Conkesta Conkesta was a floating - city built by Dark Jedi Karae Nalvas over the gas giant Genarius . History . In 31 BBY , Karae Nalvas deceived Dr . Shilaea Motacc , a galaxy - wide expert in large scale propulsion systems , to work for him . Nalvas pretended to be Fesvk Wefos , a manager of a company called Usable Resource Location , Recovery , and Development Corporation ( U . R . L . R . D . ) , and told Motacc that he wanted her to develop a new kind of propulsion system for flying cities . However , Nalvas really wanted to use her designs in the " Conkesta . " Nalvas managed to build a shielded , armored , flying fortress with enough firepower to destroy any of the cities on Genarius . He staffed the " Conkesta " with some six thousand sentients , which he brought in several small trips from outside the system . The propulsion systems were based on Motacc ' s designs , and as such they were very advanced . Nalvas had made a deal with a local pirate gang , the Red Fury Brotherhood . The pirates provided the " Conkesta " with supplies and needed technology following a schedule . " Conkesta " communications officer , Gus - Gus Tren , considered the pirates too irregular to be liked , but accepted the much - needed shipments . Alec , a Jedi Knight and Nalvas ' s enemy , managed to steal Nalvas ' s blueprints and hid on the Genariusan city of Depatar ; however , Nalvas distracted Alec with a plot and recovered the prints . At that point , Alec had already copied the prints and , due to the plot , he made some contacts that he would later use in his own plot to destroy the " Conkesta " two weeks later . Alec provided Dr . Mottac with a team of slicers , and they developed a computer virus to take advantage of a " bug " in the propulsion system . Mottac believed that the virus would hurtle the " Conkesta " to outer space , where the non - spaceworthy city would explode ; however , the untested program was to send the " Conkesta " down , to the planetary core , where it also exploded . The difference was that , as Nalvas was hiding the " Conkesta " as close to the core as possible to avoid detection , it would take much less time and difficult the escape of the raiders . Many centuries after Nalvas ' death , Jedi Dazen Mok spent many years investigating the disappearance of the " Nub Saar " in orbit around Genarius ; a floating - city that was thought to have been destroyed by a manifestation of dark side energies . These powers were thought to have been created by Nalvas , and centered around the " Conkesta " . When Nalvas ' fortress was destroyed over time , the energy returned to Genarius ' core . Years later , the dark side was reawakened during the construction of " Nub Saar " , ending in its total annihilation . Dazen Mok ' s ideas were met with a strong opposition from the citizens of Cularin and their officials . Alec discovered the pirate implication thanks to some intelligence reports . He also discovered that the bulk of the Brotherhood was going to the annual SoroSuub party on nearby flying city Tolea Biqua , leaving their base in asteroid L - 7 relatively unprotected . Alec decided to send a raider team to the pirate base , where they were to steal a shuttle of the Brotherhood . As the " Conkesta " was waiting a delayed shipment from the pirates , they would allow the entrance of that specific ship . The raiders would then access the main computer , upload Dr . Mottac ' s virus and get out of the " Conkesta " before the city be destroyed . The intruders managed to infiltrate the " Conkesta " and , although they found several security agents such as Tar Jiloma , they got to the propulsion main control and uploaded the virus . This did not went unnoticed , as the station sounded all its alarms for an immediate evacuation . Some of the security guards that were supposed to stop the intruders deserted to attempt their own escape . Finally , only Nalvas ' s personal dark apprentice Saren Valek and a handful of soldiers fought against the trespassers in the main hangar . They were unable to stop them . When the " Conkesta " reached the planetary core , it exploded and sent rubble and debris everywhere . Those items were a danger to the escaping ships . Some of the wreckage seemed to be powerful in the dark side , tempting the sentients it reached . However , the Force ghost of Jedi master Nerra Ziveri was nearby and ready to intercede , offering an alternative to the affected people . The " Conkesta " was at a very low height and went down during its destruction , so the operation could be kept as a secret . However , several years after it , the " Conkesta " and Nalvas ' s acts were public knowledge , and a prolific source of local rumors . Speculations about " Conkesta " . Nalvas ' s final goal for the " Conkesta " is unclear . Nalvas ' s enemy , the Jedi Knight Alec , speculated that he could destroy all of the cities in Genarius , which were the main business , industrial and handling centers of the Cularin system , and this obliteration could unleash a war . Years after the destruction of the " Conkesta " , former - Jedi - turned - scholar Dazen Mok researched the disappearance of the city Nub Saar in orbit around Genarius , that he believed had been destroyed by a manifestation of dark side energies . These powers were thought to have been intense in the planet core , and allowed the " Conkesta " nearby only because Nalvas was a dark sider . When Nalvas ' fortress was destroyed over time , the energy returned to Genarius ' core . Dazen Mok ' s ideas were met with a strong opposition from the citizens of Cularin and their officials .