Fairwind The Fairwind was a large gunship of a design reminiscent of large sailing ships . The vessel was built with a rounded hull , twin masts , wings , and a large figurehead . When the ship flew in atmosphere , its upper surface operated as an open - air deck . The heavily - armed " Fairwind " sported three double - barrelled laser cannons and two laser turrets . Its wooden hull was covered with deflector shield skins . The " Fairwind " was owned by Jedi Lord and Master Valenthyne Farfalla . Farfalla used the vessel in his fleet while recruiting Jedi Knights to join with Lord Hoth and his Army of Light on Ruusan during the New Sith Wars . After gathering together three hundred Knights , Farfalla returned to the planet with his starship and a number of other gunships . However , a Sith blockade prevented him from reuniting with Lord Hoth until treachery within the Sith ranks created an opening for the armada . Farfalla broke through the blockade , rescuing Lord Hoth and his forces in a crucial intervention that helped turn the tide of the war . Hoth ' s forces were replenished , and the desperate Sith Lord Skere Kaan activated a thought bomb , which ultimately decimated both the Jedi and Sith ' s ranks on Ruusan . The war came to and end , and in the battle ' s aftermath , Farfalla led rescue missions from the " Fairwind " in an effort to recover Jedi survivors . Description . The " Fairwind " was a space gunship , with an unusual design that resembled a giant sailing ship replete with multiple masts and a rounded hull . The gunship was timber framed , with a golden keel running down its center . Mounted on the stern were four circular engines , arranged two on each side . Situated above the engine housings were two wings on each side of the hull , one larger and one smaller . When landing , two struts extended from the rear of the hull and one from the bow in order to stabilize the ship as it sat on the ground . Passengers were then able to disembark through a hatchway that extended from the front of the hull . Above the midline , two rows of portholes ran along the side of the vessel : nine along the upper level , and seven along the lower . When the " Fairwind " was traveling within an atmosphere , these portholes could be opened to allow fresh air to be let in . Mounted on the front of the ship was a large figurehead , resembling the head and front legs of a horned horse . The upper surface of the ship operated as an open air deck within an atmosphere , offering unrestricted views to crew and passengers while the ship cruised . Two large masts rose from the deck , topped with circular watch towers . Two broad , though seemingly rigid sails were mounted to each of the masts , and a red pennant flew atop each watchtower . Both of the sails were gold , matching the color scheme of the rest of the ship . In front of these two sails was a smaller third sail : this one colored purple , with a large golden crest emblazoned upon it . Despite its ornate design , the " Fairwind " was heavily armed . Each side of the ship was equipped with at least three double - barreled laser cannons : two mounted near the bow and one towards the stern . In addition to these , two laser turrets were incorporated into the figurehead , and another was placed at the leading edge of the bow . The gunship was protected by hulls constructed of the strong and flexible wroshyr tree of Kashyyyk , covered with deflector shield skins . While the " Fairwind " design differed fundamentally from orthodox construction , it was not unique . Similar designs appeared sporadically throughout the galaxy : notable examples included Tof starship design , as exemplified by the " Merriweather " , and also the flagship of Reddjak the pirate . History . Recruitment . The " Fairwind " featured significantly in the Ruusan campaign at the close of the New Sith Wars . The New Sith Wars were a conflict on a galactic scale which pitted a resurgent New Sith Empire against the Galactic Republic and its ally the Jedi Order . After the Sith forces drove the Republic back , threatening even Coruscant , the Jedi Order prioritized defeating actual Sith Lords over their regular forces . To achieve this end , the Jedi and the Sith engaged in a drawn - out campaign on the planet Ruusan . One of the Jedi Masters fighting there was Lord Farfalla , who had been with the Army of Light since the start of the campaign . A scion of a noble Jedi family , which was newly part of the Galactic Republic , Farfalla volunteered to recruit reinforcements for the beleaguered Jedi forces on Ruusan . Farfalla returned to Ruusan months later spearheading a private army and a fleet of ships from his iconic flagship . Each ship in this fleet — composed of a number of capital ships and other massive gunships — was marked with his personal colors . The fleet carried three hundred Jedi Knights he had gathered to the cause , composed of many different species . En route to Ruusan , the task force had fought and defeated the traitorous King Lahzar , finally returning to the Ruusan system to be confronted with a powerful Sith blockade preventing access to the planet . Reinforcements . Despite the inability to disembark wholesale on the planet ' s surface , Farfalla did manage to slip some smaller ships down to the planet , rescuing one of Lord Hoth ' s caravans from a Sith ambush . However , the blunt general rebuffed Farfalla ' s aid , stung by the death of Pernicar , his closest companion , during the skirmish . Infuriated , Farfalla returned to his flagship in orbit , leaving Hoth ' s forces on the surface . However , the frosty standoff between the two Jedi Masters was healed by the initiative of one of Farfalla ' s subordinates , who posed as an envoy from Farfalla . Apologizing for the delay in her Lord ' s return to Ruusan , she elicited a return apology from Hoth . With this rift healed , Farfalla ' s forces still needed an opportunity to pierce the Sith blockade . An opportunity arose during the next confrontation between the ground forces when a section of the Sith blockade moved to engage Farfalla ' s forces in orbit . Using his capital ships to draw fire from Sith cruisers and Dreadnaughts , Farfalla managed to punch through the blockade with the " Fairwind " and a number of gunships . These gunships bore down on the ground forces , their laser cannons destroying Sith fliers and routing enemy forces . The outmatched Sith quickly fled the onslaught , giving victory that day to the Jedi . This intervention by the " Fairwind " proved decisive for the Ruusan campaign and the whole of the New Sith Wars . With Lord Hoth ' s forces replenished , Lord Kaan , leader of the Brotherhood of Darkness , was forced into a desperate gambit : unleashing a thought bomb to destroy the Jedi . Lord Hoth willingly led one hundred Jedi volunteers to Lord Kaan to stop Kaan or force him to detonate the bomb . Kaan chose the latter , and when the thought bomb was unleashed , both Jedi and Sith forces were destroyed . Lord Farfalla and his forces survived the detonation , having withdrawn to a safe distance . Farfalla , now the leader of the Army of Light , organized the rest of the Jedi , evacuating Ruusan in his fleet . After the thought bomb detonated , Farfalla , commanding from the " Fairwind " , oversaw several rescue missions at Ruusan , hoping that any non - Force sensitive Army of Light survivors could be rallied up . Following the Seventh Battle of Ruusan , survivors were tended to and cured , while enemies , such as mercenaries , were locked up in holding cells . Commanders and crew . Lord Valenthyne Farfalla was a half - Bothan alien Jedi Master from a noble family . He favored elaborate etiquette and court ceremony , leading some Jedi to perceive him as foppish and vain , an impression that clung to him long after his death . However , to Jedi that knew him well , Farfalla was highly regarded . He was one of the first Jedi Masters to join Lord Hoth and his Army of Light on Ruusan , and subsequently fought in nearly every confrontation there , earning a fierce reputation even amongst the Sith forces . Lirondo was a Jedi Knight , and a close companion of the Jedi Master . He traveled on the " Fairwind " and marshaled its forces for the Seventh Battle of Ruusan . Lirondo fought at his master ' s side during that battle , wielding a large axe and a green lightsaber . A female alien envoy with humanoid and avian characteristics ; most notably two large wings . On her own initiative she approached Lord Hoth with an apparent apology from Farfalla . When she returned to Farfalla with an apology from Hoth , he saw through her ruse , yet appreciated the irony of the situation . The envoy fought in the Seventh Battle of Ruusan alongside Lirondo and Farfalla . Behind the scenes . Farfalla ' s flagship first appeared in the comic " " , although it went unnamed . It was subsequently referred to in " The New Essential Chronology " , described as a " wooden - hulled battleship . " The events of " Jedi vs . Sith " were later retold in the novel " " by Drew Karpyshyn . In retelling these events , the author made some changes to the chronology of the Ruusan campaign , as well as other cosmetic changes . Where Farfalla ' s forces had originally comprised only one ship , he was now given a whole fleet . Furthermore , in order to remove some of the fairytale characteristics of the original comic , Karpyshyn made no reference to the unusual design of the starships , instead referring to them as " gunships . " In order to integrate these two sources , this article has understood the gunships that fulfill the same role as the starship in the original comic to include Farfalla ' s flagship . The chronology of the novel has also been favored over that of the comic , placing the dramatic intervention of Farfalla ' s forces after the death of Pernicar , rather than contemporaneous as in the comic .