Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbuster

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The Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbuster, also known as the Bunker Buster, was a type of corvette model constructed by the Corellian Engineering Corporation and used during the First Order–Resistance war by the Resistance. Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo commanded a Bunker Buster known as the Ninka for the Resistance.

CharacteristicsEdit

The Free Virgillia was a class of corvette. It was armed with powerful bunker buster plasma bombs, turbolaser turrets that had dedicated power outputs, and a complement of bomber craft or a squadron of A-wing starfighters that could dock on its reinforced pylons.^[2]

HistoryEdit

They were in use as of 4 ABY.^[source?] The Resistance used the bunkerbuster Ninka commanded by Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo in 34 ABY. The Ninka served as an escort for the Resistance flagship Raddus during the attack on the Resistance fleet, where it was destroyed when it ran out of fuel and fell into range of the pursuing Supremacy.^[3]

Many Free Virgillia-class corvettes responded to General Lando Calrissian's call to action against the Final Order, and fought with the Citizens' fleet during the Battle of Exegol.^[8]

Behind the scenesEdit

The Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbuster first appeared in the the 2017 video game Star Wars Battlefront II as part of the The Last Jedi season.^[7]

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars Battlefront II (First appearance) (DLC)
• The Last Jedi: Cobalt Squadron
• Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel
• The Last Jedi Adaptation 1
• The Last Jedi Adaptation 4
• Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge—Rise of the Resistance
•  "Tales from Wild Space: Alone in the Dark"—Star Wars Adventures 26 (Appears in flashback(s))
• Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker

Non-canon appearancesEdit

• LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars – "Rolling with BB-8/Resistance on the Run"

SourcesEdit

• Star Wars: The Rebel Files (First mentioned)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary (First identified as Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbuster, simultaneous with Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Incredible Cross-Sections)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Incredible Cross-Sections (First identified as Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbuster, simultaneous with Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary)
• The Last Jedi: Bomber Command
• The Last Jedi: Rose Tico: Resistance Fighter
• Star Wars Helmet Collection 79 (Databank A-Z: Databank A-Z: Zabrak—Zillo Beast)
• Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
•  The Ninka in the Databank (backup link)

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