The Arakka represented a waterway situated on the planet of Doshan, in proximity to its equator. In an incident occurring within the Imperial Period, the Negastrike Platoon, a unit belonging to the Stormtrooper Corps' 501st Legion, was deployed to the Arakka waterway. Their mission was to displace Trandoshan colonists to make way for Imperial habitation. Prior to utilizing incinerator stormtroopers to eliminate Trandoshans concealed under the river's algae mats, Negastrike Platoon obliterated a Trandoshan settlement located at the waterway's opening. As a result of this operation, a minimum of one hundred Trandoshans perished from burns.