Sekotan Personal Starship The Sekotan Personal Starships were organic ships , handcrafted by the skilled ship builders of Zonama Sekot . The Zonama Sekotan ships were rumored to be the fastest in the Galaxy . Since they were actually alive , they were not unlike those used by the Yuuzhan Vong . Characteristics . Although each customer was given the opportunity to individualize their ship , Sekot — the " planetwide mind " — had the ultimate say . Therefore , each ship shared similar qualities , despite varying designs . A standard ship had three lobes , a central lobe comprising the bulk of the ship and flanking lobes that housed the engines . Most ships also had a long , squared - off wingspan tipped with sensors . However , the standard could vary . Birth . Due to Zonama Sekot ' s distant location , the only way to reach the planet was by a specially chartered ( and sanctioned ) voyage . Upon arrival , the customer , almost always an extremely wealthy individual , was shown to his accommodations . After paying Sekot ' s exceptionally high price , sometimes exceeding 4 billion credits , the customer was led to a large chamber . Its walls were covered with little spiked balls — bora seeds — that the Ferroan s called seed - partner s . The seed - partners would then choose whether or not to join the customer and become their ship . However , this choosing normally involved every single seed - partner breaking loose from the chamber walls to literally bury the customer in a spectacular cascade . Once the dust cleared , the customer would find that a select few seed - partners had chosen them , usually expressed by clinging irremovably to their bodes . After a day or two , the Ferroans would remove the seed - partners and the customer would be taken before the designer , to visualize the designs for their ship . After a few more days , the customer would be led to a massive ravine filled with " forging pits " — a natural cathedral , kilometers wide , bordered and canopied by colossal boras — where the ship would be made . In this " factory valley , " Langhesi forgers would use fire and lightning to cook and " pop " the seeds , forming them next into disk - like shapes . The seeds , still perfectly well in their new transmutations as " seed - disks " , were collected and transported via carapod s to a shaping warehouse constructed of lamina . Special translucent fruits containing thick " sparkling " fluids ( churned by a screw - like organ at the core ) would be harvested , their globular substances used to mold the seed - disks into the flesh and structure of the ship by Jentari shapers . Customers were required to sit within pre - made frames as the Jentari placed into position the seed - disks and pre - manufactured ( expensive , state - of - the - art ) engines , molding the ships around them : organoform circuits ; engines ( of Haor Chall design , ideally " type - seven " engines from its line of " Silver " - class light starships ) ; and hyperdrive core units were merged with the living ship . Globs of fruit juice were used as connection fluid to merge the seed - disks ( which now sprouted " sinuous , questing pseudopods " ) and organoform circuitry together . While the Jentari shaped and merged the seed - disks around the customer , the seeds telepathically asked the customer about final design decisions . The customer , in turn , was required to shape the ship ' s final design , acquiescing to Sekot ' s whispered will as well , while directing the seeds ' input in these last stages of design and production . The customer was also asked to stay with the ship for at least a few days after her birth — as she was being fitted and finished with " non - Sekotan instrumentation " to align her with Republic standards — to comfort her in her early life . Finished with transponders , communication and control panels , couches and miscellaneous accoutrements , the living ship ' s interior boasted smooth , iridescent lines of " green and blue and red , gleaming like a coat of ruby and emerald mineral enamel , yet not just dead brilliance , but a pulsing quality of light that signified youth and life . " The starship " glowed faintly from within , and pools of deep - sea luminosity seemed to come and go under its shiny green skin . " With the sentient ship now ready to fly , however , the pilot ( s ) , upon departure , had to swear an oath of utmost secrecy toward Zonama Sekot . If the oath was ever broken , the bond between the owner and ship would break and the ship would quickly die . Uses . Most Sekotan ships were high - speed shuttles , designed to ferry passengers quickly and efficiently . However , the ships were capable of independent thought , and there was a near - telepathic link between owner and ship . Sekot , the planet ' s intelligent essence , was also capable of taking complete control of a ship — usually in times of crisis , as a last resort , for planetary defense ; the planet ' s bulk reserve of native defensive ships had no pilots and were directly controlled by Sekot . History . After the planet , utilizing its massive hyperdrive engines with 300 - kilometer - high field guides , broke from its Gardaji Rift orbit in the galaxy ' s Tingel Arm in 29 BBY , all remaining ships off - world perished . Because of the death of all off - world ships , the planet drew on Yuuzhan Vong technology to grow its own fighters during the Yuuzhan Vong War . However , once Zonama Sekot helped resolve that war , the planet began to once more manufacture and sell living ships .