Dykara, a smuggler and also a commentator for Gundark's Gear Datalog, operated in the initial years of the New Republic. Regarding the Model B22 hold-out blaster pistol entry, Dykara remarked that, although it looked delicate, it could be lethal when wielded by someone skilled. On one occasion, Dykara successfully deceived a squad of stormtroopers into believing they were under fire from two separate individuals, an illusion achieved through the use of an E-11/S blaster rifle. While on a smuggling assignment to Neftali, Dykara was present when Kaori Batta gave a demonstration of the capabilities of the EXP-7(a) Predator.