Hudrow Hudrow was a Human male that served as Exchange crime lord Davik Kang ' s personal pilot for the " Ebon Hawk " . During the Sith Empire ' s occupation of Taris , he angered Kang by stealing spice from the spice lab at his estate . In retaliation , Kang had him imprisoned and tortured by K - X12 probe droid s in his torture chamber , where he remained just an hour before the destruction of Taris . Biography . A member of the powerful crime syndicate the Exchange , Hudrow was employed by its crime lord , Davik Kang , as his personal pilot for the " Dynamic " - class freighter , " Ebon Hawk " . Reputed to have been the fastest starship in the Outer Rim , the " Ebon Hawk " was a prized possession of Kang . As the pilot of such a prestigious ship for such a prestigious man , it was inevitable that Hudrow was afforded a measure of prestige as well . Hudrow exploited his status to commit various transgressions without fear of reprisals . This changed in 3956 BBY when the Sith Empire occupied Taris , homeworld of Kang , during the Jedi Civil War and imposed a planet - wide quarantine . The blockade was reinforced by the auto - targeting laser cannons of the Sith fleet , which could immediately incinerate any vessel that attempted to flee the planet without the authorized access codes . Despite its speed , not even the " Ebon Hawk " could escape these laser cannons , effectively grounding the vehicle . With the " Ebon Hawk " rendered useless , Hudrow ' s role was for the time being irrelevant , and his status temporarily voided . Thus , when Hudrow was caught stealing spice from the spice lab at the estate , he was not spared punitive measures . Incurring Kang ' s wrath , he was imprisoned in a force cage at the " guest " room — actually a torture chamber — where he was subjected to continuous torture by two K - X12 probe droid s . Fortunately for Hudrow , the Galactic Republic soldier Revan had just infiltrated the estate under the guise of a potential recruit brought by the Mandalorian mercenary Canderous Ordo , one of Kang ' s top henchmen . Having already acquired the proper departure codes , Ordo and Revan , alongside Revan ' s friends , sought to steal the " Ebon Hawk " and escape the blockade . The hangar of the ship , however , was sealed by an impregnable security system which Hudrow , as the pilot , had the means to access . After Revan heard of Hudrow ' s plight by questioning the slaves , he ventured into the torture room to free the pilot from his suffering , destroying the K - X12 probe droids in the process . In gratitude , Hudrow , lacking anything tangible to give , uploaded the access codes to bypass the " Ebon Hawk " s security system into Revan ' s datapad . Even without knowing that this was exactly what Revan needed , he figured that access to the " Ebon Hawk " was a reward worth a fortune . With that , he parted ways from his saviors , rushing to flee the estate before Kang discovered his escape . Unbeknownst to him , just moments later , Revan and his group encountered Kang and the infamous bounty hunter Calo Nord in the hangar , a confrontation that would leave Kang dead and Nord severely injured just as the Sith began their orbital bombardment to destroy the entire planet . Behind the scenes . Hudrow is a non - player character in the video game " " . His reward for saving him from torture , the access codes to the hangar of the " Ebon Hawk " , is a crucial part to the player ' s main quest to escape the planet with the ship . Even so , it is not the only means by which the player can reach the " Ebon Hawk " as he or she can alternatively deactivate the security system after slicing into a security terminal , a method that costs up to ten computer spikes depending on the Computer Use level of the character being used . Accessing the computer itself will cost one to two spikes unless the player loots the computer passcard from a Trandoshan bounty hunter in the corridor outside the torture chamber . While it is not known if the player ' s character , Revan , canonically forgoes rescuing Hudrow and relies on hacking the security system instead , unlocking the hangar doors through Hudrow ' s access codes is the more efficient way of reaching the " Ebon Hawk " . If the player takes the dark side route , he or she can murder Hudrow after rescuing him , under the pretense that the man may warn the guards and is too dangerous to be spared . If either Bastila Shan or Carth Onasi are present , they will object , but only the latter will automatically prevent you from going through with the kill whereas you can proceed with it in spite of the former ' s intervention . Additional dark side points will be gained if the player threatened Hudrow prior to killing him with the assertion that the reward was lacking . The player will not receive light side points for his or her act in releasing Hudrow or for sparing his life to confirm the intention is to save him .