Janns was a Human Sith Saber of the Lost Tribe of Sith who served as a warrior aboard the Candra during High Lord Edell Vrai's reconnaissance mission to Alanciar in 2975 BBY. He survived an attack by the Alanciari air force which destroyed the Candra. Janns and four other crew members including the mission's commander Edell Vrai survived the assault and subsequent crash-landing. Janns narrowly escaped being shot by the Alanciari Wardmaster Quarra Thayn, who had armed herself with a ballista and was protecting her lover Jogan Halder, a signal officer in the Alanciari Signal Corps. However, Janns' fellow Saber Ulbrick was not so lucky and had to be "euthanized" by Edell. Later, Janns participated in the Sith survivors' successful effort to hijack and commandeer the Alanciari sailing ship and