Skirmish on Vendaxa The Skirmish on Vendaxa was an engagement between Sith of Darth Krayt ' s order and a group of Jedi , Imperial Knight s , Missionaries and bounty hunters , taking place during Roan Fel ' s insurgency in 137 ABY . Background . Although Darth Krayt had previously taken the throne of the Galactic Empire as his own , the deposed Emperor Roan Fel was still a viable threat to Krayt ' s reign . In order to lure him out of hiding Krayt ordered his newest Hand , Darth Talon , to track down and capture Princess Marasiah Fel , Roan ' s daughter . Talon razed the Imperial Mission temple on Socorro and killed the Princess ' s bodyguard , Elke Vetter . Marasiah herself escaped with her aide , Astraal Vao , and procured transport to Vendaxa onboard the " Mynock " , captained by Cade Skywalker . Talon , however , learned of their destination and also set out for Vendaxa to complete her mission . On Vendaxa , Marasiah and her companions met up with Jedi Shado Vao and Wolf Sazen — the former being Astraal ' s brother — following a run - in with a native acklay . Able now to leave the Princess in the hands of the Jedi , Cade was set to leave the planet with his crew , but the situation became more complicated with the destruction of the Jedi transport , and the arrival of Darth Talon . Confrontation with Darth Talon . Talon attacked the group with lightsaber blazing , leading a pack of vanx against her enemies . While the Jedi engaged Talon in a fierce duel , Cade , Jariah Syn and Deliah Blue were forced to battle the carnivorous beasts , compelled into a frenzied bloodlust by the dark side of the Force . Talon proved to be a match for both Shado and Wolf , using the Force to throw Vao into a rocky outcropping before unleashing Force lightning on Sazen . The Jedi collapsed under the onslaught , but Marasiah ignited her own lightsaber to defend the fallen Jedi . Talon , however , simply knocked the Princess off her feet . Cade , Jariah and Deliah opened fire on the Sith , but their blasters were tugged from their hands . Enraged , Cade used the Force to hurl the wreckage of a crashed starship into Darth Talon , sending her crashing into the undergrowth . This provided a brief respite for the group , although , as the Jedi and Cade could sense , Talon was still alive , and in hiding nearby . Imperials vs . Sith . While Cade ' s crew attempted to repair the damage she had previously done to the " Mynock " , Darth Talon called Darth Nihl , requesting backup . Meanwhile , Imperial Knight s Antares Draco and Ganner Krieg had embarked on a mission to rescue Marasiah — going against the wishes of Sia ' s father , Roan , who knew that the danger to his daughter was nothing compared to the danger he would place the Empire in by revealing his presence to Darth Krayt . Draco and Krieg arrived on Vendaxa just as Nihl ' s forces made their presences known . Even as Marasiah spotted the two " Predator " - class fighters carrying the Imperial Knights cresting the horizon , two " Fury " - class fighters launched an attack , bringing down both Imperial vessels . The pilots bailed , and Talon was quick to emerge from hiding , believing Roan Fel himself had come to Vendaxa to save his daughter . Antares and Ganner revealed themselves , however , and challenged the Sith . Unfortunately for the Imperials , Darth Nihl arrived at that moment with his reinforcements . The true battle had begun . Duels on Vendaxa . The battle was joined by Wolf Sazen and Nihl , in their first rematch since Sazen ' s loss on Ossus seven years prior . Talon , meanwhile , dueled Shado Vao , and the Imperial Knights , aided by the Princess , took on the remainder of the Sith warriors . Even Deliah Blue joined in the fight , destroying at least one Sith fighter from behind the controls of the " Mynock " . The entire battle was witnessed by Cade , who began receiving flashbacks to the massacre he witnessed at the Ossus Jedi Academy . So distracted was he that Cade did not notice a Zabrak Sith Lord creeping up behind him . Marasiah , however , noticed , and leapt to Cade ' s rescue , knocking him to the ground as the Sith lunged forwards . A stroke of her lightsaber killed the Sith , though Marasiah herself suffered grave injury . Cade held her in his arms as her life began to fade , before calling her fallen lightsaber to his hand . Standing over Fel ' s inert form with lightsaber ignited , Cade resolved to join the fight . Meanwhile , Shado Vao engaged Darth Talon . He engaged Darth Nihl , who was still dueling Wolf Sazen , using his anger at Nihl ' s murder of his father to fuel his power . Even Sazen ' s warning about the danger of using his anger in battle did nothing to stem Cade ' s rage . Cade ended the duel by kicking Nihl over a cliff . The Jedi and Imperial Knights got on board the " Mynock " with the princess . Darth Talon attempted to get on board , only to be Force - pushed away by Antares Draco . Cade then used his lightning to revive the princess .