Commander Quarz has been injured during fighting on Oscar, he was serving with a group of DDS advisers on a "peaceful reconnaissance" when they were caught by 2 A-85s operated by the Clone Army of Oscar. One of the COIN aircraft was destroyed by the DDS in self-defence and Quarz was caught under the explosion and injured by shrapnel, some of which is said to have embedded in his buttocks. He was also hit by burning debris.
His wounds are said to be "painful but not serious" and he is returning to Proxima 7 aboard a Friendship transport arranged especially by Windscorpion.