The Imperial Science Vessel was a starship used by the Advanced Science Division of the Galactic Empire for capture and transit of its test subjects, such as the cloned Zillo Beast. The ship was primarily used to transport assets and supplies to Tantiss Base, a top-secret Imperial laboratory run by Doctor Royce Hemlock. Each vessel typically crewed by Stormtroopers led by an Imperial officer and guarded by a contingent of Clone Commandos. Science vessels were equipped with a powerful, ventral-mounted ion cannon capable of incapacitating large creatures. One was used on a rampaging Zillo Beast that had escaped from a crashed science vessel on Silla, stunning the beast and recapturing it in its hold for study on Mount Tantiss.
Each science vessel traveling to Tantiss Base could only do so by receiving coordinates from Imperial Station 003 over Coruscant. They were regularly dispatched there to retrieve new test subjects, such as Force-sensitive children delivered by Bounty hunters.
Appearances[]
The Bad Batch[]
- "Metamorphosis" (First appearance)
- "Identity Crisis"
- "Into the Breach"
- "Flash Strike"
- "The Cavalry Has Arrived" (Wreckage only)