Errant Venture The Errant Venture was an " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer captured by the smuggler Booster Terrik . Originally commissioned into the Imperial Navy as the Virulence , under Terrik ' s ownership she became something of a mobile shadowport , and was for many decades the only privately owned " Imperial I " - or " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer in the known galaxy , distinguished by her unusual red coloring . History . Imperial service . Little information is available about the early operational history of the " Virulence " , except that she was launched after the Battle of Yavin , and by the time of the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , she was under the command of Captain Joak Drysso , a man known primarily as a loyal supporter of the New Order . The name itself means " venomous hostility " or " shortness of temper . " When Drysso saw the " Executor " crashing into the Death Star II , however , he realized the battle had been lost , and ordered his Star Destroyer to retreat . He subsequently allied himself with Director of Imperial Intelligence Ysanne Isard , because he believed that she had the best right to the vacant throne , and also the best ability to strike back against the New Republic . Drysso supported Isard ' s decision to withdraw from Coruscant , and he was one of three Star Destroyer captains who openly joined her when she seized power on Thyferra . He was named captain of Isard ' s Super Star Destroyer , " Lusankya " , and his female first officer , Lakwii Varrscha , who already held the rank of captain , took charge of the " Virulence " , becoming one of the few female commanders in Imperial service . Under her methodical but uninspired leadership the ship participated in a number of engagements against Rogue Squadron during the Bacta War . When Wedge Antilles and Booster Terrik allowed the Imperials to discover their hidden base at Yag ' Dhul , Isard sent the " Lusankya " and the " Virulence " to attack them . Upon arrival , they found the Rogues had already evacuated and left the area , but they were faced by Booster Terrik aboard Yag ' Dhul Station . " Lusankya " found itself locked in place by dozens of tractor beams , and more than three hundred proton torpedo launchers locked onto the Super Star Destroyer , more than enough to destroy her . Captain Varrscha quickly moved " Virulence " in front of " Lusankya " , freeing the command ship from the tractor beams ' grip and enabling Drysso to rush back to Thyferra with the Super Star Destroyer . In fact , there were no missile launchers aboard the space station , just stripped - down targeting sensors , but Terrik , aided by the unexpected arrival of a New Republic starfighter force under the command of Pash Cracken , brazened it out , and convinced Captain Varrscha to surrender the undamaged " Virulence " without a fight . Terrik immediately took command , loading up the captured ship with his people and Cracken ' s fighters . By the time Terrik and Cracken arrived at Thyferra , the battle was well under way . Against " Lusankya " massive firepower , Rogue Squadron had organized an alliance including Imperial defector Sair Yonka and his Star Destroyer " Freedom " , the " Valiant " , a salvaged Cruiser from the ruins of Alderaan and a force of armed freighters loaded to the brim with the missiles and torpedoes which had supposedly been at Yag ' Dhul Station . Captain Drysso could not believe his good luck when he saw " Virulence " emerge from hyperspace , but he was in for a very unpleasant surprise when his former ship launched A - wing fighters into the battle , and opened up on " Lusankya " with her weaponry . Terrik ' s arrival helped turn the tide of the engagement conclusively against the " Lusankya " , and the battle was soon finished , with the Super Star Destroyer surrendered to the New Republic , and Isard apparently killed in the act of escaping . Private service . Following the battle , Booster decided that he enjoyed being in charge of a Star Destroyer , and he wanted to keep the " Virulence " . Not wishing to leave such a powerful ship in the hands of a smuggler , General Airen Cracken of the New Republic Intelligence Service tried to convince him to give up the ship . Terrik was defiant , but a compromise was brokered by his future son - in - law Corran Horn and Talon Karrde . Airen Cracken ' s main concern was to leave a starship with enough firepower to slag a planet in " private " hands , so Corran Horn first tried to have Booster accept Sair Yonka ' s " Freedom " instead of the " Virulence " . Terrik refused , arguing that he would never be able to get the " Freedom " repaired at any of the existing shipyards , and arrogantly stated that either the New Republic paid an immense sum of cash immediately or he flew the Destroyer away . Cracken countered by stating that the " Virulence " crew were now prisoners of war , and that while Booster had a claim on the ship , he couldn ' t fly it anywhere