At some point before the Battle of Hoth, the bounty hunter Chanath Cha was entrusted with the modified Star Courier in order to retrieve the stolen Imperialis, Palpatine's luxury pleasure craft. It was held in Imperial Facility 729-D, located somewhere in the Inner Rim, and curated by the droid O-66. Many years later, the Scimitar was still in the possession of Sidious, who now ruled the First Galactic Empire as Emperor Palpatine. ' I will provide you with transportation -perhaps the only vessel in my great fleet equipped to locate the Imperialis. History Age of the Republic and the Clone War The Scimitar was capable of tracking a ship's signature through hyperspace, something considered impossible for other ships. The ship carried three DRK-1 Dark Eye probe droids and the Bloodfin, a Sith speeder utilized by Darth Maul during his mission on Tatooine. Owing to the craft's experimental ion engines, radiator fins on the ship's wings were required to be open during flight in order to expel excess heat.

Along with its deadly armament, the Scimitar was equipped with a cloaking device, powered by rare stygium crystals from the planet Aeten II, that allowed it to disappear from view and any pursuing ship's sensors. The craft featured six laser cannons, a proton torpedo launcher and a minelayer. The Sith Infiltrator featured folding wings around its spherical cockpit, and was secretly modified from a Star Courier manufactured by Republic Sienar Systems. Multi-angle view of Scimitar with wings folded ' A ship! It came out of nowhere! It was cloaked!' ―The Scimitar arrives at a battle

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