Zothip Zothip was the leader of the Cavrilhu Pirates from roughly ten years before the Thrawn campaign through his death near the end of the Caamas Document conflict . Biography . Zothip was a dangerous man , who was prone to holding grudges and had no ethical reservations about his line of work . He had no compunctions about spacing part of a starship crew to compel the rest to cooperate with his raiding parties , and was considered by some to be the " scourge of the Amorris system . " When Grand Admiral Thrawn put out the word among fringe groups that the Galactic Empire would pay well for warships , Niles Ferrier tried to answer this call by stealing ships from the New Republic Defense Fleet at the Sluis Van shipyard . He was deflected from this course of action by Lando Calrissian , who suggested that Ferrier try his luck at the Cavrilhu Pirates ' base on Amorris . Ferrier successfully stole three Sienar patrol ships from the pirates , and Zothip swore revenge on Ferrier and his entire crew . Zothip never got the chance to exact vengeance upon Ferrier , however , as the Smugglers ' Alliance soon killed Ferrier for betraying them . In 16 ABY , the Cavrilhu Pirates committed an attack against the people of Lorardian . This earned the wrath of the Mistryl , and would ultimately lead to Zothip ' s demise . Immediately prior to and during the Caamas Document crisis , Zothip was involved in an under - the - table deal with Moff Vilim Disra of the Imperial Remnant . Zothip ' s gang was loaned some of the few remaining Mount Tantiss clones from Thrawn ' s campaign against the New Republic ten years earlier , and in return , the Imperial Remnant was supplied with " Preybird " - class starfighters from the Cavrilhu Pirates ' production lines . The Imperial Remnant ' s territory had been vastly reduced following Grand Admiral Thrawn ' s death , and the production of the Empire ' s traditional TIE Series fighters had been consequently reduced to a trickle . The " Preybirds " were badly needed , and they proved to be adequate substitutes for TIE fighters , though they lacked the automatic association with Imperial power that TIEs evoked in most sentients . In addition to this exchange , the Imperial Remnant supplied the Cavrilhu Pirates with locations of New Republic shipping convoys . Both parties reaped the benefits : Zothip ' s gang kept whatever loot it found aboard the ships , and the Remnant happily watched as the New Republic ' s shipping endeavors were destabilized . However , this deal between Zothip and Disra proved to be troublesome for them both . After defending an Ishori shipping convoy from a group of Cavrilhu pirates , Luke Skywalker investigated and eventually located one of the Cavrilhu gang ' s bases in the Kauron asteroid field . Skywalker was captured and briefly interrogated by Zothip , but he quickly escaped , narrowly avoiding an explosion triggered by the base ' s self - destruct system , which Zothip had activated as he fled . Initially furious at Disra for allowing this to happen , Zothip agreed to one more job for the conniving moff , with the promise of the greatest reward yet . Disra asked Zothip to attack the " Chimaera " with ships falsely bearing Corellian insignia , in hopes that Gilad Pellaeon would believe that Garm Bel Iblis had rejected his peace envoy . Pellaeon easily routed Zothip ' s force , and Zothip , having lost more of his assets , went to Bastion to confront Disra . On the Imperial capital , Zothip sneaked into Disra ' s private office using a secret entrance and called Disra from the moff ' s own desk . Major Grodin Tierce , part of a secret triumvirate formed by Disra , suggested that they intimidate Zothip with their " Grand Admiral Thrawn " scam . The con man Flim , completely dressed and acting the part , put on a compelling show for Zothip . However , Zothip was unconvinced , and signaled for his men to attack the Imperial conspirators . Major Tierce acted before Zothip ' s guards could fire a shot , and Tierce was joined by Karoly D ' ulin , a Mistryl Shadow Guard who had also sneaked into the secret office and had been hiding outside of the room . After D ' ulin and Tierce eliminated the pirates who had accompanied Zothip , Tierce took Zothip down with a kick to the stomach , and D ' ulin ended his life with a knife to the back . As he died , D ' ulin grabbed Zothip by his beard and made sure he knew that his death was punishment for the slaughter on Lorardian . After Zothip ' s death , a pirate known by the name Control took over as head of the Cavrilhu Pirates .