Forager The Forager was a custom - built thorilide collector designed by Count Denetrius Vidian . In 11 BBY , the " Forager " was deployed to Cynda , the moon of Gorse , to collect the thorilide contained within the moon . It was destroyed at the conclusion of the Gorse conflict . Description . The " Forager " was a custom - built thorilide harvesting ship that had seven bulging black spheres connected on a long axis . According to the Imperial Captain Rae Sloane , the " Forager " resembled a segmented insect . It was equipped with sixteen electrostatic towers which spanned the entire length of the vessel and resembled antennae . During thorilide mining operations , the " Forager " fanned out its electrostatic towers to pick up the thorilide molecules , which were drawn to the spokes and shunted inside the vessel . The " Forager " had seven automated processing centers in each of these pods . The tail - end pod was also equipped with landing bays for shipping the processed thorilide out . It was capable of churning out pure thorilide within an hour . The " Forager " was based at Denetrius Vidian ' s headquarters at the Calcoraan Depot . While the ship was protected by a powerful deflector shield , it had a weak point around its rear which could be breached by a starship traveling at a high speed . The " Forager " was crewed by several crew who wore cybernetic headsets which allowed them to keep updated with mining operations across the galaxy . The ship was also equipped with a transmission tower that allowed Vidian to remotely control a Detonation Control Uplink , which the Imperial Navy also had access to . History . In 11 BBY , the " Forager " served as a purpose - built thorilide harvesting vessel for the Imperial industrialist Count Denetrius Vidian . It was housed at his personal headquarters , the Calcoraan Depot , which orbit ed the planet Calcoraan . During the Gorse conflict , Vidian had the ship outfitted for a thorilide harvesting mission in the Gorse system . In order to meet the Emperor ' s new thorilide production quota , Vidian had decided to destroy Gorse ' s moon Cynda in order to increase the rate of production . While visiting the Calcoraan Depot , the Imperial science officer Lieutenant Deltic marveled at the sight of the starship and talked about its capabilities to her superior officer Captain Rae Sloane . After Count Vidian ' s mining fleet had picked up their supplies of baradium - 357 , the " Forager " accompanied the fleet back to the Gorse system . From his command center aboard the ship , Vidian planned to initiate the detonation of Cynda . While the cargo fleet was unloading their cargo onto Cynda , a small rebel cell consisting of Hera Syndulla , the underground Jedi and freighter pilot Kanan Jarrus , the dissident miner Skelly , and the former surveillance operator Zaluna Myder harried the freighters and their TIE fighter escorts . Kanan managed to breach the " Forager " shields and land his freighter " Expedient " in one of the " Forager " rear hangar . The four rebels fought their way through the ship ' s orbital refineries . While Skelly was separated , the other three rebels managed to reach the command centre . Zaluna tried to send a distress message but was cornered by Vidian . Kanan and Hera then attacked the cyborg Count but were no match for him . Unwilling to let anything stand in his way , Vidian was determined to proceed with the detonation . However , his plan was stopped by Captain Sloane , who had received orders from the Emperor ordering a halt to the planned detonation of Cynda . Thanks to the rebels , the Empire had learned that Vidian had falsified his test results to conceal the fact that detonating Cynda would damage the moon ' s thorilide crystal s . Vidian had planned to detonate Cynda as part of a complex plot to discredit his business rival Baron Lero Danthe . Since Vidian ' s actions would have damaged Imperial assets , Sloane ordered his immediate arrest . When Vidian revealed that he could still remotely control the Detonation Control uplink , Captain Sloane ordered the stormtrooper s aboard the " Forager " to kill Vidian ' s crew . She also gave orders for the Imperial fleet to bombard the " Forager " . The Imperial bombardment destroyed the ship ' s transmission control , severing access to the Detonation Control link . Vidian tried to destroy Cynda with the rebels ' freighter " Expedient " , which was loaded with explosives , but was killed by Skelly , who blew himself and Vidian up . Hera , Kanan , and Zaluna managed to escape the derelict " Forager " in an escape pod . The destruction of the " Forager " ended the Gorse conflict and Vidian ' s bid for power .