Dizon Fray

Dizon Fray
Astrographical information
Region	Outer Rim Territories The Slice
System	Dizon
Grid square	U-7
Societal information
Native species	Dizonite
Affiliation	Galactic Empire

"There's an Outer Rim moon called Dizon Fray. There was a sentient species there, quite unusual. Extremely hostile to the concept of an Imperial refueling center that was being planned. I say "was" because they created such a stir that the local commanders were granted permission to use any means necessary."

―Doctor Gorst, to his subject Bix Caleen

Dizon Fray was an Outer Rim moon covered in land and salty oceans. It was home to the semi-amphibious Dizonites, who resisted the Galactic Empire's efforts to build a refueling station on their moon between 8 BBY and 6 BBY. Upon permission, the local Imperial commanders massacred the Dizonites by activating several pulse arc generators in the sea in which the natives resided. The dying screams of the Dizonites put three Imperial communications officers, who were monitoring footage of the massacre, into emotional distress. As a result, the Imperial Doctor Gorst developed a new torture method with the dying screams of what he believed were Dizonite younglings and used it to successfully interrogate multiple subjects.

Description

"According to geological surveys undertaken by Imperial scouts, there were significant deposits of raw materials in the seabeds and along the shoreline that could be converted or synthesized into fuel, making the planned station almost self-sustaining."

―Beaumont Kin, The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire

Dizon Fray was a moon located in the star system of Dizon within an intersecting portion of the Outer Rim Territories and the Slice regions, situated at the coordinates U-7 on the Standard Galactic Grid. Its surface featured landmass along with oceans of salted water that was highly conductive to electricity. Some shorelines and seabeds had deposits of raw materials that could be converted or synthesized into fuel.

History

The Dizonites' last song

"In preparing to build the station, the Empire apparently angered the Dizonites enough that the indigenous species began to actively sabotage Imperial construction efforts. The reason for this—beyond the obvious unwillingness to be conquered—is unclear, but there are references within Imperial records to the demolition of structures that may have been temples for the Dizonite religion."

―Beaumont Kin, The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire

Pulse arc generators (one pictured) were used to massacre the Dizonite population.

During its reign, the Galactic Empire sent scouts to Dizon Fray. In a geological survey, the scouts discovered the moon's deposits of raw fuel materials. Ultimately, around 8 BBY, the Empire planned to build a refueling station there, which could become self-sustaining on Dizon Fray's deposits. However, as the galactic government prepared to build the station, native Dizonites were angered at their land being conquered; later theorizations suggesting that their dismay also came from the demolishing of structures that were believed to be temples for the Dizonite religion. Thus, the indigenous species began sabotaging Imperial construction efforts. They caused enough of a disruption for the Empire that the local Imperial commanders were given permission to use any means necessary to eliminate the Dizonites by 6 BBY.

The Empire deployed Gozanti-class cruisers, which lowered several pulse arc generators into Dizon Fray's sea and activated them. Assisted by the water's high conductivity, the generators successfully created a surge in connected currents that electrocuted the majority of the Dizonites. The natives suffered and died over a number of hours, singing in agony in the process. While the Imperials recorded the genocide as proof of mission, a variety of their recording devices picked up the agonized cries of the Dizonites.

Songs of torture

"And, um, well, what's important for our purposes here today is that the massacre of the Dizonites was broadcast and recorded as proof of mission. They make a sound as they die. A sort of choral, agonized pleading. It was quite unlike anything anyone has heard before. There were three communications officers monitoring the documentation, and they were found hours later huddled together in various states of emotional distress, in a crawl space beneath the ship's bridge."

―Gorst, to Bix Caleen

The screams of the Dizonites was used as a method of torture

In monitoring the footage of the massacre aboard a starship, three Imperial communications officers were put into emotional distress by the Dizonites' dying screams. The effect caught the attention of interrogation specialists in the Empire's Imperial Security Bureau, including Doctor Gorst, who were interested in its torture capabilities. They modified the recordings with layering and adjustments and found a section of what they believed were primarily dying younglings of the Dizonites. After a trial process, Gorst successfully used the adapted sounds to interrogate multiple subjects connected to rebel activity in 5 BBY. When with one of the subjects, Bix Caleen, Gorst introduced his methods by briefly explaining the backstory with Dizon Fray and the massacre there.

The Empire kept a file on Dizon Fray in the Outer Rim Infrastructure section of the Imperial Archives. While details on the Dizonites were no longer kept, there were records of the Empire's operations on the moon that most extensively covered the genocide of the indigenous population. The recordings in particular were heavily encrypted with safety warnings. The file was eventually looked into by the historian Beaumont Kin, who gave an analysis of Dizon Fray's treatment under the Empire and the eventual weaponization of the natives' "songs" in his book The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire in 35 ABY.

Inhabitants

"Full physiological details of this species no longer appear in Imperial records, but there are references to them being a semi-amphibious species who existed in the moon's primary sea and spent most of their time in or beneath the water."

―Beaumont Kin, The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire

Dizon Fray was home to the Dizonites, a sentient, semi-amphibious species that communicated through sonar-based "singing" that could be heard for up to hundreds of kilometers and spent most of their time in or beneath water. The Dizonites were said to have followed a religion.

Locations

Besides its land, Dizon Fray has a primary sea where the Dizonites notably resided. The natives had their own structures, some said to have been religious temples.

Behind the scenes

Dizon Fray was first mentioned in "Nobody's Listening!," the ninth episode of the first season of the Disney+ live-action television series Andor, which aired on November 2, 2022.

Appearances

• Andor — "Nobody's Listening!" (First mentioned)

Sources

• Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
• Star Wars: Complete Locations, New Edition

Notes and references

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