Junker ( YT - 2400 light freighter ) The Junker , originally known as Blackstar , was a modified YT - 2400 light freighter with a Starhawk shuttle instead of an escape pod and a power crystal that could burrow through deflector shields , although the starship was armed with no other weapons . It also featured two military grade universal docking rings and a short range tractor beam array on its rear . The ship was owned by Reegas Vance , but was taken by Khedryn Faal and Marr Idi - Shael , who used it for salvaging operations . In 41 . 5 ABY , Jedi Knight Jaden Korr enlisted the aid of " Junker " s crew to resolve a Force vision he had received . This led them to take on a Sith dreadnought from 5000 BBY , the " Harbinger " , and track down a group of dangerous Force - sensitive clones to an ancient Rakata n space station . Description . " Junker " was a YT - 2400 light freighter heavily modified by the criminal Reegas Vance . He armed it with plasma cannon s , and replaced the escape pod port with a Starhawk shuttle , the " Flotsam " , located on the starboard side . Under Khedryn Faal , " Junker " no longer had plasma cannons , and was equipped with an amplified sensor array and remote start . On the stern of the ship a short - range tractor beam array and military - grade universal docking ring were installed . While " Junker " was not equipped with any weapons , it had a power crystal attached on the beam projector , however it used a lot of power . The interior of the ship was lined with safety rails , wall - mounted emergency equipment cases , and contained a passenger berth which was converted into a rudimentary medbay . Deflector shields were also equipped , but were not strong enough to last more than a single hit in a dogfight . The galley , located in the center of the ship , contained a custom viewport in the ceiling , a metal table with benches , and a bar with built in cabinets on one of the walls . In a room located near the galley where racks where crew members and passengers could sleep . The cockpit utilized metal shields which were able to slide down over the viewports . The hold of the ship held a Searing swoop bike , a speeder bike , two landspeeders , and several containers of electronics and assorted scrap until it was all destroyed on the " Harbinger " , an ancient Sith dreadnought from 5000 BBY . After Massassi warriors had boarded " Junker " in the " Harbinger " s hangar bay , a cooling rod had to be used to prop open the cockpit door . Faal disliked droids , and did not allow them on his ship . However , he made an exception for Arsix , the astromech droid of Jedi Knight Jaden Korr . A subspace transceiver was also installed in an auxiliary communications room to communicate across light year s , and an external loudspeaker allowed the crew to communicate with beings outside the ship from within the cockpit . History . Encounter in space . While Khedryn Faal and Marr Idi - Shael were salvaging a derelict ship in the Unknown Regions , the criminal Reegas Vance and his crew emerged from hyperspace in the " Blackstar " to take the wreck from them . The " Blackstar " fired on Faal and Idi - Shael ' s ship , the " Seeker " , before hailing the two to tell them that he was taking the derelict , as well as their ship . After disabling the engines , rigging the deflectors to prevent a scan for their life signs , and donning hardsuit s , Faal and Idi - Shael launched an escape pod and climbed out onto the hull of the " Seeker " . The " Blackstar " destroyed the empty escape pod , and its Starhawk shuttle left with Vance and three armed members of his crew to take the " Seeker " . While Vance and his crew boarded the " Seeker " , Faal and Idi - Shael used their hardsuits to push off the hull of the " Seeker " . Once Vance noticed the two hardsuits were missing from the " Seeker " , he ordered a crewman remaining on the " Blackstar " , Marden , to disable the derelict ' s engines to prevent Faal and Idi - Shael from escaping . However , the two had headed to an external airlock on the " Blackstar " s hull , and used a hatch cracker to board it . After killing one of the " Blackstar " s crew members , Verra , in the airlock , Faal grabbed his comlink as they went to the cockpit . Faal hailed Vance , and told him to get his crew out of the Starhawk , before Idi - Shael fired the " Blackstar " s cannons and destroyed the shuttle . With Vance and his remaining crew stranded on the " Seeker " with no engines , Faal declared that the " Blackstar " was his . Before leaving the system through hyperspace , Faal turned to Idi - Shael and suggested they call their new ship " Junker " . Fateful sabacc game at The Black Hole . While on the planet Fhost in 41 . 5 ABY , Faal was fine tuning " Junker " s systems when Idi - Shael reminded him of a sabacc game , which included Reegas Vance , in progress at The Black Hole cantina . Faal got on his Searing swoop and made his way into the settlement of Farpoint to join the sabacc game . In the cantina , a bearded Human male blocked Faal ' s path in an attempt to talk , but Faal told him to wait until after the game had finished . The bearded man turned out to be the Jedi Knight Jaden Korr , who was looking to hire " Junker " s crew . After a dispute with Vance over the outcome of the game , in which Korr used the Force to affect the hand while Vance or one of his men were using an electronic cheater , Korr helped Faal and Idi - Shael escape the cantina . As they neared " Junker " s hangar , Faal ordered Idi - Shael to remotely prepare the ship to launch . Faal offered to drop Korr off at his Z - 95 Headhunter and rendezvous in orbit , but Korr preferred to stay with Faal and Idi - Shael . The Jedi Knight also offered the services of his astromech droid , Arsix , but