Attack on Galidraan Station After stealing the corvette " Carrion Spike " from Moff Wilhuff Tarkin , a rebel cell lead by Berch Teller attacked an Imperial space station orbiting the planet Galidraan III in the Galidraan system . The starship managed to cause large amounts of damage to the station , and as it was invisible the stations defenses had trouble returning fire . Tarkin and Darth Vader then arrived in the system on board the " Parsec Predator " and proceeded to try and attack the " Carrion Spike " alongside starfighter s from the station . The corvette was damaged by the " Predator " , but managed to disable the Imperial ' s vessel before escaping the system . Prelude . In 14 BBY , a rebel cell created by the former Republic Intelligence Berch Teller began working with Imperial Vice Admiral Dodd Rancit in order to steal the " Carrion Spike " , the personal corvette of Moff Wilhuff Tarkin . The rebels ' planned to steal the advanced ship and use it to make a series of attacks on Imperial targets . To draw Tarkin out , they made a brief attack on Sentinel Base , the facility Tarkin was stationed at , which resulted in the Moff being called to the planet Coruscant . On Coruscant , Tarkin was teamed up with the Sith Lord Darth Vader and sent to the planet Murkhana in order to investigate a cache of communications equipment left over from the Clone Wars . The cache was in fact a trap set up by the rebels , and while Vader and Tarkin were busy meeting with Murkhana ' s Imperial ambassador , a group of five rebels managed to board the " Carrion Spike " and steal it . Vader and Tarkin then managed to appropriate another vessel known as the " Parsec Predator " from a Murkhana crime group known as the Sugi . Teller and his crew were shocked to discover that Vader was able to track them in the " Carrion Spike " , despite the fact that the corvette ' s stealth systems made it invisible to the Human eye and all sensor s . Vader ' s tracking was dependent on using the Force to track his own personal meditation chamber , which was stored on board the " Carrion Spike " . To escape their pursuers , the rebels jumped to the Fial system , but Vader was still able to sense them , and the " Parsec Predator " soon jumped to the Fial system as well , causing the " Carrion Spike " to jump again , this time to their first target , an Imperial space station orbiting the planet Galidraan III in the Galidraan system . The battle . Once in the Galidraan system , the " Carrion Spike " opened fire on the station . The ship was able to cause considerable damage to the station , ripping apart of the station ' s rim open and causing gases , flames , debris and corpses to be sucked out into the vacuum of space . The corvette , being very a custom corvette designed by the esteemed Sienar Fleet Systems , had very advanced sensors and a cloaking device and as such was invisible to both the Imperial ' s scanners and the naked eye . The station ' s particle - beam weapon emplacements could only shot out at nothingness in the hope of getting a lucky strike on their attacker . Despite having the fact that the " Spike " had enough power to destroy the station entirely , the cell chose to taper their attacks in order to preserve some energy for future operations . As the " Parsec Predator " arrived in the system , the vessel immediately struck the body of a dead stormtrooper left floating in space by the battle . The " Predator " then raced toward the station , where Tarkin and Vader found the invisible " Spike " constantly advancing and retreating while shooting at the spokes of the wheel - shaped station . The station ' s crew responded by releasing flights of ARC - 170s and V - Wings from its hangar bays , sending them to search for the hidden assailant . The ships ' pilot s attempted to force the enemy corvette to reveal its location by flying directly at the source of the energy bolts coming at the station , a tactic which cost many of the pilots their lives . Vader kept the " Parsec Predator " back out of the battle , in order to not be targeted by either side , but then began trying to follow parallel to the damage the " Carrion Spike " was causing , and dropped his ship ' s speed to match that of his target . Ordering Crest to target the source of the shooting , Vader handed control of the " Predator " over to Tarkin , who steered it through the debris from the station while Vader manned the ship ' s forward cannons . The Sith Lord was able to hit the " Carrion Spike " , revealing