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.
Dizon Fray was a moon located in the star system of Dizon within the Outer Rim Territories. It's surface featured landmass along with oceans of salted water that was highly conductive to electricity. Some shorelines and seabeds were had deposits of raw materials that could be converted or synthesized into fuel.
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. As the galactic-government prepared to build the station though, native Dizonites were angered at their land being conquered, 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.
Pulse arc generators (one pictured) were used to massacre the Dizonite population
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.
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.
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, records of the Empire's operations on the moon, which 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.
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 worshipped their own religion.
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.
Dizon Fray was first mentioned in "Nobody's Listening!," the ninth episode of the Disney+ live-action series Andor's first season, which aired on November 2, 2022.
- Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire