Bacta War The Bacta War was a small , but nonetheless important conflict in 7 . 5 ABY . The Bacta War resulted in the capture of the Middle Rim bacta - producing planet of Thyferra , and its subsequent retake by elements of the former Rogue Squadron , including Wedge Antilles and Corran Horn . Prelude . The Bacta War began after Coruscant ' s fall to the New Republic , and the flight of the Empire ' s leader , Ysanne Isard , from the planet in her Super Star Destroyer " Lusankya " . Isard had intentionally released a crippling virus , the Krytos virus , that only attacked non - Human species . She knew that conquering Thyferra would allow her to control the galaxy ' s supply of life - saving bacta . She took a fleet , with the " Lusankya " as the flagship , to Thyferra , where ( not coincidentally ) the Xucphra Corporation had just initiated a planetwide coup , leaving them in control , with their competitor Zaltin Corporation in disarray . Isard was quickly installed as Xucphra ' s Chief Operating Officer , placing her in ultimate control of the galaxy ' s bacta supply , despite being — technically — nothing more than a new employee of the company . Former Moff Fliry Vorru was also hired as Chief Financial Officer , with Rogue Squadron mole Erisi Dlarit taking a leadership position in the newly - formed Thyferran Home Defense Corps . Rogue Squadron saw the necessity of taking Thyferra from Isard ' s power . Corran Horn also had a more personal mission : while imprisoned on the " Lusankya " , he had promised a fellow prisoner , the famous Rebel general Jan Dodonna , that he would free Jan and the other prisoners . Seeing as how the " Lusankya " now orbited Thyferra , it seemed only natural to kill two birds with one stone : free the prisoners " and " take Thyferra from the Empire . Unfortunately , the New Republic refused to authorize such a mission , believing Warlord Zsinj to be a greater threat . They were also unable to countenance military action against a planet that had suffered nothing more offensive than a shuffling of one corporation ' s upper management . As a result , Corran Horn resigned his commission ; the rest of the squadron , including leader Wedge Antilles , followed suit . The only exception was Pash Cracken , who returned to his old A - wing unit as a captain . While Cracken wanted to join the Rogues , Wedge asked Cracken to remain where he was ( Cracken ' s father was the head of New Republic Intelligence , and Wedge knew no one would believe the Rogues had truly gone rogue had Pash gone with them ) . The war . After resigning from the New Republic , Antilles ' s Rogues were required to leave their headquarters facilities . A number of private citizens offered them offices and places to live , but the Rogues began searching for their own base for security reasons . Meanwhile , Captain Cracken had been ordered to destroy a space station orbiting Yag ' Dhul , which was once controlled by Warlord Zsinj . Ironically , the Rogues had attacked the station in an earlier mission in order to steal badly needed bacta from Zsinj . Cracken offered the station to the Rogues , who accepted , and forged reports indicating the station had been destroyed . Since the New Republic relied on Rogue Squadron as a symbol of their military might , it quickly formed a new , official , Rogue Squadron of their own . This new squadron was outfitted with new equipment , and all of the Rogues ' X - wings and other equipment were declared broken surplus and offered for sale ( " broken " because they were all missing PL - 1s , the New Republic military designation for " pilot " ) . Tycho Celchu managed to scoop them up , and the Rogues ' technical staff , catching wind of the transaction , resigned and came with the equipment . While this was going on , Wedge Antilles , Corran Horn , Mirax Terrik , and Ooryl Qrygg located several caches of X - wing parts and weapons across the galaxy . As a result , the squadron had all their fighters and plenty of parts as well . For funds , Celchu donated his ample bank accounts to the efforts , which had been used in an attempt to frame him as an Imperial spy . They also sold the remaining Z - 95 Headhunters used to take Coruscant , now historical treasures due to their part in galactic history . Through Mirax Terrik ' s father , the smuggler Booster Terrik , and Talon Karrde , the squadron was able to purchase the rest of the equipment needed to attack Thyferra . Finally , they were augmented by a full squadron of Twi ' lek pilots and their custom - made " Chir ' daki " fighters ( a TIE Fighter cockpit supplemented by X - Wing S - foils , engines , and laser cannons ) . With the help of Elscol Loro and Sixtus Quin , the Rogues managed to form an alliance with the Ashern , a Vratix resistance group , and the remnants of the Zaltin corporation . These groups performed many terrorist and insurgent attacks , including sneaking into the Dlarit family ' s estate and removing Erisi ' s father ' s clothes off in front of a camera . Meanwhile , in space , the Rogues performed numerous hit - and - run attacks against Thyferran bacta convoys and refineries . They used the stolen bacta to finance their war , as well as donating much of it to the New Republic to help fight the Krytos virus . Isard , meanwhile , struck back by attempting to ambush the Rogues twice and completely annihilating a colony on Halanit , which had accepted stolen bacta from Antilles ' s Rogues . Through " hit - and - hype " raids , attrition , and careful planning , the Rogues were able to whittle down Isard ' s fleet of Star Destroyers . Her smaller " Victory " - class ship , the " Corruptor " , was destroyed in a botched ambush at Alderaan , in which Captain Ait Convarion ' s TIE squadrons ( piloted solely by members of the fledgling Thyferran military ) and his ship were overwhelmed by the Rogues ' superior piloting , coordination , and salvos of proton torpedoes . Next , Antilles bribed Captain Sair Yonka of the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Avarice " to defect . Finally , the " Lusankya " herself was drawn out , with Isard ' s remaining " Imperial " - class , the " Virulence " , as bodyguard , when Antilles arranged for the location of their Yag ' Dhul space station to be leaked to Thyferra . There , Booster bluffed " Lusankya " captain Joak Drysso into abandoning the " Virulence " and returning to Thyferra , where Antilles , the Rogues , a small fleet of freighters , and Yonka ' s newly renamed " Freedom " were waiting . The " Corruptor " was destroyed by having a single X - Wing fighter ( Wedge ' s , Tycho ' s , Corran ' s ) pass missile telemetry to the other two squadrons , whose torpedoes and missiles were thus coordinated into a deadly , shield - overwhelming barrage . This was facilitated by the fact that Isard ' s entire fighter - pilot pool were , with very few exceptions , barely out of training . To augment this action against the " Lusankya " , Wedge and Booster fitted their freighter fleet with missile launchers , resulting in a peak salvo of " eighty " rounds hitting the Super Star Destroyer at once . ( The launchers ' aiming sensors , no longer needed , were eventually incorporated into Booster ' s bluff at Yag ' Dhul . ) In a bit of luck , Pash Cracken ' s entire A - Wing unit , three squadrons , stumbled upon Booster ' s standoff with the " Virulence " ; commanding officer Varscha surrendered her ship , and Terrik and Cracken immediately set out to join the brawl at Thyferra . Between these forces and Captain Drysso ' s budding megalomania , the " Lusankya " was eventually overwhelmed and surrendered to Wedge Antilles . On the ground , Quin , Loro , and Iella Wessiri led an attack force consisting of Vratix rebels and security forces from the Zaltin Corporation on Xucphra corporate headquarters . Though their forces succeeded in apprehending Fliry Vorru , Isard escaped the planet in an upgraded " Lambda " - class shuttle , with Dlarit ' s Elite Squadron escorting . Elements of the Rogues , specifically Corran Horn , Tycho Celchu , and their wingmen ( Gand Ooryl Qrygg and Twi ' lek Nawara Ven , respectively ) were detailed to intercept it . Horn personally dealt with Dlarit , and ( with a contribution of proton torpedoes from Celchu ) successfully destroyed Isard ' s shuttle as well . ( It would be some years before anyone discovered that Isard had not in fact been aboard the shuttle at all . ) Aftermath . After the battle , the Rogues discovered that their resignations had been " accidentally " misfiled , making their work an official New Republic accomplished mission . The Rogues were then given the option to rejoin the New Republic as an official unit again , an offer they all accepted . Their first mission would be to work up leads regarding the " Lusankya " prisoners , who , as it turned out , had been transferred to other locations some months ago . ( This turned out to be a blessing in disguise : the prison section of the ship suffered a hull breach during the fighting . ) Booster Terrik , who refused to surrender ownership of the " Virulence " to Airen Cracken and the New Republic , was helped to a compromise by Corran and Talon Karrde : he was allowed to keep the " Virulence " , renamed the " Errant Venture " , and turn it into a mobile trading post , but it was stripped of most of its weapons . Finally , Wedge , in his capacity as the " Lusankya " < nowiki > ' s < / nowiki > acting captain ( a position that would eventually become permanent ) , married Corran and Mirax . The bacta shortage caused by Ysard ' s embargo , though brief , resulted in loss of life at many New Republic medical facilities . As late as 19 ABY , at the time of the Caamas Document Crisis , these facilities made it a rigid policy to conserve as much unused bacta as possible , even to the point of vacuuming a few precious drops out of a patient ' s ear canal after their immersion in a tank .