Ambush on Trogan

"Talon Karrde: You have the guest list?''" "Gillespee: Right here. "Afraid it's not as long as I'd hoped." "''Karrde: That's all right. Small, certainly, but highly select."

- Talon Karrde and Gillespee

The Ambush on Trogan was an Imperial attack against a meeting of some of smuggler leaders during the Thrawn campaign that had for consequence the formation of the Smugglers' Alliance.

Prelude
After an accidental meeting with his fellow smuggler Gillespee in the Chazwa system, Karrde sets a meeting of the top smugglers on Trogan.

The meeting
The meeting in Whistler's Whirlpool Tapcafe, which was attendet by Brasck, Billey, Par'tah, Ellor, Dravis, Mazzic, Lishma, Gillespee, Niles Ferrier and others. The reason why Karrde called them was forming an alliance to find where the clones were been bred. At first the smugglers didn't want to stay neutral in the war but when the meeting was attacked by the Imperials – resulting in Lishma's death – they decided that the Empire needs to learn a lesson thus the Smugglers' Alliance is born. The attack on the meeting was actually arranged by Ferrier. He was trying to win Karrde's trust so he can betray him to the Grand Admiral. Thrawn, however, wasn't pleased since he didn't want to the smugglers turned against the Empire.

Appearances

 * The Last Command
 * The Last Command comic adaptation