H-type Nubian yacht/Legends

H-type Nubian yacht "We wanted to give the Senator an N-1 escort wherever she went, but... we just couldn't keep up with the Royal Yacht, especially with Padmé at the controls."

- Ric Olié

The H-Type Nubian yacht was a sleek, rocket-shaped transport vessel created by the Nubian Design Collective, and customized by the Theed Palace Space Vessel Engineering Corps for the Royal House of Naboo.

Characteristics


The vessel was unarmed in accordance with the peaceful culture of Naboo. The yacht only required a small crew and Padmé could pilot the ship on her own from the cockpit in the central area of the yacht's upper section. Below the cockpit were maintenance consoles, the class 0.9 Nubian 150 hyperdrive core and stores to contain supplies and astromech droids.

The lower and upper levels were connected by a turbolift platform, situated before the lounge and crew bunks on the upper level. At the front section of the upper level was Padmé's bedroom which could serve as a portable throne room. It featured a powerful shield system, an array of electronic countermeasures, a slim, narrow profile and sheltered engines giving a small sensor signature for evading pursuits. It also featured a breakaway escape pod.

History
Though originally constructed for the Royal House, the yacht was not assigned to a member of Naboo's royalty. Instead, it was given to Senator Padmé Amidala after a failed assassination attempt on Coruscant resulted in the destruction of her Naboo Royal Cruiser.

The Naboo Yacht was the smallest non-fighter craft in the Theed Hangars, and it was primarily employed as a getaway vessel as it was much faster than most civilian ships. With Senator Amidala at the helm, even the N-1 starfighters of the Royal Naboo Security Forces had difficulty keeping pace with the yacht.



On the eve of the Clone Wars, Amidala had returned to Naboo in secret, escorted by Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker. Skywalker was compelled to leave Naboo to return to his home planet of Tatooine, and Padmé joined him, both traveling in the Naboo Yacht. Following his mother's death and his retaliation against the Sand People, R2-D2 received a distress signal from Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Amidala and Skywalker traveled to Geonosis in a failed attempt to rescue Kenobi. It was on Geonosis that the opening battle of the Clone Wars was fought, plunging the galaxy into three years of civil war.

The yacht continued to serve Amidala during the early years of the Clone Wars, transporting her to such places as Ilum. She, Captain Typho, and Yoda journeyed there to rescue two Jedi from the crystal temple and prevent a Confederacy conspiracy at the Battle of Ilum.

By the end of the Clone Wars, the H-type yacht had been replaced by the J-Type Naboo star skiff.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * "Chapter 14"
 * "Chapter 15"
 * "Chapter 16"