Erisi Dlarit

Erisi Dlarit was an Imperial spy who infiltrated Rogue Squadron, then later led the Imperial pilot forces during the Bacta War. A Human female born on Thyferra, her wealthy family were prominent members of the bacta-producing Xucphra Corporation. With hopes to protect Xucphra's interests, Dlarit became spy for Imperial Intelligence Director Ysanne Isard. She was hand-picked by Commander Wedge Antilles to join the newly reformed Rogue Squadron in 6.5 ABY.

Dlarit developed a romantic interest in Corran Horn during her time on the elite squad, but he largely rebuffed her advances. She orchestrated the sabotage and attempted murder of fellow Rogue pilot Bror Jace, a member of the rival bacta company Zaltin, but otherwise provided little in the way of useful intelligence to Isard. As the New Republic recaptured Coruscant, Dlarit provided information about Horn's starfighter to Isard, which resulted in Horn's capture and imprisonment about the Lusankya.

As the Krytos virus devastated Coruscant, Dlarit helped slow down treatment of the disease by betraying a bacta convoy in the Alderaan system to Warlord Zsinj. After Horn escaped the Lusankya, Dlarit fled Coruscant just before her identity was compromised. She joined Isard and Fliry Vorru at Thyferra, where Isard took over the planet and gave Xucphra exclusive control of its bacta cartel. Dlarit led the fighter wing of the Thyferran Home Defense Corps.

Dlarit led an attack on Halanit, an unarmed civilian colony that had purchased bacta from Rogue Squadron. It proved to be a slaughter, but Dlarit felt no remorse for the victims. Dlarit grew frustrated with the lack of discipline among her fighters, as well as the inferior starfighters and Isard's refusal to upgrade them. Later, at the Battle of Thyferra, Corran Horn engaged Dlarit one-on-one and shot her down over one of Thyferra's moons, killing her.

Early life
Erisi Dlarit was born and raised in Thyferra. Her father, Aerin Dlarit, and the rest of her family were prominent members of the Xucphra Corporation, one of the two conglomerates which, along with the rival Zaltin Corporation, held a monopoly on the production and refinement of 95 percent of the galaxy's supply of bacta. Her uncle was a prominent investigator with the company. The Dlarit family were made multi-millionaires through their dealings with Xucphra, and Erisi grew up in a life of luxury as a result. Her childhood home, the Dlarit estate, was an enormous and visually stunning mansion in a remote location among the Thyferran rain forests, complete with servant staff, elaborate security measures and a gigantic mountain backdrop with gorgeous cascading waterfalls. Like her father, Erisi reveled in the comforts and status her wealth afforded her, and she treated the opportunity and material advantages afforded to her as if they were her due. As a result, she developed a blithe disregard for money and a strong sense of superiority in those she considered below her social class.

The bacta cartels remained officially neutral throughout the Galactic Civil War. However, since it was Imperial decrees that allowed the bacta cartels to develop their monopoly, the Xucphra harbored loyalties toward the Galactic Empire. The Dlarit family shared similar leanings, although their first and foremost loyalty was toward themselves. Erisi grew to develop a strong passion and conviction for the Xucphra Corporation, as well as a genuine love for her home planet of Thyferra. She also developed an equally strong hatred for the Ashern, a movement of Vratix who rebelled against the Xucphra and Zaltin after becoming disenchanted with the Human control over the bacta cartel. Erisi and her family considered them nothing more than murderous traitors.

After the tide of the war turned in favor of the Alliance to Restore the Republic following the Battle of Endor, the Dlarit family feared their grip of power might become jeopardized. Since their monopoly formed under the Empire, they became concerned it would end under the New Republic form of government. As a result, the Dlarit family became involved with Ysanne Isard, director of Imperial Intelligence and the de facto leader of the Empire. Erisi Dlarit agreed to serve as a high-placed Imperial spy. By now, she had developed considerable skill as a starfighter pilot. Isard plotted to plant Dlarit in an important position in the New Republic Defense Force, where she would report directly to Isard.

