Lachton served as a smuggler of the Human species within the network led by Talon Karrde. He functioned as the co-pilot aboard the Wild Karrde by 9 ABY. His responsibilities took him alongside Talon Karrde to Bpfassh, where he observed the hit-and-fade tactics of Grand Admiral Thrawn's Star Destroyer against the planet. Several months before that, Lachton was present in the Draukyze system, where he saw a comparable assault executed with only one Star Destroyer.