The Raid on Bilbringi was a raid by the newly established Smugglers' Alliance on the part of smugglers Mazzic and Ellor against the Galactic Empire at the Bilbringi Shipyards in retaliation of the Ambush on Trogan.
Around twenty of Mazzic's freighters penetrated discreetly the system and destroyed a nearly completed Imperial-class Star Destroyer within the construction docks of the shipyards. The ships were attacked by squadrons of TIE Fighters, which were easily destroyed by Ellor's two Corellian Gunships that arrived to cover their escape.
Grand Admiral Thrawn was very angry about the loss of the Star Destroyer and the implication of the smugglers in the war. He tried to convince them that he wasn't responsible for the ambush on Trogan but failed because they quickly discovered that Ferrier was an Imperial agent and the organizer of the ambush.
Talon Karrde, who had been invited to watch by Mazzic, was present during the raid, and just before the explosion of the Star Destroyer, he noticed the twenty-two asteroids that Thrawn would later use to attack Coruscant.
- The Last Command Sourcebook
- The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook