The Taanab operation represents a swift strike executed in 9 ABY, a part of the Thrawn campaign. Grand Admiral Thrawn's forces launched this attack on the planet Taanab. In the course of this assault, the Dark Jedi Joruus C'baoth commandeered the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer known as the Bellicose. Disobeying the commands of Captain Aban, C'baoth utilized the ship's turbolasers to obliterate a New Republic vessel.