Vo Lian Vo Lian was a Yuuzhan Vong warrior who served under Commander Tsaak Vootuh in the second year of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion as a subaltern . Lian accompanied the commander to Yavin 4 , where Vootuh confronted Captain Imsatad of the Peace Brigade , a collaborationist organization that had attempted to capture Jedi present on the moon . It was Lian who , at a signal from Vootuh , killed Imsatad with an amphistaff . The warrior was then charged with ensuring the security of the jungle moon ' s orbital perimeter , deploying a garrison , and supervising the landing of the first shaper damutek on the newly - conquered moon . Biography . The Yuuzhan Vong male Vo Lian was born into Domain Lian and by 26 ABY had attained the rank of subaltern , serving under Commander Tsaak Vootuh as his lieutenant . Vootuh ' s fleet traveled to Yavin 4 in the second year of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion in order to seize the moon and the Jedi who were rumored to have located their headquarters on its surface . Arriving in the Yavin system , however , Vootuh and Lian learned that the Peace Brigade , a collaborationist organization , had already attacked the Praxeum in order to abduct any Jedi present and hand them to Warmaster Tsavong Lah , the military coordinator of the invasion who had promised rewards for captive Jedi . Lian was present on the bridge of Vootuh ' s vessel as the leader of the Peace Brigade forces , the Human Captain Imsatad , attempted to explain the situation to the commander . Intending to regain some semblance of control over the proceedings , Imsatad offered the Yuuzhan Vong the support of his troops and vessels , but the commander had little use for the Brigade . When Vootuh informed Imsatad that the Peace Brigade ships would be destroyed , and ordered the Human to take the Yuuzhan Vong to see Tahiri Veila , the one Jedi who had not escaped capture , Imsatad refused . At a nod from Vootuh , Lian stabbed the collaborator through the back with his amphistaff , killing him . Vootuh then ordered Lian to secure the moon and its immediate surroundings , and to supervise the Yuuzhan Vong landing . The lieutenant was also tasked with ensuring that the damutek which would house the shapers — the biological engineers of the Yuuzhan Vong — was swiftly installed on the surface . There , the shapers would be experimenting on any captured Jedi , seeking to discover the science of the Force and hoping to attempt to bend a Jedi to the will of the Yuuzhan Vong . The warrior had soon fulfilled his superior ' s commands . Personality and traits . Vo Lian was an efficient and obedient Yuuzhan Vong warrior . Trusted by his commander and willing to kill at a moment ' s notice when ordered to do so , Lian was swift and lethal in his dispatch of Imsatad . His duties were not merely confined to killing for Vootuh , however ; the warrior was also capable of large scale administration and organization , as demonstrated when he was placed in charge of a number of Yavin 4 ' s security operations , such as its orbital perimeter , and the deployment of its garrison . Behind the scenes . Vo Lian ' s appearance in " Edge of Victory I : Conquest " is brief , lasting several paragraphs , and he is introduced concurrently with Vootuh , a peripheral Yuuzhan Vong protagonist in the novel . His affiliation with Domain Lian recalls that of Deign Lian , a character from Michael A . Stackpole ' s " " .