Assignment to Rogue Squadron
Dlarit was one of eleven pilots hand-picked by Commander Wedge Antilles to join the elite Rogue Squadron when he was reforming the famed squad in 6.5 ABY. Dlarit underwent countless hours of X-wing simulator training to prepare for the assignment. Her appointment was in part political, as the New Republic sought to place a representative from both the Xucphra and Zaltin corporations in the squadron to appease both bacta conglomerates. However, Antilles assured Admiral Ackbar, the Supreme Commander of the New Republic Defense Force, that none of the pilots selected for political reasons were inferior to any other candidates. Neither Antilles nor any of the other Rogue pilots displayed any visible resentment toward Dlarit for the political pressure from which she benefited. Due to her assignment to the elite squadron, Dlarit became consider a hero by many on Thyferra.

Bror Jace, a prominent member of the Zaltin Corporation, was placed in Rogue Squadron as well. Although she secretly despised him due to his position with her rival company, Dlarit outwardly displayed a form of camaraderie with Jace based on their shared Thyferran background. This behavior served the strategic purpose of helping her fellow pilots develop an appreciation of her apparent understanding and amiability, in contrast to Jace's arrogant and competitive manner. Still, she publicly described Jace as "rather haughty and obstreperous", and said of spending time with him, "Better the Moff you know than the Emperor's new Envoy." Although secretly serving Ysanne Isard, Dlarit ostensibly claimed she believed so strongly in the cause for the New Republic that she was willing to leave her life of luxury and security in order to serve higher ideals. She was assigned Rhysati Ynr as a roommate and wingmate, and given the call sign Rogue Eight. Nawara Ven, a fellow Rogue pilot and Ynr's lover, suggested the two women would develop a sense of jealousy and competition, but that proved not to be the case, as Dlarit and Ynr outwardly appeared to get along very well.

During Rogue Squadron training exercises, Dlarit tended to perform among the middle of the pack, outperforming such pilots as Lujayne Forge and Peshk Vri'syk, but failing to match the talent of Jace and Corran Horn. She readily and publicly acknowledged that she was not among the best in Rogue Squadron, although the arrogance she displayed outside while not undercover suggested that modesty may have been an act. During this time, Dlarit appeared to develop a romantic interest in Horn, although it is impossible to tell how genuine her affections were given her status as a spy. Dlarit openly flirted with Horn and was physically familiar with him, taking his arm as they walked together and casually touching him as they talked. During a training run on Folor, Antilles secretly provided Corran Horn's targeting data to the other Rogues, allowing them to get higher scores at Horn's expense. Afterward, when the Rogue pilots felt bad about the lesson, Dlarit volunteered to personally invite Horn to the DownTime tapcafe, where he bought her a drink. For his part, Horn was attracted to her physical beauty and acknowledged some romantic interest in her, but immediately sensed their differing backgrounds made them unlikely partners for each other.

Battles of Hensara, Talasea and Vladet
Erisi Dlarit and the rest of the squadron saw their first action at the Battle of Hensara at Hensara III. The mission was to protect the Battle of Yavin, a New Republic frigate that had crash-landed on Hensara III, from capture by the Imperial Strike-class cruiser Havoc. The battle was a Rogue Squadron victory with no casualties among their ranks, and Dlarit scored at least two individual kills. Shortly thereafter, the squad was moved to a training base on Talasea, which was intended to serve as a staging area for an eventual move against Imperial-occupied Coruscant due to the planet's proximity to the Galactic Core. One night, however, a platoon of Imperial stormtroopers were dispatched to the base by Admiral Devlia, based on information provided by Imperial Intelligence agent Kirtan Loor. Dlarit escaped the attack unscathed, but Lujayne Forge was killed in her sleep and Horn, Gavin Darklighter and Andoorni Hui suffered serious injuries during the assault. Dlarit attended Forge's funeral and feigned regret at her death, which severely damaged the squadron's morale.

