Caamas Document Crisis The Caamas Document Crisis ( 19 ABY ) was the term given to the short , but dangerous , conflict between various factions of the New Republic and others over how certain factions of the Bothan race should be held accountable for the destruction of Caamas a generation prior . The intense political infighting that occurred between these groups nearly led to the New Republic completely descending into civil war . By the end of the conflict , one of the most significant events in the galaxy occurred : the signing of the Pellaeon – Gavrisom Treaty between Admiral Gilad Pellaeon of the Imperial Remnant and acting New Republic Chief of State Ponc Gavrisom , bringing an end to the decades long Galactic Civil War . History . The destruction of Caamas . Shortly after the end of the Clone Wars , a group of Bothans assisted elements of the fledgling Galactic Empire in sabotaging Caamas ' s planetary shields , allowing the Imperials to completely devastate the planet . The crisis . Evidence that implicated the Bothans in the incident did not come into light until 19 ABY , when a datacard containing a list of those involved was found by Leia Organa Solo near Mount Tantiss on the planet Wayland . The discovery of the card ignited a political firestorm throughout the New Republic , as member worlds openly decried the Bothans for their involvement and demanded that justice be brought to those responsible , and that restitution to the remaining Caamasi be made . Though some may truly have had the Caamasi ' s best interests at heart , others were more likely to use the incident to justify attacks against the Bothan race in general , given the Bothans ' well - known deviousness and zero - sum ruthlessness in both interstellar politics and trade . What was worse , the new furor over Caamas ' s destruction became a convenient excuse for re - visiting hundreds of similar atrocities and long - standing grudges simmering among the New Republic ' s member races - the Diamala and the Ishori , the Sif ' kries and the Frezhlix , and the Nhoras and the Clatear , just to name a few that flared up during the Crisis . If justice for Caamas was suddenly imperative , the factions in the New Republic Senate reasoned , why not for all the other crimes perpetrated between the various species ? Lando Calrissian , a former general of the Rebel Alliance , remarked that the Crisis threw into sharp relief the fact that only a small fraction of the Empire ' s vast military machine under Palpatine had been actually engaged in fighting the Alliance ; the majority had been dispersed throughout the galaxy , preventing these inter - species rivalries from erupting into open war , and now the New Republic had inherited the same problem , but with a much smaller military and an inability to use Palpatine ' s draconian methods of keeping order . An early attempt at a moderate solution to the Crisis was a petition , signed by numerous Senators , demanding that the Bothans find a new planet for the Caamasi Remnant and terraform it to their specifications . This attempt failed when Councilor Borsk Fey ' lya was forced to admit , in secret to President Gavrisom and Organa Solo , that the Combined Clans of Bothawui were bankrupt , and that it would be at least ten years , possibly never , before their finances were stable enough to undertake such a project . As Anti - Bothan demonstrations continued , it became clear that the only way to diffuse the situation would be to locate an intact copy of the Caamas Document , indicating those who were truly responsible . Urgent calls went out throughout the New Republic requesting that anyone who had a copy bring it forward . Imperial provocation . Ironically , those with the greatest ability to take advantage of the situation — the Imperial Remnant — were in no condition to do so , they themselves caught up in their own political problems . After nearly two decades of fighting , it became clear to Gilad Pellaeon , Supreme Commander of the Imperial Fleet , that the war was over and that the Empire had been defeated . Traveling to the Imperial capital world of Bastion , Pellaeon met with the Council of Moffs and made the point emphatically clear to them : in order to survive and retain what they had left , the Empire would need to surrender to the New Republic . Though they disliked the idea , most of the Moffs reluctantly agreed . Sending Colonel Meizh Vermel to Morishim to deliver the message of Imperial surrender to General Garm Bel Iblis , Pellaeon took the " Chimaera " to Pesitiin to await Bel Iblis ' arrival . However , Bel Iblis would not arrive , as Vermel ' s ship was captured over Morishim by the Star Destroyer " Relentless " , acting under the orders of Moff Vilim Disra , who did not wish the conflict between the Imperials and the New Republic to come to an end . To that end , he formed a triumvirate consisting of himself , Major Grodin Tierce , and a con man known only as Flim , who was the most integral part of his plan . By having Flim masquerade as Grand Admiral Thrawn — thought by the majority of the galaxy to have been killed during the Battle of Bilbringi a decade prior — it was the hope of Disra to be able to convince enough worlds to become part of the Empire once again . Many , such as Kroctar and Ruuria , pledged themselves to the Empire once more , the all but apparent disintegration of the New Republic over the Caamas Document issue all but assuring that the Empire looked like the better option . After several weeks , Pellaeon , convinced that Bel Iblis would not arrive , prepared to leave Pesitiin to return to Bastion . However , an attack by the Cavrilhu Pirates — ironically done in order to force such an action — convinced Pellaeon that elements within the Empire wanted to make sure that his attempts failed , so he made the decision to remain a while longer , in the hopes that Bel Iblis had received his message . Some time later , he was visited by Leia Organa Solo , to whom he told his desire for peace between the Republic and the Empire . Meanwhile , all attempts at locating an intact copy of the Caamas Document , including an attempt by Lando Calrissian and Lobot to infiltrate Bastion ' s libraries , had failed . Left with no other option , Admiral Ackbar and General Bel Iblis crafted a plan to raid the only place that could still contain an intact copy of the Document : the Imperial shipyards at Yaga Minor . Utilizing the services of Booster Terrik and the " Errant Venture " , it was the hope that the ship , disguised as the Star Destroyer " Tyrannic " , could pass through the defenses unmolested and retrieve a copy of the document without anyone being the wiser . Unfortunately , and unknown to the New Republic , " Tyrannic " was one of three Star Destroyers sent by Disra — by way of Flim — to Bothawui under the combined cover of cloaking devices and the trail of a comet to mop up whatever would be left after the inevitable explosion between the various Pro and Anti - Bothan factions . When Imperial saboteurs destroyed the planet ' s shields , the armed conflict began in earnest . Fortunately , Han Solo inadvertently discovered the Star Destroyers on approach and , seeing a greater threat , the ships united as one and defeated them . At Yaga Minor , " Errant Venture " was cut off and trapped by the Imperials and faced destruction when help arrived from an unexpected source — Admiral Pellaeon , who publicly exposed the false Thrawn and Disra ' s role in the entire affair . He also exposed Tierce as a clone of the original , grown during the Thrawn campaign a decade prior , and who had also altered copies of the Caamas Document in order to spread the growing resentment between the Bothans and much of the galaxy at large . Tierce would be killed by the Mistryl Shadow Guard Shada D ' ukal , Disra was arrested by the Imperials , and Flim , acting for the final time as Thrawn , all Imperial forces in the area to stand down , calling upon Bel Iblis to do likewise , effectively bringing an end to the crisis . Weeks later , with a copy of the Caamas Document retrieved by Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade at Thrawn ' s secret fortress , the Hand of Thrawn , on Nirauan , the Pellaeon – Gavrisom Treaty was signed onboard " Chimaera " by Pellaeon and Gavrisom , bringing an official end to the Galactic Civil War . Aftermath . In the aftermath of the Caamas Document Crisis and the signing of the Pellaeon – Gavrisom Treaty , the state of armed conflict between the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant came to an end , and the Remnant ' s current borders , eight sectors and over a thousand systems of territory in the upper regions of the Outer Rim , including worlds such as Bastion , Yaga Minor and Muunilinst , were officially recognized by the New Republic . Several of the interspecies conflicts that flared up during the crisis abated , particularly when their participants saw how they had been manipulated by Disra ' s provocation . At the time the Pellaeon - Gavrisom Treaty was signed , at least eight sets of combatants had petitioned Coruscant for mediation . Because of the long natural lifespan of Bothans , most of the original saboteurs identified by the Document were still alive , and were promptly arrested and put on trial . The galaxy would be at peace for the next six years , barring localized conflicts such as the Second Imperium Crisis and the Diversity Alliance crisis , until the Yuuzhan Vong War in 25 ABY , where the seeds sown during this conflict would bear fruit , as the New Republic and Imperial Remnant would work together during the disastrous Battle of Fondor and would eventually form the nucleus , along with the Hapes Consortium , of the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances .