- "Parking lot is nearly empty, sir. We have the Salliche, the Fremond, and the Electrum."
- ―A comm specialist, to Wilhuff Tarkin
The Salliche was a frigate in the Imperial Navy during the Imperial Era.[1] The vessel shared its name with the agriworld Salliche, which was located in the Core Worlds.[2] In 14 BBY,[3] the Salliche was in the flotilla belonging to Sentinel Base, an Imperial facility commanded by Moff Wilhuff Tarkin which oversaw the construction of the Imperial battle station[1] later known as the Death Star.[4]
At that time, when a fake transmission claimed that the nearby Rampart Station was under attack from a rebel cell, the Salliche, along with the spacetug Fremond, was vacant and parked in stationary orbit over the moon Sentinel Base was situated on. When read a list of the base's starships by a comm specialist, Tarkin decided on Sentinel's other available vessel, the combat-ready Venator-class Star Destroyer Electrum, to deal with the attack.[1]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
The Salliche was mentioned in the 2014 James Luceno novel Tarkin.[1]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Tarkin (First mentioned, simultaneous with Tarkin audiobook)
- Tarkin audiobook (First mentioned, simultaneous with Tarkin)
