Liberation of Mon Calamari Shipyards The Liberation of the Mon Calamari Shipyards was a battle that occurred in 139 ABY , between Darth Luft ' s pirates and a Galactic Federation Triumvirate taskforce at a set of shipyards above the world of Dac . While on a quest to hunt the rogue Sith Darth Wredd , junk dealer Ania Solo and Imperial Knight Jao Assam discovered that another rogue Sith Darth Luft and his pirate associates had started a slaving ring operating in the Mon Calamari Shipyards above the planet Dac , which had been rendered lifeless during the Second Imperial Civil War . Jao Assam informed his superior Yalta Val , who convinced the Galactic Federation Triumvirate Admiral Gar Stazi to liberate the Mon Calamari and Quarren slaves . A joint Galactic Alliance Navy and Imperial Knight force was dispatched to assault the Mon Calamari shipyards . During the fighting , the Galactic Alliance Navy used the tanker " Trand Cappa " to flood the shipyards , neutralizing the pirates . Imperial Knights and seatroopers then liberated the shipyards and apprehended the pirates . Ania Solo and her companions also succeeded in closing space doors to the shipyards , saving many Mon Calamari and Quarren slaves . Jao Assam also dueled and killed Darth Luft . Following the battle , the liberated Mon Calamari and Quarren slaves settled in the flooded shipyards . However , Jao and Ania quickly discovered that they had merely played into Darth Wredd ' s hands by eliminating Darth Luft . This brought Darth Wredd closer to his goal of destroying the One Sith and reinstating the Rule of Two . History . Background . During the Genocide on Dac in 138 ABY , the One Sith scientist Vul Isen unleashed a deadly viral spore which poisoned the planet Dac ' s oceans , killing billions of its inhabitants within weeks . The Galactic Alliance and the Fel Empire succeeded in evacuating millions of Mon Calamari , Quarren , and Whaladon s but the planet was rendered lifeless . The poisoning of Dac created a large outflow of Mon Calamari and Quarren refugees into many neighboring worlds and systems . Following the defeat of Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire , the new Galactic Federation Triumvirate helped resettle many of the displaced Quarren and Mon Calamari refugees . Following the Dac Genocide , the Calamari system became a haunt for criminal elements . In 138 ABY , an enterprising Sith Lord named Darth Luft and his pirate associates started a ship - building operation in the abandoned Mon Calamari Shipyards . To recruit forced labor for their shipyards , Darth Luft and his pirate associates sent news out to the refugee communities of a project to renew Dac . Many Mon Calamari and Quarren refugees fell victim to this scam . Once aboard the Mon Calamari Shipyards , the adults were forced to work as shipbuilders for the pirate fleet . To ensure cooperation and compliance , Luft and his pirates imprisoned their family members as hostages , threatening to throw them out through the airlock . The enslaved Mon Calamari and Quarren refugees were regularly beaten and maltreated by their captors . Rescuers . Following the Carreras Incident , the Imperial Knight Jao Assam received a Force vision that the rogue Sith Darth Wredd was planning to kill Galactic Empress Marasiah Fel . Together with the junk dealer Ania Solo and an Imperial comm droid , Jao embarked on a quest to hunt down and stop Darth Wredd . They managed to track his henchman Dieben to the planet Nalyd where they learnt that Dieben had been planning to rendezvous with " some powerful friends " in the Calamari system . Believing that Darth Wredd was in the Calamari system , Jao and Ania traveled there . Upon arriving , they discovered that Darth Luft had established a slaving operation in the Mon Calamari Shipyards . Jao and Ania managed to make contact with the enslaved Mon Calamari environmental engineer Luen and Tikin and discovered the full extent of Darth Luft ' s pirate operation . Jao managed to used his Imperial comm droid to send a distress signal to Jao ' s mentor Yalta Val in Coruscant , who was the master of the Imperial Knights training facility . Jao and Ania and their guides were discovered by Darth Luft and his pirates and then thrown into an escape pod , which was then jettisoned into the poisoned oceans of Dac . Fortunately , Jao and Ania were plucked from Dac ' s oceans by their companions : the Mon Calamari engineer Sauk and the assassin droid AG - 37 . Following their rescue , Jao wanted to go and confront Darth Luft in the hope of finding