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"Aggressive tractor field. Unmarked vessel. We're being taken in."
―An Imperial officer[2]

The Unnamed was a starship used by the Rebel Alliance's intelligence branch during the Galactic Civil War. In 3 ABY, Captain Magna Tolvan commanded the Unnamed, and her unit Strike Team Misericorde served aboard the vessel. After receiving intelligence on the rogue archaeologist Doctor Chelli Aphra, the Unnamed captured an Imperial Lambda-class T-4a shuttle, bringing it into its hangar where Tolvan's strike team stunned all of the shuttle's passengers except for Aphra, who escaped the ion grenade they used.

While the strike team searched for Aphra, the rogue archaeologist used the Lambda's laser cannons to provide cover fire as she escaped into the Unnamed's hallways. She then incapacitated the RA-7 protocol droid Teezee-Too in the operations room and used the droid as a ruse to trap Tolvan's troops there. Tolvan evaded the trap and pursued Aphra. The doctor, meanwhile, had her assassin droid BT-1, who was among the captured shuttle passengers, escape rebel captivity with her father, Korin Aphra. She then scuffled with Tolvan, and the pair eventually fell into a trash pit. Exchanging comments on their feelings for each other, the pair kissed and slept together.

Aphra parted with a sleeping Tolvan and reunited with BT-1 and Korin, who were still stunned. She programmed the Lambda-class T-4a shuttle to take her father to Ash Moon 1, a moon from the Kartovian Formation, and jettisoned all of the Unnamed's escape pods, one with her and BT-1 inside. Tolvan, meanwhile, made her way to the starship's bridge to assess the situation with the bridge crew. The Lambda broke out of the hangar and escaped, with the Unnamed following the shuttle, using a tracker placed on the Imperial vessel by strike team member Sergeant Sister Six.

Description[]

"This is Teezee-Two [sic] in the operations room. I've been analyzing footage from the Helix temple."
―Teezee-Too reports from the Unnamed's operations room[1]
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The bridge of the Unnamed

The Unnamed was a starship with at least seven engine units that protruded from the stern of the vessel. It was also equipped with hyperdrive systems, a tractor beam, and at least seven escape pods. The vessel had at least two double laser cannons, one placed on the front of the ship and one positioned on the underside. The Unnamed possessed a bridge with viewports, terminals, and a circular holotable in the center. The starship also had a ventral hangar that could hold ships like shuttles and starfighters. Other interior areas included an operations room with a number of screens and a terminal, a brig to hold prisoners, and a trash pit where scrapped equipment was left in a pool of glowing green fluid.[1]

History[]

Seizing a shuttle[]

"We've searched the captives, Captain Tolvan. No sign of Aphra."
"She's here."
―Sister Six and Magna Tolvan[1]

During the Galactic Civil War, the Unnamed was part of the Rebel Alliance's navy and was used by the faction's intelligence branch.[1] In 3 ABY,[3] the starship was under the command of Captain Magna Tolvan,[1] who led the intelligence unit Strike Team Misericorde. The rebels received intelligence regarding the rogue archaeologist Doctor Chelli Aphra, whom Tolvan had crossed paths with before, which led the Unnamed to intercept an Imperial Lambda-class T-4a shuttle near Asteroid Helix 13-v. The starship locked onto the Imperial shuttle with a tractor beam and pulled the Lambda into its hangar. Strike Team Misericorde then breached the Lambda-class T-4a shuttle and used an ion grenade to incapacitate any passengers inside.[2]

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The Unnamed apprehended a Lambda-class T-4a shuttle carrying Chelli and Korin Aphra.

Identifying Aphra's father, Korin Aphra, among the stunned passengers,[2] the rebels removed them from the shuttle but did not find Aphra among the unconscious bodies. Tolvan was sure that Aphra was present, much to the disagreement of strike team member Sergeant Sister Six, and her suspicions were confirmed when the rogue archaeologist, who had evaded being stunned, hijacked the Lambda's cannon systems and used one of them to fire near the rebels as a distraction while she fled the shuttle and down a hallway. Alerting the rest of the Unnamed's crew of Aphra's escape, Tolvan had the rest of the shuttle's passengers taken to the brig.[1]