Dlarit participated in a retaliatory strike Devlia and his forces at their Vladet base, the Grand Isle. Dlarit and the other Rogues provided cover as the Y-wing bombers of Defender Wing destroyed Grand Isle. Once the bombing was complete, however, the Imperial Carrack-class cruiser Expeditious and Lancer-class frigate Ravager dropped out of hyperspace, leaving the New Republic starfighters and their CR90 Corellian Corvette Eridain outgunned. The New Republic forces were saved by a novel plan from Horn, who had Warden Squadron target his own X-wing with their proton torpedoes, then flew directly toward the Ravager and dove under it at the last minute, causing 32 torpedoes to strike and destroy the ship. Despite the success, however, General Horton Salm ordered Horn confined to his quarters after the battle in anticipation of a court marshal for failure to follow orders and taking command of Warden Squadron without proper authorization.

Dlarit visited Horn in his quarters and, while alone, confessed to him that after the Expeditious and Ravager came out of hyperspace, she believed she would be killed becaue her starfighter skills were not adequate enough. When Horn saved the fighters, Dlarit said she felt as if a "great crushing weight had been lifted" from her. Whether these were her true thoughts or a deception is impossible to say, but Dlarit claimed the experience made her feel closer to Horn, and she made a sexual advance toward him. Horn attributed those feelings to an emotional spike one often feels after a near-death experience, and the need for a positive experience to counteract it. Although attracted to Dlarit, Horn felt conflicted due to his developing romantic feelings toward the smuggler Mirax Terrik. While he did not explicitly rule out a romantic relationship with her at a later date, Horn rebuffed her advances, claiming he did not want to get involved with someone in the squadron. Dlarit encountered Terrik while leaving Horn's headquarters. In direct contrast to her warm and friendly nature toward Horn, Dlarit was extremely cold and rude to Terrik, and tried to discourage her from visiting Horn by claiming he could not see civilian visitors. Terrik was equally cold toward Dlarit, who she began to disparagingly refer to as the "bacta queen".

Borleias and betraying Bror Jace
Rogue Squadron was later transferred to Noquivzor, which was to serve as a launching point for an attack against the Imperial-controlled Borleias. The fourth planet in the Pyria system, the New Republic Provisional Council determined Borleias' close proximity the Galactic Core made it an ideal location from which to launch attacks against the capital world of Coruscant. However, due to recent security leaks to Ysanne Isard, who had accelerated her counterintelligence efforts against the New Republic in recent months, the identity of the planet and and other basic information about the mission parameters were kept confidential from the military forces. Even Antilles and Salm were kept in the dark about the details, and Borleias itself would be identified only by the codename Blackmoon. These security measures successfully prevented Dlarit from providing Imperial Intelligence any critical information about the assault. Dlarit never fell under suspicion for any of the intelligence leaks, in part because she was not the source of those specific leaks, but mainly because the suspicion fell on pilot Tycho Celchu, who many believed to be a spy due to his recent escape from the Imperial prison Lusankya.

The first attempt to capture Borleias proved to be a disastrous failure for the New Republic due to poor planning by the Bothan General Laryn Kre'fey and to secret defense measures installed by the Imperial General Evir Derricote. During the battle, Erisi's X-wing was destroyed by TIE interceptors, forcing her to eject. It was feared the punishing nature of the battle would not allow a rescue for Dlarit and the other the ejected pilots, Nawara Ven and Ooryl Qrygg. But Celchu, who was forbidden from combat but was monitoring the battle in the unarmed Lambda-class shuttle Forbidden, flew into the combat zone to pick them up. Dlarit, Ven and Qrygg recovered from their injuries after sessions in bacta tanks at Noquivzor.

She recovered prior to the second attempt to take Borleias, but was unable to participate in the battle due to a shortage of functional X-wings. She helped the other Rogues prepare by participating in simulator exercises with them, and feigned sadness and regret at being unable to join them in battle. Due to the continued security measures, Dlarit and most of her colleagues remained unaware even of the names of the planet, let alone any details. Before the battle began, she repeatedly tried to trick Horn into giving up information, at one point claiming she wanted to know where the planet was so she could establish a memorial for Horn and the others in case they died there. She was unable to obtain any information, and Horn did not take notice of her attempts. The squadron went on to successfully capture Borleias in the second battle.

