Mission to Anoth

The Mission to Anoth was a retrieval mission during the Shrike War to rescue Morgo Sunny. It was a fateful turning point of the Shrike War and one of the most memorable and horrifying memories for Thrawn and would haunt him forever.

Anoth was the rendezvous point for Sunny after he had completed the Mission to Vulpter. Sunny ran into crystal worms and Shrike on the planet Anoth. Imperials arrived in waves for his savior, beginning with Thrawn. Even Patton was involved in the rescue, landing on the planet himself.

During the following hours, the two closest friends of Thrawn, Sunny and Malastar were both killed by Shrike.

The Mission
The Mission to Anoth was the direct result of Thrawn's mission for Sunny. Thrawn sent Sunny to retrieve a holocron on Vulpter and then make contact with Thrawn on Anoth. When Sunny completed his objective, he discovered that the planet housed extremely hostile conditions and asked Thrawn for assistance. Sunny was forced to outrun Crystal Worms and avoid Shrike scouts. Thrawn arrived on the planet too late and Sunny was wounded by the Shrike. Because Thrawn's starfighter had been destroyed during a bad hyper-space exit, the two of them had no way of getting off the planet. Malastar, Phoenix, and Patton mobilized their fleets toward Anoth to rescue Thrawn and Sunny.

When Malastar arrived, he learned of the number of Shrike which had begun to land on the planet. Against Thrawn's orders, Malastar boarded an automated Shrike Transport back to their command center on Anoth, where they met Cami doing undercover work. However, they confronted a giant, mutated Shrike which nearly killed the three of them. Malastar saved Cami and Thrawn at the cost of his own life. Thrawn kept Malastar's helmet before being dragged away by Patton's Vindicre assassins.

In order to get back with the Imperial Fleet, Cami and Thrawn met up with Phoenix who had brought Sunny, who would take Malastar's job. During this mission back to the Imperial Landing site, Sunny was kidnapped by the Shrike. When he re-appeared, he was screaming to be killed. Phoenix executed Sunny by shooting him in the face with a shotgun.