Sith armada
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- "When Ship came to us with the news of the near extinction of the Sith, we did not fall victim to despair. We acted. Vessel by vessel, we are assembling a fleet with which we will eventually take back the galaxy from the Jedi, who spread like vermin throughout system after system."
- ―Lady Rhea[src]
The Sith armada was a fleet of starships captured for use by the Lost Tribe of Sith—descendants of a group of Sith who survived the crash-landing of their warship, the Omen, on the remote planet of Kesh in 5,000 BBY—with the purpose of conquering the weakened galaxy. In 41 ABY, a Sith Meditation Sphere known as Ship arrived on the planet. The Tribe began using Ship to attack vessels, at first to scavenge parts to repair the Omen, and later to capture them and expand their fleet. By 43.5 ABY, their armada contained more than two dozen ships.
Lady Rhea and her Sith apprentice, Vestara Khai, served in the armada aboard the Eternal Crusader.
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[edit] Composition
- "We will need more than you, Ship, if we are to conquer worlds in the name of the Sith."
- ―Vestara Khai[src]
The Sith armada was a fleet in use by the Lost Tribe of Sith—a group of Sith stranded on the remote planet of Kesh—consisting of around two dozen starships. The ships were varied, ranging from large bulk freighters to warships to a Sith Meditation Sphere. The Sith worked together as a team, often employing several starships together during an attack. After a vessel was captured by the Tribe, it was towed back to their homeworld of Kesh to be repaired, renamed, and integrated into the armada.
The first vessel in the armada was Ship, the Sith Meditation Sphere. At first, it served as the leader of the armada; it knew where to take the Tribe to find a new target and was the Tribe's only means of transportation off-planet.
Once the Tribe had acquired enough parts, they managed to repair the Omen, the starship in which the Tribe's ancestors had crashed onto Kesh more than 5,000 years prior. With the Omen repaired, the Tribe began capturing vessels, rather than just foraging them for parts, and the fleet quickly grew.
One of the first vessels to be commandeered was the Eternal Crusader, a warship larger and more powerful than even the Omen. It served under the command of Lady Rhea and was used in the capture of several more vessels.
[edit] History
- "We had planned to send a strike force after Luke Skywalker. Now we have a more important mission—follow Ship and recover it."
- ―Darish Vol[src]
In 5,000 BBY, during the Great Hyperspace War, a Sith starship, the Omen, crash-landed on the remote planet of Kesh while attempting to transport Lignan crystals to Sith Lord Naga Sadow. The survivors of the crash eventually formed a group called the Lost Tribe of Sith.
Ship, a Sith Meditation Sphere, arrived on Kesh in 41 ABY and made contact with the Tribe, revealing that the Sith had been driven from the galaxy, and only a small group remained. The Tribe decided that it was their destiny to restore the Sith, and Ship then told them that it could help them repair the Omen by scavenging parts from other vessels. Ship took the Sith aboard, and for the first time in around 5,000 years, members of the Tribe left the planet's atmosphere and returned to space. The Tribe first used Ship to attack a single vessel, forcing it to crash on an uninhabited planet. The crew of the ship was then slaughtered by the Sith, and the defeated vessel's parts were scavenged to help begin the repairs on the Omen.
With Ship, the Tribe began to attack more vessels, leaving no being left alive to reveal the location of their homeworld. Eventually, the Omen was completely repaired, and it became the first vessel to serve alongside Ship in the armada. The Tribe continued their attacks, now capturing vessels and pressing them into service in the fleet. The new lifestyle forced the spacefaring Tribe members to change their clothing and weaponry to be more efficient for their new duties. By 43.5 ABY, the armada numbered more than two dozen starships.
In 43.5 ABY, Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker touched an Aing-Tii relic, the Codex, which amplified his presence and called out his name to the Tribe through the Force. Ship revealed to the Tribe the danger that Skywalker presented to them, and the Tribe's Grand Lord, Darish Vol, called an emergency meeting in the Circle Chambers in Kesh's capital city of Tahv. Vol and Rhea chose a strike team from the armada, commanded by Rhea, to be sent to hunt down Skywalker, but before they could depart, Ship abruptly left the planet to follow the call through the Force. The strike team was then tasked with finding and retrieving Ship before eliminating Skywalker.
[edit] Commanders and crew
- "I will teach you. I will teach all of you."
- ―Ship, to Vestara Khai[src]
At first, Ship served as the leader of the armada, as the Tribe relied on the Sith Meditation Sphere as their only means of space travel, as well as a source of knowing when and where to hit their next target. As the armada expanded, however, the Sith began to take over leadership, and vessels were placed under the command of high-ranking Tribe members, such as High Lords. One of the first vessels to be commandeered, the Eternal Crusader, was put under the command of Lady Rhea. Also serving on that starship was Rhea's apprentice, Vestara Khai.
[edit] Behind the scenes
The armada was created by author Christie Golden for her debut Star Wars novel, Omen, the second novel in the Fate of the Jedi series.
[edit] Appearances
- Omen (First appearance)
