Unidentified Curich - class shuttle This " Curich " - class shuttle was part of warlord Moff Kentor Sarne ' s forces in 8 ABY . It was assigned to science team MS - 133 and was used to transport the team and its equipment to the planet Aaris III in the Kathol sector of the Outer Rim Territories to conduct an archaeological excavation . During the expedition , the shuttle was destroyed while the team was under the influence of the Plaque of Victory — a sentient , inanimate lifeform that induced feelings of paranoia and violence into those beings it came into contact with . Description . This vessel was a " Curich " - class shuttle constructed by Sienar Fleet Systems . It was capable of transporting up to eighteen personnel and equipment for a months - long archaeologic expedition . History . One of many starships that were part of Imperial warlord Moff Kentor Sarne ' s forces , this " Curich " - class shuttle was assigned to MS - 133 , a science team that was charged with investigating and documenting the extensive ruins of an extinct civilization — known as the Aaris — on the planet Aaris III in 8 ABY . Commanded by a lieutenant , the shuttle was used to transport the eighteen - person team and all their equipment from the Kathol sector capital , Kal ' Shebbol , to Aaris III . The vessel was landed in a clearing near a large site of metal ruins , and the team ' s base camp was set up by the ruins themselves , away from the shuttle . The shuttle remained grounded for several months as the team carried out its excavations and explorations . On the sixtieth day of the expedition , the team uncovered a metal ingot known as the Plaque of Victory , a sentient but inanimate lifeform that fed off of the energy of beings in close proximity to it . The Plaque manipulated the minds of these beings , heightening their paranoia and driving them to violent and homicidal acts . The team began to become suspicious of each other and constantly felt like they were being watched by unknown forces in the jungle that surrounded the ruins . Members of the team disappeared , and the base camp came under almost nightly attack from the Aaris ' s primitive descendants wielding blaster weapons . After several deaths , the expedition leader , Doctor Lancer Brunou , ordered an evacuation of the planet . One of the scientists , Jelok , disagreed with the Doctor , stating that his work translating pictograph s in a chamber they had uncovered was reaching a critical juncture . Brunou overruled him , ordering several troopers to escort him back to the shuttle . As the rest of the team packed up the base camp , the shuttle was destroyed ; the resulting fireball rose high over the jungle canopy . With no escape possible , the survivors of the team created makeshift fortifications , sent out a distress signal , and awaited rescue . The team suffered more casualties through attacks by the Aaris until only two survivors — Brunou and his research assistant , Solla Deremot — remained . They were eventually rescued by the New Republic CR90 corvette " FarStar " , which had picked up their distress signal and diverted to help them . The crew conducted an investigation into the shuttle ' s destruction and found that traces of detonite had been used to blow it up . The engines and engineering section had been completely destroyed , but the cockpit was relatively intact . The crew salvaged as many spare parts from the wreck as they could with the intention of using them either aboard the " FarStar " itself , or one of its support ships . Commanders and crew . The shuttle was commanded by a male lieutenant , who was also the vessel ' s pilot and leader of MS - 133 ' s contingent of soldiers . He was killed on Aaris III during the events that led to the team ' s decimation . Behind the scenes . This " Curich " - class shuttle first appeared in the RPG adventure " Artifact of Aaris " , which was published in " The DarkStryder Campaign " by West End Games . Although never identified as a " Curich " - class shuttle in the text — simply being referred to as a " shuttle " — one of the images in the adventure clearly shows the wreckage of the vessel to be a " Curich " - class shuttle . The " Curich " - class appeared in several West End Game products , including " Classic Campaigns " , which provided an image of the vessel . While the adventure implies that MS - 133 began turning on one another under the influence of the Plaque of Victory , resulting in deaths to the team ' s personnel and the destruction of the shuttle , " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " — published in 2008 — confirmed that the team came under attack from the remnants of the Aaris civilization . However , since it has not been specifically mentioned that the Aaris were responsible for the destruction of the shuttle , this article does not speculate as to the perpetrators of the explosion .