Siv Kav Siv Kav was a male Neimoidian vicelord and fleet commander who served the Trade Federation and Techno Union task force supervised by Kinman Doriana , dispatched on orders of Darth Sidious to intercept and destroy " Outbound Flight " in 27 BBY . He wore a five - pointed hat . Kav ' s force was dealt a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Chiss commander Thrawn and Kav himself was killed soon afterward by a blaster shot that ricocheted off of a reversed personal shield taken from a droideka when he tried to avenge his pride against Thrawn . Biography . Meeting with Kinman Doriana . Siv Kav ' s first appearance was when he was found wedged hidden in the holo alcove off the cockpit ' s aft bulkhead of Kinman Doriana ' s ship . He had apparently boarded the ship while Doriana was meeting with Captain Pakmillu to receive the passenger list of Outbound Flight . Through further questioning , Kav admitted to hiding in Doriana ' s ship to find out Doriana ' s true name and position instead of waiting in the guest cabin as he had been instructed to . After he found this out , Doriana ordered Kav to forget that he had ever heard his true name and position and to refer to Doriana instead as " Commander Stratis " , the name that Doriana had told Kav before . The intention of this meeting was for Kav to give Doriana the coordinates to the separatist fleet that Kav had put together to destroy Outbound Flight . Kav gave Doriana the datacard containing the coordinates , and they left shortly after . They got to the fleet two days later . Battle with Thrawn . While aboard the command ship , " Darkvenge " , of Special Task Force One , Commander Mitth ' raw ' nuruodo ( Thrawn ) made contact , stating his name , the name of his defense fleet , and asked to identify themselves and to state their intentions . Unsure of what he should do , Kav woke Doriana from his slumber . Doriana wasn ' t impressed . He asked Kav to open a hailing channel and explained to the Commander that they mean no harm to him or his people and that the details of their mission must remain confidential . In turn , Thrawn told Doriana that his reassurances were insufficient . Beside Doriana , Kav started complaining that this was a waste of his time . Doriana quickly hit the mute button and started arguing with Kav . Kav wanted to destroy Thrawn and his defense fleet while Doriana argued that he first wants to find out who they are and where they come from . Kav told Doriana that he was in charge of " Special Task Force One " , not Doriana . Kav decided to attack using the Vulture droids from " Keeper " , one of his battleships . Thrawn first let the battle wage a while , then jammed the signal going out to the Vultures . The Vultures shut down , continuing in the direction they were going when they were active . The alien fighters started easily picking off all the inactive ships one by one . The Trade Federation fleet struggled to regain control of them using laser communications . Kav tried launching missiles from his Hardcell - class interstellar transport s . The missiles locked on to the alien fighters , but the fighters deployed Conner net s . The missiles intercepted with them and detonated . Thrawn sent missiles of his own at the Techno Union ships . To Kav ' s dismay , one of the missile clusters found a weak spot and destroyed one of the ships . Thrawn targeted the same spot on all of the other Techno Union ships , destroying them all . Kav decided to make a jump to lightspeed but the hyperdrive didn ' t respond . Siv Kav admitted defeat . Doriana ordered the Neimoidians running the ship to close down the midline quad laser batteries , seal the main hangar exits , shut down all the droid starfighters , and to prepare for company . Doriana and Kav met Thrawn and Jorj Car ' das on the bridge of the " Darkvenge " with dozens of battle droids . Thrawn did not hesitate to introduce himself to " Commander Stratis " . Kav was furious . He told Thrawn that he was the commander of the fleet , not Stratis . He also went on to say that he had the power to destroy Thrawn where he now stands , as two Droidekas rolled up and unfolded behind him . Stratis became angry and started to get in another argument with Kav , but Thrawn told him to remain calm and assured the commander that he was in no danger . Stratis was stunned . Thrawn went on to say that the Droidekas had interesting designs and commented on their shields . Then told Kav to order them away . At first it seemed like Kav was going to protest , but then he reluctantly did as Thrawn said . Thrawn , once again , asked them to state the intentions of their task force . Stratis invited them into Kav ' s office to explain everything there . In Kav ' s office , Stratis seated himself in Kav ' s chair . He explained what Outbound Flight was to Thrawn and Car ' das but then went on to say that while in the system of the Chiss ( the name of Thrawn ' s people ) , the Jedi aboard Outbound Flight would attempt to impose their will against the Chiss . Before he left , Thrawn ordered Stratis and Kav to remain aboard the bridge of the " Darkvenge " and told them that he would send for them when he wished to see them . He also said that he would send a team to examine the vessel and it ' s equipment . Kav started to protest , but Stratis cut him off . Thrawn left and Kav started protesting in anger , asking if Doriana had any idea what he was doing . Doriana explained to him that there ' s no way their one remaining ship could destroy Outbound Flight by itself . The support of Thrawn and his fleet was their only hope of succeeding with their mission . Prisoner of the Chiss . Thrawn took control of " Darkvenge ' s " complement of battle droids and droid starfighters and made Doriana and Kav effectively prisoners . However , he agreed to take whatever action was necessary to prevent Outbound Flight ' s mission . Thrawn made his own alterations to the programming of the droid starfighters to make them attack enemy ships at close range . Kav believed that this was an absurd idea , and implemented his own program following traditional battle logic . Soon , Thrawn intercepted Outbound Flight using a gravity well projector . When Kav attempted to activate his program , Thrawn revealed that he had already detected and deleted his additional programming . Thrawn opted to first try negotiation with Outbound Flight , to Kav ' s dismay . Negotiations ultimately broke down , and Thrawn disabled Outbound Flight ' s weapons systems . Kav again urged Thrawn to destroy Outbound Flight , but Thrawn decided to give them another chance to turn back . Kav witnessed as the leader of Outbound Flight , the fallen Jedi Master Jorus C ' baoth , Force choked Thrawn . Thrawn was saved when Doriana sent the droid starfighters to finally destroy Outbound Flight , as Kav did nothing . After the battle , Kav gave Doriana a Hold - out blaster he had kept hidden and told him to kill Thrawn . Thrawn released the two prisoners and returned them to the " Darkvenge " . This gave Doriana the chance to kill Thrawn , but he decided that killing such a brilliant military mind would be wrong . Kav disagreed , and took a hidden blaster from his desk chair . He shot at Thrawn , but the shot was deflected back at him by a polarity - reversed deflector shield Thrawn had placed on the chair , having anticipated Kav ' s betrayal . Kav died instantly . Personality and traits . Siv Kav was greedy and cowardly , similar to many other Neimoidians .