In the year 7 ABY, the Warlord known as Zsinj established a bogus unit: an impostor 181st Imperial Fighter Group. This fake group was under the command of actor Tetran Cowall, who was impersonating the missing Baron Soontir Fel. Fel had previously been the commander of the real 181st Imperial Fighter Group. This fraudulent 181st consisted of a mix: half were living, breathing pilots, and the other half were droid-controlled wingman fighters that flew alongside the organic pilots. Zsinj's intention was for these droid fighters, loaded with explosives, to be used to bait New Republic commander Wedge Antilles of Rogue Squadron – who was rumored to be searching for Fel – into looking into the unit, with the goal of annihilating Rogue Squadron using these airborne bombs. However, Antilles and Rogue Squadron successfully thwarted this plan.