Somoril attempted to track them down, but was alarmed when Emperor's Hand Mara Jade demanded Reprisals assistance. Assuming she was after the deserters and that he would be held responsible, Somoril attempted to deceive her, not realizing that her mission had nothing to do with the deserters. Somoril, in cooperation with Reprisals captain, Kendal Ozzel, would later assign a pair of ISB stormtroopers to assist Jade in her infiltration of a pirate group. Only later did he realize that her mission had nothing to do with him.