After the battle, Bror Jace received news that his great uncle was dying, and Celchu arranged for him to be sent home to Thyferra on a "recruiting mission" so he could spend time with his family. Dlarit inquired to Jace about this, and Jace confided in her the circumstances of his return home and information about the route he was taking. Dlarit passed this information on the Isard with the hopes that Jace would be killed, which would not only to improve her standing as an Imperial spy, but also be a blow to Xucphra's rival bacta company. Based on Dlarit's information, Isard arranged for the Interdictor cruiser Black Asp to pull Jace's X-wing from hyperspace and destroy it.

Jace was presumed killed in the attack, but unbeknownst to Dlarit or anyone else, Jace was not about the X-wing, and he had in fact intended to destroy it himself anyway. The news of Jace's great uncle was actually a farce, and Jace intended to go underground after his supposed death to help plan a budding partnership between Zaltin and the Vratix. In fact, Jace told Dlarit about his return home with the specific intention that the Xucphra watch for his return and receive news of his supposed death. Dlarit's betrayal of Jace and the subsequent Black Asp attack only provided further cover for his plans, although the truth of his survival would not become publicly known for several more months. Dlarit's betrayal of Jace, too, was initially unsuspected, and Celchu fell under further suspicion of being an Imperial spy because he had made the arrangements for his return to Thyferra.

Reconnaissance assignment
Along with the rest of Rogue Squadron, Dlairt participated in the Battle of Mrisst, a response to Warlord Zsinj's scouting of the newly-established New Republic base at Borleias. Dlarit flew along with Corran Horn and Rhysati Ynr under One Flight, a division of Rogue Squadron led by Captain Aril Nunb, who had just recently joined the suqd. During the battle, the squadron engaged the Zsinj transport ship Contruum's Pride, which led to a battle with the ship's TIE fighters and interceptors. Dlarit's X-wing was targeted by one of the interceptors and she had difficulty evading it, but was saved by assistance from Nunb. The Battle of Mrisst ended a victory for New Republic with no casualties. Afterward, Wedge Antilles pulled Horn and Dlarit aside and gave them instructions for a secret mission on Coruscant, which remained under Imperial control. The assignment was so secret that datafiles provided to Horn and Dlarit by Rogue Squadron's quartermaster droid M-3PO were infected with a self-extracting virus that would destroy the data once viewed, so they had to memorize the contents.

Horn and Dlarit were ordered to adopt disguises, rendezvous with existing ally forces on Coruscant, gather reliable data about the planet's defenses and determine the locations of tactical targets. Erisi correctly deduced the job was too large for two people alone, and attempted to learn more information for Isard by repeatedly pressing Antilles about whether the rest of Rogue Squadron were being given their own assignments with the ultimate goal of capturing Coruscant from the Empire. But Antilles neither confirmed or denied her suspicions, and said Horn and Dlarit would be working as part of a cell system, through which nobody was allowed to know about more than their portion of the network. These security measures, meant to protect the mission from security leaks, were so strong that even Antilles did not know about Horn and Dlarit's travel arrangements to Coruscant. Antilles asked both pilots for permission to transfer money for the financially expensive mission from their personal accounts, to be reimbursed to both later, and Dlarit surprised both men by volunteering $10 million from her personal fortune.

Dlarit was assigned the disguise identity of Ris Darsk, a an arrogant and wealthy Kuati traveling to the Imperial Center in order to conceive a child with her telbun, a Human servant and impregnator considered property to their Kuati masters. Horn was to pose as Darsk Ristel, Dlarit's telbun, and the disguise required Dlarit to treat Horn with great disrespect, or ignore him altogether. In private, Dlarit was apologetic for having to treat Horn this way, but Horn privately felt at some level, Dlarit did genuinely feel socially superior and entitled to her preferential treatment due to her wealthy Tyferran upbringing. Horn and Dlarit spent a great amount of time with each other in close quarters due to their training, which increased the sexual tension between them to the point that they would kiss each other on the mouth. Nevertheless, Horn continued to resist Dlarit's attempts at sexual intimacy. In addition to his feelings for Terrik and his concerns about his differing background from Dlarit, Horn feared having sex with Dlarit would make them both let their guard down and endanger the mission.Once the training was complete, Horn and Dlarit traveled to Coruscant on the starliner Jewel of Churba, where Horn was listed as baggage and Dlarit berated him mercilessly as per their disguise.

