Ebon Hawk

Ebon Hawk "Ah, there she is—the Ebon Hawk. My pride and joy; the fastest ship in the Outer Rim!"

- Davik Kang

The Ebon Hawk was a freighter-turned-smuggler ship that rose to fame due to its use around the time of the Jedi Civil War.

History
The legendary freighter ship, the Ebon Hawk, came from the Republic planet of Transel. While it bore the standard Republic white and red painting usually seen on military vessels (such as Republic cruisers and Republic capital ships), the details of its original purpose are unknown. However, other ships of the same design are known to have participated in a certain Republic military campaign, the Mandalorian Wars; after the Wars, several of them were left buried under the surface of Malachor V.



The Ebon Hawk itself changed owners many times over the decades; one of its first captains may have been Ratrin Vhek. Many of its owners, such as Forii Haxa and Ahita Othar, were associated with the Exchange; their sudden and unexpected deaths led some to believe that the Hawk brough bad luck upon its owners. Somehow, the freighter ended up on Taris, owned by the Exchange crime lord Davik Kang. In his service, the Ebon Hawk smuggled goods and supplies throughout the Mandalorian Wars. With its outstandingly overpowered drive system, Davik was known to joke that it was the best thing he had ever stolen.

The interior of the ship included a cockpit, two sets of crew quarters, a medical centre, tactical battle station, cargo hold (with smuggler modifications) and a makeshift garage. It was armed with dual turbolasers and other, hidden, armaments.

Adventures with Revan
The Ebon Hawk eventually changed hands near the close of the Jedi Civil War. Carth Onasi, Bastila Shan, and the amnesiac Revan co-operated with disgruntled Davik employee, Canderous Ordo, to steal the ship and gain access codes to the Sith blockade of Taris. They eventually succeeded, killing Davik and leaving bounty hunter Calo Nord for dead. The craft was then instrumental in the search for the Star Forge, transporting Revan and his group to Dantooine, Manaan, Korriban, Kashyyyk, and Tatooine, in search of the Star Maps that would lead them to the Star Forge.

While on Korriban, Revan met a Rodian named Lurze Kesh. He informed Revan of a hidden compartment in the Ebon Hawk's cargo bay. He gave Revan a code to get in the compartment and asked him to recieve a shipment of spice for him. After Revan gave the spice to Kesh, he gave Revan a Special Box to give to Motta the Hutt on Tantooine.

A year after Darth Malak's defeat, Revan left Republic space, his memories of a bigger threat (possibly the old Sith Empire) having returned. On Malachor V, he left the Ebon Hawk and its droid occupants, T3-M4 and HK-47, behind as he continued alone.

During the Jedi Civil War, the Ebon Hawk crew consisted of:


 * Revan (captain, gunner)
 * Carth Onasi (pilot)
 * Mission Vao
 * Zaalbar
 * Bastila Shan (co-pilot)
 * Canderous Ordo
 * T3-M4 (ship mechanic)
 * Juhani
 * Jolee Bindo (Medic)
 * HK-47

Adventures with the Jedi Exile
The ship was eventually picked up by the Republic craft, the Harbinger when the Harbinger picked up a distress signal that they were being attacked by a Sith warship. The Harbinger searched the warship and the freighter but found nothing but a body of a dead sith lord and the utility droid T3-M4. Suddenly, on the Harbinger, the Sith Lord woke up and his sith assasins attacked the crew. While the chaos insued, an assassin droid posing as a protocol droid rendered the Harbinger ' s passenger, The Jedi Exile, unconcious and sealed him in the cargo hold. He was quickly found by the Ebon Hawk's crew, T3-M4 and Kreia and brought aboard the Ebon Hawk, unknown to them, the assasin droid also stowed aboard as they escaped. The taken over Harbinger fired on the Ebon Hawk just as it made the jump to hyperspace, nearly destroying the freighter. As it floated toward the Peragus Mining Facility, T3-M4 made minor repairs and was able to get it around the asteroids and into the hanger. The Ebon Hawk was cleaned of its storage and possibly dead passengers by the mining crew. Kreia was sent to the morgue, the Exile was sent to recover in a kolto tank, the deactivated T3-M4 sent to the storage. The only one who was able to say anything was the assasin droid, one of thousands, HK-50. Who was sent down to help the maintenance officer.

At first, the Exile and his companions, Kreia and Atton Rand, were forced to land on Telos, the only planet for which astrogation charts were available on Peragus. During their forced stay under house arrest by the TSF, the Ebon Hawk was stolen by one of the handmaidens of Jedi Master Atris, who believed the ship and the droid T3-M4 to contain valuable information.

With the help of Bao-Dur, the Exile reached Atris' secret academy on Telos and retrieved the Hawk, which he used to search for other lost members of the Jedi Council on Dantooine, Korriban, Onderon and Nar Shaddaa.

Eventually, the Ebon Hawk transported the Exile to the forsaken world of Malachor V to fight the remaining Sith Lords, Darth Sion and Darth Traya (Kreia), and his companions piloted the ship to rescue him from the Trayus Core just in time to escape the dying planet. The Exile then headed into the Unknown Regions, seeking reunion with Revan. The fate of either of them, and of the Ebon Hawk, is a mystery.

During that time, the crew consisted of:


 * Jedi Exile (captain, gunner)
 * Kreia
 * Atton Rand (pilot)
 * T3-M4 (ship mechanic)
 * HK-47
 * Bao-Dur (ship mechanic)
 * Brianna
 * Visas Marr
 * Mira
 * G0-T0
 * Mandalore
 * Mical(medic)

Behind the scenes

 * The Ebon Hawk, in both purpose and design, was designed to bear resemblance to the later Millennium Falcon.
 * In the alternate Dark Side ending, the Exile remains on Malachor V, so his companions presumably use the Ebon Hawk to escape without him.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords