Taris Civil Authority police cruiser The Taris Civil Authority police cruiser was a ship used around 3964 BBY by the Taris Civil Authority , the law enforcement on the planet Taris . The cruiser was capable of following fugitives into space ; whereas the craft used planetside on Taris could not . At least three were used to attempt to apprehend the Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick and the Snivvian Marn Hierogryph , the falsely accused perpetrators of the Padawan Massacre of Taris . Characteristics . The police cruiser was capable of traveling in the vacuum of space and were armed but required clearance from the Sector Constable to use their weapons lethally . A large blue searchlight was mounted on the front of the cruisers to help improve visibility . One particular feature of the cruisers was a " hover mode " that allowed all occupants of the cruiser to disembark while keeping the ship nearby . This was particularly useful when low - gravity environments made landing difficult . Role . The police cruiser was used by the Taris Civil Authority , the law enforcement on the planet of Taris , to follow fugitives into space . The cruiser was needed because the craft used planetside were unable to go into space . If required , the cruiser would fire upon fugitive ships to destroy them . History . The police cruiser was used by the Taris Civil Authority around 3964 BBY . A notable deployment of the cruisers was when the Taris Civil Authority and the Jedi Covenant issued an arrest warrant for Jedi Padawan Zayne Carrick and the Snivvian Marn " Gryph " Hierogryph for their alleged involvement in the Padawan Massacre of Taris . In an effort to escape offworld from the Civil Authority , Hierogryph decided to call on the Arkanian Offshoot mechanic Gorman " Camper " Vandrayk and his companion Jarael for help . An arrest squad led by Sector Constable Noana Sowrs and Jedi Master Lucien Draay arrived soon after the fugitives found Vandrayk and Jarael . Vandrayk ultimately decided to take them inside his modified starship , " The Last Resort " , and attempt to leave the planet . The Taris Civil Authority were not expecting the fugitives to flee to space and did not have craft capable of following . Sowrs assured Draay , both aboard a Civil Authority gunship , that the police cruisers would be able to apprehend " The Last Resort " . Unreliable repairs made to " The Last Resort " caused it to stop in orbit of the planet , where three of the police cruisers surrounded the ship . Sector Constable Sowrs authorized these cruisers to use lethal force if necessary . Vandrayk managed to fix his ship ' s systems and it suddenly sped off into the Tarisian asteroid field , hitting one of the police cruisers in the process . After deciding to look for T1 - LB , an LB - series bulk - loading droid that was used by the masters of the Jedi Tower to set up portable shields for them to meditate under safely , Carrick and Jarael were dropped off where the droid was last seen — Taris ' Rogue moon . The duo found the droid at the foot of a cliff , having been pushed off with the Force by Draay . They then suddenly found themselves confronted with said Master , who had navigated through the asteroid field in a police cruiser with several Civil Authority officers to find them . However , the empty police cruiser was shot down by Hierogryph in " The Last Resort " , as the Snivvian had discovered that Vandrayk had rerouted the power from the hyperdrive to " one beauty of a gun . " During the Siege of Taris , a cruiser was located in the Lower City base of the Taris Resistance . Behind the scenes . The Taris Civil Authority police cruiser was first mentioned in " " and first appeared in the issue after , " " . The cruisers were penciled by Brian Ching in " Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 4 : Commencement , Part 4 " . The one appearing in " " was penciled by Travel Foreman ; and another by Dustin Weaver in " " . The cruiser seen in the Taris Resistance base is likely to have belonged to Sector Constable Noana Sowrs who , with the Taris Home Guard , had joined the Resistance .