Upon arriving at Coruscant, they were picked up in a shuttle by their contact, Winter, who went by the alias Rima Borealis for the mission. Winter provided Horn and Dlarit with new identification cards and set them up in rooms at the Hotel Imperial. Dlarit once again discern information about what role the other Rogue pilots were playing in the mission, but Winter did not provide any information. Horn and Dlarit began their reconnaissance mission, all the while maintaining their roles as Kuati and telbun. Per his role, Horn acted in a submissive fashion while in public with Dlarit, trailing her respectfully, paying for things she bought and carrying her belongings. During their first few nights on Coruscant, Winter had Horn and Dlarit monitored by a team to ensure no Imperials were taking an interest in them. They spent the next week studying the basic security and peacekeeping forces on Coruscant, as well as the medical services and facilities. During this time, Dlarit reported their movements directly to Isard about the operation, but due to the cell system nature of the operation, she was not able to provide much useful information.

They eventually made their way into the Grand Corridor, the centerpiece of the Imperial Palace, where Horn confided in Dlarit and Winter the tragic circumstances of the murder of his father, Valin Horn. The story appeared to further endeared Dlarit to Horn.When Horn spotted Kirtan Loor, an Imperial Intelligence agent with whom he had a long history of rivalry, Horn kissed Dlarit in order to conceal his face until Loor was gone. The incident did nothing to dampen the sexual tension that continued to grow between them, and Dlarit later tried to seduce him at their Hotel Imperial room. Horn was extremely tempted, but yet again stopped himself: in addition to all his previously identified reasons for resisting a relationship with her, he felt an unexplainable feeling that engaging Dlarit romantically would be a disaster. This was likely a tremor his Force-sensitivity, which unbeknownst to him often served to heighten his instincts. Although frustrated to be rebuked yet again, Dlarit said she would respect Horn's decision, and claimed to be impressed with his self-control and logic, although her true feelings on the matter are impossible to say due to her continued role as an Imperial spy.

Recapturing Coruscant
Shortly thereafter, Horn stumbled across a stormtrooper raid against the anti-Human Alien Combine, among which most of the rest of Rogue Squadron was involved. Dlarit was not present, but Horn helped the Rogues escape the raid. Afterward, Horn and Dlarit were quarantined from each other for several days because it was unclear how much information, if any, had been relayed to Imperial Intelligence. Later, Dlarit was reunited with Rogue Squadron, where she was once again partnered with her roommate Rhyasti Ynr, rather than Horn. The Rogues which was assigned to take down Coruscant's planetary shields in preparation for an invasion. The squadron was assigned to infiltrate an Imperial warehouse to obtain memory cores, which were to be used to gain access to Coruscant's central computer system. However, due to information the Imperial spy Zekka Thyne provided Kirtan Loor, the warehouse mission was compromised and attacked by stormtroopers. Dlarit and Ynr provided cover with blaster rifles, which helped allowed the Rogues to escape in a transport driven by M-3PO.

Afterward, Rogue Squadron developed a plan to bring down Coruscant's shields by redirecting an Orbital Solar Energy Transfer Satellite to boil off one of Coruscant's reservoirs. Horn suggested taking control of the construction droid and send it crashing toward Imperial Center, which would result in its evacuation and allow the New Republic to take control of it unopposed. Dlarit was one of five pilots assigned to provide air cover in Z-95 Headhunters, with Horn taking the lead among them. Before the mission began, Horn confronted Celchu, who by now he was convinced was the Imperial spy in their midst. After the confrontation, Horn told Dlarit he planned to make exposing the spy his priority after the mission ended. Concerned that this would result in her eventual exposure, Dlarit arranged to help Horn check over his Z-95 Headhunter before the flight, and obtained the fighter's codes. Wedge Antilles did not allow outside contact prior to the engagement, so she could not warn Isard about the plan to take down Coruscant's shields. However, she was able to transfer Horn's starfighter codes to Isard during the battle, so Isard could take control of the ship during combat and subsequently capture or kill Horn. Celchu also knew the codes, so Dlarit knew suspicion for this betrayal would also ultimately fall on him.

The battle was a success for Rogue Squadron, but Isard's agents used overrides to take control of Horn's fighter and capture it, creating the appearance that Horn was killed. In fact, he was taken captive at the Lusankya prison. It is unclear whether Dlarit knew Horn was alive or not during this period; Wedge Antilles later speculated Isard told Dlarit of Horn's survival and promised him as a reward to her for her continued loyalty. Despite Horn's supposed death, the Rogue Squadron victory allowed the New Republic to take control of Coruscant. Shortly thereafter, however, Isard released the Krytos virus, a devastating disease she had specifically engineered to infect only alien species. The virus was designed to be treatable by bacta, and Isard hoped the New Republic would spend so many resources treating cases of the illness that they would eventually go bankrupt.

Krytos virus devastation
Due to the loss of Horn and the addition of Asyr Sei'lar and Inyri Forge, Rogue Squadron was reconfigured and Dlarit's call sign was changed to Rogue Four. Rogue Squadron was assigned to help with the governmental transition on Coruscant and combat the Krytos virus. The urgent need for bacta allowed the Xucphra Corporation to thrive, further increasing the wealth of Dlarit's family. Outwardly, Dlarit claimed to be communicating urgently with her family about the need for more emergency bacta in greater quantities and reduced prices. However, since Dlarit was secretly working for Isard, it is unlikely any such backdoor efforts were taking place at all. Dlarit participated in the Second Battle of Yag'Dhul, a successful attempt by Rogue Squadron to a recapture a large Zaltin bacta supply that had been seized by Warlord Zsinj. The New Republic was notified about teh stolen bacta by Qlaern Hirf, an Ashern Vratix who was aboard the convoy at the time of the theft. During the battle, Dlarit and Ynr engaged the TIE Fighters patrolling Yag-prime, an Empress-class space station orbiting Yag'Dhul. Dlarit and Ynr successfully drove the TIEs away from the station and the rest of the Rebel fleet, and Dlarit destroyed at least one of the fighters with a proton torpedo.

After the battle, Dlarit spent more than an hour questioning Antilles about the identity and location of the Ashern rebel, insisting he could not be trusted and would jeopardize the safet of the squadron. Although actually trying to secure information for Isard, Antilles mistook her concern for guilt over her failure to have saved Horn's life during the liberation of Coruscant. Antilles insisted he had no information about the Vratix, but promised to pass her concerns along to General Airen Cracken, head of the New Republic Intelligence Service. Later, Qlaren Hirf approached Antilles and offered to develop rylca to combat the Krytos virus, with the hopes Antilles would help the Vratix join the New Republic in exchange. Antilles specically decided to keep Hirf's presence secret from Dlarit due to her concerns about the Ashern. As a result, Dlarit was unable to obtain any information for Isard about the rylca production efforts.

During this time, Tycho Celchu was placed on trial for treason against the New Republic and the murder of Corran Horn, and prosecutor Halla Ettyk called Dlarit forward as a witness. Under questioning from Ettyk, Dlarit described the suspicion with which Horn viewed Celchu during their time on Coruscant, and the fact that he had publicly confronted Celchu just before the mission where Horn was eventually killed. Her testimony was damaging for Celchu and provided her further cover, since he was on trial for some of the security leaks for which she in fact was responsible. When the court recessed, the Rogues were assigned a mission to Ryloth to purchase a large quantity of ryll kor, a rare grade of ryll to be used for production of rycla. Antilles, Cracken and New Republic Chief of State Mon Mothma considered forbidding Dlarit from participating in the mission due to her Xucphra associations. However, they ultimately decided pulling her from the mission would anger Thyferra and Xucphra, whose bacta the New Republic desperately needed.

