First Battle of Qotile The First Battle of Qotile was the opening battle of the Stark Hyperspace War . The prologue . Troiken had been chosen to be the host of a meeting between the Stark Commercial Combine , Galactic Republic , and Trade Federation to debate the Combine ' s seizure of bacta shipments for needy worlds during an apparent bacta shortage . However , Senator Ranulph Tarkin had assembled a secret fleet with the goal of disrupting the talks . The Jedi and Republic negotiators arrived on Troiken , meeting with Stark and his Combine co - directors . Once the inaugural meeting began , Federation Minister Nute Gunray activated a homing beacon on his mechno - chair , transmitting the coordinates of the meeting to Tarkin ’ s fleet . Tarkin ordered the ships to enter hyperspace , intending to attack the summit and kill both the Combine ’ s leadership and the Republic ’ s entourage . No sooner had the Combine ’ s leadership been seated than Jedi Master Tyvokka , the lead Jedi negotiator present , suggested that they skip the formalities and get to what Combine leader Iaco Stark intended to be the real solution . Stark agreed , and his men drew their weapons on the Republic negotiators , using the pretext of Gunray ’ s treachery . The battle . Stark revealed his knowledge of Tarkin ’ s fleet — as well as the fact that he had piggybacked his Combine ' s navcomputer virus on Gunray ’ s signal , incapacitating the navigational computers of Tarkin ’ s ships . Many of Tarkin ' s vessels emerged from hyperspace in areas that would destroy them ( such as near stars or black holes ) , others emerged in realspace safely but far off course , and only a fraction — including Tarkin ’ s flagship " Invincible " — made it to the Qotile system , where they immediately came under fire from the Combine ships that outnumbered them . Although Republic negotiator Finis Valorum protested that he knew nothing of Tarkin ’ s unsanctioned plans , Stark would hear none of it , insisting that the Republic team surrender . Tyvokka , realizing that his earlier suspicions about Stark ' s duplicity were true , literally turned the tables on Stark ’ s men , with the Jedi springing into action . Under Jedi Knight Qui - Gon Jinn ’ s advice , the panicked Gunray ordered his security droids to “ kill them all . ” But the droids opened fire on both Stark ’ s men " and " the Jedi , mortally wounding Tyvokka and forcing the Jedi to destroy the droids while Stark and his co - directors escaped . Regrouping . The Jedi and their charges quickly made their way back to their " Consular " space cruiser while they still could ( Gunray ’ s transport having been destroyed just before their escape ) , retreating to Mount Avos . Tyvokka died en route , ordering Adi Gallia to protect Valorum to ensure a peaceful solution , Plo Koon to rally Tarkin ’ s troops lest the Senate surrender ( as well as to join the Jedi High Council as Tyvokka had hoped ) , and Jinn to seek a way to override the computer virus . En route , Koon used his telepathic abilities to scare off the Stark fighter following them . Upon arrival at Avos , their damaged Consular exploded . Overhead , less than a fourth of Tarkin ’ s fleet remained . After the " Invincible " suffered critical damage and Tarkin received a message from Valorum informing him of their retreat location , Tarkin ordered his crews to abandon their ships and aim their escape pods for Mount Avos . The fighting ships of Tarkin ’ s fleet surrounded the troop carriers while their crews left , before being evacuated themselves . The " Invincible " was destroyed just after Tarkin and his staff evacuated , the burning hulk impacting near Avos , as the Jedi and soldiers began to regroup inside the mountain ’ s abandoned spice mines .