Valorous ( Victory - class ) The Valorous was a " Victory " - class Star Destroyer of the Imperial Navy assigned to Black Sword Command . It was later captured by the Yevetha following an uprising led by them , and the ship was renamed the Devotion of Yevetha or simply the Devotion . Characteristics . The " Valorous " had a black hull , and was loaded with TIE / rc starfighter s for long - range reconnaissance . It was also equipped with weaponry capable of subjugating settlements of considerable size , such as that on Polneye . History . In 4 ABY , the " Valorous " was assigned to Black Sword Command and based in the Koornacht Cluster . Along with the Super Star Destroyer " Intimidator " , she was one of two ships seized substantially intact by the native Yevetha in their coup eight months after the Battle of Endor , together with at least one Type II Orbital Repair Yard , plus a number of ships under construction and undergoing repair . The surviving Imperial crewers from " Valorous " , along with their counterparts from " Intimidator " , were sent to Camp Pa ' aal , and the two Star Destroyers were renamed and incorporated into the fleet of the Duskhan League . Twelve years later , at the onset of the Great Purge , " Devotion " was under the command of Primate Jip Toorr , serving as command ship of the other two Duskhan League warships in an assault on the Imperial world of Polneye , along with the similarly black - hulled " Liberty " and " Honor " . However , unbeknownst to the Yevetha , the Imperial survivors they had retained for their technical skill , led by Major Sil Sorannan , had secretly equipped every Imperial - designed ship in the Black Fleet with extensive slave circuit ry . " Devotion " was one of the ships that was designated to play a key role in their escape plan . Jip Toorr ordered the " Devotion " to launch four TIE / rc starfighters under Polenye ' s atmospheric field to spot for the capital ships , but the Star Destroyer ' s Tactics Master did not anticipate enemy resistance , and Plat Mallar , a Grannan colonist flying one of the handful of TIE / IN interceptors left behind by the Empire , shot down one of the scouts . Jip Toorr dismissed the Tactics Master , who committed suicide . The Yevethan battlegroup was able to destroy Polneye without any further casualties , wiping out almost the entire planetary population and enslaving the rest , but Plat Mallar escaped in his lone interceptor , and was discovered by elements of the New Republic ' s Fifth Fleet . In 17 ABY , as the Duskhan League and the New Republic moved to clash in the Battle of N ' zoth and several other simultaneous engagements throughout the Koornacht Cluster , the remaining Imperials aboard " Valorous " , led by an officer named Jaratt , seized control of the ship before she could open fire , and activated her slave circuits . Along with every other remaining Black Sword ship in the Koornacht Cluster , she responded to an unjammable hypercomm signal sent from Sorannan aboard the " Intimidator " , turning towards Byss and making the jump to hyperspace . Behind the scenes . " Valorous " appears in " Before the Storm " by Michael P . Kube - McDowell , and later appears in " Tyrant ' s Test " by the same author . " Valorous " is identified as a black - hulled " Victory " - class ship in the former novel . The assault in which the ship participates is referenced in " Shield of Lies " , which takes place after " Before the Storm " . The vessel later received two entries in " the Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , listed under both its original name and the Yevetha - bestowed " Devotion " .