After the First Order took control of the Colossus platform in 34 ABY, Kazuda Xiono, a Resistance operative, aided Synara San, an agent working for the Warbird gang, in evading capture and fleeing the station. Xiono, who had only recently learned of San's affiliation, recognized her as a good person, despite her work for the pirates, due to her assistance during both the Bibo incident and the kidnapping of Torra Doza, and because he considered her a friend.
Consequently, he, along with astromech droid BB-8 and his companion Neeku Vozo, facilitated San's departure using the last of the platform's escape pods. San then rejoined the Warbirds, while Xiono, Vozo, and BB-8 successfully avoided capture for their involvement in her escape.
During the New Republic era, Commander Pyre and Captain Phasma orchestrated the abduction and subsequent rescue of Torra Doza. This was done to persuade her father, Captain Imanuel Doza, to accept First Order protection for the Colossus platform against Kragan Gorr's Warbird gang. Unbeknownst to most on the Colossus, the First Order was using them as pawns. Because the First Order rescued his daughter, Captain Doza permitted the First Order to establish a presence on the Colossus.
Subsequently, First Order stormtroopers started patrolling the platform's streets, verifying the identities of the residents. They also began to limit travel away from the platform and monitor communications. While Captain Doza felt uneasy about these increased security measures, Commander Pyre justified them by saying the pirates posed a threat to the Colossus.
As part of their security push, First Order stormtroopers initiated a search for "suspicious" individuals, including Synara San, the spy for the Warbird pirates who was on the Colossus. After stormtroopers visited Jarek Yeager's Repair Station seeking information regarding Synara, Kazuda Xiono, the Resistance agent working undercover, realized that his friend was in danger. Meanwhile, Synara contacted her boss Kragan, seeking his help to leave the Colossus. However, Kragan was unable to assist because of the tight First Order security.
While BB-8, Xiono's BB-series astromech droid companion and minder, argued against helping Synara because of her involvement in Torra's kidnapping, Kaz argued that he liked her as a friend because she had helped to rescue Torra and protect the Colossus during the Bibo incident. Later that night, Kaz visited Synara at the loading dock with BB-8 and offered to help her escape the Colossus. Synara accepted Kaz's help, and he and BB-8 smuggled her through the loading dock inside a container.
Kaz, masked, along with BB-8, transported Synara inside the container to a hangar bay, where a Star Commuter 2000 was docked. While BB-8 was attempting to unlock the shuttle's docking ramp, he triggered an alarm, which drew the attention of stormtroopers. Kaz instructed Synara to conceal herself in the cargo compartment while he and BB-8 distracted the First Order.
Kaz and BB-8 led the stormtroopers on a chase, but they reached a dead end. Before the stormtroopers could capture them, Synara reappeared and knocked them out. They went back to the hangar, only to discover that the Star Commuter shuttle had already left. With the starship option unavailable, Kaz turned to his friend Neeku Vozo, who knew the Colossus "like the back of his hand."
Neeku assisted Synara, Kaz, and BB-8 in navigating through the Colossus' lower corridors, which led to the escape pods. By this point, the First Order had initiated a manhunt for Synara San. While traveling through the lower levels, the group was pursued by stormtroopers. Neeku created a distraction by releasing gas into the corridors and leading the stormtroopers on a chase.
This distraction allowed Kaz and Synara to take a turbolift and reach the escape pod bay. Meanwhile, Neeku reached a dead-end but was saved by BB-8, who discharged smoke, allowing them to evade the stormtroopers. Synara successfully escaped in an escape pod before the stormtroopers arrived at the escape pod. Kaz, Neeku, and BB-8 then returned to Yeager's repairs, without informing the others of their adventure.
Assisting Synara San in escaping the Colossus deepened the friendship between Kaz and Synara. After escaping into the sea, Synara San transmitted her pick-up coordinates to Kragan, who picked her up in a skiff in the ocean. After returning to Yeager's repairs, Kaz told Tamara Ryvora, who had become friends with Synara, that Synara had left the Colossus because she was uncomfortable with the First Order. Tam, who was sympathetic to the First Order but unaware of Synara's pirate connections, was surprised that her friend did not say goodbye.
Following Synara's escape, Captain Doza expressed his opinion that there was no need for the First Order's occupation. However, Commander Pyre suspected that she had help and used the pretext of discovering her accomplice to maintain the occupation. The intensifying First Order occupation would also create further complications for Kaz, the undercover Resistance operative, his friends in Team Fireball, and the refugee orphans Kel and
The escape from the Colossus was first depicted in the Star Wars Resistance Season One episode "The First Order Occupation," which premiered on February 3, 2019.