When tensions came to a head with the destruction of his home planet, Xiono played a vital role in liberating the station from its First Order occupation, though doing so came at the cost of Ryvora's allegiance.
Befriending Neeku Vozo and Tamara Ryvora while on the station, Xiono struggled to uphold his role as a spy, often finding himself at odds with both the First Order and the station's own citizens. Xiono upheld an occupation in Jarek Yeager's repair station as a cover, though he struggled to hold his cover as a spy.
As a result, he was sent to the Colossus-an independent refueling station located on the Outer Rim planet Castilon-where Commander Poe Dameron instructed him to gather information pertaining to the local population's sympathies and determine if their allegiance was to the Republic or the First Order. The son of Senator Hamato Xiono, Kazuda served with the Starfighter Corps of the New Republic Defense Fleet during the Cold War, at which point the Resistance recruited him to spy on the First Order. Kazuda Xiono, nicknamed ' Kaz,' was a human male military pilot and later Resistance spy who served in the years following the conclusion of the Galactic Civil War.
Then, I promise you, we're taking back the Colossus.' ―Eila and Kazuda Xiono - Listen ( file info) ' The Resistance isn't coming? We're alone?'