Ebon Hawk

Ebon Hawk "Ah, there she is&mdash;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 Galactic Republic planet of Transel. While it bore the standard Republic white and red painting usually seen on military vessels (such as Republic cruisers and Hammerhead-class capital ships), the details of its original purpose are unknown.



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 brought 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 center, tactical battle station, cargo hold with an extra smuggling compartment with the code: "RED 4" 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 a 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 receive 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 Tatooine.

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, owner)
 * Carth Onasi (pilot, owner)
 * Mission Vao (refugee, guide)
 * Zaalbar (body guard)
 * Bastila Shan (co-pilot, owner)
 * Canderous Ordo (Heavy weapon expert)
 * T3-M4 (ship mechanic)
 * Juhani (jedi companion)
 * Jolee Bindo (Medic)
 * HK-47 (combat droid)

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 assassins attacked the crew. While the chaos ensued, a HK-50-series assassin droid posing as a protocol droid rendered the Harbinger ' s passenger, the Jedi Exile, unconscious and sealed him in the cargo hold. She was quickly found by the Ebon Hawk's crew, T3-M4 and Kreia. She was brought aboard the Ebon Hawk by the crew, and, unknown to them, the assassin droid also stowed away as they escaped. The hijacked vessel 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 hangar. The Ebon Hawk was cleaned of its storage (including one of its secret compartments) 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 HK-50 assassin droid, which was one of thousands. He 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 she used to search for other lost members of the Jedi Council on Dantooine, Korriban, Onderon and Nar Shaddaa.

After finding these Jedi Council members, they gathered on Dantooine. They then were 'drained of the force' when Kreia attacked them with an unidentified force power. Kreia then went on to Telos, to speak to Atris once more. The Jedi Exile followed, and fought Atris, for she had fallen to the Dark Side of the Force while studying ancient Sith artifacts. Shortly afterwards, the Ravager, Darth Nihilus' personal vessel, led a Sith fleet against Citadel Station. Kreia had spread word of a Jedi academy on Telos, attracting Nihilus' hunger. In reality, there were no Jedi on the planet except for Atris, and so Nihilus was lured out in the open where the Exile could confront him. The TSF was assisted by troops from other planets previously visited by the Exile, and by Mandalorian forces. Due to the wound in the Force that the Exile constituted, (which was close to the Sith Lord's nature) Nihilus was unable to drain the Exile's power, being weakened instead when he attempted it. Nihilus was defeated there and his ship destroyed, due to help from Canderous Ordo, Visas Marr, and the rest of Clan Ordo.

The Ebon Hawk next transported the Exile to the forsaken world of Malachor V to fight the remaining Sith Lords, Darth Sion and Darth Traya (Kreia). 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 the Exile, T3-M4, or of the Ebon Hawk, is unknown.

During that time, the crew consisted of:


 * Jedi Exile (captain, gunner, owner)
 * Kreia (owner)
 * Atton Rand (pilot)
 * T3-M4 (ship mechanic, navigator)
 * HK-47
 * Bao-Dur (ship mechanic)
 * Bao-Dur's remote (mechanic aid)
 * Visas Marr
 * Mira
 * G0-T0
 * Mandalore Canderous Ordo
 * 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 her companions presumably use the Ebon Hawk to escape without her (or possibly him).
 * In the MMORPG Guild Wars: Nightfall there is a move used by many creatures called "Ebon Hawk."

Appearances

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

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