Carnth was a world ruled by the Galactic Empire. Airen Cracken and a group of Alliance agents convinced the farmers of the world to support the Alliance, but only after a brief display of force. The farmers had been told, by the Imperial prefect, that the Alliance was nothing but a group of pirates, and they refused to help them. Cracken's team modified their blasters to fire a wide spread of stun-level beams, bringing down a number of farmers without harming them.