Skirmish against the Watith

A skirmish occurred between Chiss forces and the Watith crew of a freighter during the Grysk Hegemony's plot to destroy the Chiss Ascendancy. The Watith Captain Fsir had been hired by "Jixtus" to destroy or delay Senior Captain Thrawn so he could not prevent a battle between Chiss Great Families over a supposedly valuable mining world.

While exploring leads related to the Nikardun campaigns, Thrawn encountered a distress call from a freighter identifying itself as the Saltbarrel, whose captain claimed to be under attack by Vagaari pirates. The Saltbarrel was attacked by three gunboats. Thrawn noted, however, that little damage was actually being done to the Saltbarrel and suspected that the "attack" was a trap. Thrawn decided to spring the trap to learn more about the enemy behind it.

Thrawn boarded the Watith freighter and saw what he correctly identified as remote-piloting systems aboard. The Watith crew of the Saltbarrel had been piloting the Watith gunboats that were apparently attacking their ship. Upon returning to his Springhawk, Thrawn ordered his crew to fire to disable the Saltbarrel. The Springhawk then captured the Saltbarrel, fourteen Watith gunboats, and the Watith crew.

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