Battle of Outbound Flight The Battle of Outbound Flight was a three way battle between " Outbound Flight " , Picket Force Two , and the Vagaari fleet . It culminated in the deaths of nearly all aboard Outbound Flight and most of the Vagaari fleet . Darth Sidious ' original objective was fulfilled with this result . Background . Commander Mitth ' raw ' nuruodo ' s Picket Force Two waited in an area that was along Outbound Flight ' s vector , as well as in between the Geroon homeworld and Crustai . With the Whirlwind ' s gravity well projector running , Outbound Flight was yanked from hyperspace . Thrawn attempted to negotiate with Jorus C ' baoth to convince him to either return home or continue along a different vector , as their current destination was where the Far Outsiders were rumored to be . C ' baoth refused , so Thrawn was forced to keep Outbound Flight trapped here . Meanwhile Jorj Car ' das went to the Vagaari fleet in order to convince them to attack Crustai . He was successful by giving a gift of battle droids and droidekas . Unknown to both Car ' das and the Vagaari , the droids were programmed to kill the Vagaari crew at Thrawn ' s command . The Vagaari departed with their entire fleet , only to be brought out of hyperspace as well . The Battle . The Vagaari immediately broadcast hostile messages , which caused the Jedi to paralyze the entire fleet with the Force . Thrawn used this opportunity to launch the droid starfighters against the Vagaari , as well as to activate the " gift " battle droids in order to kill the Miskara . The droid starfighters attacked close enough to get in between the living shields of the Vagaari , and destroy the hull itself . The deaths of thousands of Vagaari caused the Jedi to become weakened . Thrawn then ordered his forces to attack Outbound Flight . They hit the weapons blisters and shield generators , but left the rest of the vessel alone . Unfortunately , this killed most of the Jedi , as they were manning the weapons at this time . Thrawn again asked Outbound flight to return home , but in response , Jorus C ' baoth turned to the dark side and began to choke Thrawn . With the Chiss unable to stop C ' baoth ' s attack , Kinman Doriana activated a switch that caused a change in the droid starfighters programming . The droids stopped their attack on the Vagaari and rammed into Outbound Flight , opening it to space . Ten pairs of fighters were equipped with radiation bombs and detonated inside Outbound Flight , killing nearly everybody , including C ' baoth . The remaining Vagaari vessels , no longer under attack , fled from the area and into hyperspace . Aftermath . Darth Sidious ' original objective to destroy Outbound Flight succeeded , although in an unexpected way . Thrawn would regret the result , as none of the civilians needed to die , and the Vagaari escaped . Three hours later , a Chiss fleet under the Fifth Ruling Family lead by Aristocra Chaf ' orm ' bintrano arrived to take possession of the Vagaari fleet ( and later Outbound Flight ) . A series of delays and diversions allowed Lorana Jinzler and Mitth ' ras ' safis to escape with Outbound Flight , thus preventing a critical imbalance in Chiss society .