without a crew . Talon Karrde then defused the situation by proposing the following deal , which was accepted by both parts : Terrik was allowed to keep the Star Destroyer , but she was to be stripped of most of her armament , down to the legal maximum for the largest of civilian starships . To sweeten the deal , the decommissioned weapons were sold to the New Republic , which netted her new captain eighteen million credits . Karrde , acted as middle man , and netted 7 million for himself . Booster renamed the Star Destroyer as the " Errant Venture " , and turned the ship into a shadowport and a mobile bazaar of sorts , clearing out entire sections of the interior to create space for entrepreneurs to set up shop . Locations on the ship included The Mines , Black Level , Blue Level , Trader ' s Alley , Diamond Level , Docking Bay 15 , and Docking Slot 1127 . Some of the crew wore gaudy versions of the Imperial officer ' s uniform in Corellian green - and - gold . In 11 ABY , Booster ' s daughter Mirax Terrik Horn was kidnapped , and the " Venture " assisted Corran in his hunt for her , and almost came to battle with Leonia Tavira ' s Star Destroyer , " Invidious " . Eventually , the Star Destroyer became a second home for Corran , Mirax , and ultimately their children Valin and Jysella . However , Booster found himself running the Star Destroyer at significantly less than optimal levels . She rarely carried even a skeleton crew , although this still meant that several thousand trained personnel had to be found — during the Yuuzhan Vong War , her standard complement was said to be 4 , 780 . By 19 ABY , although the ship remained basically operational and spaceworthy , literally half of her systems were non - functional or malfunctioning , and Booster eventually hired two hundred Verpine technicians to give her a thorough overhaul in the Nosken system — a process that took more than two months . At this point , General Garm Bel Iblis coopted the " Venture " for a mission deep inside the Galactic Empire , a raid on the Ubiqtorate base at Yaga Minor . The New Republic needed a large capital ship that could pass for an Imperial vessel , but the Defense Force ' s own refitted Star Destroyers were too well - known , too high - profile . The " Errant Venture " , on the other hand , was the perfect ship : she often disappeared when Booster needed her to , and she had never had an extensive refit since her Imperial service . For the upcoming mission , however , she was given a thorough overhaul by the New Republic , restoring her to full military functionality . But Terrik laid down important conditions : he wanted to keep the " Errant Venture " reconditioned equipment left intact after the mission was over , and he wanted the New Republic to repaint her " something besides Star Destroyer White , " removing the mock battle damage she had been given for the raid . For a time , his desire to paint the vessel was thwarted by the lack of sufficient quantities of paint in any color besides " Star Destroyer White . " " Errant Venture " survived the subsequent battle — in fact , she ended up cooperating with Admiral Pellaeon ' s " Chimaera " and the raid turned into the moment when peace with the Imperial Remnant became possible . Subsequently , Terrik had the ship repainted in bright red — although he would have been furious to know that most of the paint came from Talon Karrde , who had sold it to the New Republic in the first place . Over the next few years , Terrik ' s red Star Destroyer continued on her unusual journeys — in 22 ABY , Talon Karrde used her to intercept Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker and warn them of a communiqué from the Chiss , and during the early stages of the Yuuzhan Vong War , Terrik used her to run guns to the Hutts . In the second year of the war , however , the Star Destroyer became the new home of the Jedi Praxeum after the Yuuzhan Vong attacked Yavin 4 , essentially becoming a modern day " Chu ' unthor " . In 26 ABY , Ben Skywalker was born aboard the ship , and after the Battle of Coruscant , she joined the Jedi and New Republic forces at Borleias under the command of Wedge Antilles . She was the largest single ship in a smuggler fleet that was part of the wider New Republic fleet at the tide - turning Battle of Ebaq 9 , and during the Battle of Yuuzhan ' tar , she helped the Jedi and the Hapan Royal Navy defend Zonama Sekot from the fleet Supreme Overlord Shimrra and Warmaster Nas Choka dispatched to attack the living world . During the Second Galactic Civil War , Leia Organa Solo and Han Solo both fled Corellia with Lando Calrissian to the " Errant Venture " in Lando ' s ship , the " Love Commander " . Joining them was Iella Wessiri Antilles , Mirax Terrik Horn , and Myri Antilles in the " Pulsar Skate " , along with Wedge Antilles and Corran Horn in their own personal X - Wings . After landing in the Flag Hangar , Leia suggested that they park the " Errant Venture " near Corellia so that they might be able to gather