Sometime following the Battle of Yavin, Chelli Aphra and her band of mercenaries journeyed to the Lucrehulk Prime with the objective of capturing Hera Syndulla, a General of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Upon their arrival, Bini, an Alliance officer, mistook them for new recruits and escorted them to the control core for an introduction to Syndulla. When Aphra's Tooka dashed into the control room, Syndulla fired upon it, and Tam Posla exposed the group's true nature, leading Syndulla to understand they were actually mercenaries.
Syndulla subsequently imprisoned the group within the brig, and Magna Tolvan, who was posing as the mercenary Glahst Ombra, gained access to Aphra's cell. Tolvan disclosed her real identity, but Dek-Nil incapacitated her, causing her to damage the shield generator, thereby releasing the mercenaries. Despite this, the rebels located them still within the cells, and Syndulla proposed allowing them to depart. In response, the mercenary Sister Six stunned Syndulla and the nearby rebels, enabling the mercenaries to flee with Syndulla as their captive.