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Erisi Dlarit was a Human female from Thyferra who served as a starfighter pilot with the New Republic's Rogue Squadron. This, however, was her cover as a highly-placed spy for Imperial Intelligence chief Ysanne Isard.

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 mountain backdrop with gorgeous giant 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 grew concerned that 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.

Bror Jace, a prominent member of the Zaltin Corporation, was placed in Rogue Squadron as well. Although she secretl 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.

Early battles
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 move 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.

During the first disastrous attempt to take Borleias, her X-wing had been hit by a TIE fighter, requiring her to eject from the ship. She had recovered in time to fly in the second attempt to take the planet, but was unable to participate in the mission due to a shortage of functional X-wings. Around this time, Erisi began to express attraction toward fellow squadron member Corran Horn. While Horn also found her attractive, he did not feel that Erisi was right for him because of their very different backgrounds.

When Bror Jace needed to return to Thyferra, Erisi informed Imperial Intelligence. The ISB subsequently ordered a ship to intercept him; Jace's X-wing was destroyed, and at the time, everyone thought he perished in the attack. However, just before his ship was intercepted, Jace had transferred to a freighter which took him the rest of the way. He had originally planned to fake his own death anyway by blowing up his fighter somewhere outside the system, and the Imperial attack provided just as good of a cover.

Coruscant scouting mission
Erisi and Corran were then inserted into Coruscant in an attempt to determine the best way to retake the planet from Imperial authority. Erisi's cover role was as a member of one of the great Kuati merchant houses, while Corran's cover was that of her Telbun, or Kuati impregnator. They spent the week traveling through Coruscant (especially the more well to do areas), with Corran evaluating the security setup on the planet. During this time, she reported their movements to Imperial Intelligence.

Eventually, Erisi and Corran joined forces with the other members of Rogue Squadron who had also come to Coruscant. When she had assisted Corran with his Z-95 Headhunter during the final part of the scouting mission, she had taken the fighter's codes, and transmitted them to Imperial Intelligence, resulting in Corran's capture and imprisonment onboard the Lusankya.

The Krytos crisis
In the aftermath of the New Republic's taking of Coruscant, things became very difficult for the Alliance and the squadron. Despite Tycho Celchu being accused of treason and murder in Corran Horn's apparent death, the squadron was publicly supportive of Celchu, including Erisi.

When a convoy of freighters carrying bacta was dispatched to Coruscant, Erisi informed Warlord Zsinj that the convoy would be stopping at the Alderaan system. Zsinj went to Alderaan, and destroyed nearly all the convoy ships. Mirax Terrik was initially thought to be killed in the attack, but she had secretly gone to Borleias as part of a covert New Republic mission.

After Corran had escaped from Lusankya, Ysanne Isard had the crew of that vessel break it free of the planet and leave the system, and Erisi decided that she would rejoin the Imperials at that point. She flew in close to the Super Star Destroyer, and claimed they put a tractor beam on her. But Commander Antilles, having put a program into the unit's astromech droids, pulled the status data from her ship. He found that not only did her ship not suffer any damage, but there was no tractor beam affecting it.

Antilles called Admiral Ackbar, and was about to tell them that Erisi was the traitor when Corran, who had just appeared during Celchu's trial, revealed that information; they were together able to prove that Erisi was the real traitor. Antilles told them of Erisi's lies concerning her ship's status, and it was also revealed that she had assisted Bror Jace in planning his return trip home. Finally Corran testified that she also helped him check out his fighter, giving her access to the fighter's codes which led to his capture once she had leaked them to the Imperials. They also later determined that she had betrayed the bacta convoy to Zsinj to drive up prices and to get her personal enemy (Mirax Terrik) eliminated.

Imperial service
After leaving Coruscant with Ysanne Isard aboard Lusankya, Erisi returned to her homeworld of Thyferra and supported the revolution that placed Isard in charge of the Thyferran government. Erisi was named a Commander in the Thyferran Home Defense Corps and was assigned to lead Elite Squadron, which was composed of TIE/In interceptors. During the Bacta War, she 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.

Behind the scenes
Erisi Dlarit was created by Michael A. Stackpole for his novels in the X-wing series, first appearing in X-wing: Rogue Squadron and playing significant roles in X-wing: Wedge's Gamble, X-wing: The Krytos Trap and X-wing: The Bacta War. To date, she has not been featured in a work by any other author. She was first illustrated by Scott Roller for "Who's Who in Rogue Squadron", an article in the 59th issue of the magazine Star Wars Insider. The article, written by Jason Fry and published in May/June 2002, covered the history of Rogue Squadron pilots, and included a black-and-white rendering of Dlarit along with a brief synopsis of her history.

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