Panha was a female Chiss explorer at the time of the Yuuzhan Vong War, a pan-galactic conflict that began in 25 ABY when the Yuuzhan Vong species attacked the Outer Rim Territories. Partnered with the Wookiee Sarkkin, Panha operated a starship, the Pythea, alongside her companion, with the two explorers acting as the vessel's sole crewmembers. In the opening months of 25 ABY, having intercepted a transmission from the last survivor of a recently devastated race alerting the galaxy to the arrival of a powerful species of invaders known as the Yuuzhan Vong, Panha recognized the name due to the fact that the Yuuzhan Vong had attacked her own people on a prior occasion.