Unidentified Imperial lieutenant ( MS - 133 ) An Imperial lieutenant was a member of Moff Kentor Sarne ' s military in 8 ABY . He was commander of a security detachment assigned to the science team MS - 133 during their expedition to Aaris III , a planet in the Kathol sector of the Outer Rim Territories , doubling as the team ' s shuttle pilot . During the expedition , the lieutenant led a small force of soldiers into the jungle to investigate reports of beings " spying " on the team . The reports were the result of the Plaque of Victory — an inanimate lifeform that manipulated individuals into destroying one another — influencing the members of the team and skewing their perceptions . The lieutenant never returned to the base camp , and his body was later found in the jungle by other members of the expedition . Biography . In 8 ABY , a male lieutenant was part of Imperial warlord Moff Kentor Sarne ' s military forces . A trained soldier and pilot , the lieutenant was assigned to command the security detachment for MS - 133 , a scientific research team that had been formed to conduct an archaeological dig on the planet Aaris III . Aaris III had once hosted a native species that had died out several thousand years previously ; the team was assigned to excavate the ruins of the civilization ' s cities and discover the cause behind the extinction . The lieutenant also doubled as the team ' s shuttle pilot , and ferried the team to Aaris III aboard a " Curich " - class shuttle , setting down near a large field of ruins . The team leader , Doctor Lancer Brunou , suspected that the lieutenant had been ordered by Sarne to land at a specific set of coordinates , but he could not prove his theory . For several months , the scientific and technical staff conducted their excavations . Eventually , members of the team discovered an artifact within a chamber in the ruins . After removing it from a floor vault , the expedition members began to experience heightened paranoia , feeling like they were being watched from the jungle despite their being no evidence of any other living beings on the planet . In reality , the artifact was an inanimate lifeform that sought to destroy those around it by inducing feelings of paranoia and suspicion that would eventually lead to homicidal behavior . The team ' s experiences were the result of the artifact ' s influence . With members of his team reporting that they saw " spies " in the jungle , the lieutenant took five of his men into the foliage to investigate . The small team never returned to the base camp , although those still at the camp heard blaster fire in the distance about an hour after they had left . That night , the base camp was attacked by the primitive descendants of the native Aaris wielding energy weapons , and a small battle occurred . When morning came , the bodies of the small unit that the lieutenant had led into the jungle were found just inside the foliage line . Over the course of the next few days , the artifact ' s influence and constant attacks by the Aaris reduced MS - 133 to two survivors — expedition leader Doctor Brunou and a research assistant , Solla Deremot . Both were eventually rescued from the planet by the New Republic CR90 corvette " FarStar " . Personality and traits . The lieutenant was a qualified ground force commander and pilot , with enough skill to pilot a " Curich " - class shuttle . When facing possible danger , he was bold enough to lead his men from the front and investigate any potential threat to his charges personally . Behind the scenes . This lieutenant was a minor character introduced in " Artifact of Aaris " , a roleplaying game adventure in " The DarkStryder Campaign " , published by West End Games in 1995 . His involvement in the adventure is revealed through in - universe documentation from Doctor Brunou ' s journal and the accompanying out - of - universe game text . While " Artifact of Aaris " implies that under the Plaque of Victory ' s direction , the lieutenant and his team were responsible for the initial attack on the base camp — evidence includes the use of blasters in the attack , and the presence of their dead bodies in the tree line in the morning — an adventure hook toward the end of the scenario establishes that the Aaris are not completely extinct . " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , published in 2008 confirmed that the team came under attack from the remnants of the Aaris civilization .