Meanwhile, in the operations room, the RA-7 protocol droid Teezee-Too had reviewed footage of Aphra and the Imperials at Asteroid Helix 13-v, where the rebels had left hidden cameras. The protocol droid concluded that the Empire had been looking for information on the location of the Alliance's secret headquarters and reported the findings to Tolvan. That was when Aphra reached the room and incapacitated Teezee-Too, which immediately caught the captain's attention. As Tolvan and Strike Team Misericorde rushed to the operations room, Aphra clothed the protocol droid with her jacket, hat, and gloves and remotely controlled the droid to resemble her. The captain and her forces reached the room and fell for Aphra's ruse, closing in on her decoy in the operations room.[1]

Aphra's escape[]

"I've sealed the troops in the ops core and—heh!—locked the bridge from outside. But I think Tolvan's still out there somewhere. I can't make it to the brig."
―Chelli Aphra contacts BT-1[1]

With the rebels inside the operations room, Aphra proceeded to close the entrance, and Tolvan rushed through the doorway before it sealed. Having sliced the Unnamed's security systems, the doctor also sealed the bridge from the outside. While fleeing Tolvan, Aphra contacted her assassin droid, BT-1, who was held in the brig with the rest of the shuttle passengers, and encouraged the droid to escape and take Korin back to the shuttle. Meanwhile, Tolvan continued to pursue the rogue archaeologist through a maintenance section, the pair scuffling and exchanging comments about their past endeavors together along the way. Aphra then pushed the captain into a trash pit but also fell in. While in the pit, the pair spoke more about their feelings for each other, which resulted in them kissing and sleeping together.[1]

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The shuttle escapes from the Unnamed.

Aphra soon parted with Tolvan while the latter was asleep and reunited with BT-1 after the droid reached the Lambda-class T-4a shuttle with Korin, having killed the rebel guards and other Imperials at the brig. She programmed the shuttle to take her father to Ash Moon 1,[1] in the Kartovian Formation[4] and then launched all of the Unnamed's escape pods, one of which she and BT-1 climbed into. Meanwhile, Tolvan had awoken and was making her way to the bridge. When she made it inside, she assessed the rebels' situation aboard the starship with the bridge crew and concluded that the escape pods were a firing screen. At this moment, the Imperial shuttle blasted its way out of the Unnamed and escaped with Korin.[1]

Unable to fire on the Lambda, the bridge crew detected a single life sign on the fleeing shuttle. Concluding that it was Aphra, Tolvan verified with Sister Six, who had escaped the operations room, that a tracker had been placed on the shuttle. After Six confirmed so, the captain had the Unnamed follow the Imperial vessel, unaware that Aphra was actually in one of the jettisoned escape pods.[1] The captain ultimately followed the shuttle to Ash Moon 1, where she found Korin and Vulaada Klam,[5] a companion of Aphra's who had been abandoned on the moon not long before.[4]

Commanders and crew[]

"C-captain—where have you been?"
"Never mind that—get my strike team out of the ops room!"
―A bridge crewmember and Magna Tolvan[1]

The Unnamed was commanded by Captain Magna Tolvan[1] in 3 ABY,[3] with her unit, Strike Team Misericorde, serving aboard the vessel. The bridge was manned by at least three crewmembers and an astromech droid and the brig was guarded by a pair of rebel soldiers.[1]

Behind the scenes[]

The Unnamed first appeared, albeit unidentified, in the thirty-eighth issue of the 2016 Star Wars: Doctor Aphra comic series, written by Simon Spurrier, penciled by Caspar Wijngaard, and released by Marvel Comics[2] on November 6, 2019.[6] The vessel was identified in a preview for the thirty-ninth issue released on StarWars.com on November 20 of the same year.[7]

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 Doctor Aphra (2016) 39
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Doctor Aphra (2016) 38
  3. 3.0 3.1 The events of Doctor Aphra (2016) 37 and Doctor Aphra (2016) 38 take place immediately before Doctor Aphra (2016) 39, where it is established that Echo Base had been constructed on Hoth. Star Wars: Timelines states that Echo Base was constructed in 3 ABY and places the base's destruction at the Battle of Hoth in the same year, meaning that the events of Doctor Aphra 38 are set in 3 ABY.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Doctor Aphra (2016) 37
  5. Doctor Aphra (2016) 40
  6. MarvelLogo Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2016) #38 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
  7. StarWars Aphra Captured in Doctor Aphra #39! – Exclusive on StarWars.com (November 20, 2019) (backup link)
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