Glory ( Imperial - class ) Glory was an " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer best known as the flagship of former Grand Admiral Demetrius Zaarin . History . In its early life , it was mostly used by the Galactic Empire for raids on outposts suspected of containing contraband , including the headquarters of Galactic Electronics , makers of the mag pulse warhead for selling the technology to the Rebel Alliance . " Glory " remained the flagship of Grand Admiral Zaarin when he launched an unsuccessful coup against Emperor Palpatine . The appearance of " Glory " in a battle after Zaarin turned traitor was much like the rogue admiral ' s personal calling card — it indicated that he took an active interest in the battle himself , and would usually withdraw before being heavily engaged . The " Glory ' s " few appearances in battle including the attempted capture of the Emperor , where it suffered significant damage from loyalist forces led by Maarek Stele , and supervising the destruction of the TIE Defender research facility in the Parmel system . While in the Outer Rim , Zaarin was able to keep his rival , then , Admiral Thrawn , stalemated and his flagship unscathed for months . This was made further difficult because Zaarin used other smaller vessels or sent hyperdrive - capable starfighters to make attacks . Thrawn , realizing that he had to play a different game if he was going to force Zaarin to blink , played on his enemy ' s undue reliance on technology . Thrawn developed a new starfighter called the Missile Boat , not only to combat Zaarin ' s TIE Defenders but to police an attempt to proliferate them by Nami Pirates lead by Crime Lord Ali Tarrak . When the Missile Boat proved to be an effective trump card , Thrawn dangled his project by producing convoys containing the fighters to lure Zaarin into a trap with them . After the first attempt at Serenity failed because the convoy was a decoy , Thrawn decided to use a real convoy to lure Zaarin out . But Thrawn underestimated Zaarin , who ambushed his most important component of the trap , the Interdictor " Whirlwind " . Although the " Whirlwind " was saved by Maarek Stele in a Missile Boat , the cruiser was damaged and hopelessly behind schedule , and Zaarin sent a strike force earlier then predicted . Stele was once again able to protect the missile convoy from Zaarin who came in the " Glory " to try and capture the shipment with a Nebulon - B frigate " Thinin " and Carrack - class light cruiser " Yaai " . However the attempt was unsuccessful and only the " Glory " escaped harm . Soon afterwards Zaarin learn ' t that the Vorknkx Project , which was to create a cloaking device on ships and had currently managed to cloak a Corellian corvette of the same name and sent a strike force to attack and secure the project . When that failed , Thrawn knew that the project test bed could be used as bait to lure him out again . The plan worked and Zaarin brought the " Glory " into harm ' s way in order to retrieve the prototype technology from To - phalion Base , an exhausted Asteroid Hanger . Though he was initially successful in capturing the project ' s corvette , Thrawn was able to follow him into hyperspace due to a tracking device in the corvette . As the loyalist Imperials came with much greater forces , including the Interdictor " Corvus " , the " Glory " was destroyed under heavy fire . Zaarin escaped in the corvette " Vorknkx " but he was unaware of the device ' s unstability when the device is used in conjunction with hyperdrive engines and thus the corvette exploded when he activated it while entering hyperspace .