Darth Wredd . However , Ania , Sauk , and AG - 37 disagreed and wanted to return to AG - 37 ' s freighter and wait for reinforcements . Meanwhile , Tikin refused to endanger his young son Tilin and returned to the shipyards . Unable to resolve their differences , they parted company . Meanwhile , Yalta Val received word of the pirates ' slaving operation in the Calamari system . He attempted to convince the Galactic Triumvirate leadership to intervene but was rebuffed by Empress Fel , who refused to take Jao Assam seriously since she regarded him as a deserter . However , Admiral Gar Stazi was troubled by the plight of the Mon Calamari and Quarren slaves and raised his concerns with Yalta . In the end , the two men agreed to assemble a force to deal with the pirates and to free the slaves . Stazi and Yalta mustered a fleet of warships , Imperial Knights , and seatroopers . Back at the Mon Calamari Shipyards , Tikin informed Luft about the presence of the intruders in the hope that the Sith Lord would release his son . However , Luft killed Tikin and threw his body down into the shipyard . Unfortunately , Luft ' s actions sparked a slave revolt and the slaves attacked their captors . The Mon Calamari and Quarren slaves were reinvigorated by the arrival of the Imperial Knight Jao Assam . The Battle . Unable to resolve their differences with Jao and Tikin , Ania along with Luen , AG - 37 , and Sauk had left the hangar bay but were pursued by pirate starfighters and pirate droids . However , their pursuers were destroyed by a Galactic Triumvirate task force that had exited hyperspace . Under Admiral Stazi ' s orders , the tanker " Trand Cappa " docked with the shipyard ' s ring and unleashed a torrent of flood water that swept through the shipyards . The deluge overwhelmed the pirates and enabled the Mon Calamari and Quarren slaves to gain the upper hand over their captors . The Imperial Knight Yalta Val then led a boarding party of Imperial Knights and seatroopers who apprehended the pirates . Meanwhile , the Imperial Knight Jao engaged in a lightsaber duel with Darth Luft . Unwilling to concede defeat , the pirates opened the detention blocks holding the Mon Calamari and Quarren dependents and elderly to zero gravity space . However , an ice plume was created by the reaction of water meeting zero gravity , temporarily blocking the exits . Ania and her crew took advantage of that small window of opportunity to send the Imperial comm droid to rig the controls and shut the doors . Through their efforts , Ania ' s crew were able to save the lives of many Mon Calamari and Quarren children and elderly . Meanwhile , Darth Luft managed to use the Force to push Jao under a heavy piece of wreckage . Luft was then set upon by two Imperial Knight cadets who attempted to fight him . However , Jao managed to break free of the wreckage and use the force to impale the rogue Sith with his lightsaber , killing Darth Luft . Aftermath . Following the liberation of the Mon Calamari shipyards , Yalta Val ' s stormtroopers loaded the pirates onto a ship . Meanwhile , the surviving Mon Calamari and Quarren refugees settled in the flooded compartments of the Mon Calamari shipyards . Out of kindness , Aunt Luen adopted Tikin ' s young son Tilin . Luen attempted to encourage Ania ' s Mon Calamari crew mate Sauk to stay but the latter declined since he preferred the company of his friends . There were also reports that a number of Whaladons were planning to settle in the flooded shipyards . Jao Assam also had a brief reunion with his mentor Yalta Val , who attempted to persuade the younger Knight to return to his post . However , Jao was committed to finding Darth Wredd . Despite their differences , the two men departed on good terms . Later , Jao and Ania ' s crew departed on AG - 37 ' s freighter . While traveling through hyperspace , Jao received a hologram recording from none other than his quarry Darth Wredd . Wredd revealed that he had deliberately led them on a trail through the galaxy . By killing Darth Luft , Jao had helped Wredd progress his plan to destroy the One Sith and to restore the Rule of Two . Wredd also attempted to tempt Jao with an offer of a place in his new Sith Order . While Jao was despondent at learning that he had inadvertently helped Wredd to advance his goals , Ania assured him that they had liberated the Mon Calamari Shipyards and saved the lives of many Mon Calamari and Quarren . If they could do this , she reasoned that they were up to the task of taking down an " arrogant " Sith like Wredd .