Deference The Deference was a " Pythar " - class Imperial shuttlecraft that belonged to a scientist of the Sith Empire during the Great Galactic War between the Empire and the Galactic Republic . In 3665 BBY , the " Deference " was shot down during the Battle of Hoth and crashed into the icy surface of the planet Hoth , and the shuttle remained buried in a cave system for decades . During the subsequent Galactic War between the Empire and the Republic , the " Deference " was the subject of a Jedi mission to recover information from the shuttle ' s databanks . Description . The " Deference " was a " Pythar " - class Imperial shuttlecraft , a small , gray shuttle with short , curved wings on either side . The " Deference " had a minimum crew of one pilot , and contained databanks , which the Imperial scientist who owned the shuttle used to store his research . History . The " Deference " was used by a scientist of the Sith Empire during the Great Galactic War with the Galactic Republic , during which the scientist updated the defenses of the space fortress of the Sith Emperor . In 3665 BBY , the scientist was piloting the " Deference " in the Hoth system when it was shot down during the Battle of Hoth , a major naval engagement between the Empire and the Republic . The " Deference " crashed in the Highmount Ridge region — which killed its scientist pilot — where it broke into a cave system within the ridge . Imperial Intelligence recorded the " Deference " loss , but the Empire made no attempts to recover the starship . Around 3642 BBY , the Republic Strategic Information Service intelligence organization raided an Imperial Intelligence base and learned of the " Deference " existence , and the SIS notified the Jedi Master Tol Braga , who was working on a plan to capture the Emperor . Braga then dispatched the Jedi Knight Leeha Narezz to Hoth to recover the " Deference " so that their strike team could obtain the schematics for the Emperor ' s space station . However , the White Maw pirates came across the wreck before Narezz could locate it , and they stole the shuttle ' s databanks — but they missed the decryption file , leaving them unable to read the information . An Imperial salvage team soon came across the " Deference " and began to excavate the shuttle , though they were interrupted by the arrival of Narezz and the Jedi Knight known as the Hero of Tython , another member of the strike team . The Emperor ' s Imperial Guard attempted to capture the two Jedi in the caves , though the Republic Military ' s Sergeant Fideltin Rusk and his squad forestalled their efforts , and Narezz and the squad searched the shuttle for their prize — only to find that the databank was gone . After questioning an Imperial technician named Urrisov who had been captured during the fight , the Jedi and Republic trooper s learned of the White Maw ' s acquisition of the databank , and they were able to track down the databank and acquire the schematics of the space station . Commanders and crew . The " Deference " was owned by an Imperial scientist who also served as the shuttle ' s pilot . The scientist went down with his vessel during the Battle of Hoth and died when the shuttle crashed on the ice planet . Behind the scenes . The " Deference " first appeared in the Jedi Knight - class mission " Sub - Zero Showdown " in " " , a video game released by BioWare and LucasArts in 2011 . Locating the shuttle is the objective of the player ' s mission .