Space Battle at Carida

The Battle over Carida was a Space battle between Grand Admiral Thrawn onboard the Admonitor and Crimelord Tyber Zann onboard the Merciless above Carida over a Sith Holocron.

The Battle
The head of Black Sun, Prnce Xizor had arraged a meeting with Imperial contacts over Carida for his fellow crimelord Tyber Zann so Zann could sell a Sith artifact to the Empire. When Zann's freighter arrived, it was met by the Admonitor leading an Imperial fleet, and Thrawn double-crossed Zann by informing him of Xizor's death and demanding the artifact be turned over in exchange for a quick and honourable death. Zann responded by Hyperspacing in the rest of the fleet he had stationed nearby - and turn Thrawn countered by firing a hidden Hyper Velocity Gun on the planet's surface. Finally, Zann brought his new flagship, the Merciless, out of Hyperspace, and the two fleets engaged. Soon after, Zann was again betrayed by his henchman Bossk, who stole the Sith Artifact and absconded with to in Admonitor onboard his ship, the Hound's Tooth. The outnumbered Thrawn retreated, his prize secured and Zann's forces returned to their base on Ryloth. However, Zann, predicting his betrayal, had attached a homing device to the artifact which would eventually lead him to one of the Emperor's storehouses on Coruscant.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption