Space Battle at Carida

The Space Battle at Carida took place during the Galactic Civil War, above the planet Carida, circa 3 ABY–4 ABY. The forces of the Galactic Empire under the command of Grand Admiral Thrawn aboard his flagship, the Admonitor, entered into combat with the Zann Consortium, led by crime lord Tyber Zann in his new flagship, the Merciless, over a Sith holocron that Zann wanted to sell to the Empire. Once he arrived Thrawn demanded that he hand over the holocron. Zann refused and the fleets engaged each other and suffered damage until Bossk, a bounty hunter who worked for Zann, stole the holocron and brought it to Thrawn, who fled afterward. After Thrawn fled the Imperial fleet was destroyed without his guidance and the Consortium fleet emerged victorious. Zann, who had anticipated Bossk's betrayal, then used a homing beacon on the holocron to lead him back to the device.

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