Abandoning Rogue Squadron
Rogue Squadron was assigned to large bacta convoy from the Xucphra cartel through the the Graveyard of Alderaan to the New Republic. Antilles did not believe the high-profile squadron was ideal for the secret mission because they were bound to be watched, but Provisional Councilor Borsk Fey'lya and others felt having Dlarit participate in the convoy escort would send a positive message to the Thyferrans. Dlarit betrayed the location of the bacta convoy to Isard, in part because the destruction of the convoy would lower the New Republic morale on Coruscant and allow Xucphra to drive their prices up even higher. Additionally, Mirax Terrik and her ship, the Pulsar Skate, was expected to be among the convoy, and Dlarit sought to kill her over their past rivalry regarding Corran Horn. Isard leaked information about the convoy to Warlord Zsinj, whose forces attacked and destroyed the convoy during the Second Battle of The Graveyard, although Terrik was in fact not present and escaped death. During the battle, Dlarit saved Nawara Ven's life by destroying a TIE Fighter that he could not evade. Ven returned the favor a few minutes later by destroying a TIE that was on Dlarit's tail.

Later, when it was learned the Coruscant-based terrorist group Palpatine Counter-Insurgency Front planned to destroy a bacta storage facility in the planet's Alien Protection Zone, Rogue Squadron was assigned to thwart the attack. Dlarit expressed concern during the brief's mission about the potential for high civilian casualties on the crowded planet, but given the disregard she would later show for innocent civilian lives, this apparent compassion was likely an act on her part. During the battle, Dlarit and Ynr provided cover for the rest of Rogue Squadron around the high orbit of the skyhooks, which provided surveillance and intelligence for the squadron as they destroyed airspeeders laden with explosives meant for the storage facility. The bombs were eventually destroyed. Around this time, Isard learned Corran Horn had escaped the Lusankya prison, which was actually aboard Isard's flagship Executor-class Star Dreadnaught, also called Lusankya. That ship was secretly buried underneath the planet surface of Coruscant, and Isard knew Horn's escape would lead to its eventual discovery by the New Republic.

As a result, while the Rogue Squadron was still in battle, Isard escaped Coruscant by emerging the Lusankya from underneath Imperial City and propelling into orbit with the help of a massive repulsorlift platform. Dlarit saw this and realized her own Imperial spy status would likely be compromised eventually, so she decided to escape along with Isard. Dlarit pursued a TIE Interceptor heading toward the Lusankya, ignoring Antilles' orders to break away and avoid getting close to the massive ship. Dlarit destroyed the Interceptor, then claimed she was caught in the Lusankya's tractor beam and called for help, feigning fear in her voice. Several of the Rogue Squadron pilots, including Gavin Darklighter, wanted to assist her despite being heavily outgunned. Antilles, however, recognized the effort would be fruitless and ordered the squadron to stand down as Dlarit's X-wing was taken aboard the Lusankya. In reality, Dlarit was not captured by a tractor beam, but simply docked willingly with the Lusankya and lied to Rogue Squadron so she would not compromise her identity.

The ruse, however, was short-lived. Because of Horn's supposed death, Antilles had added a subroutine to all the Rogue pilots' astromech droids, so he was able to pull diagnostic data from Dlarti's R5 unit. Because the astromech did not report the damage that Dlarit claimed her X-wing sustained, Antilles realized she was not actually captured by a tractor beam against her will. From this, he easily deduced that she was a spy working with Isard. Additionally, Horn learned on the Lusankya that Tycho Celchu was not a spy. Since Dlarit was the only other person who knew his Z-95 Headhunter's codes, Horn realized it was she that sold Horn out to Isard, not Celchu. Horn and Antilles also realized Dlarit was in a position, and had a motive, to betray Bror Jace. These revelations ultimately led to Celchu's vindication at trial. Upon further analysis, the New Republic Intelligence Servce quickly deduced Dlarit had in fact provided very little useful information to Isard during her time as a spy. Aside from Horn's capture, Dlarit was responsible only for the destruction of the bacta convoy at the Graveyard and the supposed death of Bror Jace, who the New Republic would learn in the next few weeks was not in fact dead.

