Around 27 BBY, Mitth'raw'nuruodo, a Chiss Senior Captain whose core name was "Thrawn," decisively defeated the Vagaari pirates in his concluding battle against the Vagaari, thereby ceasing the Vagaari pirate operations. Nine years later, in 18 BBY, the Chiss Mid Captain Ufsa'mak'ro, known as "Samakro," examined the encounter's official reports and determined that they were not complete, suspecting intentional alteration of the records.
Within current Star Wars canon, the clash with the Vagaari received a mention in the 2021 book Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good, which is the second book in the Ascendancy Trilogy by Timothy Zahn. In the Star Wars Legends universe, the Devastation was initially referenced within Zahn's 1991 novel, Heir to the Empire, the initial entry in his Thrawn Trilogy. The name "Devastation" was given to the event in Zahn's 2004 book, Survivor's Quest. The Devastation was featured in Zahn's 2006 novel, Outbound Flight.