During the time of the Galactic Empire's rule, Captain Conro of the Imperial Navy was in command of an Imperial Star Destroyer. The Star Destroyer he captained, along with Commodore Idel's Star Destroyer and Captain Shan's Star Destroyer, formed a flotilla that tried to retrieve Emperor Palpatine's yacht, the Imperialis, which had been taken. As they gave chase, both Conro and Shan engaged their ships' tractor beams on the Imperialis. However, Lando Calrissian manipulated Conro's tractor beam, redirecting it onto Shan's vessel and resulting in a collision between the two. This incident provided Calrissian and his crew the opportunity to flee into the vastness of space with the Imperialis.