Soulless One/Legends

"Did you see that? That craft didn't look Geonosian." "Confirmed, it's unidentified. I'll check the intelligence databanks."

- RC-1140 and CT-01/425, upon sighting the Soulless One on Geonosis

The Soulless One was the personal starfighter of General Grievous, used during the Clone Wars for the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

Characteristics


The Soulless One was a modified Belbullab-22 starfighter, a fast and agile prong-shaped vessel produced by Feethan Ottraw Scalable Assemblies. Grievous considered his fighter to be a vision of the future of warfare, with a powerful arsenal consisting of two sets of triple rapid-fire laser cannons. The starfighter was easily able to match the Porax-38 starfighter for speed, fitted with twin ion drives and an extremely powerful hyperdrive.

Grievous modified his fighter with a top-of-the-line hyperdrive allowing the cyborg general to stay mobile on a galaxy-wide scale. In order to remain in touch with his forces while flying his fighter, a powerful but compact HoloNet transceiver was installed onboard, allowing Grievous to slice into legitimate and pirate networks. He also outfitted the Soulless One with a deflector shield, and had the entire hull coated in a thin layer of impervium, making the fighter impenetrable to all but the heaviest of enemy fire. The starfighter was originally designed for a biological pilot, and the one-pilot cockpit was equipped with a life-support system. This feature came in useful when Obi-Wan Kenobi, having destroyed Grievous on Utapau, appropriated the late General's starfighter, and used it to reach safe refuge aboard the Tantive IV.

History
After the first battle of the Clone Wars, and the CIS's first defeat, Grievous used the fighter to secretly escape Geonosis, although it was seen by the Commandoes of Delta Squad and went unidentified at that time.

During the Battle of Kaliida Shoals, Grievous took the Soulless One to pursue the Twilight but as the Malevolence crashed into the nearby moon, Grievous had to leave.



Grievous also used the fighter as an escape fighter on various missions including the Battle of Bothawui and  the Mission to Skytop Station and also as a transport to his lair.

In the last year of the Clone Wars, Soulless One remained on a secret landing pad on the planet of Utapau. After losing in a lightsaber duel to Obi-Wan Kenobi, Grievous retreated to the secret landing pad closely followed by Kenobi. The two engaged in a fight and it ended when Obi-Wan shot Grievous dead.

After Order 66 was activated, Obi-Wan stole the fighter and used it as an escape to reach the Tantive IV.

The Soulless One remained in the Tantive IV's docking bay until Kenobi used it to reach Nar Shaddaa, with the infant Luke Skywalker. There, Obi-Wan sold the starfighter for passage to the Tatoo system.

The Soulless One was eventually tracked down by one of Obi-Wan's old enemies, who reported the ship to the local Imperial authorities. Imperial forces brought it to Emperor Palpatine's secret storehouse on Utapau, where it was kept for use by N-K Necrosis during the Galactic Civil War. When N-K Necrosis was destroyed in 1 ABY by a group of spacers, they took the Soulless One to use themselves.

Appearances

 * Dark Jedi
 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * The Clone Wars: The Dreams of General Grievous
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith / comic / novel / junior novel / video game
 * Star Wars: The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * The Clone Wars: The Dreams of General Grievous
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith / comic / novel / junior novel / video game
 * Star Wars: The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Star Wars: The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi