Dogfight above Dac A brief dogfight , fought between the Galactic Alliance Remnant ' s CF9 Crossfire starfighter unit Rogue Squadron and six " Predator " - class fighters of Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire , occurred above the planet Dac in 137 ABY . Prior to the battle , the Rogues were flying a reconnaissance flight over the Imperial – occupied planet , whose native Mon Calamari were the victims of an ongoing genocide initiated by the Empire earlier in the year . Deadly viral spore s had recently been released into Dac ' s oceans , and during their patrol , Rogue Squadron noticed millions of corpses floating on the surface of the water world . At that point , the Rogues ' presence was discovered by the six Predators . Rogue pilot Andurgo disobeyed Rogue Leader Anj Dahl ' s order to flee and attacked the Predators in a rage over the speciecide that had been committed . Dahl brought the rest of the squadron in to assist him , and their Crossfires ' guns quickly laid waste to all six of their opponents . Andurgo ' s fighter received minor damage ; Dahl chose to ignore his insubordination , and the Rogues returned to the Galactic Alliance Core Fleet . There , they reported the gathered intelligence to Alliance Admiral Gar Stazi , who began a massive evacuation of Dac . Prelude . In 137 ABY , Darth Krayt — Dark Lord of the Sith and Emperor of the Galactic Empire — initiated a genocide of the Mon Calamari species in retaliation for aid that several of their number provided to the Galactic Alliance Remnant , an enemy of the Empire . After executing 10 percent of the species ' population , Imperial forces attempted to inter the survivors in work camps on the Mon Calamari homeworld of Dac . The Galactic Alliance Remnant kept a watchful eye on Imperial – occupied Dac , at times sending starfighter patrols on reconnaissance flights through the planet ' s skies . After usurping the Imperial throne from Darth Krayt , Sith Regent Darth Wyyrlok decided to move Imperial resources away from Dac , but yet wished its residents to be further punished . He thus ordered the Sith scientist Vul Isen to release deadly viral spore s into the planet ' s oceans . Isen ' s biological weapon spread throughout the water world and would kill every living thing on Dac within a week . Within three days , millions of the planet ' s inhabitants died and floated to the surfaces of the oceans . The battle . Three days after the viral spores were released , the Galactic Alliance Remnant CF9 Crossfire starfighter unit Rogue Squadron arrived over Dac to perform a routine reconnaissance patrol . Ronto , Rogue Two , spotted what he believed to be a newly - formed land mass on the planet ' s surface , but fellow Rogue Monia Gahan realized that it was in fact millions of corpses . Before the squadron could react , six Imperial " Predator " - class fighters of the Imperial Navy were alerted to their presence and moved to intercept . Rogue Leader Anj Dahl instructed her squadron to flee and report the intelligence to Alliance Admiral Gar Stazi , but Rogue pilot Andurgo — furious over the mass slaughter that the Empire had committed — ignored the order and broke squadron formation to attack the Predators . After his fighter ' s lasers destroyed one , the rest of the squadron was led into the fight by Dahl , who was unwilling to abandon a fellow Rogue . Her guns destroyed another Predator , and the Rogues quickly finished off their four remaining enemies . Andurgo ' s Crossfire was damaged by enemy fire during the brief dogfight , but it remained functional enough to jump into hyperspace . Dahl chose to overlook his disobeying of her order due to the gravity of the situation , and the Rogues fled into hyperspace in order to avoid Imperial reinforcements and to report to the Admiral . Aftermath . The Rogues returned to the Galactic Alliance Core Fleet and reported the poisoning of Dac to Stazi , who resolved to evacuate as many citizens of the planet as possible before the viral spores engulfed the entire world . News of the poisoning spread across the galaxy , and volunteer starships pledged themselves to the Alliance ' s cause . With the aid of the Jedi Order and the Mon Calamari Rangers , an on - world resistance group , Alliance forces attacked the Imperials who remained on Dac and in orbit . The Empire quickly retreated , and a massive planetary evacuation began . Behind the scenes . The dogfight above Dac occurs early in the comic book " " . The comic was written by John Ostrander , penciled by Jan Duursema , and released in April 2010 .