The Bacta War declared
After leaving Coruscant, Isard and Dlarit returned to Thyferra, where Isard's forces supported a revolution that placed the Xucphra Corporation in charge of the entire bacta cartel. This gave the already wealthy and powerful Dlarit family unprecedented power, as they now controlled the full monopoly they previously shared with Zaltin. With the New Republic still in desperate need of bacta and rylca to combat the Krytos virus, Isard believed by taking control of Thyferra would ensure the Krytos virus would continue to ravage Coruscant and destroy the New Republic. Recognizing this threat, Wedge Antilles and his Rogue Squadron pilots resigned from the New Republic to launch a private assault against Isard, thus starting what would later become known as the Bacta War. Isard established the Thyferran Home Defense Corps, a defense organization of Xucphra volunteers established to work in conjunction with the ground-based stormtroopers to defend the planet. Erisi Dlarit was placed in command of Defense Corps' fighter wing. Isard made this decision not only based on Dlarit's piloting skills and her knowledge of Rogue Squadron, but also for the strong symbolic value, since by now Dlarit was considered a hero among many on Thyferra.

Isard's Thyferran forces comprised of the Lusanyka and the Star Destroyers Avarice, Virulence and Corrupter, and as such Dlarit had access to a tremendous amount of equipment and resources. She personally led Elite Squadron, a TIE Interceptor squad she claimed was equal to Rogue Squadron, and trained other Defense Corps squads including Might and Virile squadrons. Unlike many, Dlarit seemed to have little fear of Isard. She openly questioned her decisions, argued against her and, occasionally, even spoke to her in a sarcastic and insulting manner when challenged. From the beginning of the Bacta War, Isard lobbied for her squadrons to be equipped with X-wing fighters, which Dlarit insisted her superior fighters to the TIE Interceptors. But Isard, unwilling to concede that anything associated with the New Republic was superior to her resources, refused Dlarit's requests.

During the Bacta War, Dlarit primarily remained at home on Thyferra, assisting Isard and former Corellian Moff Fliry Vorru in planning the war against not only Rogue Squadron, but the New Republic as well.

One mission in which she did take a direct role was the destruction of the Halanit colony. This colony had accepted a gift of bacta from Rogue Squadron. Because the colony had insufficient resources to pay for the amount of bacta they were given, Isard had the colony destroyed, resulting in the death of a large number of civilians. Soon after, Erisi and Vorru were both convinced that Isard was insane. Both of them reasoned that the New Republic would eventually intervene and send a force to Thyferra, and they planned to leave Thyferra after the destruction of Antilles.

During the final battle of the Bacta War, Erisi scrambled her forces to defend the planet and the Lusankya. She received orders to escort a shuttle that was apparently carrying Director Isard out of the system. At this point, Erisi directly engaged her former squadron mates for the first time. She was able to destroy Nawara Ven's X-wing, although he managed to eject. Corran Horn, however, chased her down. Horn fired a pair of proton torpedoes at her Interceptor, forcing her to turn away from the engagement. While outmaneuvering to dodge the torpedoes, Horn surprised her and fatally crippled her fighter, leaving it unable to maintain altitude over one of the Thyferran moons. It crashed into the surface, and crumpled into an unrecognizable shape. Corran Horn remarked that her death was nothing spectacular, and that she would have hated what had happened to her. His R2 unit, Whistler, told him something along the lines of who cared what she wanted.

Appearances

 * X-wing: Rogue Squadron
 * X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
 * X-wing: The Krytos Trap
 * X-wing: The Bacta War
 * X-wing: Isard's Revenge

Notes and references
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