Voss Parck Voss Parck was an individual who served as a captain in the Galactic Empire ' s navy , commanding the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Strikefast " . While leading a scouting party on an uncharted world , Parck encountered the Chiss warrior Mitth ' raw ' nuruodo . Despite a hostile initial encounter , Parck managed to capture and make contact with Thrawn with the help of the Imperial cadet Eli Vanto . Parck ' s actions in bringing Thrawn to the Emperor set in motion a series of events that would result in the Chiss becoming a Grand Admiral , one of the highest ranks in the Empire . Biography . The exploration trip . Voss Parck was an Imperial Navy Captain from the Core Worlds who commanded the " Venator " - class Star Destroyer " Strikefast " . During the early Imperial Era , Captain Parck was returning a group of Imperial cadet s to the Myomar Academy in the Expansion Region when they were sidetracked by a smuggling pursuit which led them to an uncharted planet bordering the Unknown Regions . After Colonel Mosh Barris discovered a small hut and eight rectangular boxes , he contacted Captain Parck to send a scouting party in accordance with the Empire ' s Unknown Alien protocols . Parck traveled to the site of the hut in a shuttle with eleven Imperial cadet s from the Myomar Academy including Cadet First Class Eli Vanto , a Wild Space r who was seemingly destined for a career as a supply officer . Due to Vanto ' s knowledge of languages , he deduced that the writing on the rectangular boxes was a variant of Sy Bisti , a trade language used in both Wild Space and the Unknown Regions . Vanto informed Parck that the rectangular boxes were shipping containers from a company called " Red Bype " or " Redder Bype . " Suspecting that they had made contact with an unknown alien species , Parck ordered Colonel Barris ' troops to set up camp and to wait the arrival of a tech analysis team . Shortly later , Captain Parck and Colonel Barris were informed by Major Wyan that one of the V - wing starfighters had crashed on the uncharted world . While Barris went to check the crash site , Captain Parck stayed behind with Cadet Vanto to translate the Sy Bisti writings . Shortly later , Colonel Barris and an Imperial Navy trooper returned with the V - wing pilot ' s flight suit , which had been stuffed with grass , leaves , and red berries . Captain Parck ordered Colonel Barris to expand their search for the pilot ' s body . When Parck observed Barris ' nervousness , the Colonel revealed that his men had found that the V - wing ' s blaster , space power packs , and concussion grenades were missing . Facing the prospect of armed primitives , Parck allowed Barris and his men to search until dark and to resume in the morning . Parck wanted to avoid friendly fire incidents in unknown terrain but kept aerial patrols of the crash site . Before returning to the " Strikefast " to arrange for a wider starfighter cover , he ordered Cadet Vanto to remain with Colonel Barris ' team to study the settlement and search for anymore inscriptions . First contact with Thrawn . In Captain Parck ' s absence , Colonel Barris ' search party was harried that night by an unknown assailant , resulting in the deaths of five Imperial Navy troopers and one stormtrooper . The mysterious assailant used the V - wing pilot ' s stolen equipment to terrorize the Imperials , spooking Colonel Barris . Against Captain Parck ' s orders , Colonel Barris brought the entire Imperial landing party back to the " Strikefast " along with the alien settlement . Captain Parck summoned Barris and Vanto to the hangar bay control tower and ordered the rest to report for debriefing . Parck believed that the unknown assailant had stowed aboard and decided to test this hypothesis . He ordered that the hangar bay ' s lights be turned off and the chamber sealed . As Parck had predicted , the unknown assailant slipped out of the landing party ' s troop transport and tried to hide in a " Zeta " - class shuttle . Under Captain Parck ' s orders , Imperial stormtroopers apprehended the intruder , who identified himself as the Chiss warrior Mitth ' raw ' nuruodo . Due to his knowledge of Sy Bisti , Parck allowed Vanto to serve as a translator while he questioned the alien . Cadet Vanto also explained to Parck about the Wild Space legends surrounding the Chiss . Under questioning , Thrawn explained that he had attacked Barris ' men by claiming that he had been exiled by his people and that he had been trying to return home . Parck then steered the topic towards