Faal responded that he does not like droids , and never allows them on his ship , so Korr gave the droid orders to orbit Fhost ' s largest moon and contact Grand Master Skywalker if the droid hadn ' t heard from Korr in two weeks . At the hangar , Faal told Idi - Shael to head to the cockpit to continue preparing the engines while he and Korr would load the speeders into " Junker " s packed hold . Once the speeders were secured , Faal and Korr went to the cockpit where Idi - Shael was at the controls , ready to take - off . Faal commed Farpoint Tower to announce they were leaving Fhost , and flew " Junker " through the atmosphere before hearing a response . New job . Once in space , Faal , Idi - Shael , and Korr headed to the galley , and after making cups of caf , discussed their destination , and the reason why Korr wanted to hire them . Korr told the pair that he wanted the coordinates that they received in a transmission . Faal had also used a data crystal with the coordinates as collateral in the sabacc game with Reegas Vance . They had received the coordinates after having to travel out of their way while returning to Fhost from a situation that had gone wrong , and picked up an encrypted signal in a remote system . After Korr asked if the system had a frozen moon orbiting a blue , ringed gas giant , the pair described that it did . Korr offered to pay two thousand credits before leaving for the frozen moon , and seven thousand after he confirmed it was indeed the moon from his vision . Faal and Idi - Shael said that amount was not even enough to cover operating costs , and said Korr ' s quest sounded like a grand Jedi scheme . The Jedi Knight believed that he had seen the frozen moon in a vision given to him by the Force back in his apartment on Coruscant , and that it might have consequences for the Jedi Order , but he had not told anyone else what he had seen . After discussing Korr ' s reasons for the coordinates , Faal presumptuously accepted Korr ' s offer to pay five thousand credits up front , which Korr later agreed to . While prepping for the jump to hyperspace , Faal chewed a piece of chewstim , a ritual of his , Idi - shael did all the calculations for the jump , and a weary Korr headed to the racks behind the galley to grab some sleep during the three jumps it would take to get to the moon . Arrival at the moon . Idi - shael woke Korr up before they emerged from hyperspace and went to the cockpit . Upon leaving hyperspace , the three saw a blue gas giant surrounded by a large ring of ice and rock around the equator . The sensors revealed no other ships in the system , but they would have to hurry as they had no idea how long it would take Reegas Vance to get to the system . As the frozen moon came into view around the side of the gas giant , Faal said they would have to take " Flotsam " down to the planet instead of landing " Junker " on the planet . As Idi - shael was about to prepare envirosuits , the proximity alarm started beeping ; an unknown ship was coming in from out of the system very fast . The ship was giving off an odd signature but was large , big enough to be a cruiser , and was completely unknown to either Faal , Idi - shael , or Korr . The arrival of this new ship made Korr feel nauseous , appear visibly sick , and caused him to have to sit down , where he started sweating , and Force lightning started to discharge on his fingertips . Idi - shael was also affected by the arrival of the ship , however not as much , and he simply squinted as if he was looking into a bright light . The ship did not attempt to hail " Junker " , although it was heavily damaged , but sensors read that there was still a lot of living crew members onboard . It was then that Korr determined why he was feeling sick — the dark side , and a ship full of Sith . Meeting Relin . After the revelation of a cruiser full of dark side using Sith , something had attached itself to " Junker " s port docking port ; someone had boarded the ship . Korr immediately activated his lightsaber ' s green blade , and sprinted back to the docking port with Faal . Over Faal ' s comlink Idi - shael informed them that the cruiser had stopped , but had still not scanned " Junker " . Arriving at the docking port , Korr saw through a viewport an unknown small sphere , what he thought could be an escape pod , attached to the ship . An explosion rocked the ship , and from the breach an armored Human male came through , wielding a green lightsaber attached to a power pack on his waist by a cable . The intruder was not wearing armor , but rather a black flexsuit cut off below the left elbow , along with his arm . Faal fired his blaster at him , but he used his lightsaber to deflect the shots into the surrounding bulkheads . Korr warned Faal to stay back , and engaged the intruder in a lightsaber duel . After using a Force augmented kick against the intruder , cutting a groove into one of " Junker " s bulkheads , and continued lightsaber combat , Korr could not place the intruder ' s fighting style . Faal thought he had a clear shot , and tried to fire at the intruder , but the intruder lifted his stump and used the Force to disarm Faal , who then smashed upon an emergency tool bin and retrieved an ax and hand sledge . For a time , Korr and the intruder stared each other down , each using the Force to get a sense of the other . Throughout the duel Korr had not felt the presence of the dark side pressing on his mind , which he expected to dueling a Sith , and now he knew why ; the intruder was not a Sith , but a light side user . The man removed his helmet , and Korr realized the intruder was a Jedi . Further questioning revealed that the intruder was named Relin Druur , a Jedi Master . Master Skywalker had not sent Druur on his mission , however , and had never even heard of him . He was sent on a mission by Master Nadill , and had to get back aboard " Harbinger " to prevent it from delivering its shipment . Druur was , in actuality , a Jedi Master from five thousand years before , and the " Harbinger " was supposed to deliver its Lignan ore to Naga Sadow ' s forces at the Battle of Kirrek . Attack of the Sith . By the time Druur , Faal , and Korr reached Idi - Shael in " Junker " s bridge , " Harbinger " had unleashed sixteen " Blade " - class starfighters . Faal told Idi - Shael to plot a jump to leave the system , and the Sith starfighters , but both Jedi said no ; Korr had to investigate the frozen moon , and the source of the distress call , while Druur had to stop " Harbinger " . Faal pointed out that the " Harbinger " had already failed in bring its cargo to Kirrek , and that the moon would still be there for them to come back to . Korr suggested hiding in the rings of the gas giant , as " Harbinger " s sensors would not be able to detect them , and no starfighter would follow them . However , " Harbinger " and the fighters were under the command of Druur ' s former Padawan , the Kaleesh Sith Saes Rrogon , and he would not simply let Druur escape him . While " Junker " had no ship - to - ship weapons , Druur decided to head to the rear , to use the tractor beam mounted there , and Korr would pilot the freighter using the Force for additional guidance . Typically , the tractor beam was only used for towing derelicts , but Druur planned to use it as a makeshift weapon , while alerting Korr so he could compensate for the drag . As " Junker " entered the ring , Faal had Idi - Shael disengage Druur ' s escape pod to make it easier for Korr to traverse the ring . While the " Blades " were essentially floating laser cannons , with minimal shields , " Junker " was a salvage ship , with nothing in the way of deflectors strong enough to defend against the " Blades " , and with the risk of the floating rocks and ice , Faal had Idi - Shael increase the power to the forward deflector . " Junker " was pelted with small rocks and ice against the deflector , which caused no damage , but the " Blades " followed behind , firing green lines of energy from their laser cannons . Shortly after entering the ring , one of the " Blades " hit a chunk of rock , which caused it to wildly spin out of control until it crashed into another rock and exploded . As they went deeper into the ring , the chunks of ice and rocks grew larger , and a second " Blade " crashed into one and exploded . Korr wasn ' t seeing the ice and rocks outside the viewport , but rather feeling them through the Force , which had allowed him to act without thinking . When he flew " Junker " out of the rings for a moment before turning back in , the internal compensators were not able to adjust quickly enough and caused Faal some uneasiness . Druur then alerted Korr that he would next use the tractor beam to starboard , which allowed Korr to adjust for it , and pulled on a large planetoid for a few seconds . This pulled the planetoid from its orbit in the ring , and started a chain of collisions with two more chunks of rock , and resulted in the two lead " Blades " being destroyed . After a large rock exploded near the back of " Junker " , and caused particles to hit the ship , Druur used the tractor beam on one of the " Blades " . While the drag this produced slowed " Junker " down , and crashed it into a rock , and destroyed another " Blade " in the process . " Junker " s lights flickered as laserfire hit its port side , and Faal formed a plan , but Korr had to first leave the sightline of the pursuing " Blades " . Faal planned to space the contents in " Junker " s hold , which he hoped would then crash into the chunks of rock and ice and explode , and make the " Blades " pilots believe " Junker " was destroyed . Druur handed Faal two mag - grenade s to attach to the speeders in the hold . Korr accelerated , twisted , and turned " Junker " hard enough to make the ship ' s chassis creak because of the strain . After attaching the mag - grenades to two speeders in the hold , Faal uncoupled the speeders , and opened a container with loose electronics as the hold was about to vent . Once the " Blades " were lost , Idi - Shael vented the cargo hold , and the two speeders slid out and exploded on a part of the ring . Faal ' s plan had worked , with the " Blades " no longer following them , so he had Korr land " Junker " on a big enough chunk of the ring . Run or fight . On an asteroid in the ring , Faal checked the cargo hold ; both his Searing swoop and Idi - Shael ' s speeder bike were fine . Druur and Faal met in the galley , where Faal noticed the Jedi was suffering from radiation poisoning , as well as injured ribs and arm . Once all four onboard " Junker " were in the galley , Faal informed them " Junker " was his ship , and he was no longer going to risk it on a salvage job . Faal discussed with the other three , and Korr and Druur both implored that everything that had happened could not have been merely chance . Druur reasoned that even though he hadn ' t stopped to receive medical aid , or even pain relief , he would not until he accomplished what had to be done . To further prove his point that events were not controlled by chance , Korr informed Idi - Shael that he was Force - sensitive . Idi - Shael had plotted " Junker " s hyperspace route without the navigation computer , and had unknowingly been influenced by the Force . Korr told Druur that he would accompany him to the " Harbinger " , as its cargo of dark side enhancing Lignan ore was more important , but Druur told him that since Korr was not able to conceal his presence in the Force , it would not work . It was decided that Idi - Shael would go with Druur to the Sith dreadnought . Meanwhile , Faal and Korr would go down to the frozen moon in the " Flotsam " to investigate the distress signal , for an additional five thousand credits on top of what Korr and the Jedi Order were set to pay for the job . Druur planned for Idi - Shael to fly him onboard the " Harbinger " in " Junker " . Since Rrogon had not used the " Harbinger " s weapons to destroy " Junker " with Druur onboard , and had instead deployed the " Blade " starfighters , Druur reasoned that the dreadnought ' s weapons must have been disabled . " Harbinger " still had shields , however , so Idi - Shael said they could use " Junker " s power crystal to rupture a hole in the dreadnought ' s shield , and enable " Junker " to land inside . Idi - Shael was not going to stay onboard " Harbinger " long , and was to leave the ship and jump away , with Druur stating he would use an escape pod again . Druur and Korr talked after the others had left , and Korr wanted Druur to promise to get both Idi - Shael and himself off " Harbinger " , but all he said was that he would ensure that Idi - Shael would survive . Assault on the " Harbinger " . Before the crew split up to complete their missions , Faal ordered the others to meet in the galley , where he made a toast to their success . Faal and Korr then disengaged the Starhawk shuttle from " Junker " , and started to fly to the frozen moon . Idi - Shael , after calculating the time it would take for Faal and Korr to reach the frozen moon , set a countdown timer for one standard hour , seventeen minutes , and thirty - sic seconds . The Cerean and ancient Jedi then prepared to fly slowly through the ring , and come out of the ring close to the " Harbinger " . When they reached the edge of the ring , Idi - Shael did the calculations and realized that it would take them one minute to fly through the space between the ring and the " Harbinger " , too much time to be safe , especially when taking into account the " Blades " . To bridge the gap in less time , Idi - Shael decided to attempt something unheard of to either him or Druur – make a very short jump to hyperspace between the gravity well of the gas giant and the frozen moon . As the countdown timer finished , Idi - Shael finished the calculations for the short jump , and prepared to engage the hyperdrive . In an instant " Junker " went from the edge of the ring to the " Harbinger " . Idi - Shael powered down all of " Junker " s systems , which made the ship dark and lowered the temperature , and turned on the power crystal array . A red beam of light shot from " Junker " , towards the Sith dreadnought and connected with its shields in a pattern of red spiraling lines . With a portion of the " Harbinger " s deflector shield down , " Junker " coasted toward the illuminated landing bay . Once inside the dreadnought , Idi - Shael powered " Junker " back up , and turned on the repulsors . He flew the ship towards the landing bay as Druur formulated his plan of attack . Druur instructed Idi - Shael to land the freighter blocking one of the corridors into the landing bay . In order to successfully block the corridor , however , they had to land on the freighter ' s belly and without landing gear , so that the Sith would not be able to simply walk underneath . After landing , Idi - Shael lowered metal shielding over " Junker " s viewports to protect the freighter from small arms fire . He and Druur then headed to " Junker " s port cargo bay . As the bay doors lowered , Druur told him that Idi - Shael to leave if he was not back in five minutes . A blaster shot came through the doors as they lowered and impacted on the inside of " Junker " s cargo bay walls . More shots followed them , but were deflected by Druur using his lightsaber , before he ran out of the freighter and onto the " Harbinger " . Idi - Shael watched Druur fight the Sith ' s Massassi security , until Druur told him to seal " Junker " . Instead , Idi - Shael hopped on Faal ' s Searing swoop , and left " Junker " s cargo bay to aid Druur . Idi - Shael returned to " Junker " after Druur told him to , and the Jedi revealed that he did not plan to leave " Harbinger " . As he headed towards the freighter ' s cockpit , Idi - Shael saw that the caf pot in the galley had fallen over in the rough landing . The caf would not have been dripping for too long though , so Idi - Shael realized that someone had boarded the ship , which was confirmed when he heard someone moving onboard the ship . He his in one of the crew quarters to collect his thoughts before he left to retrieve an oxygen kit and vac suit from a storage locker . The two Massassi that had boarded " Junker " found him , however , and he fired at them before he closed a door behind him and ran to the cockpit . As he was entering the cockpit small metal disks flew into his back . After he had closed the cockpit door , the five Massassi in the hall continued to fire at it , and growl in their language . Idi - Shael knew he had to leave the " Harbinger " , but did not want to risk raising the security shielding from the viewports and had to fly blind , using only " Junker " s instruments . Once the ship completed its pre - launch setup and Idi - Shael had donned the oxygen kit and vac suit , he turned on the repulsorlifts and started to leave . An explosion outside " Junker " shook the freighter , and scrambled the sensors . Without sensors , he had no way to pilot " Junker " out of the landing bay , and away from " Harbinger " , until he tried to visualize the dreadnought ' s schematics in his mind , and allowed the Force to flow through him . After another explosion shook the ship , the Massassi outside continued even harder to try and break their way into " Junker " s cockpit . Using only the Force , Idi - Shael began piloting " Junker " out of the landing bay . From the landing bay deck , blasterfire struck the freighter , but Idi - Shael kept it moving towards the mouth of the bay . Once Idi - Shael felt he was far enough away from the deck crew , he raised the security shields on the viewports , and saw that he was about to exit the landing bay , and enter the black of space . However , Idi - Shael heard a metallic squeak from behind him , as the Massassi had managed to start prying open the cockpit door . He engaged " Junker " s ion engines to accelerate away from the " Harbinger " , and at that moment one of the Massassi pointed the barrel of a blaster into the cockpit . Surprise cargo . Idi - Shael pulled back on " Junker " s controls , which caused the freighter to go vertical . Due to this , the Cerean was forced back into his seat , and almost lost consciousness due to his injuries and the force of the maneuver . The Massassi were sent away from the door to the cockpit as well , and once Idi - Shael regained his composure , he activated an emergency system to depressurize " Junker " . He hoped the depressurize and lack of oxygen would eliminate the threat the Massassi posed , and the console showed the freighter was being depleted of oxygen . When he turned in his seat , however , he was face - to - face with one of the Massassi . The cockpit door was open , and the Massassi had made its way into the cockpit . It was affected by the oxygen deprivation , however , and swayed on its feet in the cockpit with broken capillaries forming a black mesh across its yellow eyes . The Massassi fell on top of Idi - Shael , and tried to pull him out if his seat , but it the straps helped . Idi - Shael reached for a blaster , but there was not a blaster in his holster , and the Massassi managed to hit the emergency button on the seat , and the two fell on the cockpit floor . The Cerean and Massassi fought on the floor , and while the big red warrior was stronger , the effects of the depressurization had weakened it , with black blood coming from its ears , eyes , and nose . As the Massassi picked Idi - Shael up by his neck and squeezed , until it collapsed on top of Idi - Shael , dead . After the fight , Idi - Shael had difficulty making focusing on the instrument panel . It turned out that the Massassi ' s claws had cut a gash in his vacsuit , and he was leaking air . The Cerean hit random buttons on " Junker " s controls , but to no avail . He was able to enable autopilot , and once he focused , he determined that the screen was displaying the coordinates to the distress beacon on the frozen moon . Idi - Shael thought that the " Blades " might shoot him down in the attempt , but realized that he might die from blood loss or oxygen deprivation first and transferred the coordinates to the autopilot . As the autopilot navigated toward the frozen moon , Idi - Shael thought about Druur on the " Harbinger " , and Faal and Korr on the frozen moon . Moving forward . When Idi - Shael awoke , he saw that Druur had been successful onboard the " Harbinger " ; the Sith dreadnought was crashing into the frozen moon . " Junker " s autopilot , however , was flying toward the doomed ship however , and would be caught in the aftermath of its explosion . Idi - Shael needed medical assistance as he had stopped feeling pain from his wounds , but was beginning to feel cold all over his body . The Cerean had to reach Faal and Korr for aid , but did not trust his diminishing body . He tried to reach the freighter ' s distress beacon , but fell into unconsciousness once again . After the " Harbinger " exploded within the frozen moon ' s atmosphere , Korr saw " Junker " falling towards the moon ' s surface , and sensed that Idi - Shael was near death . One of " Junker " s passenger berths was made into a med bay for Idi - Shael , and Korr found the corpses of the dead Massassi . Once the Cerean awoke , the three briefly discussed what had happened , and decided they would elaborate more with a few rounds of keela . Faal offered the Jedi Knight that he could fly with him and Idi - Shael , but Korr declined because he had to inform Master Skywalker about the Lignan , and about a group of Force - sensitive clones of Jedi and Sith from the frozen moon . Surprisingly , Faal then offered to help Korr track down and deal with the clones , even though it would be dangerous . The three men then had a cup of caf , each spiked with pulkay . Attack on Farpoint Medical Center . After hours of repairs to " Junker " , and after Korr talked with Master Skywalker , Korr , Idi - shael , and Faal decided to travel in " Junker " back to Fhost . On the way , and having received Skywalker ' s approval , Korr started training Idi - Shael in the ways of the Force in " Junker " s cargo bay . Upon reaching Fhost , Faal suggested they bring Ar - Six aboard , as he was bored when Idi - Shael and Korr were training , and decided that if Korr was fond of the droid , it was probably better than other droids . The three also discussed buying weapons for " Junker " , since it was only equipped with a tractor beam . " Junker " s crew discovered that the clones were there as well , as they were attacking the Farpoint Medical Center for medical supplies to synthesize a medicine for a sickness they shared . Since the clones were moving upwards through the building , Korr had Idi - Shael land " Junker " on the roof , and the two would make their way down the opposite stairwells to face the clones , while Faal would stay behind on " Junker " to make sure the clones did not escape . Korr was knocked unconscious shortly after a fight where he saw that one of the clones looked like him , and in an attempt to keep the clones from taking a medical supply ship