information from the Alliance members of the Corellian blockade about a possible puppet master pulling the strings behind the war . Eventually , with Luke Skywalker ' s mentioning to Jacen Solo of how bad of an idea it was to park the " Errant Venture " near the blockade , " Errant Venture " was given permission to go to the Corellian Blockade to entertain the crews and gather intelligence . When the fleet was under attack , Corran Horn , Luke Skywalker , Mara Skywalker , and Wedge Antilles protected the Errant Venture until all of its military ships were launched , thus allowing it to escape to Coruscant . Jaina Solo , Jag Fel , and Zekk all went to the " Errant Venture " on their mission to track down Alema Rar after a program they planted noticed that all the holocams were being " wiped " by a Force - sensitive , possibly Alema , who turned out to be the one doing the wiping . Alema tried to kill Han , Leia , Luke and Mara on the " Errant Venture " but was chased away by Zekk , Corran , Leia , Jaina , and Jagged Fel . Later in the Second Galactic Civil War , the " Errant Venture " was used as a jumping - off point for one of the missions to capture or kill Jacen Solo . Armament in private hands . Under New Republic law , a privately owned heavy - duty civilian transport ship was legally allowed to carry ten heavy turbolaser batteries , ten ion cannon batteries , and two tractor beam projectors — although , of course , this weapons - to - tonnage ratio remained purely hypothetical until Booster Terrik took control of the " Errant Venture " , since the Mark II Star Destroyer dwarfed even the largest civilian luxury cruisers and bulk haulers . As part of the deal allowing Booster to keep the Star Destroyer , the " Venture " was stripped of the majority of its armament , leaving it with the maximal weaponry allowed ( or " A token array of guns ! " as Booster often complained ) . Demilitarization was General Cracken ' s primary condition for allowing Terrik to keep his Star Destroyer , and after eight years of continuous operation , her minimal armament appeared to have been reduced even further , with just three of her turbolasers functioning . Nawara Ven told Talon Karrde that two had been cannibalized for parts , three had been sold to buy replacement components for the hyperdrive , and two were simply not working . However , there were some indications that the " Errant Venture " was more heavily armed than she appeared — or was legally allowed to be . In his memoirs of events in 11 ABY , Corran Horn seemed to let slip that his father - in - law ' s ship was still more powerful than two " Victory " - class Star Destroyers combined , and on Karrde ' s visit in 19 ABY , although sensor readings showed only three turbolaser turrets as armed , they also showed all the Star Destroyer ' s weapons tracking towards the " Wild Karrde " — difficult for a ship on which most of them were supposed to have been physically removed . Nor did the records of the refit before the Yaga Minor raid mention the " Errant Venture " being rearmed : her systems were simply described as being repaired and overhauled . In short , even if they were not always fully operational , it seems that Terrik had quickly replaced the weapons that he had been forced to remove , and after Yaga Minor , he clearly expected to keep her that way . Early in the Yuuzhan Vong War , however , official figures suggest that the ship was once again carrying only her legal armament , and it is possible that the New Republic had forced him to strip her of her extra weaponry . Even if they had , however , Terrik had augmented her firepower with some sort of superweapon , capable of taking out a Yuuzhan Vong destroyer analog with a single shot . This was rumored to be a ship - killing superlaser similar to Durga ' s " Darksaber " , the plans for which Booster had acquired from the Hutts . Although it took several minutes to charge the weapon to full capacity , and its power was limited to destroying warships , it was said to be able to destroy any spaceship in its path for a light year . It was also the first ship to be equipped with a gravitic amplitude modulator after the Fall of Coruscant . At Borleias , " Errant Venture " was also rearmed with heavy weapons stripped from the " Lusankya " , but although the Yuuzhan Vong , like the New Republic , were led to believe that she had previously been only lightly armed , she may have already been at or near her full combat firepower , simply receiving new , and perhaps super - heavy , turbolasers from the Super Star Destroyer . Whatever the truth of the matter , " Errant Venture " remained fully armed and operational until the Liberation of Coruscant . Sometime prior to the Second Galactic Civil War , " Errant Venture " was once again stripped of most of its weapons . Behind the scenes . In an online chat , Michael Stackpole indicated not all of the " Errant Venture " was painted red — some parts of the hull were reserved by Booster to rent out for advertising billboards .