Battle of the Red Reaper The Battle for the " Red Reaper " was a flashpoint during the Cold War between the resurgent Sith Empire and Galactic Republic . The Sith Dreadnaught " Red Reaper " was the flagship of the fanatical racist Darth Ikoral , a prestigous and honored member of Sith society during a time before the Sith Empire ' s reappearance . Believing his own race ' s superiority was based upon its purity , Ikoral ventured to find remnants of the pure - blooded Sith race left behind after the culmination of the Great Hyperspace War . Upon his return to the known galaxy , the Sith Lord began his fanatical crusade against the impure . Striking at both Imperial and Republic settlements , he earned the ire of the Dark Council and the attention of the Jedi Order . This prompted the two galactic powers to send their respective strike teams to the planet Chandrila , Ikoral ' s intended next target . Prelude . A century before the battle , Darth Ikoral was a prominent citizen of the Sith Empire . A member of the Order of Ragnos and recipient of the Emperor ' s Blessing , many of the Empire ' s citizens considered him to be a hero . As a pureblood Sith , Ikoral ' s pedigree was known to have extended as far back as the era of King Adas . Pride for his heritage made the Sith Lord a fervent believer that his species represented an ideal and pure version of sentient life in the galaxy and the only race worthy to ascend in power within the Sith Order . Seventy years before the battle , Ikoral balked at the racial hygiene of the Empire , the citizenry freely intermingling with the alien scum of the galaxy . Seeking a way to purify the Empire , he convinced the Dark Council to send him on an expedition to find remnants of the pureblooded Sith species who were either left behind during the Emperor ' s retreat from the preceding Empire ' s space or those that fled Korriban long ago before the Republic massacre during the Great Hyperspace War . The council agreed and Ikoral left on the Red Reaper . Following many years of absence , Ikoral was thought dead . He was honored as a martyr and celebrated throughout the Empire . Returning to the known galaxy in a sector of space containing the planet Rhinnal , Ikoral would start his crusade against the impure with raiding the Jedi Enclave on the planet ' s surface . Nineteen hours before the battle , the Jedi Council lost communications with the enclave on Rhinnal . Sending the Republic patrol frigate " Toron Voq " to investigate , the crew found that the residents of enclave suffered a violent massacre . As the captain of the ship was reporting his crew ' s findings , a massive Sith warship appeared and destroyed the Toron Voq . A calculated move , as noted by Master Satele Shan , to lure the Republic into war . Three hours before the battle , the Red Reaper would reappear in the Bormea sector . On the footsteps of Lord Senu ' s fortress , Ikoral sent his new army of pureblood Sith to eradicate the alien Sith Lord , proclaiming that such beings were unfit for the Sith Order . It seemed that Ikoral succeeded in his quest to find remnants of his people , as was noted by Lord Senu ' s last words , the army who was attacking was made of mainly purebloods that wore antiquated and savage armor from the Sith ' s past . The Dark Council distanced themselves from Ikoral ' s unprovoked attack , seeking to preserve the Treaty of Coruscant they quickly branded the long lost Sith Lord a heretic , and moved to call upon their elite strike team to quell his crusade to cleanse the galaxy by fire . The Republic noticed that the Red Reaper was headed towards Chandrila , an agricultural world vital to the Republic ' s supply production , moved to intercept with their own elite strike force to save the world and the billions that relied on its massive food production centers . Battle . Having arrived at Chandrila , the strike team found the Red Reaper already docked with the planet ' s orbital station . With the dreadnaught engaged with three Ajuur - class heavy cruisers and an Unidentified class of warship , the strike team was able to sneak aboard the station using a Plug - 6 heavy fighter . Upon landing , the strike team found an already ongoing battle between Chandrilan Security Force s and the crew of the Reaper . The battered Chandrilans were unable to hold back the onslaught of Sith warriors and reapers entering through the primary airlock . Only with the strike team ' s assistance were they able to push back against the enemy forces and secure the planetary orbital station . With the primary airlock secured , the strike team moved to enter the Red Reaper . As they stepped unto the ancient warship , they were met with the amethyst bloom of two lightsabers . Lord Kherus , a male pureblood Sith Lord found by Darth Ikoral , had taken six hostages from the occupants of the orbital station and had them kneeling before the entrance of the ship . The strike team engaged Kherus amidst the glow of the crimson shielded cages of the cargo deck . As a disciple of Komok - Da , a weapon master of the ancient Sith Empire , Kherus ' skill as a swordsman was exceptional and when unleashed in full against his foes , devastating . As the fight continued , the presence