on the roof Faal boarded it to warn its pilots . He evacuated the two pilots , but was knocked unconscious , and the clones took off with him aboard . After Idi - Shael had awoken Korr with Quickwake pellets and helped him to the roof , they boarded " Junker " and prepared to follow the clones . Before entering the medcenter , Korr had put a tracking beacon on the hull of the supply ship , which they planned in order to use to track it . Korr had Arsix land his Z - 95 Headhunter at a landing field so they could pick the droid up . Several policemen had gathered around " Junker " as they prepared to take off , so Korr used the ship ' s external loudspeaker to inform him that he was a Jedi Knight , and he was in pursuit in the criminals that had attacked the medcenter . The policemen stood down , Korr took the controls as the pilot with Idi - Shael continuing as copilot , and the two picked up Arsix at the landing field . As Idi - Shael was trying to find the location of the tracing beacon and plot a course through hyperspace , Korr described the clones that he had encountered in the medcenter , including the clone with his own face . Faal ' s rescue . " Junker " emerged from hyperspace in a system occupied by a red dwarf star , in its outer reaches . As Idi - Shael scanned the system he detected an asteroid belt , and two gas giants . The supply ship was located on the opposite side of the asteroid belt , so when Korr engaged " Junker " s ion engines , he used the majority of the asteroids as cover . An open hail came in on the ship – to – ship communications . It was coming from the supply ship , so Korr and Idi - Shael hoped that Faal had freed himself and hailed them . It turned out to be an Umbaran named Nyss Nenn , who was secretly working for the One Sith , and had taken control of the supply ship . The Umbaran told the two that he had killed or captured the clones , and that if they wanted Faal back , Korr would have to hand himself over . Korr decided to do it , as he would prove to be more of a problem than the Umbaran could handle . Nenn told him that he would have to put on a hardsuit and go to the supply ship , at which time Nenn would release Faal in an escape pod . Korr agreed , and as he and Idi - Shael ran through the corridors to get a hardsuit , Korr told Idi - Shael to make sure Faal was released , and that he would improvise the rest of his plan on the way . Once Korr was securely in the hardsuit , Idi - Shael gave him a piece of chewstim . Korr went to " Junker " s airlock , and opened the outer doors to space . He stepped out of the airlock and used the hardsuits thrusters to propel him towards the supply ship . He stopped partway between the two ships so he could be sure that Faal was released . As Korr was about to turn back to " Junker " , and prepare to board the supply ship , two escape pods launched from it . Faal commed Korr and Idi - Shael , and after confirming that his pod was the one that had launched first , he made his way to Korr and " Junker " . Another ship dropped out of hyperspace near the other pod , with weapons activated . After picking up the second pod , occupied by the Umbaran , the scout flyer turned towards " Junker " . It was piloted by Nenn ' s sister , Syll , and the two Umbarans only needed Korr alive . They fired , but " Junker " s deflector shields were not active , and the freighter took the red beams of plasma to its port side . Flame , smoke , and debris flew out of " Junker " , but Idi - Shael and Ar - Six worked to seal off the damaged areas , and activated the deflectors . They were also able to keep the engines functional during the attack . The Umbarans then turned toward Faal ' s escape pod . Korr told him to quickly turn the pod , and at the same time fired the hardsuit ' s thrusters toward the pod . The unexpected turn saved Faal , and took the Umabaran siblings additional time to aim at him . Korr used the Force to pull the pod toward him , which saved it , although it did lurch hard from the proximity of the shot . Korr made it to the pod , and when the Umabarans fired again , he deflected the shot with his lightsaber . The deflection hit the cockpit of the scout flyer , the blast killing its pilot . Faal and Korr then made their way to " Junker " , and Idi - Shael used the tractor beam to reel them in . An alarm in Korr ' s hardsuit started going off , however , because it had started to leak oxygen into space . With two holes near the ankle section of the suit leaking , Korr only had thirty seconds of oxygen left . In addition to the tractor beam pulling the pod in , Idi - Shael maneuvered " Junker " closer to the pod . Korr began losing his vision , but saw that Idi - Shael had donned a hardsuit himself , while Ar - Six flew the freighter . As Idi - Shael propelled himself towards Korr , and brought him back aboard " Junker " , Korr was losing consciousness and remarked that the image of " Junker " with an open airlock looked " hungry " . Korr awoke in the corridor outside the airlock . Idi - Shael was able to get him inside " Junker " quickly , and Korr only went a few seconds without air . They saw that the supply ship was moving away from them and was about to jump to hyperspace , while the scout flyer moved deeper into the system . Faal then told Korr about the Umbaran , and how he had been able to block the clones ' Force use and dampened their lightsabers , as well as the fact that one of the clones was of Korr . Even though there were only three clones left , they were still dangerous , and Korr stated " Junker " s crew had to go after the clones . After discussing what had happened on the supply ship , and that they had to go after the clones , Marr saw on the scanners that the Umbaran ' s scout flyer was leaving the system , and Faal