basal s that created miniature black holes , which could absorb laser blasts and bring down opponents ' shields . While a probe droid was sent to the deep space location where Xhaxin had been attacked , the Rogues spent their time aboard the " Ralroost " running simulated battles with the Yuuzhan Vong fighters , nicknamed coralskippers . The droid ' s collected data proved inconclusive , so Rogue Squadron escorted a T - 65BR X - wing reconnaissance starfighter , designated " Snoop , " back to the location so that data could be collected by a sentient . After emerging from hyperspace , the squadron flew cover for Snoop , with Three Flight positioned off its port bow . When a group of coralskippers attacked , the Rogues tried experimental countermeasures : expanding their inertial compensator s to protect their shields and firing successive cycles of short , low - powered shots that would hit too quickly to all be caught by the coralskippers ' dovin basals . Although the techniques worked , one coralskipper created a large black hole on its tail that destroyed the X - wings of both Tik and Dinger . Tik managed to eject from his craft and go extravehicular , but he died nonetheless . Footage of both his and Dinger ' s deaths were captured by Snoop , and the surviving Rogues finished off the coralskippers before recovering Tik ' s body . His place in the squadron was later taken by a new pilot , Anni Capstan . Personality and traits . Tik was a member of Rogue Squadron , an elite group that served as the New Republic ' s symbol of starfighter superiority and that included the best pilots in the New Republic Defense Force . Colonel Darklighter was proud of Tik and all of the other pilots under his command , feeling that they were a superior fighting team who could have given previous Rogue Squadron rosters a run for their money in simulated starfighter combat . Tik , however , was killed by the unfamiliar tactics of the Yuuzhan Vong during his first battle with their coralskippers . Behind the scenes . Tik briefly appeared in " " , the first novel of Michael A . Stackpole ' s 2000 " Dark Tide " Duology . The book was also the second volume of " " novel series and has so far been Tik ' s only appearance in " Star Wars " canon .