Zhug Ship This ship was a " Heraklon " - class transport utilized by the Zhug brothers , a bounty hunter group active during the years of the Dark Wars . In 3951 BBY , they took a job to collect the bounty on a former Jedi Knight , Meetra Surik , set by the Exchange crime organization . As the Zhugs were chasing her with their ship on her way to Onderon , both Surik and the bounty hunters were forced to land on Onderon ' s moon , Dxun , after taking damage from a blockading Onderon separatist fleet above the planet . The ship was destroyed in the crash - landing and its crew was killed by Surik and her companions soon afterward . Description . This ship was a " Heraklon " - class frigate - type transport starship , a model manufactured by Sadon Shipwrights that saw a wide use in the Republic during the time surrounding the Jedi Civil War . History . Sometime prior to the end of the Dark Wars , a Duros bounty hunter group , the Zhug brothers , obtained this " Heraklon " - class ship . In 3951 BBY , G0 - T0 , a local crime lord of the Exchange crime organization in the Y ' Toub system , set a bounty on a former Jedi Knight Meetra Surik , known as the Jedi Exile . The Zhugs took the job to collect the bounty . When Surik arrived on the moon Nar Shaddaa in order to find the source of the bounty on her head , the Zhug brothers made two attempts to claim the bounty . Their failure in both attempts resulted in the loss of Azanti Zhug , one of their leaders . After the attacks , they pursued the Jedi ' s small freighter , the " Ebon Hawk " , with their ship on her way off the moon . When the " Ebon Hawk " and the Zhug brothers ' ship eventually arrived in the Onderon system , both ships encountered an Onderon separatists blockade that was holding Republic merchant ships and the securing military fleet above the planet Onderon , prohibiting them from entering the planet ' s capital city , Iziz . Soon after , following the order of Colonel Tobin , the separatist fleet opened fire on the blockaded Republic ships in the opening of the first battle of the Onderon Civil War . The Zhugs ' ship took its share of fire , and the inflicted damage caused the ship to fall from the sky while screaming its ID signature , crash - landing in the jungles of Onderon ' s moon Dxun . Two Zhug brothers , following Zhug leader Dezanti Zhug , survived the crash - landing that wrecked their ship , while Surik ' s freighter landed nearby . Soon , the Zhugs encountered Surik and her companions , but they failed in claiming the bounty on the former Jedi Knight — their attack on her resulted in the death of the Zhug trio by the Exile and her companions . As a result of the destruction of the Zhug Ship , sales of " Heraklon " - class transports decreased due to its damaged reputation . Eventually , a change in the model ' s marketing to focus on the vessel ' s safety in case of an accident returned sales to a profitable level , ensuring the continuation of production . Commanders and crew . During the ship ' s pursuit of Meetra Surik and its destruction on Dxun , the vessel was operated by three Zhug brothers , including the leader , Dezanti Zhug . Behind the scenes . The Zhug Ship was first introduced in " " , a video game released by Obsidian Entertainment at the end of 2004 . In the game , the player controlling the Jedi Exile is allowed to visit several planets after leaving Telos IV . This article assumes that the Jedi Exile visits Nar Shaddaa before traveling to Onderon ' s moon Dxun , as presented in the game ' s . Several ships of the same class were briefly seen in the cutscene when arriving on Onderon , waiting in the planet ' s blockade . Soon after , the Zhugs ' ship is found as wreckage on the surface of Dxun . Although the game doesn ' t name the ship formally , the game model is labeled as " Zhug Ship " in the game dialogue file . The Zhug Ship received its class alongside the technical description and history of the model in " Message to Spacers 9 " , an article written by Patrick Stutzman and released in 2010 as an online supplement for Wizards of the Coast ' s " Star Wars Roleplaying Game " . The article also contained details of the events that led to the Zhug brothers crash - landing on Dxun , identifying that the damage had been caused by Onderon separatist forces under Colonel Tobin ' s command .