Corsair The Corsair was a " Derriphan " - class battleship that played a major role in two galactic wars a millennium apart . A Sith vessel , the " Corsair " contained Force - enhancing Sith magic crystals of immense power that were able to tear out the core of a star . The " Corsair " was initially one of the flagships of Dark Lord of the Sith Naga Sadow ' s Sith invasion fleet during the Great Hyperspace War in 5000 BBY . After the war ' s tide turned against the Sith , Sadow used the " Corsair " to flee Galactic Republic space , using the power of the ship to cause solar flare activity in the star Primus Goluud as cover for the retreat to the Sith Worlds in the Outer Rim . There , the " Corsair " saw heavy action in two consecutive battles , the first against a group of Sith rivals and the second against pursuing Republic forces . To avoid defeat in the second battle , Sadow used the remaining ships in his fleet as a barricade and fled the scene in the " Corsair " . Flying through the twin stars of the Denarii Nova , Sadow used the ship ' s power to destroy any pursuers . He then settled with his Massassi crew on the moon Yavin 4 , building a temple around the " Corsair " , where it remained entombed for a millennium . In 3997 BBY , the " Corsair " was discovered by Exar Kun , a newly ascended Dark Lord of the Sith . With the " Corsair " under his control , Kun struck up an alliance with Jedi Knight Ulic Qel - Droma to wage war against the Republic and the Jedi Order . The " Corsair " was the vessel that flew to the Republic capital of Coruscant and retrieved Qel - Droma after his arrest and trial for a failed attack on the planet . After the treachery of Qel - Droma ' s lover , Aleema Keto , was discovered following his rescue , Kun and Qel - Droma formulated a plan to rid themselves of both her and the bumbling Cathar commander Crado . Command of the " Corsair " was given to Keto and Crado , and they were directed to lead an attack on the space station Kemplex IX to lure Republic forces there . After successfully drawing Republic attention , Keto used the " Corsair " power to rip the core out of a star in the Cron Cluster and use it as a weapon , obliterating their enemies . However , she found herself unable to control the ship ' s power ; a chain reaction caused a supernova in the cluster , which destroyed the " Corsair " , all according to Kun and Qel - Droma ' s plan . Description . The " Corsair " , a " Derriphan " - class battleship , was a well - armored capital ship that could sustain a large amount of damage despite its lack of shielding . Its heavy armor allowed the ship to concentrate its fire on individual enemy ships , although its small complement of six starfighters forced it to rely on its point - defense weapons for most of its anti - fighter protection . 215 meters long , the " Corsair " required a crew of only twenty - five but could hold up to 850 passengers , 5 , 000 tons of cargo , and one year ' s worth of consumables . Able to contain two shuttles alongside six starfighters , the battleship was armed with a battery each of point - defense laser cannons and heavy concussion missile launchers , which each had a payload of sixty missiles . The ship had several antenna - like protrusions extending from its roof , and two blocks of six engines each on its stern . The " Corsair " put into use a navigation computer , and had a Class 4 hyperdrive . The " Corsair " had a sort of cone shape , with the bridge located at the top and several jagged spires at the bow . There were similar appendages located at the bottom of the ship . Surrounded by viewports , the command deck was where many of the ship ' s crewmembers worked , monitoring the ship ' s systems and weapons . The bridge also contained at least one laser cannon . The ship had light - green plating . The " Corsair " was rather nimble for its size , even able to navigate between stars in tightly packed clusters . These characteristics all were standard for the " Derriphan " - class battleship . However , the " Corsair " was no ordinary battleship . Within the " Corsair " command deck , a platform with many Force - enhancing Sith magic crystals rose from the ship ' s floor . These crystals had immense , nigh - unimaginable power ; they were able to interfere with stars themselves , the scope of their abilities ranging from creating solar flare activity to tearing out the star ' s core . However , the incredible power of these crystals was very hard to control by individuals not trained in their use . History . War and abandonment . The " Corsair " was one of the battleships