how Thrawn had run circles around Colonel Barris ' s men . Thrawn admitted undressing the dead V - wing pilot and planting pyussh berries in his flight suit in order to lure small animals into the camp . Thrawn also acknowledged crashing a second V - wing fighter by planting a monofilament line among the trees with the intent of stealing its comlink . Thrawn also admitted killing two stormtroopers in order to steal their armor and stow aboard the troop transport . When questioned by Parck , Thrawn claimed that he had been exiled by his people since he had carried out a preemptive strike against one of their foes . Following Thrawn ' s interrogation , Captain Parck ordered stormtroopers to escort Thrawn to the deck officer ' s office while suitable accommodations and refreshments were prepared . In his private quarters , Captain Parck complimented Cadet Vanto for his exemplary service under fire . When Parck asked him about the prisoner , Vanto described him as a confident person who was very much in control . When Parck asked about Thrawn ' s people , Eli said they were merely stories that had been passed down through the generations and that the Chiss people had not been seen on Lysatra for centuries . After questioning Vanto about his background and career path as a supply office , Parck announced that Vanto would be assigned to work as liaison , translator and aide to Thrawn . He also tasked Vanto with educating Thrawn about the intricacies of Galactic Basic . Parck then informed a surprised Vanto that they would be bringing Thrawn to Coruscant to meet with the Galactic Emperor Palpatine , who wanted to learn more about the Chiss . Audience with the Emperor . The following morning , Captain Parck ' s personal " Lambda " - class shuttle arrived at the Imperial Palace with Thrawn , Eli , the - now Major Barris , and three of the Imperial Navy troopers and stormtroopers who had encountered Thrawn . As a precaution , Parck brought the heavily armed Imperial Navy troops . In the Emperor ' s throne room , the Emperor complimented Captain Parck for his " gift . " Parck introduced Thrawn as a warrior from the Chiss species . Thrawn then offered his services to the Emperor as a resource of information on unknown threats lurking in the Unknown Regions . Thrawn claimed that these threats would pose a danger to the Empire and offered his knowledge and services to the Empire . Parck was present when Thrawn queried about the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker , who was believed to have perished during the Clone Wars . At the end of the meeting , the Emperor complimented Parck for bringing Thrawn to him and instructed him and his men to return to their ship and duties . He promised that the Imperial High Command would provide a suitable reward for his service and initiative . Before leaving , Thrawn managed to convince the Emperor to assign Cadet Vanto to work as Parck ' s translator . The Emperor ordered that Vanto remain on Coruscant to finish his training at the Royal Imperial Academy . Before leaving , Parck stated that he would inform Admiral Foss of Vanto ' s reassignment . Personality and traits . Voss Parck was a human male who served in the Imperial Navy . As a Core Worlder , he was ignorant of scarecrow s and regarded them as a primitive Wild Space practice . As a member of the Imperial Navy , Parck followed the Unknown Aliens Protocol despite regarding it as an irritant . Captain Parck was an able commander who was unwilling to risk the lives of his troops in unfamiliar territory . While Colonel Barris was spooked by the Chiss warrior Thrawn , Parck maintained his resolve and lured Thrawn out of hiding by turning off the lights in the hangar bay . Parck held Cadet Eli Vanto in high regard and regarded him as an exemplary officer who was cut out to be more than a supply officer . Parck was also an effective interrogator who maintained a calm composure while questioning Thrawn following their first contact . Behind the scenes . Voss Parck first appeared in Timothy Zahn ' s short story " Mist Encounter " , which was published in " Star Wars Adventure Journal 7 " in August 1995 . " Mist Encounter " explored Thrawn ' s first contact with members of the Galactic Empire in the Star Wars Legends continuity . Parck subsequently appeared in Zahn ' s 2017 novel " Thrawn " , a rebooted Canon ical origins story of the titular character which incorporated elements of the " Mist Encounter " story . However , Parck ' s lines are told through the point - of - view of Eli Vanto , the of the " Thrawn " novel .