Outbound Flight Outbound Flight was the main ship of the Outbound Flight Project . It consisted of a central fuselage surrounded by six " Dreadnaught " - class heavy cruisers designated D - One through D - Six ; together , the massive ship was known as " Outbound Flight " . Description . The Central Storage Core was the main hub of " Outbound Flight " , and contained the food and supplies that the colonists would need on their journey . The core was surrounded by six " Dreadnaught " - class heavy cruisers arranged with the storage capacity so that if any of the six Dreadnaughts detached , they could each easily load one - sixth of its supplies into their ship . In fact , it was planned that one " Dreadnaught " would be left behind for defense in the event that a colony was established . On each Dreadnaught was a dining room or cafeteria in which the colonists ate their meals . There was talk of decorating each of the different cafeterias with themes from different parts of the galaxy , but the request was turned down . The Combined Operations Center or ComOps Center for " Outbound Flight " was located on Dreadnaught - One just behind the bridge / monitor room complex , stretching for thirty meters between the two main bow corridors . From this area , Captain Pakmillu had control over all six Dreadnaughts . All 200 single - seat landspeeders and swoops used for transportation around " Outbound Flight " could be controlled from this point . The configuration of the Dreadnaughts gave " Outbound Flight " a very formidable armament of one hundred twenty quad laser cannons , sixty laser cannons , and sixty turbolaser batteries . The 50 , 000 passengers were housed in a mobile space station composed of the central fuselage . History . Preparation began in 29 BBY and the expedition departed from Yaga Minor in 27 BBY . While nominally commanded by Captain Pakmillu , Jedi Master Jorus C ' baoth quickly assumed more and more control over the operations of " Outbound Flight " . He recruited the children of the colonists , who were chosen for probable Force - sensitivity , to be new Jedi trainees , ignoring the wishes of their parents . This was part of his plan to create a new society where Jedi would directly guide and govern non - Jedi . He also began to unilaterally pass judgment over disputes between non - Jedi , even when mediation was not asked for . This began to cause discontent in the civilian population , especially the technician Chas Uliar . Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi questioned C ' baoth ' s methods , warning that trying to rule non - Jedi could lead to the dark side . However Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker were removed from Outbound Flight before they left Republic space because of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , who as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious wished to someday train Skywalker as his Sith apprentice . Sidious had sent Special Task Force One to destroy " Outbound Flight " , but that was devastated by a CEDF force led by the young Commander Mitth ' raw ' nuruodo , who would later become the infamous Grand Admiral Thrawn . Kinman Doriana , the leader of the task force , was spared , and convinced Thrawn to take on the task of eliminating " Outbound Flight " . Thrawn used a gravity well projector to force Outbound Flight out of hyperspace . He decided to try negotiation first , and met with C ' baoth and his former Padawan , Lorana Jinzler , on " Outbound Flight " . However C ' baoth refused to listen to Thrawn , especially when he mentioned the name of Darth Sidious . Chas Uliar attempted to talk to Thrawn while he was escorted off the ship in order to get his help in overthrowing C ' baoth ' s tyranny . He was caught by C ' baoth himself , who had Jinzler imprison him and fifty - six other colonists who shared similar views in the central storage core . After Thrawn returned to his own ship , the Vagaari arrived due to Thrawn ' s manipulations with the help of the smuggler Jorj Car ' das . As the Vagaari fleet stormed towards the " Outbound Flight " , C ' baoth performed a Force meld to trick the enemy . At that moment Thrawn launched droid starfighters to engage the confused Vagaari , creating a large disturbance in the Force which overwhelmed the meld participants . During the disturbance , C ' baoth and his fellow Jedi failed to detect the Chiss forces that were sneaking in , and Thrawn managed to systematically destroy the weapon clusters of the " Outbound Flight " , killing almost every Jedi aboard . At this point , Thrawn gave Outbound Flight another chance to turn back and contacted C ' baoth . Enraged , Jorus gave into his anger and succumbed to the dark side and Force - choked Thrawn across space from " Outbound Flight ' s " bridge itself , almost killing him . However , before Thrawn could die , Doriana activated the secondary command layer pre - set in the droid starfighters , which then rammed and blasted open the " Outbound Flight " . The final wave of starfighters employed a radiation bomb of Chiss design on the ship , killing C ' baoth and most of the passengers aboard . Only Lorana Jinzler and the fifty - seven colonists imprisoned in the core managed to survive the bomb s . The Chiss began to take control of the ship , but were recalled by Syndic Chaf ' orm ' bintrano , who wished to take the ship for his own family . Only Syndic Mitth ' ras ' safis ( Thrass ) , of equal rank to Chaf ' orm ' bintrano , stayed on the ship . Lorana met with Thrass and they formed a plan to hide " Outbound Flight " in The Redoubt where the colonists would be safe until Thrass could argue their case to the Ruling Families of the Chiss Ascendancy . However the ship ' s hyperdrive soon failed , and they had to crash - land the craft on a small planetoid . A stone - filled trench was chosen to absorb the impact of landing . A few moments before impact , Lorana and Thrass realized the fifty - seven survivors had moved from the central storage core to D - 4 , the Dreadnaught on the opposite side of D - 1 , their location . Lorana and Thrass knew they would have to land on D - 1 to save D - 4 , and gave their lives so that the remaining colonists would have a chance for survival . Before leaving the Republic , genetic samples were taken from all passengers and crew , with the stated intention of preventing a Hive virus . C ' baoth ' s sample was used by Emperor Palpatine to create a clone of him , called Joruus C ' baoth . This clone was discovered in 9 ABY , by Thrawn . The clone turned out even more unstable than the original donor , and eventually attempted to take control of the Empire from Thrawn . The clone was ultimately killed in a confrontation with Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and the former Emperor ' s Hand Mara Jade . In 22 ABY , Chiss explorers discovered the remains of " Outbound Flight " and its support ships fifty years after its destruction . The survivors of the project had founded a meager , self - sufficient colony on the planet that Lorana and Thrass landed them on . However , the Vagaari ( disguised as peaceful Geroon ) attempted to destroy the surviving colonists and the Chiss along with their Jedi , New Republic , and Empire of the Hand allies during the Battle of the Redoubt . They succeeded in detaching a Dreadnaught from the wreckage , although they were foiled by a Delta - 12 Skysprite and the Chiss fleet .