that served Dark Lord of the Sith Naga Sadow during his rule over the Sith Empire in a secluded region of the Outer Rim , around 5000 BBY . However , the " Corsair " was different from the other " Derriphan " - class warships employed by the Sith during that time , as it was equipped with powerful Sith magic crystals that were potent enough to wrench out the heart of a star . That year , due to the arrival of two explorers from the Galactic Republic , Human siblings Gav and Jori Daragon , the expansionist Dark Lord learned the location of Republic space and began preparations to invade . The " Corsair " was selected as one of the main flagships of Sadow ' s invasion fleet . After amassing a sizable force , the Sith armada jumped through hyperspace and began their attack on the Republic . But toward the end of the war , Gav Daragon , who by that time had become one of Sadow ' s highest - ranking generals , started to doubt if he was doing the right thing by serving the Sith . After an encounter with his sister during a battle at their home planet Koros Major , Gav decided to rebel against the Dark Lord . Daragon confronted Sadow at the star Primus Goluud , where Sadow was sequestered while he commanded the war effort , and fired upon his Sith Meditation Sphere . The ever - devious Sadow tricked Daragon into meeting him face - to - face on the Sith craft , but by the time Daragon reached the Meditation Sphere , Sadow had escaped . A Republic fleet soon arrived on the scene ; when Gav offered to help them battle the Dark Lord , Sadow recalled what was left of his forces and returned to Primus Goluud in the " Corsair " . A brief skirmish ensued between the two sides , a battle that ended when Sadow used the power of the " Corsair " to trigger solar flares in Primus Goluud , killing Gav Daragon and covering the Sith retreat back to their worlds . After fleeing the Republic fleet at Primus Goluud , the " Corsair " and the rest of Sadow ' s battered invasion fleet returned to Sith Space . However , they were promptly greeted by an old nemesis , Ludo Kressh , a Sith Lord and rival of Naga Sadow ' s who was believed dead . As it happened , Kressh had faked his death and built a massive fleet , claiming the title of Dark Lord of the Sith and awaiting Sadow ' s return from the war . After some verbal sparring between Sadow and Kressh , a battle broke out . Sadow , commanding his forces from the " Corsair " , eventually won the battle after ordering a damaged vessel to crash into Kressh ' s flagship , killing the self - proclaimed Dark Lord . Unfortunately for him , Sadow ' s forces received very little time to recover , as shortly after they were attacked by a Republic fleet led by Empress Teta of the Koros system , who had followed coordinates given to them by Gav Daragon to reach the Sith worlds . The " Corsair " was damaged heavily during this second battle , with its systems failing and weapons spent . The battle was lost , but Sadow had one more trick up his sleeve . Ordering his remaining ships to form a barricade , Sadow maneuvered the " Corsair " in between the twin stars of the Denarii Nova and used the ship ' s power to create massive solar flare activity and destroy any pursuing ships . Teta ' s forces departed , thinking he was dead , but Sadow had escaped in the " Corsair " . Now the only remaining ship from the invasion fleet , the " Corsair " jumped into hyperspace and limped to Yavin 4 , an isolated moon in the Outer Rim . Sadow landed the " Corsair " in a burned clearing on the forested moon and began life anew with his Massassi followers . The exiled Dark Lord built a temple around the " Corsair " , where it would remain for over a thousand years . Rediscovery . In 3997 BBY , the " Corsair " was rediscovered by a young Human and former Jedi named Exar Kun . Kun had been sent to Yavin 4 by the spirit of former Dark Lord Freedon Nadd , who sought to turn the powerful Force - user to the dark side . However , Kun used his newfound dark powers to dispel Nadd ' s spirit , claiming the title of Dark Lord for himself . Curious about the secrets of the dark side , Kun began research into Yavin 4 ' s mysteries , leading him to discover the " Corsair " in the temple in which it had resided for a thousand years . It was a fortunate turn of events for Exar Kun , as his personal starship , the " Starstorm One " , had been destroyed by hostile Massassi upon his arrival on Yavin 4 , leaving him stranded . Even after a thousand years of disuse , the " Corsair " was still perfectly preserved — although it needed maintenance before it was fully spaceworthy