Sith armada / Legends The Sith armada was a fleet of starships captured for use by the Lost Tribe of Sith — descendants of a group of Sith who survived the crash - landing of their warship , the " Omen " , on the remote planet Kesh in 5000 BBY — with the purpose of conquering the weakened galaxy . In 41 ABY , a Sith Meditation Sphere known as Ship arrived on the planet . The Tribe began using Ship to attack vessels , at first to scavenge parts to repair the " Omen " and later to capture them and expand their fleet . By 43 . 5 ABY , their armada contained more than two dozen ships . Lady Rhea and her Sith apprentice , Vestara Khai , served in the armada aboard the " Eternal Crusader " , a starship used by the Sith strike team sent to recover Ship and eliminate Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker in 43 ABY . The strike team was decimated by the Jedi , however , with Khai the only survivor . Lord Viun Gaalan then led a group of shuttles to Dathomir to retrieve Khai and a group of Nightsisters that she helped to capture . However , after Jedi intervention , Khai was captured . As the Jedi flew into orbit , however , they were taken by surprise by a group of eleven ChaseMaster frigates led by High Lord Sarasu Taalon , who proposed they form an alliance in order to destroy Abeloth , a powerful dark side being . However , the Sith actually intended to force Abeloth to serve them . During the ensuing mission , one ship took part in an illegal raid and was apprehended with its crew condemned to death , and another was obliterated after colliding with debris of the remnants of the destroyed Sinkhole Station . The mission eventually ended in failure for the Sith , as Skywalker defeated Abeloth , and the entire flotilla was sent back to Kesh while the Skywalkers , Taalon , Khai , and Khai ' s father remained on Abeloth ' s planet to investigate more about Abeloth . Meanwhile , the Sith armada continued to grow with its continuous piracy of vessels , and the Sith prepared their fleet for war . Part of the fleet engaged a wing of Jedi StealthX fighters in battle over the moon Pydyr , but the Sith were forced to retreat . Soon afterward , a Sith flotilla engaged the Jedi over the planet Nam Chorios , but they were again defeated . Part of the armada later defected to join Abeloth . The Sith Tribe then traveled to infiltrate the capital planet Coruscant after the New Jedi Order vacated the world . A small force also attempted to ambush the Jedi academy on Ossus , but the majority of the Jedi forces , assisted by the Hapes Consortium , escaped . Soon afterward , the Sith received a crippling blow with the destruction of their forces on Coruscant . Description . The Sith armada was a fleet in use by the Lost Tribe of Sith — a group of Sith stranded on the remote planet Kesh . The ships in the fleet were varied , ranging from large bulk freighters to warships to a Sith Meditation Sphere . The Sith worked together as a team to acquire vessels , often employing several starships together during an attack . After a vessel was captured by the Tribe , it was towed back to their homeworld of Kesh to be repaired , renamed , and integrated into the armada . The first vessel in the armada was Ship , the Sith Meditation Sphere . At first , it served as the leader of the armada ; it knew where to take the Tribe to find a new target and was the Tribe ' s only means of transportation off - planet . Once the Tribe had acquired enough parts , they managed to repair the " Omen " , the dreadnaught in which the Tribe ' s ancestors had crashed onto Kesh more than five thousand years prior . With the " Omen " repaired , the Tribe began capturing vessels , rather than just foraging them for parts , and the fleet quickly grew . By 43 . 5 ABY , it numbered more than two dozen vessels . One of the first vessels to be commandeered was the " Eternal Crusader " , a warship larger and more powerful than the " Omen " . It served under the command of Lady Olaris Rhea and was used in the capture of several more vessels . Other capital ships in the armada included several Corporate Sector Authority frigates , two EE - 104 Fisheye stealth vessels , and no fewer than twenty - seven ChaseMaster frigates , among them the " Black Wave " , which served under the command of High Lord Sarasu Taalon , the " Starstalker " , which was commanded by Captain Vyn Holpur , and the " Winged Dagger " , which was commanded first by Captain Syndor , then Leeha Faal , and then Syndor again , following Faal ' s death . The armada employed several Corporate Sector gunship s , and among the starfighters used were at least six " Javelins " and a full wing of Skipray twelve - jays . By 44 ABY , the Sith had spread throughout the galaxy , refining their piracy techniques and preparing a war fleet consisting of hundreds of vessels . History . In 5 , 000 BBY , during the Great Hyperspace War , a Sith starship , the " Omen " , crash - landed on the remote planet of Kesh while attempting to transport Lignan crystal s to Sith Lord Naga Sadow . The survivors of the crash eventually formed a group called the Lost Tribe of Sith . Ship , a Sith Meditation Sphere , arrived on Kesh in 41 ABY and made contact with the Tribe , revealing that the Sith had been driven from the galaxy , and only a small group remained . The Tribe decided that it was their destiny to restore the Sith Empire , and Ship then told them that it could help them repair the " Omen " by scavenging parts from other vessels . Ship took the Sith aboard , and for the first time in around 5 , 000 years , members of the Tribe left the planet ' s atmosphere and returned to space . Ship called for five Sith to join it in an attack on a Damorian s18 light freighter en route from the planet Eriadu . High Lord Sarasu Taalon , Lady Olaris Rhea , Rhea ' s apprentice Vestara Khai , Lord Ivaar Workan , and Sith Saber Ruku Myal were chosen for the mission . Ship opened fire on the freighter and forced it to crash on an uninhabited planet . The crew of the ship was then slaughtered by the Sith , and the defeated vessel ' s parts were scavenged to help begin the repairs on the " Omen " . With the help of Ship , the Sith constructed a simple spaceport for their new armada . Meanwhile , the Tribe began to attack more vessels , leaving no being left alive to reveal the location of their homeworld . Eventually , the " Omen " was completely repaired , and it became the first vessel to serve alongside Ship in the armada . The Tribe continued their attacks , now capturing vessels and pressing them into service in the fleet . The new lifestyle forced the spacefaring Tribe members to change their clothing and weaponry to be more efficient for their new duties . By 43 . 5 ABY , the armada numbered more than two dozen starships . Strike team . In 43 . 5 ABY , Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker touched an Aing - Tii relic , the Codex , which amplified his presence and called out his name to the Tribe through the Force . Ship revealed to the Tribe the danger that Skywalker presented to them , and the Tribe ' s Grand Lord , Darish Vol , called an emergency meeting in the Circle Chambers in Kesh ' s capital city of Tahv . Vol and Rhea chose a strike team from the armada , commanded by Rhea , to be sent to hunt down Skywalker , but before they could depart , Ship abruptly left the planet to follow the call through the Force . The strike team was then tasked with finding and retrieving Ship before eliminating Skywalker . The strike team tracked Ship to a planet in the Maw , where they met a powerful being named Abeloth . They eventually recovered Ship , although many members of the team were killed by the planet ' s deadly plants and Abeloth managed to keep them there long enough to eliminate their supplies and damage all of the shuttles aboard the " Eternal Crusader " , as well as ground the " Eternal Crusader " itself . The Sith then traveled aboard Ship to Sinkhole Station , a space station in the Maw where Abeloth had located Skywalker and his son , Ben . They ambushed the Jedi , but in the ensuing skirmish the entire Sith team was eliminated except for Khai . Khai fled in a dilapidated SoroSuub StarTripper yacht , " She ' s a Chancer " , eventually landing on the planet Dathomir and sending out a hypercomm message to the Sith on Kesh to retrieve her . Alliance . As the Sith organized a group of ships to travel to Dathomir to rescue Khai , Khai encountered the Nightsisters — a group of dark side - using Witches — and decided that they could be of use to the Sith , reporting their existence to the Tribe . Lord Viun Gaalan led a group of shuttles to Dathomir , where they captured the Nightsisters . However , before Gaalan could retrieve Khai , the Skywalkers — who had tracked Khai to Dathomir — intervened along with the Force - sensitive Dyon Stadd , and Gaalan was forced to flee without Khai . Taking Khai captive , the Jedi left Dathomir , but as they entered orbit they were ambushed by a group of eleven capital class ChaseMaster frigates under the command of High Lord Sarasu Taalon . Taalon lied to them that members of the Sith Tribe had been suffering from the same psychosis as several Jedi back on the planet Coruscant recently , and that he wished to form an alliance with the Jedi in order to eliminate Abeloth , who was causing the psychosis . In reality , the proposed alliance was simply a ploy by the Sith ; their actual intention was to force Abeloth to cooperate with them . Skywalker agreed to the alliance , and suggested that they contact his friend , Lando Calrissian , to assist them in navigating the Maw with his Colossus I Beta Series asteroid tug , the " Rockhound " . The Sith agreed , and the fleet of ships waited in orbit over Klatooine , and while there , Taalon transferred command of the frigate " Winged Dagger " from Captain Syndor to his personal assistant , Leeha Faal . Eventually , however , the Sith and Jedi decided they could wait no longer , and left the planet , to wait for Calrissian just outside the Maw . Taalon convinced Skywalker to allow him to leave two frigates behind — the " Starstalker " , captained by Vyn Holpur , and the " Winged Dagger " — under the premise that they would await Calrissian ' s arrival . In reality , however , Taalon had given orders to Faal which she passed on to Holpur , commanding him to retrieve samples of wintrium from the sacred Fountain of the Ancients on Klatooine . Mission to the Maw . The Sith were met with resistance from native Klatooinians , and soon several Hutts as well , who attacked the " Starstalkker " and surrounded the " Winged Dagger " , taking the Sith into custody . They were brought to trial in front of Calrissian and Jedi Knight Jaina Solo , who had just arrived on the planet . Faal claimed that Holpur and his crew had acted of their own accord , and so the entire crew of the " Starstalker " was condemned to death . Faal , Calrissian , and Solo then left to meet the rest of the fleet outside of the Maw . The fleet then entered the Maw under the protection of Calrissian ' s asteroid tug . However , upon their arrival at their first destination , Sinkhole Station , they found that the station had been destroyed by Abeloth . Two frigates , however , failed to slow down , entering the debris field at a great speed . The " Rockhound " used its tractor beams to slow them , and managed to stop and save one of the ships . The other , however , was traveling at too great a velocity , and was obliterated upon impact . The Jedi and Sith then agreed to travel to Abeloth ' s planet , where they noticed Ship , still under Abeloth ' s control , and also saw the remains of the " Eternal Crusader " . Once they had landed , the allies decided to search for Abeloth by Mind Walking beyond shadows . While beyond shadows , however , Faal was killed , and commission of the " Winged Dagger " was returned to Syndor . The Sith and Jedi eventually located Abeloth and fought her , and the Sith executed their betrayal by attempting to capture the dark side being . Meanwhile , Solo engaged Ship , who was still under Abeloth ' s influence , in combat in her StealthX . The Sith failed in their endeavor , however , and Skywalker defeated Abeloth ; and immediately after Abeloth ' s apparent death , Ship fled the system . The Sith and Jedi then agreed to send all of their respective forces away except for Taalon , Khai , Khai ' s father , Gavar , the Skywalkers , and Stadd , who remained behind to investigate more about Abeloth . War . Solo and Calrissian left , but when they exited hyperspace they found they had arrived at the incorrect location . After discovering that someone had slipped a sabotage mouse droid aboard the " Rockhound " at Klatooine , they began to suspect pirates . Solo went out in her StealthX to confront them , and found that they could feel her presence in the Force , and were thus Sith . She and Calrissian escaped and made it back to Coruscant , where they reported to the Jedi Council . Meanwhile , they detailed a map with the assistance of Jedi Knight Jaden Korr , showing that the Lost Tribe of Sith had been attacking vessels and taking them for use in their armada all over the galaxy . After further examination , Jedi Master Corran Horn realized that the Sith were preparing a war fleet . Meanwhile , after a falling out between the Skywalkers and the three remaining Sith , the Jedi — with Vestara Khai in tow — tracked Abeloth to the moon Pydyr . There , however , Khai relayed a message to an outpost of the fleet on Boonta , where the message was passed on to Kesh . In response , a " Kondo " - class assault shuttle was sent with Taalon and Gavar Khai . The Sith lost the shuttle , the " Obuuri " , during the search for Abeloth , but were soon joined by three more " Kondo " - class shuttles led by Sith Master Jestat Vhool . When they found Abeloth , however , she drove the members of the Sith fleet mad with visions . In the ensuing battle with Abeloth , Taalon — who had begun to change into another being like Abeloth — was killed by Vestara Khai , and Abeloth was forced to flee . As the Jedi made to leave with Vestara , they were stopped by Vhool . Before the Sith could harm them , however , a wing of StealthXs sent from Coruscant arrived and engaged the Sith , allowing Vestara and the Jedi to escape . In the meantime , Gavar Khai developed a plan to find and eliminate a Jedi queen of whom Taalon had had a vision . The Sith discovered that Hapan Queen Mother Tenel Ka Djo closely resembled the Jedi queen , and a team of Sith under Saber Querdan Dei aboard the EE - 104 Fisheye " Cryptic Warning " was sent to assassinate her ; but the plan was ultimately foiled . Gavar Khai meanwhile received a message from his daughter , informing him that she and the Jedi had tracked Abeloth to the planet Nam Chorios . Saber Khai was put in command of a flotilla led by several Corporate Sector Authority frigates to execute Operation Shieldfall — a mission to kill the Skywalkers and eliminate or capture Abeloth . He sent Sith agents ahead of the fleet to take control of the world ' s orbiting Golan III Space Defense NovaGun platforms , but when the Sith arrived in - system , they were ambushed by a fleet of Jedi StealthXs . Before long , two of the frigates had been destroyed , with an additional two severely damaged . As the flotilla suffered heavy losses , Gavar was forced to order a full retreat . While the Sith recovered from the failed mission , Abeloth contacted Gavar and began to negotiate on the point of their mutual enemy — the Jedi . Abeloth was brought to Tahv , where the alliance was accepted . However , she betrayed the Sith , attacking Vol and the city . As she fled , a portion of the Sith armada , led by Gavar Khai in the ChaseMaster " Black Wave " , defected to join Abeloth . They fired on the ships that remained loyal to the Lost Tribe and escaped with the dark side entity . While many Sith in the Tribe infiltrated Coruscant , which the New Jedi Order had vacated , a Sith wing of Skipray twelve - jays was sent to ambush the Jedi Academy on the planet Ossus . The local Jedi and Hapan forces were aware of the Sith plan , and the Hapes Consortium sent four wings of Miy ' til starfighter s to hold off the Sith while the academy was evacuated . The Sith still hoped to kill Djo , who was present for the evacuation ; and they managed to board one of the Jedi ' s vessels and place baradium bombs inside . The Jedi and Hapans noticed that the vessel , Sharmok 718 , was acting strangely , and came to believe the Sith had boarded . As such , the Hapans ordered their escorting Volgh Squadron to open fire ; doing so resulted in setting off the baradium , destroying the entire vessel , the Jedi on board , and Volgh Squadron itself , but Djo was saved from the attack . Soon afterward , the Tribe was severely crippled when the Jedi succeeded in their mission to liberate Coruscant , eliminating the Sith forces on the world . Abeloth was also destroyed ; nevertheless , Ship decided to ferry Vestara Khai to another Sith faction , the One Sith , rather than back to the Tribe on Kesh . Commanders and crew . At first , Ship served as the leader of the armada , as the Tribe relied on the Sith Meditation Sphere as their only means of space travel , as well as a source of knowing when and where to hit their next target . As the armada expanded , however , the Sith began to take over leadership , and vessels were placed under the command of high - ranking Tribe members , such as High Lords . One of the first vessels to be commandeered , the " Eternal Crusader " , was put under the command of Lady Rhea . Also serving on that starship was Rhea ' s apprentice , Vestara Khai . Lord Viun Gaalan later commanded a small group of shuttles to retrieve Khai from Dathomir , and eleven capital - class ChaseMaster frigates , including the " Black Wave " , were placed under the command of High Lord Taalon . Also among these frigates were the " Starstalker " , commanded by the Human Sith Vyn Holpur , and the " Winged Dagger " , commanded first by Syndor , later by the Keshiri Leeha Faal , and then by Syndor again following Faal ' s death while beyond shadows . Master Vhool commanded a trio of " Kondo " - class shuttles . During Operation Shieldfall , Gavar Khai led a flotilla of Corporate Sector frigates . After Abeloth turned against the Lost Tribe in Tahv , however , a number of Sith in the armada defected to join her , including Khai and fellow Saber Tola Annax . Behind the scenes . The armada first appeared in author Christie Golden ' s 2009 debut " Star Wars " novel , " " , the second novel in the " " series . The armada went on to appear in each of the following " Fate of the Jedi " novels — " " , " " , " " , " " , " " , " " , and " " . The first mission undertaken by Ship and the Sith was depicted in a short story by Golden , " First Blood , " published in 2011 . The fleet was later mentioned in the 2012 reference book " The Essential Guide to Warfare " . At the end of " Apocalypse " , the Sith forces on Coruscant are eliminated . However , it was unspecified in both " Ascension " and " Apocalypse " exactly how many Sith of the Tribe stayed behind on their homeworld ; nor was it specified whether or not the Tribe still possessed any ships capable of space flight .