Plaque of Victory The Plaque of Victory was a triangular - shaped metal ingot , containing an entity that fed on the life - force and emotions of other living beings and existed solely to bring about the destruction and downfall of those with whom it came into contact . While not being capable of actively harming a living being — being an inanimate object — the Plaque was able to manipulate and influence individuals around it , causing them to experience heightened feelings of aggression , suspicion , and paranoia toward one another . The resulting feelings would culminate in increasing levels of violence and homicidal behavior . The Plaque of Victory was first discovered on the planet Aaris III , located in the Kathol sector of the Outer Rim Territories , several thousand years before the Galactic Civil War , although it was not native to the planet . The Plaque ' s influence caused civil unrest among the planet ' s inhabitants , the Aaris , and the Plaque was hidden by a scholar called Kastays in the hope of negating the Plaque ' s influences . The plan did not work , and the Aaris descended into civil war . Their civilization fell to ruins , and the Plaque remained hidden for several millennia . In 8 ABY , an Imperial science team , MS - 133 , began excavating the ruins on Aaris III . They rediscovered the Plaque of Victory and fell victim to its manipulations until the last two survivors , Lancer Brunou and Solla Deremot , were rescued from the planet by the New Republic CR90 corvette " FarStar " . Aboard the vessel , the Plaque attempted to spread its influence to the crew ; however , the " FarStar " personnel realized the cause of their problems and jettisoned the Plaque into space , freeing themselves from the artifact ' s manipulations . Description . The Plaque of Victory was a flat ingot made of a metal that was unknown to Imperial science by 8 ABY . Roughly triangular in shape with rounded edges instead of sharp corners , it was heavier at the base end than the apex . The Plaque was around one to two inches thick , increasing as it reached the base , and was a quarter of a meter in length . The base end was pitted , and it emanated a low level of energy . The Plaque was light enough to be held by one person , but large enough to be held by two people at once . While the Plaque appeared to be an ordinary artifact , it was , in fact , a sentient lifeform . Although not technically " alive " as defined by standard scientific classifications , the Plaque was inhabited by an entity that fed off the life - force and emotions of individuals within close proximity . Its goal was to destroy anyone whom it came into contact with by manipulating the perceptions of those around it , influencing them to act in paranoid and homicidal ways toward one another . Those in range of the Plaque ' s influence also felt a deep desire to possess the artifact , claiming that it spoke to them . They obsessed over it constantly , believing that they were the " guardian " of the artifact . The entity itself eventually went insane after spending several millennia isolated on Aaris III , a planet in the Kathol sector of the Outer Rim Territories . History . Catch a falling star . An ancient artifact , the Plaque of Victory arrived on the planet Aaris III in the Kathol sector millennia before the Galactic Civil War . It had come from a distant place , and had traveled through space before arriving at the world by chance . Caught in the planet ' s gravitational field , it descended to the surface . To the indigenous species — a bipedal reptilian race known as the Aaris — it appeared as if a comet was streaking through the sky . The Plaque was discovered by a military legion from an outpost located several days ' travel from a major city ; the soldiers took the artifact to the city , placing it in a " gushaz " — a place of reverence within the Aaris culture . They called it the " Plaque of Victory . " Within the city walls , the Plaque began to have an effect on the populace of the city , manipulating their feelings and whispering to them . Violent crimes began to increase significantly , often resulting in the death of one or more participants . The violence escalated , causing companies of the city guard to turn on both one another and the city ' s civilian population . The common link in all cases was the Plaque ; those affected by its nature claimed that the Plaque had spoken directly to them , and that they had been chosen to be its guardian . As the civil unrest grew , one of the factions that had arisen in the city took the Plaque from its place in the " gushaz " and relocated it to a tower that was part of a governmental building . This tower was watched over by the noted Aaris scholar Kastays , and it was hoped that by placing the artifact high above the city its effects would be countered . Kastays locked the Plaque away in his floor safe , in case his tower was overrun by invaders , and then sealed himself in with it . Alone , Kastays recorded the last days of the Aaris civilization as the Plaque ' s manipulations caused the population to fall into civil war . Eventually , Kastays succumbed to death , and the Plaque remained hidden beneath the floor of his chamber . Isolation and rediscovery . For millennia , Aaris III was left alone , untroubled by the galaxy at large . Nature claimed the ruins of the Aaris civilization , while the primitive descendants of the once - proud race lived in squalid conditions . As the thousands of years passed , the Plaque remained hidden . Isolated , the entity within the artifact went insane . In 8 ABY , the Plaque was discovered by members of an Imperial science team , MS - 133 , who were conducting an archaeological dig on the planet on the orders of Moff Kentor Sarne , the Imperial warlord who ruled over the sector . Upon finding the Plaque within the hidden floor vault , it was examined by the expedition leader , Doctor Lancer Brunou . After finding that it was constructed of no metal known to Imperial science and that energy was emanating from it , he decided to send it to the planet Kal ' Shebbol — capital of the Kathol sector — for further analysis . Rediscovered , the Plaque began to influence the members of the science team . Tensions began to rise within the base camp as individuals began to report feeling ill at ease , and feeling like they were being watched from the jungle surrounding their dig site . Over the course of the next several days , the primitive descendants of the Aaris caused the death or disappearance of several members of the expedition , as well as the destruction of the shuttle that had ferried the team to the planet . The base camp also came under almost nightly assault from the Aaris . Brunou , still in possession of the artifact , did not understand what was going on as he believed that the Aaris civilization was long - extinct , and sent a distress signal to Kal ' Shebbol , pleading for extraction from the planet . The distress call was received by the " FarStar " , a New Republic CR90 corvette . On Captain Kaiya Adrimetrum ' s orders , the ship diverted to the planet , rescuing Brunou and one other survivor , a research assistant named Solla Deremot . The pair were taken aboard the corvette , and Brunou took the Plaque of Victory along with him . Brunou had become extremely possessive of the artifact , and Deremot also felt an attraction to it . The pair argued over who should possess the artifact , resorting to violence in the end . With the Plaque aboard the vessel , it began trying to manipulate and influence the members of the " FarStar " crew . Crew members started to feel uneasy and paranoid , and tensions rose all over the ship . Eventually , they realized that there must have been a common cause to their feelings and reasoned that the artifact that Brunou had brought aboard was to blame . Separating him from the Plaque , members of the crew managed to jettison it out one of the corvette ' s airlocks , sending it into deep space and breaking its hold over them . Behind the scenes . The Plaque of Victory was introduced in the RPG adventure " Artifact of Aaris " that was part of " The DarkStryder Campaign " , published by West End Games in 1995 . The Plaque played a significant role in the adventure , and its attempts to influence both the Imperial science team MS - 133 and the crew of the " FarStar " serve as both the backstory to the adventure and the current predicament that the player - characters have to face and solve . The images of the Plaque of Victory included in the adventure are drawn to be triangular in shape . However , an entry from Lancer Brunou ' s journal concerning the artifact indicates that it is " roughly round . " This article presumes that the graphical illustration is the correct interpretation of the artifact . The adventure implies that , under the Plaque of Victory ' s direction , the members of MS - 133 turned upon each other , resulting in multiple deaths and the destruction of the shuttle . However , " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , published in 2008 confirmed that the team came under attack from the remnants of the Aaris civilization .