Attack on the Nouane system Toward the end of the Berch Teller campaign in 14 BBY , Berch Teller and his dissidents attacked the Imperial facility on the planet Nouane in the Inner Rim . In response to the insurgents , Vice Admiral Dodd Rancit had fortified the facility . Despite the stolen corvette " Carrion Spike " stealth technology , the insurgents were forced to retreat by a continuous onslaught of long - range laser s . After barely escaping with their lives , Teller and his dissidents deduced that their contact Rancit had betrayed them . Suspecting a trap at Carida , the dissidents instead sent the " Carrion Spike " on autopilot to the Carida system . They then transferred to Berch Teller ' s warship , which traveled to ambush an Imperial convoy in the Gulf of Tatooine . Prelude . In 14 BBY , the former Republic Intelligence operative Berch Teller and his rebel cell launched an insurgency against the Galactic Empire . Teller and many of his fellow dissidents were witnesses or survivors of the Antar Atrocity , which had seen the mass killing of many innocent Koorivar and Gotal s including Republic loyalist s . Teller had a special animus for Moff Wilhuff Tarkin , the architect of the Antar Atrocity and the overseer of the secret Death Star project . They were aided by Vice Admiral Dodd Rancit , the Director of the Naval Intelligence Agency and a rival of Tarkin . Teller and his fellow dissidents stole Tarkin ' s personal corvette " Carrion Spike " , which was equipped with an advanced hyperdrive and stealth technology . Seeking to turn it into a symbol of resistance against the Empire , Teller and his comrades raided several Imperial facilities across the galaxy . To generate publicity , the dissidents broadcast holovid s of their raids on the Imperial HoloNet , echoing the Separatist Shadowfeed broadcasts during the Clone Wars . They were pursued by Tarkin and Darth Vader , who deployed the resources of the Imperial Navy . The failed raid . After creating a diversion in the Obroa - skai system , Teller and his fellow dissidents traveled aboard the " Carrion Spike " to the Nouane system , which was home to an Imperial facility . To avoid arousing Imperial attention , Teller had the Gotal navigator Salikk decant the ship deeper in the system , as far away from the Imperial capital ships as possible . However , their nominal ally Vice Admiral Rancit had diverted substantial Imperial military resources to defending Imperial facilities along the Perlemian Trade Route and Hydian Way . The dissidents attempted to attack the Imperial facility but were repulsed by laser fire . Despite being under heavy enemy fire , the " Carrion Spike " managed to jump into lightspeed using a difficult maneuver . Aftermath . Despite escaping their Imperial pursuers , the " Carrion Spike " sustained considerable damage including a damaged navigation computer , multiple wrecked instruments , and an inoperative deflector shield generator . The ship ' s armaments was down to two forward laser cannon s and one starboard battery . With the hyperdrive motivator marginal , the Koorivar insurgent Cala estimated that the ship could only do two more jumps . Salikk himself sustained facial injuries . Realizing that Rancit had abandoned them , Teller and his dissidents abandoned ship and relocated to a warship , a modified " Providence " - class dreadnought . Before traveling to the Gulf of Tatooine to ambush an Imperial convoy , they set the " Carrion Spike " autopilot to travel to the Carida system . Meanwhile , Tarkin and Vader learnt about the " Carrion Spike " repulsed attack at Nouane . While Vice - Admiral Rancit was credited for identifying Nouane as the dissidents ' next target through a careful process of elimination , Tarkin and Vader soon ascertained that he had been colluding with the dissidents . Before Rancit could cover his tracks by destroying the " Carrion Spike " , Lord Vader confronted Rancit and had him executed for treason . Deducing that the diversion of Imperial forces to the Perlemian and Hydian Way was a ruse to enable the dissidents to ambush Imperial convoys transporting material to the Death Star project , Tarkin traveled to the Gulf of Tatooine to pursue the insurgents . Behind the scenes . The Attack on the Nouane system first appeared in James Luceno ' s 2014 novel " Tarkin " , the second in a line of new Canon adult novels published by Del Rey .