again — and Kun soon set out on a mission aboard the mighty warship . Before Kun destroyed the spirit of Freedon Nadd , he felt Nadd contact other students to warn them of Kun ' s power ; therefore , Kun resolved that he would find these other students of Nadd and kill them . Kun flew the " Corsair " to the planet Empress Teta , where Human Jedi Knight Ulic Qel - Droma , another trainee in the dark ways , was staying . However , Kun did not kill Qel - Droma ; instead , on orders from the spirit of dead Dark Lord of the Sith Marka Ragnos , he took the Jedi as his Sith apprentice and pledged to wage war on the Republic and the Jedi Order . By the next year , the Great Sith War between Kun ' s forces and the Republic was in full swing . However , after a failed assault on the Republic capital of Coruscant , Ulic Qel - Droma was taken prisoner and put on trial in the Galactic Senate chamber . Upon learning of Qel - Droma ' s detainment , Mandalore the Indomitable , leader of the Mandalorian warrior clans that had pledged allegiance to the Sith cause , flew to Yavin 4 to inform Kun of the development . The two discussed the recent matter beside the " Corsair " , and they agreed that they needed to fly to Coruscant and free Qel - Droma . They did so in the " Corsair " , along with a large Massassi force , and succeeded in their mission . With Qel - Droma safely delivered from Republic custody , Mandalore the Indomitable revealed that Qel - Droma ' s lover , the Human Aleema Keto , a skilled Sith magic ian and ruler of the Empress Teta system , had betrayed him and allowed him to be captured . After the group ' s return from Coruscant , Kun and Qel - Droma devised a plan to rid themselves of Keto and Crado , a Cathar Dark Jedi who had failed the Sith Lords too many times . Assigning their targets to lead an attack on the outpost of Kemplex IX , Kun and Qel - Droma gave Keto and Crado the " Corsair " to command , as Kun taught Keto how to use the ship ' s dark power . The " Corsair " traveled to Kemplex IX and assaulted the station , luring a Republic fleet and a team of Jedi to investigate . Meanwhile , Keto and Crado hid the " Corsair " in the heart of the Cron Cluster , a dense group of stars located close to Kemplex IX . When the Jedi arrived , Aleema Keto used the ship ' s ancient power to tear out the core of one of the Cron Cluster ' s stars and use it as a weapon , utterly destroying the joint Jedi / Republic force . However , it was then that Keto and Crado realized that they had been tricked . Just as Kun and Qel - Droma wanted , the star imploded , even after Keto shut down the weapon ' s power source . The incident created a massive supernova , which obliterated the ancient " Corsair " and killed both Keto and Crado . Around the era of the Treaty of Coruscant , Kel Dor Jedi Master Gnost - Dural mentioned the " Corsair " during one of his video logs about the history of the galaxy , recorded in the Jedi Archives . Commanders and crew . The original captain of the " Corsair " was the Dark Lord of the Sith Naga Sadow , who used the vehicle as one of the flagships of his invasion fleet during the Great Hyperspace War . Sadow used it as his personal battleship , and , after seeing action in several major battles under Sadow ' s command , it ended up being the sole remaining ship from the Sith fleet . One thousand years later , the " Corsair " became the possession of Exar Kun , who used the ship in his own war on the Republic . The " Corsair " was also commanded on its final mission by Aleema Keto and Crado , who were on board when the ship was destroyed by the Cron Supernova . The " Corsair " required a crew of twenty - five individuals ; during both the Great Hyperspace War and the Great Sith War , the crew was usually comprised of Massassi . Behind the scenes . The " Corsair " first appeared in " " , a story arc of the " " comic book series , written by Tom Veitch and Kevin J . Anderson and released in 1994 and 1995 . The " Corsair " was initially shown in a flashback in the arc ' s and later appeared in the main storyline of the . It was also featured in the . After appearing in " Dark Lords of the Sith " follow - up arc , " " , the ship ' s background and history was fleshed out in " " , an arc written by Kevin J . Anderson . Further information on the " Corsair " was given in the " Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide " and several other sources , including " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . In total , the " Corsair " was drawn by two different artists , Christian Gossett and Dario Carrasco , Jr .