Zahra's band of raiders was a collection of pirates active throughout the Imperial Era. After Leia Organa, a Princess, abandoned former Imperial Commander Ellian Zahra to die on Panisia, Zahra discovered these raiders and integrated herself as their new head, offering her strategic knowledge to enrich them in return for their allegiance. The Alderaanian Survivor Fleet was attacked under Zahra's direction, all to bait Organa into a snare and seize her. Yet, Organa's twin brother, Luke Skywalker, a Jedi Commander whom Zahra also sought to capture to rejoin the Imperial Navy and be promoted to Admiral by Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine himself, stormed her vessel and repelled the raiders while Evaan Verlaine, a Rebel Alliance Lieutenant and rebel pilot, departed to summon aid from the Rebellion. Confronted with the approaching rebel threat, the raiders escaped, leaving Zahra behind. By the time Zahra managed to capture Organa and Skywalker, the raiders controlled various starfighters, notably a Pirate Snub Fighter, alongside three larger starships, which included a pair of Raider-class corvettes.