of the hostages would prove not only as a display of ruthlessness but also a source of power for the embattled Sith Lord . Even though Kherus was empowered by the soul drained hostages , the strike team proved to be victorious , ending the fight and rescuing the surviving hostages from a soulless death . As the strike team moved deeper into the dreadnaught , they encountered heavy resistance from Ikoral ' s army of purification and reaper droids . Undeterred they resumed their trek through the cargo bays of the ship , moving about the maze of munition stockpiles , towering Imperial walkers , Sith artifacts and narrow tunnels . At the end of the dizzying collection of corridors , the strike team found and used an elevator that would take them to the command deck . As their ascension slowed and the doors opened they found their intended target . The bridge of the ship was sighted , the command console where they could take control of the ancient dreadnaught lay behind a massive war droid , defense turrets and the entire bridge crew . Guarded by the massive prototype war droid SV - 3 Eradicator , the bridge and its crew were out of reach to the strike team . The droid was surrounded by six mysterious and indestructible Sith power source s that augmented its weapons when properly aligned . Encouraged by their previous victory , the strike team brawled with the prototype droid , while making sure that its power sources were misaligned . The team successfully destroyed the droid and moved on to the crew of the bridge , who they made quick work of . As they were using the command console to commandeer the Red Reaper , Darth Ikoral overrode their attempt and took the reigns of his flagship through a console located in his meditation chamber . Resolute to finish their mission , the strike team ventured deeper into the bowels of the ship to uncover the location of Ikoral ' s meditation chamber . Once again they found themselves navigating through the tight hallways of the ship , while entering into brief skirmishes with Ikoral ' s staunch crusaders , they would find the Sith Sanctum . Decorated with Sith artifacts and emblazoned Sith imagery everywhere , the sanctum was home to mystics and disciples of Ikoral ' s crusade . The sanctum was also the location of a cryogenics lab where enclosed within hundreds of cryotubes were the pureblooded race Ikoral hoped and actually found through out his endeavors . Further along the sanctum , after crossing an imposing cliff of metal , the strike team found themselves within the Sith Lord ' s meditation chamber . At the center of the cylindrical , crimson tinged room waited the Sith Lord Ikoral . As the strike team moved past ancient columns and Sith banners of the entrance way , Ikoral engaged . Outnumbered and embattled , Ikoral set off a wave of concussive force which scattered the strike team . The isolated Sith Lord called forth his sleeping chosen , pureblooded Sith whose purity was unquestioned , to him while raining a barrage of force lightning upon his attackers . The strike team retreated , using Ikoral ' s chosen as shields against his unrelenting attack . As the last of Ikoral ' s chosen died off from their master ' s own attack , the strike team continued their offensive . Once again alone , Ikoral channeled the Sith knowledge he had gathered in his quests and strengthened himself repeatedly throughout the ensuing fight . But this was to no avail as the strike team quickly rallied their best to down him before he could gather enough power to defeat them . With the Sith Lord defeated , the strike team took control of the ship and sent it to their capitol world . Aftermath . The death of Darth Ikoral and his branding as a heretic strengthened the views of Imperial citizens who believed that racial purity was an obsolete notion and that in order for the Empire to survive the coming war , every being with the skill and devotion to serve the Order would need to be treated equally without prejudice against his / her race . Meanwhile , the Republic was able to preserve its status quo , maintaining the food production centers on Chandrila and suffering only light casualties . Behind the scenes . The Battle for the " Red Reaper " is part of ' s Flashpoint : Red Reaper . During the flashpoint the player has a choice to leave the cryogenic tanks and its contents alone ( light side option ) , to release the contents of cryogenic tanks ( light side option ) or destroy the contents of the cryogenic tanks ( dark side option ) . The flashpoint is available to both factions in the game , as such , the victory conditions are not set in canon and thus the aftermath of the battle is limited to secondary observations . If an Imperial player finishes the flashpoint , the Empire ' s policy of xenophobia is weakened , the wealth of knowledge aboard the Reaper is captured and the Treaty of Coruscant remains unbroken . If a Republic player finishes the flashpoint , the Galactic Republic captures the " Red Reaper " and decades of knowledge contained within . The in - game map when inside the flashpoint , indicates the name of the instance is " Crimson Vengeance " . Whether this was the original title of the flashpoint is not known and subject to assumption .