Salvation (Nebulon-B)

The Salvation was a Nebulon-B frigate that served under the banner of the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War, one of the first of many starships added to the growing Alliance fleet. Originally a vessel of the Galactic Empire, the Salvation's service in the Imperial Navy was ended after its capture at the Skirmish over Ylesia. During its inauguration as the Rebel flagship, former Imperial Senator-turned-Rebel fugitive Mon Mothma bestowed the name Salvation upon the frigate in order to symbolize the importance of the Rebel cause and their desperate struggle against the Empire.

Capabilities
The Salvation is a large mothership capable of carrying various squads of y-wings and some of the X-wings. It has various defense mechanisms such as force fields, and defensive cannons. But its most powerful weapon was the Fusion Accelerator cannon found near its center. Starkiller re-activated the cannon with his Force Powers and thus, successfully destroying a distant Star Destroyer.

First Test
"Blackout to Blackguard. Respond, please.''" "I don't have time to talk." "Bad luck. This is taking too long. You need to pull out." "''Negative, Blackout. Leave if you want to. I'm staying to finish the job."

- Juno Eclipse to Rahm Kota during the Salvation's mission first mission to Cato Neimoidia

Under the command of Juno Eclipse, a former Imperial Captain and pilot of the Rogue Shadow, the Salvation was first tested against Imperial forces at Cato Neimoidia. Although Captain Eclipse succeeded in achieving her mission objectives to test both her ship and crew in battle, the Empire's superior military and numbers forced the Salvation to withdraw, mainly due to the fact that the Alliance could not afford to lose what few ships it had at the time.



The Battle on the Salvation
When Jedi General Rahm Kota and a renegade clone of Darth Vader's former apprentice arrived at the Alliance Fleet's hidden location in the Itani Nebula, the Salvation was attacked and boarded by Vader's experimental elite forces led by the bounty hunter Boba Fett. The ship's crew was caught completely off guard and were unable to prevent Fett and his troopers from storming the bridge and capturing Captain Eclipse. After Slave I succeeded in escaping from the ship with Fett and his prisoner, the Alliance Fleet pursued the bounty hunter to Kamino with General Kota in command of the Salvation.



Destruction
Later during the battle, Kota ordered the remaining crew members to abandon the ship so that Starkiller could guide the Salvation directly into the planet in order to destroy its shields. As a result, the Salvation was destroyed in the process with much of its debris crashing into the Timira City Cloning Facility; the major fragments were destroyed by Starkiller in order to prevent any harm from coming to Juno. With Kamino's defense grid destroyed by the Salvation's sacrifice, the Rebel forces invaded Kamino and despite the many casualties they suffered, the Alliance succeeded in winning the battle while Starkiller subdued Darth Vader himself.

Trivia

 * The player can also destroy the windows to the different parts of the ship to use gravity as an advantage to enemy fights. But doing so will replace the exposed window with a laser barrier.
 * Despite the fight that all of the enemies present in the destruction of the windows are sucked by gravity, Starkiller himself seems not to be pulled out. This seems to be a developer oversight for the game.

Behind the scenes
In the Wii version, the Salvation used the Assault Frigate model. The ship's destruction was depicted differently as well: Starkiller does not fall next to the ship - instead he rides it into the planetary shield generator and releases a massive force repulse which causes the destruction of the vessel. However, not all of the ship was actually destroyed by Starkiller, as he later used what remained of its hull as a "bridge" between Timira City's hangar dock and the main cloning facility.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
 * The Force Unleashed II novelization