Panha

Panha was a female Chiss explorer at the time of the Yuuzhan Vong War, a pan-galactic conflict that began in 25 ABY when the Yuuzhan Vong species attacked the Outer Rim Territories. Partnered with the Wookiee Sarkkin, Panha operated a starship, the Pythea, alongside her companion, with the two explorers acting as the vessel's sole crewmembers. In the opening months of 25 ABY, having intercepted a transmission from the last survivor of a recently devastated race alerting the galaxy to the arrival of a powerful species of invaders known as the Yuuzhan Vong, Panha recognized the name due to the fact that the Yuuzhan Vong had attacked her own people on a prior occasion.

Aware of the danger faced by the galaxy, Panha and Sarkkin piloted their vessel to the nearest world, Artorias, in order to forewarn them of the imminent arrival of a Yuuzhan Vong armada. Panha barely managed to make contact with the planet's communication center and warn its lone monitor of the approaching warfleet before a Yuuzhan Vong yorik-vec assault cruiser disabled the Pythea and dispatched troops to board the vessel. In the resulting skirmish, Sarkkin was badly wounded; although Panha and her Wookiee companion managed to kill all of the Yuuzhan Vong warriors they decided that, rather than be captured, they would attempt to inflict at least some damage against the Yuuzhan Vong fleet. The explorer piloted the Pythea into the prow of an approaching Miid ro'ik cruiser, sacrificing herself and Sarkkin.

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