Dinger Dinger was a male starfighter pilot who was serving in Rogue Squadron , a famed New Republic unit , as of 25 ABY . Assigned the callsign Rogue Eleven , Dinger flew under the command of Rogue Leader , Colonel Gavin Darklighter . In the early months of 25 ABY , Rogue Squadron was assigned to the New Republic First Fleet , led by Admiral Traest Kre ' fey , and was tasked with investigating reports of an alien invasion in the Outer Rim Territories . During Rogue Squadron ' s first encounter with the threat , Dinger was killed , falling prey to the biotechnology of the alien Yuuzhan Vong . Biography . Dinger trained as a starfighter pilot in the New Republic Starfighter Corps and by 25 ABY had been inducted into Rogue Squadron , a starfighter unit famed for its role in the Galactic Civil War . Assigned the callsign Rogue Eleven , Dinger flew alongside Major Alinn Varth in the squadron ' s third flight group , although the unit itself was under the overall command of veteran pilot Colonel Gavin Darklighter . In 25 ABY , Dinger and his fellow Rogue Squadron pilots were assigned to the New Republic First Fleet . The fleet ' s admiral , Traest Kre ' fey , wished to investigate rumors of an alien invasion that had purportedly occurred in the Outer Rim Territories and requested Darklighter ' s aid in responding to the threat . Rogue Squadron was stationed on Kre ' fey ' s flagship , the Bothan Assault Cruiser " Ralroost " . Upon reports of pirate activity in an Outer Rim star system , Darklighter led the squadron out into space to reconnoiter the situation . Major Inyri Forge soon detected unknown signatures in the system ' s asteroid field , which were soon confirmed to be Uglies , starfighters cobbled together out of various parts . As Dinger and his fellow pilots engaged the Uglies , it soon became clear that the starfighters had already been heavily damaged in an engagement against an unknown foe . Darklighter made contact with a Nebulon - B escort frigate which served as the pirates ' base of operations and successfully convinced the captain of the starship to order the pirates to stand down . The pirate captain later revealed that his forces had been attacked by unfamiliar starships , which Admiral Kre ' fey concluded to have been the Yuuzhan Vong , members of the alien species that he was investigating . As Kre ' fey set up a reconnaissance mission of the star system where the pirates claimed to have been ambushed , Dinger and his fellow pilots ran simulations of engagements with Yuuzhan Vong starfighters — termed coralskippers — in order to practice their skills against the hitherto unencountered opponent . With the admiral ' s first reconnaissance mission inconclusive , Colonel Darklighter led Dinger and the other pilots out to the star system alongside a T - 65BR X - wing reconnaissance starfighter in order to take another set of readings . Upon emerging from hyperspace in the system , Dinger fell into position alongside Major Varth and provided cover for the reconnaissance starfighter . Soon , six coralskippers , as the organic Yuuzhan Vong starfighters had been termed , emerged from the system ' s asteroid field and engaged Rogue Squadron . Dinger and his fellow pilots were prepared to combat the organic and unfamiliar starfighters to some extent , due to the simulations they had flown . Nevertheless , as the Yuuzhan Vong coralskippers began deploying miniature black holes to strip the New Republic starfighters ' shields and counteract laser blasts and proton torpedo strikes , the Rogue Squadron pilots had to field new tactics to overcome the biotechnology . While closing in upon an elite coralskipper pilot who was pursuing Colonel Darklighter , both Dinger and Rogue Twelve , Tik , failed to evade the coralskipper ' s black hole defense in time . The gravitic singularity tore Dinger ' s starfighter apart , instantly killing the Rogue Squadron pilot . Tik was killed after going extravehicular . Personality and traits . Dinger flew in Rogue Squadron , a New Republic starfighter squadron with a reputation for piloting excellence . Gavin Darklighter , as Rogue Leader , was proud of all the pilots in his squadron and felt that they were skilful and driven . Behind the scenes . Dinger was a minor Rogue Squadron character in " " , authored by Michael A . Stackpole and published in 2000 . The pilot was later given a sentence - long entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , which was published in 2008 .