hoped they would not show up again . Arsix brought Faal medical supplies , which he accepted with a smile , as he had changed his views on the droid . The supply ship then jumped to hyperspace , and " Junker " s crew would have to follow it using the tracking beacon Korr had placed on the ship on while at the Farpoint medical center on Fhost . While Faal had begun to accept Arsix , he told the droid that he would have to earn his keep on the ship , and would have to bring him caf as " Junker " ran on caf . The tracking beacon tracked the supply ship to a remote system that only had two planets and an asteroid belt . The system also contained high amounts of radiation , but " Junker " deflectors would be able to protect them from it . Faal , Korr , and Idi - Shael discussed whether the clones had made a misjump , or randomly dropped out of hyperspace , but Korr was certain they had traveled there for a reason . Before leaving , Faal said he needed a chewstim , but he , Korr and Idi - Shael were out . Arsix had one ready for him from a cylinder in his body , and they jumped to the system . Mystery of history . When " Junker " dropped out of hyperspace in the system , Idi - Shael adjusted the deflector shields to protect the crew from radiation from a pulsar in the system . Korr and Idi - Shael also felt something in the Force upon entering system , a feeling of the dark side . Faal asked if it was the clones , but Korr responded it was something else , despite the fact that there was nothing in the system aside from an asteroid belt and two barren planets . After engaging the ion engines to head towards the other side of the planets , a scan of the asteroid belt in the system revealed it was composed of parts of a structure , a very large structure . The three discussed that the technology to create such a large structure was impossible , and Korr theorized that it could have been of Celestial or Rakata n origin . Korr told Arsix to send the information to Master Skywalker so that it could be reported , which the droid used " Junker " to do . As " Junker " moved to the opposite side of the two planets however they saw something , a greenish black , organic , viewportless cylinder as large as a star cruiser , which was emanating with the dark side . As they discussed the station , they saw that the clones ' ship had attached to the station with a docking port attacked to the bottom of the ship . Korr told Faal to keep " Junker " at a safe distance so that he and Idi - Shael could take the " Flotsam " to the station . Faal reminded Korr that " Junker " was still his ship , and what had happened when they had left him behind on Fhost , but Korr said Faal would not be enough to handle the powerful Force users on a station built using the dark side . The Jedi also wanted Faal to stay behind so that if something went wrong on the station with the clones , he and Idi - Shael would need a quick exit . The spacer suggested that Ar - Six could pilot " Junker " , but Korr said it would be better for a living pilot to do so . After Idi - Shael agreed with Korr , Faal relented , acknowledging that things had changed on the ship as he had been willing to let a droid pilot it alone , and stayed behind with him while the Jedi headed to " Flotsam " to go to the station . After Korr and Idi - Shael had departed in " Flotsam " , Faal flew " Junker " into the asteroid belt . This way , in case any enemies like the Umbarans tracked them to the system " Junker " would not be left waiting in open space . The spacer also wished them good luck , and for the Force to be with them before letting them know he and Ar - Six would stay on the comms frequency if they would be needed . Nyss Nenn had tracked them to the system , however , and after locating " Junker " in the asteroid belt and determining that Jaden Korr was not onboard , Nenn concluded that he was free to destroy the freighter . Encounter with the Umbaran . Nenn fired upon " Junker " , which took Faal and Ar - Six by surprise . The explosion moved " Junker " towards an asteroid before Faal activated reverse thrusters . Another explosion caused a different asteroid to break into smaller pieces and hit against " Junker " s hull . The attack caused a fire to erupt in the engine room , which Faal sent Ar - Six to extinguish . " Junker " s instrument panels also lost power for a few moments after a shot grazed across the top of the freighter . Faal flew deeper into the asteroid belt where he determined that their attacker was the Umbaran scout ship . Its arrival into the system had gone unnoticed , which made Faal believe the ship had a cloaking device of some sort , not unlike its pilot ' s ability to dampen a Force - sensitive ' s abilities . Regardless , " Junker " had no weapons , so Faal had to bring it away from the firefight . As Faal flew " Junker " deeper into the asteroid belt , his cup of caf fell to the floor and spilled onto " Junker " s deck . Similar to when Korr had flown " Junker " during an earlier encounter with " Harbinger " , Faal piloted the freighter in a highly erratic matter , climbing , diving , slowing down , speeding up , and spinning , but without the aid of the Force that Korr had tapped into . Another asteroid exploded next to " Junker " , and the blast wave caused the freighter to crash into a different asteroid , causing the side of " Junker " s hull to screech along the asteroid . Although Ar - Six was able to remotely extinguish the fire in the engine room , Faal cursed that he had a droid serving on his ship but did not have any weapons installed . After bumping into a few more asteroids and taking a couple more laser hits , Faal told Ar - Six to contact Korr and Idi - Shael to let them know that the Umbaran had tracked them down , and was pursuing " Junker " . The droid could not contact them , however , as the ship ' s transceiver had been knocked out during the fight with the Umbaran ; in order to contact the Jedi , " Junker " had to be in close range for everyone ' s personal comlinks to communicate . " Junker " almost crashed into another large asteroid , but Faal was able to bring the freighter up over the top of the asteroid , and only skimmed the bottom before he accelerated the ship to full speed . Faal was a good pilot , however , and without " Flotsam " attached to the side of " Junker " , he was able to prevent Nenn from acquiring a target lock . Nenn ' s compatriot , a One Sith clone of Jaden Korr known as Iteration , found " Flotsam " near the mysterious station . The Umbaran recognized it to be Rakatan technology , and decided to ignore " Junker " in order to go after Korr who was on the station . Faal did not know this , however , and continued to evasively fly " Junker " through the asteroid belt , and rushed between two asteroids about to collide . It wasn ' t until Ar - Six questioningly beeped about the laser fire that Faal thought the Umbaran had given up his pursuit , although he continued to fly evasively in case the asteroid belt was blocking the sensor readings of the scout ship . The spacer decided to risk a trip out of the asteroid belt in order to determine if the Umbaran had given up . At first Ar - Six could not detect the Umbaran ' s ship , but later realized that it had moved towards the Rakatan station . After he told Ar - Six to repair " Junker " s transceiver , Faal decided that he would board the station as well , and provide backup for the Jedi . When " Junker " was close enough to the station docking tube came out from it connect with " Junker " . After grabbing two blasters from " Junker " s cockpit weapons locker , Faal made his way towards the Rakatan station , and told Ar - Six to keep the engines hot to be safe . He also told the droid to lock the ship , and to contact him when the transceiver was fixed . End of the journey . After Faal , Idi - Shael , and Korr made it back onto " Junker " , the clones ' supply ship had been set to self - destruct , in order to destroy the Rakatan station and the threats within . Faal had Ar - Six fly " Junker " away while it was still attached to the station , and after filaments from the station tried to wrap around the freighter to stop it from leaving , Ar - Six brought the engines to full . When the supply ship exploded it disconnected the tether holding the station above the planet , and " Junker " was almost dragged down with it . Once Ar - Six diverted all power to the engines , except for life support and artificial gravity , the ship broke away from the filaments . The crew was slammed into the walls as the acceleration was too much for the artificial gravity to maintain . With the station ' s remains on the planet , Ar - Six . Faal , Idi - Shael , and Korr determined that " Junker " was mostly intact . Idi - Shael plotted a hyperspace course for to return to Fhost , and Korr reported to the Jedi what had transpired , after which he stated he would make caf in the galley , spiked with pulkay . He later cleaned himself up from the events on the station in one of " Junker " s lavatories , and shaved with an old razor Faal left in the mirror for passengers . Commanders and crew . " Blackstar " crew . The " Blackstar " was under the command of Reegas Vance . Vance was the leader of a group of criminals on the planet Fhost , and heavily modified the ship to aid in his criminal activities . His crew consisted of five criminals , including Marden and Verra . After following Khedryn Faal and Marr Idi - Shael to the site of a derelict ship and giving them an ultimatum , Vance was lured off his ship by the pair . They disabled the engines of their ship , the " Seeker " , and used hardsuits and a hatch cracker to board the " Blackstar " . Verra was waiting for them to dock , and was shot in the chest by Idi - Shael . Faal and Idi - Shael then claimed the ship , with Faal as captain , and renamed the ship " Junker " . " Junker " crew . Faal served as captain of " Junker " , and had a habit of chewing chewstim before lifting off or landing in " Junker " , before jumping to hyperspace , or even because he thinks a situation may become risky . While walking through " Junker " s corridors , Faal would stop and look at joints on a bulkhead or viewport , and tap the bulkheads with his mug to ascertain the ship ' s condition . Idi - Shael used his Cerean brain , and unknowingly the Force , to perform complex mathematical equations to plot hyperspace routes . When working for Jaden Korr , " Junker " engaged an ancient Sith dreadnought , the " Harbinger " . In order to evade the dreadnought , Korr took the controls of the ship and flew through an asteroid field guided by the Force . While Korr was piloting the ship through the asteroids , Relin Druur was at the back of the ship , using the tractor beam array to pull asteroids into the paths of pursuing " Blade " starfighters . Despite his dislike of droids , Faal allowed Korr ' s R6 - series astromech droid , Arsix , onboard , and even let the droid control the ship when he was on the Rakatan space station known as Mother . Arsix had also followed some of the customs of " Junker " s crew , and had a chewstim ready for Faal before a hyperspace jump . Behind the scenes . " Junker " s first appearance was in " Crosscurrent " , which was written by Paul S . Kemp and released on January 26 , 2010 , as well as its sequel , " Riptide " , which was released on October 26 , 2011 . It also appeared in the short story " A Fair Trade " , which was written by Paul S . Kemp and Brian Rood and published in " Star Wars Insider 129 " on October 25 , 2011 .