Scimitar/Legends

Scimitar (Sith Infiltrator) "That ship is alive with the dark side, Master Yoda. I can feel it clinging to my robes. And worse, it still tempts me, calling me back with promises of fantastic journeys to the far reaches of the Galaxy."

- Jedi Master Saesee Tiin

The Scimitar (or Sith Infiltrator) was a prototype ship used as the personal starship of the Sith apprentice, Darth Maul prior to the Battle of Naboo around 32 BBY.

Description
"There exists no other ship like it."

- Darth Sidious when granting the Scimitar to Darth Maul

The Scimitar had a pair of folding wings around a round cockpit; a design which was used on T-class long-range personal cruisers like the Valcyn which were used by Sith Lords like Darth Bane during the New Sith Wars about a millennia earlier and would later resurface in the famous TIE series of starfighters used primarily by the Galactic Empire.

Behind the round cockpit of the vehicle was a stygium crystal-powered cloaking device which was capable of creating an invisibilty field which could sneak through even the most advance of security technologies then, allowing its master to evade pursuit while on his missions. Built beneath the cloak field generator was a series of compartments containing various equipments for Darth Maul's missions including three DRK-1 Dark Eye probe droids, his speeder bike Bloodfin, several interrogation and security droids, syping equipment, torture devices, bombs and mines.

The Infiltrator was protected by six low-profile laser cannons which could extend fire several laster bursts in the blink of an eye. It was also equipped with an experimental high temperature X-C 2 ion drive array which would resurface in future Sienar designs while the ship's hyperdrive was an unmodified Sienar SSDS 11-A system. It could also carry six passengers while its total capacity was 2.5 metric tonnes.

History
The Scimitar was an extensively modified version of a Sienar Design Systems prototype for an advanced star courier and was allegedly designed by Raith Sienar himself (though he would later dispute his involvement) for a mysterious client, later revealed to be Darth Sidious. Its folding wing and round cockpit design had been used by T-class long-range personal cruisers like the Valcyn which were used by Sith Lords like Darth Bane about a millennia earlier during the New Sith Wars and would later resurface in the famous TIE series of starfighters used primarily by the Galactic Empire. During its time of service, the Infilrator was one of the few Galactic Republic vessels equipped with a cloaking device.

Having survived a dangerous training seession with deadly combat droids, Darth Maul was sent on a mission by Lord Sidious to kill the leading Vigos of the powerful Black Sun crime syndicate which dominated a significant amount of crime in the Galaxy. For this mission, Maul was equipped with a Sith Infiltrator which he would christen Scimitar. The Sith apprentice then left his master's base in the galactic capital of Coruscant itself cloaked by its powerful stygium powered-cloaking device and passed over the Jedi Temple itself which only caused a slight disturbance in the Force for Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi.

After disposing of the Black Sun vigos including Master Lex on Ralltiir, Darth Maul was assigned by his master to track down the missing Queen Amidala of Naboo along with her entourage and her pair of Jedi guardians Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan who had fled to Tatooine on their modified J-Type 327 Nubian Starship after having evaded the Trade Federation blockade over Naboo. There on Tatooine, Darth Maul fought Master Qui-Gon though his foe escaped Tatooine on ther J-Type 327.

However, Darth Maul would later meet his foes again during the battle for Naboo. During the fight, the Sith Lord was slained by Obi-Wan Kenobi though he manage to murder Qui-Gon Jinn before that. Following that, the Scimitar passed into the hands of the Republic.

The first technicians to inspect the craft were killed by automated defenses, so Jedi Master Saesee Tiin had to help secure the craft. While he found a large amount of equipment, including torture devices and other less-sinister pieces of technology, the onboard computers had been erased. The ship was going to be transferred over to Kuat Drive Yards for study, but disappeared somewhere en route (at least officially). In reality, as of 19 BBY, the Republic was storing it in a clandestine hangar in Theed.

It is probable that the Scimitar was designed using concepts later used to create the T.I.E. starfighter, judging from its similarity in appearance to the later TIE Fighters of the Galactic Civil War.

Appearances

 * Marked
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul
 * Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
 * Episode I Adventures 3: The Fury of Darth Maul
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
 * Star Wars: Starfighter
 * Labyrinth of Evil