Laane Laane was a Human male scout in the Onderonian military . In 3951 BBY , during the Dark Wars , he was part of the Onderon separatists that followed General Vaklu in the Onderon Civil War against the Republic - backed Onderonian Queen Talia . In that year , Laane was part of a scout team under the command of Colonel Tobin that was sent to the jungle moon of Dxun , which orbited the planet Onderon . Laane and the team were ordered to eliminate Meetra Surik after the Onderon separatists forced her freighter to land on the moon . When the team began their search , Laane was immediately surrounded by a pack of indigenous cannok s and was eventually killed by the beasts . Soon afterward , Kelborn , a scout who had been sent from a Mandalorian clan hiding on the moon , discovered his body . Biography . Laane was a Human male who lived during the years prior to and during the Dark Wars . He was employed as a scout in the Onderon military . Along with Colonel Tobin and the majority of the Onderonian military under Tobin ' s command , Laane was part of the Onderon separatists following the commander - in - chief of the military , General Vaklu , who opposed the rule of pro - Republic Onderonian Queen Talia . In 3951 BBY , the separatists had allied with remnants of Darth Malak ' s Sith Empire and were required to partake in the elimination of Lost Jedi . In that year , the first battle of the Onderon Civil War began when the Onderon separatists ' space forces fired on a small freighter , the " Ebon Hawk " , which carried the former Jedi Knight Meetra Surik , after they located the ship among the blockaded ships above Onderon . The attack damaged the " Ebon Hawk " , and the ship was forced to land on the planet ' s orbiting moon , Dxun . Colonel Tobin sent Laane and a team of scouts to the surface of the moon to find Surik . Despite an attempt by the freighter that carried Laane ' s scout team to stealthily land on the moon to avoid detection , their craft was picked up by radar of a Mandalorian clan hiding in the jungles of the moon . After the separatist scouts landed and spread out , Laane was caught by a group of cannok s — small , indigenous predators that populated the jungle in great numbers . Surrounded by the animals , Laane was killed while one of his teammates bore witness . Soon a Mandalorian scout named Kelborn , who was sent there to investigate the intruders , found Laane ' s body among the flora of the jungle . A moment later , Meetra Surik and her companions encountered Kelborn and the body of Laane and , after hearing the Mandalorian ' s task , volunteered to aid Kelborn in locating and hunting down the rest of separatist scouts . Personality and traits . Laane had trimmed black hair and fair skin . During the mission on Dxun to find Meetra Surik , Laane did not carry any identification card , though he did carry a blaster rifle . Kelborn considered him to be inexperienced , as he was caught and killed by a group of cannoks . Behind the scenes . Laane appeared as a corpse in " " , a roleplaying video game released by Obsidian Entertainment at the end of 2004 . A sidequest of helping Kelborn with the separatist scouts is not mandatory , but this article assumes full completion of all related quests .