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Scimitar (Sith Infiltrator)
Production information
Manufacturer

Republic Sienar Systems[1]

Model

Heavily modified Star Courier[1]

Class

Space transport[1]

Cost

valued at 55,000,000 Credits

Technical specifications
Length

26.5 meters[2]

Maximum acceleration

3,730 G

Maximum speed (atmosphere)

1,180 km/h

Engine unit(s)

Sienar X-C2 ion drive array (1)[2]

Hyperdrive rating
  • Class 1.5[1]
  • Backup: Class 12[1]
Hyperdrive system

Sienar SSDS 11-A[2]

Power plant

Heavy power generators (4)

Shielding

Equipped

Sensor systems

Several advanced sensors and tracking devices

Navigation system

Equipped

Countermeasures
  • Stygium cloaking device
  • Other advanced countermeasures
Armament

Concealed solar ionization cannons (6)[2]

Complement
Crew
Minimum crew

1[2]

Passengers

6[2]

Cargo capacity

2.5 metric tons[1]

Consumables

30 days[1]

Other systems

Hypercomm array and Medical equipment

Usage
Role(s)

Shuttle

Era(s)

Rise of the Empire era

Earliest sighting

33 BBY

Latest sighting

19 BBY

Affiliation
Known owner(s)
[Source]
"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[src]

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

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[edit] Characteristics

"There exists no other ship like it."
―Darth Sidious when granting the Scimitar to Darth Maul[src]
The Scimitar decloaking.

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 millennium earlier and would later resurface in the famous TIE series of starfighters used primarily by the Galactic Empire.

In front of the round cockpit (the whole forward-center section of the spacecraft) of the vehicle was a rare stygium crystal-powered cloaking device which was capable of creating an invisibility field which could sneak through even the most advanced of security technologies and allowing its master to evade pursuit while on his missions.

Scimitar deckplan

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, spying equipment, torture devices, bombs and mines.

The Infiltrator was protected by six low-profile solar ionization cannons which could extend and fire several 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 tons.

[edit] 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.

Top and front views of Scimitar.

Having survived a dangerous training session 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 Alexi Garyn 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. After breaking through the Trade Federation blockade on Naboo, Amidala and her guardians made their way to the remote desert planet of Tatooine. It was to this locale that Darth Maul finally tracked Master Qui-Gon, who only narrowly escaped.

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

The Scimitar as it speeds towards Tatooine. Here, the engines of the craft are shown.

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. At some point, however, the Scimitar was recovered by Palpatine, who kept it during his reign as emperor of the Galactic Empire.[3] At some point during the Clone Wars, it was apparently in the possession of Darth Tyranus.[4] This same craft or another like it was also used by the Nightsister Yansu Grjak.[5] During the conflict, the Dark Jedi Garth Ezzar possessed a similar craft, suggesting that Republic Sienar Systems continued with the design, although his ship lacked the cloaking ability of the Scimitar.[6] After the rise of the Empire, Scimitar was given to Inquisitor Valin Draco as his personal transport.

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. It was also an influence in the creation of the Rogue Shadow, which was also produced by a Sienar company.[7]

[edit] Behind the scenes

Sith Infiltrator while landed, with the ship's landing ramp extended.

In the book Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy, there is a ship that looks very much like the Scimitar in the section on Mos Eisley. On the deckplan of the Scimitar from Starships of the Galaxy (Saga Edition), the Scimitar's cockpit and airlock are shown to be on different levels, while in the book Episode I Adventures 3: The Fury of Darth Maul, Maul is said to have seen a Bartokk reflected in the cockpit viewscreen, while seated in the pilots chair, and opened the airlock directly behind himself to vent the assassin.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Non-canon appearances

[edit] Sources

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 The Dark Side Sourcebook
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 The Official Star Wars Fact File
  3. ↑ Starships of the Galaxy (2007)
  4. ↑ Clone Wars Adventures: Volume 10
  5. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance
  6. ↑ "Destruction"
  7. ↑ The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide

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Sienar spacecraft classes
Transports
Lambda-class T-4a shuttle - Martial-class shuttle - Mu-class Model 1 Shuttle - Mu-class Model 2 Shuttle - Sentinel-class landing craft - Scimitar - TIE lander - TIE/sh shuttle - WR-542 Shooting Star
Patrol ships
Guardian-class light cruiser - IPV-1 Patrol Craft - Warden-class light cruiser
Frigates
Enforcer-class picket cruiser - Immobilizer 418 cruiser - Interdictor-class Cruiser - Vindicator-class heavy cruiser
Battleships
Sienar Battleship
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