Padgett " Old Man " Padgett was a male Human living on Aquilaris during the New Sith Wars . The Jedi Knight Kerra Holt knew him from her childhood and met Padgett again when she come back on the planet alongside Devil Squadron . He was only forty years old in 1032 BBY but was considered an old man because in that time period was rare for Humans to survive to that age . He was one of the few Aquilarians not to become addicted to Deluge spice , a narcotic that had been deliberately distributed throughout the Grumani sector by Grace Command as part of an effort to weaken the Sith warlords ' war engines . Due to his age and sound state of mind he was also the de - facto leader of the Seacroppers ' Guild . Despite his pessimistic outlook , he developed a working relationship with Kerra and Captain Jenn Devaad of Grace Command ' s Devil Squadron . During the Aquilaris campaign , he played an important role alongside fellow Aquilarian Joad Kreel in rescuing survivors of an artificial global flood unleashed by the Hutt crime lord Zodoh . Biography . Sith Rule . Padgett was a native of Aquilaris who lived in Capital Cay , a major maritime port . He was a member of the Seacroppers ' Guild who harvested algae and fleek eel s on that planet ' s vast oceans . He was also a close family friend of Joad Kreel who looked up to him as his elder . He survived the Massacre of Aquilaris and the subsequent Sith occupations by various Sith Lords , with the latest being Lord Daiman ' s Daimanate . Daiman exploited the planet as a source of seafood to feed his military forces . The Sith occupation brought extreme poverty and starvation for many Aquilarians since the Sith recquisitioned much of the population ' s food resources . The Seacroppers were forced to hand over much of their catch to the Sith and left with meager rations . Many subsequently became addicted to the spice Deluge which was able to alleviate hunger pangs and depression at the expense of reducing them to a state of apathy and disorientation . Consequently , seacropping operations were severely hampered by the poor health of its manpower who were unable to meet their work quota . Many Seacroppers were also unwilling to work in the rain and the poor conditions of its submersible and eel traps contributed to non - existent productivity by 1032 BBY . This drug was illicitly distributed by the pro - Republic Grace Command for the purpose of undermining the Sith war effort . While many of his fellow Seacroppers including Joad succumbed to the drug , Padgett was among the few who refused to use the narcotic . As the oldest and most mentally - sound of the Seacroppers , Padgett had assumed de - facto leadership of that organization . Cold Reunion . In 1032 BBY , Joad Kreel sent a distress signal requesting more Deluge . This signal was intercepted by several different parties with their own vested interests in Aquilaris including Jedi Knight Kerra Holt , Hutt crimelord Zodoh , and Grace Command . As a Jedi Knight , Kerra wanted to evacuate several Aquilarian refugees back to the safety of Republic space . As an Aquilarian , she also wanted to liberate her homeworld from Sith rule . Meanwhile , the Hutt Zodoh was seeking to expand his crime empire into the Grumani sector , traditionally a domain of the Sith . He intended to intimidate his Sith competitors by testing his Stormdriver s on Aquilaris , capital ships equipped with mechanized vaporators capable of creating artificial storms . Finally , Grace Command wanted to distribute the addictive spice Deluge among populations in Sith - occupied worlds . Operation Deluge aimed to indirectly sabotage the Sith war effort without committing substantial Republic resources . Captain Jenn Devaad of Devil Squadron was dispatched to the planet under the guise of anti - Sith liberators providing relief assistance . During the Battle of Capital Cay , the Daimanate garrison was overwhelmed by Zodoh ' s forces . Kerra infiltrated the port aboard an empty food transport and killed the garrison commander before he could flee . She then headed to the Seacroppers ' Guild building and announced her plans to evacuate the Seacroppers in the food transport while Daiman ' s forces were still preoccupied fighting Hutt forces . Padgett responded negatively , deriding the lone Kerra as insane for coming alone . Due to the drug - induced state of the Seacroppers , Kerra was unable to convince them to cooperate with her . Padgett then explained to the young Jedi Knight that the men had become addicted to the Deluge spice . He also outlined the poor state of the Seacropper ' s harvesting operations and submersibles which had resulted in malnutrition and poverty . Kerra also quickly learnt from Joad Kreel that the distress signal had in reality been a request for more Deluge spice . Kerra subsequently manage to destroy one of Zodoh ' s Stormdrivers with the assistance of Jenn ' s Devil Squadron which had just arrived from hyperspace . Zodoh ordered his strike force to withdraw from Aquilaris since his Stormdriver had gathered sufficient data on Aquilaris ' atmosphere that was necessary for flooding the planet ' s surface . Besides his advance force , Zodoh had a larger fleet of Stormdrivers that he intended to use to create an artificial global flood . Padgett was present when Captain Jenn and her squadron landed in Capital Cay and announced their plans to distribute free food and medicine to the impoverished population . Over the following days , Grace Command routed the remaining Sith forces on the other islands and began a massive distribution of food and medical supplies at Capital Cay . While Devil Squadron was publicly warmly received by the populace , they aroused some uproar when they evicted the Seacroppers from their barracks for their own accommodation needs . Later , Joad learnt about Grace Command ' s secret agenda while eavesdropping on their meeting . The Deluge . Having completed their food and medical drop , Grace Command departed Aquilaris for another offensive against Sith Lord Malakite . En route , they were intercepted and captured by Zodoh ' s fighter carrier in the Aquilaris system . Only Kerra escaped back to Aquilaris where she quickly learnt about Grace Command ' s conspiracy to inundate Sith territory with Deluge spice . Having learnt of Zodoh ' s plans of testing his Deluge superweapons on Aquilaris , she attempted to convince the Aquilarians to evacuate to higher ground . She faced a major logistical problem because most of the boats had been destroyed by the Sith and the few remaining airspeeders would be unable to operate in stormy conditions . When Kerra asked whether the Seacroppers and their submersibles could help , Padgett pointed out that his entire workforce had become haditually addicted to the spice . The remaining Seacroppers were sequestered in the barracks , unable to think and function properly . Kerra initially expressed surprised at the lack of change since Grace Command had supposedly distributed medical supplies to treat the ailment . When Kerra suggested evacuating the Aquilarian refugees to the underwater harvester station s , Padgett expressed his skepticism that would be able to render much help due to their poor condition . Undeterred , Kerra managed to persuade Padgett and the other civilians to evacuate the refugees prior to the arrival of Zodoh ' s Stormdrivers . Throughout the evacuation effort , an irate Padgett criticized Kerra ' s evacuation efforts since the low topography meant there was little high ground for the refugees to flee to . In the middle of the evacuation efforts , they were interrupted by the arrival of Captain Jenn who forced them at gunpoint to collect all the orange food containers with time locks . These contained Deluge spice which she had intended to give to Zodoh in return for the safe release of her squadron mates . However , she was interrupted by Kerra who overpowered her with her Force powers and revealed her cognizance of Grace Command ' s true intentions . Kerra attempted to persuade Jenn to assist her in evacuating the Aquilarians but she was more concerned with saving her crew . Jenn also expressed her bitterness towards civilians in outlying regions due to her captivity at the hands of Zodoh . Unable to resolve their differences , the two women parted with Jenn returning to Zodoh ' s flagship ; leaving Kerra and the Aquilarian people behind . Shortly later , Zodoh ' s fleet of Stormdrivers activated their weaponized vaporators which sucked large amounts of moisture across Aquilaris and used them to create artificial storms and floods . Within hours , much of Aquilaris was submerged in flood waters . During the deluge , Padgett assisted Kerra ' s evacuation efforts by piloting her " Fire Lotus " - class starfighter while she waded through the waters in a desperate effort to rescue as many civilians . Reclaiming Aquilaris . In the end , Kerra and Padgett managed to evacuate four other refugees onto the top of a wrecked building in Tarrah Hill , the highest point on Aquilaris . Meanwhile , the orbiting Stormdrivers shut down , ending the storm . Later , it was learnt that Jenn had escaped Zodoh ' s flagship and in the process set off an explosion that disrupted the coordination of the orbiting Stormdrivers . This brief window in the storm allowed Joad to surface his submersible and evacuate Kerra , Padgett and the other refugees to safety in the underwater harvester stations . The large presence of former and current Seacroppers was pivotal since their expertise was needed in opening and repairing the sea tunnels . By dawn , several hundres of Aquilarians had been safely evacuated in different shifts . Subsequently , Jenn managed to escape Zodoh ' s flagship " Voracious " in a twin - seater fighter and then locate Kerra and the submersible . The two women reconciled and Jenn revealed Zodoh ' s new plot to flood Darkknell , the heavily - populated capital of Daiman ' s principality . To save billions of civilians , the two women departed in their starfighter . Meanwhile , Padgett and Joad took over the coordination of the evacuation efforts . They discovered the aging underwater harvesting facilities to be still salvageable and Padgett became in charge of managing these havens due to his maritime expertise . Gradually , the storms subsided and the floods receded , allowing the buildings and land to resurface . Having weaned himself of the Deluge drug , Joad gradually reverted back to sanity . Kerra and Jenn subsequently returned safely from the Battle of Darkknell , having defeated the Hutt lord Zodoh and foiled his bid for galactic domination . To avoid any future Sith attempts to reclaim Aquilaris , Kerra misled the Sith Lords with false intelligence that the planet was still completely submerged in water and thus strategically worthless . Meanwhile , Captain Jenn would sabotage Operation Deluge by misleading Grace Command into believing she had a contract for distributing Deluge spice to Aquilaris . However , en route she would dump the drug into space and then use the supply transport to ferry refugees back to Republic space . Aquilaris would subsequently become a major base for shuttling refugees out of Sith Space with Padgett and Joad playing a leading role . Personality and traits . Padgett had a pessimistic and grumpy demeanor . However , he was one of the few civilians on Aquilaris who refused to subsist on the addictive spice known as Deluge . Thus , he was one of the few civilians encountered by Kerra who remained in sound mind . His mental soundness allowed him to resume the position of de - facto leadership over the Seacroppers ' Guild . His experiences under the deprivations of Sith rule made him skeptical of everyone as shown by his dismissal of Kerra ' s rescue mission as insane and unrealistic . Due to his age , he was looked upon as a mentor by the younger Seacroppers . Despite his skepticism of Kerra , he was still willing to assist her in evacuation efforts prior to the Great Aquilaris Deluge . He and Joad Kreel would subsequently play an important role in evacuating thousands of Aquilarian refugees to the safety of harvester station s , saving countless lives on Aquilaris . Powers and Abilities . As a senior Seacropper , Padgett was familiar with the workings of submersibles and underwater Harvester station s . His skills allowed him to lead operations to repair the Harvester stations in order to allow them to accommodate civilian refugees . Padgett also displayed enough mechanical aptitude to operate Kerra ' s Fire Lotus - class starfighter while she plucked refugees from the flood waters . Behind the scenes . Padgett was first introduced as a support character to the protagonist Kerra Holt in the " " of the " " comic series which debuted on August 2011 . John Jackson Miller developed his story background while he was drawn by Iban Coello and Sergio Abad , and then colored by Michael Atiyeh . He appears in four of the five issues of the " Deluge " arc with the exception of " . "