the ship ' s location for a moment as the cannon blasts struck its particle and ray shield s . Tarkin yawed away trying to evade the " Spike ' s " counter attack , but the cell managed to move with Tarkin and hit the " Predator " with a salvo that nearly overwhelmed its shields . The " Predator " was struck by a second salvo as it skimmed along the edge of Galidraan III ' s atmosphere , but then dropped behind the enemy vessel hoping it would overtake them . Instead the corvette half turned and opened fire with the pintle guns , causing Tarkin to try and swerve out of the way . In order to survive the damage from the guns , Tarkin had Vader redirect all energy to aft shields , which managed to absorb the damage but were reduced to forty percent , then twenty by a second volley as the rebel ' s jammed the Imperials ' instruments . A third round of firing left the ship disabled and floating in the void . With the " Predator " dealt with , Teller and his crew focused on the damage they had taken , which included a fire in one of the " Spike ' s " cargo holds and destruction of its escape pod air lock controls . The hyperdrive was also damaged , requiring ten to fifteen minutes for a diagnostic to be run . Meanwhile another squadron of fighters emerged from the damaged station and began radiating out from the " Parsec Predator ' s " location in search formation . Waiting to be able to jump to hyperspace , Artoz advised Teller to jettison Vader ' s mediation sphere , as he correctly suspected that it was allowing Vader to track the corvette . The station dispatched a shuttle to pick up Vader and readied their fastest corvette so the pair could continue pursuit . As they waited for the vessel however , Vader issued orders to the station ' s fighters giving them the coordinates of the " Carrion Spike " . A colonel onboard the station then transmitted a series of calculations for Vader and Tarkin to study , and informed them of nearby Imperial targets that the " Carrion Spike " might strike next . Tarkin and Vader considered what the rebels ' next move might be and why they had not destroyed the " Predator " after which Vader realized that his sphere had been ejected from the " Carrion Spike " . The Sith ordered that the Imperial starfighters fire on the location the sphere was ejected from , but the " Carrion Spike " then destroyed the system ' s hyperspace buoy and fled the system . Aftermath . Following the battle , the Empire ' s Chiefs of Intelligence requested a meeting with Galactic Emperor Palpatine , but were denied being sent his lackeys Mas Amedda and Ars Dangor in his place . Deputy Director Harus Ison of Imperial Security Bureau was unworried about the attack , but Admiral Terrinald Screed feared it would lead to further attacks . Rancit tried to emphasis the danger caused by the attack but Ison and Admiral Conan Antonio Motti were still unphased . Amedda then declared the main threat the rebels now posed was that they acted as a symbol of defiance against the Empire . While the Imperials met , the rebels attacked Imperial - protected TaggeCo mining facilities on the planet Lucazec . The Imperials were alerted to the attack mid - meeting and watched the destruction of the facility via live - feed . The rebels then went on to attack a number of other Imperial targets , while the Empire attempted to guess where the cell would strike next . Rancit , who had provided the cell with its list of targets , eventually betrayed them and set a trap at the Nouane system where he nearly destroyed the " Carrion Spike " . Knowing they had been betrayed the cell abandoned the " Spike " and sent it on autopilot to its next destination , the Carida system where Rancit was waiting . Tarkin by this point however , had worked out the identities of those involved in the " Carrion Spike ' s " theft including the Vice - Admiral . Vader arrived in the Carida system and executed Rancit for his betrayal , while Tarkin ambushed the rebel cell during what they hoped would be their final attack , targeting a convoy carrying parts for the Death Star . All members of the crew were captured and eventually executed except Teller , who escaped and confronted Tarkin on his homeworld of Eriadu . Tarkin outsmarted the ex - agent , and left him injured on the Carrion Plateau giving him slim chance of surviving so that he might one day try and avenge his crew again . Behind the scenes . The attack first appeared in " Tarkin " , a novel written by James Luceno and published in 2014 .