Skirmish near Ashteri ' s Cloud In 44 ABY , a skirmish took place near Ashteri ' s Cloud . The " Rockhound " , carrying Jaina Solo and Lando Calrissian , was sabotaged by Sith pirates . Solo flew out in her StealthX and confronted the Sith ; however , when she used the Force to guide her shadow bombs , the Sith were able to track her and fire on her , causing her to take heavy damage . She still managed to destroy the skiffs they sent after her while Calrissian found and destroyed the droid that had sabotaged the " Rockhound " , and they escaped into hyperspace . Prelude . Following the completion of their mission to assist Luke Skywalker in his dealings with the Lost Tribe of Sith and in confronting Abeloth in 44 ABY , Jaina Solo and Lando Calrissian left Abeloth ' s planet in Calrissian ' s Colossus I Beta Series asteroid tug , the " Rockhound " , to report to the Jedi on Coruscant . However , the Sith had managed to get an mouse droid on board , programmed to sabotage the vessel . As such , the " Rockhound " came out of hyperspace far off - course , near Ashteri ' s Cloud . The skirmish . After discovering the presence of the sabotage droid , Solo and Calrissian deduced that they were under attack by pirates . Solo flew out in her StealthX to confront the pirates , finding that their forces consisted of an S18 light freighter and BDY crew skiff s . She hailed them and warned them to turn away immediately , and when they neglected to comply , Solo fired a shadow bomb at one of the skiffs . The bomb destroyed the crew cabin , but her use of the Force to direct the bomb informed the attackers where she was , and they opened fire on her craft . Solo ' s shields overloaded , and her R9 - series astromech droid , Rowdy , reported that the signal had come from the light freighter . As soon as she launched the next shadow bomb and began to guide it through the Force , however , the Sith found her again and opened fire on her once more , causing her to lose her grasp on the shadow bomb . Rowdy reported that the StealthX ' s maneuverability was limited and that their shields had not yet come back online , and Solo decided to launch the next shadow bomb . Again they opened fire on her , but she remained in control of the bomb , and at least twenty - four of the attackers died in the resulting explosion . Solo finally realized that the pirates were tracking her by her use of the Force Still , Solo ordered decided to launch her final shadow bomb . As the targeted skiff rolled to try and bring its weapons to bear , Solo flew her StealthX right under the " Rockhound " belly , staying in her target ' s efflux trail . The bomb hit its target , and Solo contacted Calrissian , who reported that he had found and destroyed the sabotage droid aboard the " Rockhound " . Solo requested that he have his protocol droid , Ornate , begin plotting a hyperspace jump course immediately , and to jump as soon as it was ready . She managed to land her StealthX in the " Rockhound " hangar before the vessel jumped to safety . Aftermath . Solo and Calrissian contacted Jedi Knight Jaden Korr , who had been investigating pirate activities , and drew up a map of ships that had been pirated in similar situations to theirs — a port call followed by the disappearance of the ship in question , with no survivors , bodies found , or wreckage . They found hundreds of such situations , and when they reported to the Jedi Council on Coruscant , the Jedi realized that the Lost Tribe of Sith was preparing a war fleet .